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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03
SToUaHToN, WIS.,. Jan. 27, 1905.


Five warehouses are now running with
large forces, over three hundred hands
being employed. Those now in opera
ton are the American Tobacco Co., Q.
G. Lee, 0. X. Roe, G. M. Hintze and A.
Holtan o. G. Lee has been spending
the week at Poynette receiving at that
place which is shipped here. Frank Golf
sold his crop to Hubbell of Edgerton
Tuesday at 6Ac. p. O. Bake. delivered
his '04 Monday to Mcintosh Of Edgerton
at 7&2c B. T. Oftelie delivered IL acres
of '04 to the American Co. at 814&1c. Ell.
H. Hoover sold 81 acres '04 to G. NJ.
Hintze at ~. The buying in this sec
.tion has not been very brisk as yet, how
ever enough is being delivered to keep
all hands employed. -
O. X. Roe started asserting in his
warehouse Monday with force of about
forty hands. Mr.. Roe reports having
bought the following crops: John Ev-
ans. la 'O4 at 7&1c; Martin A. Furu
seth, 9a '04 at Tale: Ole Kaupanger, l6a
'04 at 7&1c: George Burthe, Boa '04 at
7&1c; Sever Uglum, lOa '04 at 6&1c: AS
lax ABBY, 6a '04 at 71a&2c; Erick How
land, 8a 04 at 7&1c: also packing of 80
cases of 1901 leaf of Osmund Cherrie at
12c
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03
EVANSVILLE, WIS.,, Feb. /, 1905.

A marked improvement was noted Ia
the sales and purchases of both old and
new leaf during the past week, bnt the
object in view now is the receiving OF
the 1904 and getting the asserting rooms
in running order. BY another week but
q few OF the warehouses will be idle.
What new leaf that has so far been re-
ceived has been in the best of condition
and as has been said by many exper-
ienced tobacco men, that should the leaf
of 1904 pass through the sweat in a good
condition it. will prove to be one of the
best crops grown in many seasons.
The sales and shipments Of the old
leaf for the past week were Fisher Il
Fisher sell 200cs of 1923 and buy 200cs
of 1902 3; e. L Erler sells 4Ocs of 1908
low. grades; ]. Soulman buys good sized
lot of 1908 and T.. B. Carle & Son buy
50Ocs of 1902 and sell 3O0cs of the same
years goods. G. j. Jones buys 92cs Of
1901; A. n. Jones sells 425cs 1903 and
buys 50cs 1903
Those that buy new leaf were: John
Soulman, 75,000 lbs; f. S. Baines 20Oa
in Dunn county and A. N. Jones buys
the following crops: John Cullen. 51Sa
at 7&1c, Jos. Story, 3a at Tale; John
Brown, IA at 6&1c; Gusta Schmit, aga
at 7&1c; W. j. Kennedy, IA at 6&1c; j.
White, 21sa at 6&lc; d. Kelly, 11sa at
7&lc; Walter Kelley, "a at 7&1c; G. M.
Craig, "a ot Gale; John Schmeling, 3a at
Tale; A. Mas, 3a at 7&11ac: c. W.
Schmeling, :sa at 7&1c; J. w. Jones, 3a
at SIC: Chas. Scharine, 3a at 6&1c; H.
Leary, 311sa at G&1c; John Johnson, "a
at 6&1c; VIM. Brown, 21sa at 6&1c; w.
A. Douglas, "a at Tale; Ell. Wolskie, "a
at 51ss&11ac; G. w. Jackman & Co.. 3a at
7&1c; S. E. Craig, IA at 71a&l15c; Aug.
Schachtschneider 3a at 6&1c; H. Bren-
ash. 3a at Sale.
Chas. Kohn, of London, England, rep
resentative of the Imperial Tobacco Co.
OF Great Britain, was in this city the lat
ter part of the week.
Nicholas Reed. Sr.. delivered crop Of
1904 to local dealers Tuesday for which
he received $1435.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03
Connecticut Valley Tobacco MarkeS.

