The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-22
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDeERToN, Wis.,, Jan. %. l9O4

crop has been going on quite extensively
and IN some localities has reached :the
activity of former years. The buyers
for the American Cigar Co. are out in
nearly every growing section and are
particularly busy in the northern Dane
county section, in the town of Center;
and in Vernon county where their sales
foot up to a good many hundred acres.
The Rosenwald firm, under the direc-.
ton of 0. X. Roe, are also active buyers
So far local firms, except IN Vernon
county have not figured much in the
deal Prices are considered moderate as
the following sales coming to notice will
show:
J. E. Simonson, 15a at Sale.
JAS. Roherty, 1oa at Tale
Frank Kealey, Sa at Sale. Z
Jens Naset, Sa at Tale.
Thos. Marsden, Sa at Tale.
Thos. Robyor, Ga at 7&1c.
e. Erickson, Ga at 71a&1c.
Burlson Bros, Ia at 715&1c. -
A. @. Rorge, Ia at 7&1c.
In cured goods the following from first
hands are reported: ).
O. Helgerson, 35cs 'O1 at &c.
Chris Phillips, 31cs '02 at 715&2c. y
e. Hougan, 29cs '02 at 7, s, 3&2c.
A. Asleson, 3lcs 02 at 71s&2c.' !.
Old goods are moving only sparingly
from packers hands. L. B. Carle re-
ports the purchase of 1OOcs of O1 of the
Merrill packing and the sale of 20Ocs of
low grades. Geo. Rumrill has disposed
of car load of '02 goods during the
week.
Milder weather has prevailed during
the week but not sufficient to bring the
much desired casing weather as yet.
though conditions are more favorable. ii
The shipments out of storage reach q
car loads 1033cs, from this market for
the week past. ;~E1
Sun PRAIRIE, Wis, Jan. IA, 1904.
There is little in the tobacco situation
at present to give comfort to the ware
house worker or the grower. Casing
weather seems to be as remote as it was
month ago. If we were to have case
weather at once it would be after Feb.
1st before the asserting rooms could
open, and every week that the opening is
postponed it removes the possibility of a
general movement of the crop before the
growers have assorted it. The work of
asserting cannot be carried far into the
summer and warehouse men do not want
to load up heavily with bundled tobacco
for fear they cannot get sufficient help
to run it over the tables during the
shortened asserting season.
There has been some buying done in
the Rio and Leeds district north of here.
The American Tobacco company, whose
representatives have repeatedly stated
that they would not buy pound of to-
bacco until it was in the bundle, now
have buyers in the field who are picking
up considerable tobacco at from ~ up
to 91ac per pound. The reason for this
change of program is the fact that Ros
inwald's men dropped into that section
recently and contracted for 600 acres at.
from TIC to 81sc. Now the American
company needs some Wisconsin leaf and
want it from the Rio section. The Yer
non county is rather shady. The best
best crops have been picked out and
much that is left in the growers hands
is winded and hail cut, while the Rio
section is furnishing good grade of
leaf. In this immediate vicinity no sales
have been made and buyers are not in
clined to speak very highly of the leaf
A local buyer in speaking to repre-
sentative of The Countryman the other
day remarked that when casing does
come growers should carefully guard
against allowing the tobacco to acquire
too high case. The longer crop hangs
on the poles the more rapidly will it alb
sorb moisture and too much moisture
works more damage to crop than any
other one thing. Buyers have exper-
fenced this in years past and are very
shy of high case tobacco. It has rotted
on their hands repeatedly. 1t is better
for the growers to handle the tobacco
little dry as it will be in better shape
and the loss in weight will be made up
in better price Countryman,
New York.
New YORK, Jan. 16,. 1904.