The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-03-04
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

Another season of casing weather dur
ing the week has given the growers an
opportunity for removing section OF
their hanging tobacco, though at no
time has the leaf reached really a prime
condition. The reason why tobacco is
so hard to case this season seems TO lie
in the fact that there is so large per-
centage of shed burn running through
the crop and such leaf is not sensitive to
the usual atmospheric conditions that
bring pliability into tobacco. The
troubles and delay with the tobacco
then is not so much the weather condi1
tions we have complained of SO frequent
ly, as the shed burn damage in the crop.
The question at once arises. what can
we do to avoid similar conditions in the
futures A great many growers forget
that the tobacco crop is only half done
when it is put into the shed and then is
the time when it needs more care than
when it is growing. Too many of them
feel that when the crop is in the shed
they can let nature take it's course, when
watching the curing barns is time well
spent. In curing seasons like that of
last year, when weather conditions are
most unfavorable, then is the time when
extra care and expert experience ought
to be exercised if the earnings of sea-
sons labor are to be saved the least pos
sible injury. Every mistake points out
remedy,
Speaking of the effect of the recent
failures in the tobacco trade, CORES
pondent to an eastern trade journal says:
The financial troubles of the past few
months have had the effect of curbing
the mad desire to sell which became
rampant in the early part of 1908. At
one time credits became SO easy that the
question of whether the goods were to be
paid for or not seemed something apart
from the transaction. Conditions had
reached q point where a good mans
money was no more valuable than poor
mans credit. Lately. however, a de-
ciQed change has come over the market
inithe matter of extending credits, and
the hot-ar propositions are now getting
the frosted NIT where year ago they
were received with the glad hand.
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The supreme court of Minnesota has
decided that tobacco is a necessity, and
that tobacco stores remaining open on
Sundays have the same license as the
drug stores. It is held by the court that
the Sunday closing law does not apply
| to tobacco stores. A test case was
brought under the general law prohibit
| ing the opening of stores on Sunday.
The tobacconisys ana grocers appealed,
with the result that the tobacconists
won, while the grocers are compelled to
close.
The attempt to organize the hurley
tobacco growers has finally been aban-
doned This decision will undoubtedly
be a hard blow to future cooperative
efforts on the part of growers in the
South. For loag time it appeared
that the effort to organize was going to
prove successful, and that growers gen.
orally would be benefited. 1t was plan
ned to have 10000 tobacco growers agree
to sell their tobacco to the association.
The association on its part undertook to
buy the tobacco from the growers at
stipulated prices. 1t was arranged, in
the event of dispute between the asso-
citation and the growers as to the grad
ing of tobacco, the, question would be
settled by valuators representing each
party. The desired number Of growers,
it is understood, signed statements agree
ing to sell their tobacco to the associa-
ton, which it was expected would be
ready last December to take over the
crops of members. Many growers have
been holding their tobacco waiting to
see what the association would do. The
treason given for the final abandonment
of the plan is that the directors have
been unable to secure the funds with
which to buy the tobacco. Pres. W. 3.
Hawkins announces that he hopes the
organization will not be broken up, so
that another attempt may be made next
year to accomplish the reform aimed at
by the association. Growers who signed
the contract to sell to the association
have been released from all obligations.
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New YORK, Feb. n, 1904.
A spell of dullness seems to have over
taken almost the entire trade of the