Never has there been time in my re-
membrance when the tobacco crop was
bought up so closely as at present. In
this neighborhood there are but three or
four lots left In fact there are but few
lots left in town, not % per cent, and
those 25 per cent. do not represent at
most over 10 per cent. of the whole crops
for the largest lots were the first to be
bought. Most of the lots left are those
that range from 2 to acres. Once in a
while one of 10 acres is to be found. This
last week heard OF no less than II men
around looking for tobacco, and when SO
many are looking large amount is US
ually bought up. But in this instance
the lots to be sold were few and far be-
tween, SO that the real business done
was not large. ID.
The asserting shops were so full tha1
it is difficult to make them take in their
buyings. Some Lots have been weighed
off and left in the buildings of the sell
erS.
: Our correspondents report as follows.
Bradstreet, Mass: "F..' F. Cooley recent
ly sold his tobacco to Meyer q Mendel-
sohn at 16c in bundle, about four acres.
Harry Marsh has placed a contract with
A. L. Strong of Hatfield for a tobacco
barn to be 75x3O feet. This is about the
usual width of building tobacco barns
now." Feeding Hills, Mass. THE sales
of tobacco were lively all of last week.
But few lots remain in growers hands,
and these mostly from difference in the
price asked and offered. Most of that
sold is to be delivered in the next two
weeks The prices ranged from Ii to Is
cents in the bundle. Some of it is to go
to New York, but most of it to Enfield,
.Ct.' East Whately, Mass: "Quinn
Brothers have sold 10 acres of tobacco to
a New York party for l3c in bundle, W.
T. Smith sold 10 acres of tobacco to
Keef of Westfeld, Mass, at 1896 10
bundle" North Hatfield, Mass: "E. G..
Dickinson has sold his crop of II tons OF
tobacco to Fairchild of Sunderlaod,
Mass, for 20ci1 bundle."- -Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03

A fairly brisk market is reported for
tLis week in all types of old domestic
goods. No material changes have oc-
Cured in price, though the market is
gradually being depleted, and there is
nothing Immediately available in place
of the present stocks. Some 1904 Con-
necticut Havana Seed has appeared ON
the market and is receiving some atten-
ton from buyers. Old Pennsylvania
Broad leaf, Old thinner Spanish and old
Connecticut Broad leaf still have the
call.
Sumatra-The fact that the first Am
sterdam inscription has been set down
for March 10 is not to the taste OF the
American buyers. 1t means that the
season will be longer than usual, and
this is not pleasing prospect for two
reasons; first, because Holland as sum-
mer resort is not particularly interest
ing, and, second, because the American
buyers are business men to the core, and
time hangs heavily on their hands when
they have nothing to do but wait for
sales. Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03

The Ways and Means committee of
Congress gave extended hearing last
week to the opponents of the bill reducr
ing the duties on PHILIPPINE tobacco and
sugar. Representatives were heard from
the National Cigar Leaf Assn, tire In
ternational Cigarmakers' Union, the
Manufacturers Association and several
growers associations. These gentlemen
presented strong reasons why the pro-
posed measure should not become law.
Later Secretary Taft presented his ar
tended that as the Philippines belong to
the. United States, imposing a sacred
trust on this government. it is our duty
to establish and maintain the best posi-
BILE conditions there It would be as
just, he maintained. to establish tariff
between the states of Ohio and Pennsyl
vania as between the United States and
the Philippines. Ultimate free trade
would have to come in the end between
the islands and the United States. Sec
retery Taft asserted warmly that Con-
gress had already enacted measure
which was eminently unfair to the is
lands. You have declared that in 1906
American bottoms shall carry everything
that is shipped between the United
States and the Philippines. both ways.
Is it possible that the House of Repre-
sentatives or the Senate cap impose on
these people a domestic policy with ref
erence to the carrying of goods and vet
withhold the opportunity OF markets for
these goods?"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS.,, Feb.

EDGERToN, WIS.,, Feb. 5, 100.
A week of almost continuous zero
weather has intefered somewhat with
the movements of tobacco dealers in
country districts but despite these dis
comforts moderate amount of business
has gone forward involving both old and
new leaf. The activity of dealers to
gather in the remnants of old stock left
in country hands gives promise that very
little will soon be left that can be lifted
at anything like reasonable figures.
There is also quiet picking away at
the new crop but at prices that seldom
exceed the Sc mark. The following sales
have come to notice:
Fred Peach, 6a at 8&2c.
Ed Hyland, 1Oa at Tale.
And Otteson, liza at Sale.
M. Ludden, "A at ia sic.
Willis johnson, Ga at S11a&lc.
John Sampson, ga at Tale.
VIM. Oates, Ga at 7&lc.
E. Gilbertson, "a at 7&1c.
B. Johnson. "a at Sale.
L.. Fosdahl, ga at Gale.
T. Flugum, Ga at &c.
Antoine johnson sold 4Ocs 'Ol at lie.
L Johnson, 27cs O3 at &c.
A. Smedahl, 14cs '03 at 61ac.
Among packers fairly good trade is
reported, though generally of low grade
goods in smaller lots. The Davidson
packing at Westby of some 300cs of O3
has been sold to local packer.
While the deliveries so far have been
ample to keep the packing houses run
ming, the time is soon coming when deal
ers must accept parts of crops or close
down their sorting rooms to await the
time when farmers can take down their
hanging leaf. The Sparta branch of the
American will about work up their goods
already received this week. A season OF
casing weather would greatly facilitate
the warehouse handling of the crop.
The shipments out of storage reach
5O0cs from this market to all points for
the week past.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03
MIAMIsBURG. o.. Jan, 27. 1905.

The weather being favorable there has
been considerable riding of late. Prac-
tically all the seed leaf has been bought,
as high as 81 cents being paid 10 sew
eral instances. thinner is in fair de-
mand. A good many sales are reported
at IL to cents, but growers are gener-
ally holding for an advance, which buy
ers are unwilling TO concede Reports
on the quality of the crop are uniformly
favorable, and it is said that snumber
of planters will hold out for 10 cents.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03
New York.
New YORK, Jan. %, 100

NEW TURK, Jdu. loi I0UJ.
Neither the blizzard on Wednesday
nor the zero weather on Thursday had
a depressing effect on the leaf market.
Of course shipments were detained, but
buying did not suffer any set back. The
demand for all kinds of leaf is not only
brisk, but ever increasing. The short
age of supply being now generally recog
nized, manufacturers are rushing TO get
under cover at old rates. The 1908 Penn
sylvania is moving off at marvellous
pace, the 1903 thinner is disappearing as
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03

LANCASTER NEW ERA, Jan. 24, 1905.

AANCASTEk NhW IINA, Cdu. ~. lOOC'
The home market developed unex-
pected activity during the past ten days
in cased goods. There has been lively
demand for goods of every grade, and
buyers have shown that they mean bus
mess by accepting all goods offered at
current rates. This is good omen, and
the holders of 1904 goods are encourag-
ed by the present condition of things.
The sales that have been brought to our
notice are 5Ocs of 1904 goods sold by
John D. Skiles; 470cs of last years goods
sold by Rutter & Diller, OF Intercourse,
to Samuel Siesel; 1O28cs, various years,
mostly 1903, sold by /. Ell. Weaver; 24Ocs
of 1903 sold by John w. Duttenhoffer.
and 23Scs sold by j. P. Brenneman and
2S9cs bought by the same party; in all.
2345 cases, the largest weeks sales in,
months. For the corresponding week OF
last year the sales were 387 cases.
The market for the 1904 crop is still
lively, although the goods themselves
are getting scarce. In some localities
the goods are nearly all cleaned up,
while in others there is still some to- be
had-more of the hail cut and frosted,
however, than of the sound goods.
The United Cigar Company is about
the busiest concern in the county today.
1t is packing new leaf in five ware
houses, four in this city and one i'm the
country. 1t has bought 10000 or 1900
cases, which is one half the unchanged
tobacco raissd in the county this year
1t is going into cases at the rate of about
$50 cases per day. Mr.. Morris Levy, the
local representative, was earliest in the
field, sot good lead and has held it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03

Unless another season of casing wealth
er should come soon there4is danger that
some OF the warehouses now in opera
tion will be compelled to close down
awaiting time when the growers can
prepare their crops for delivery. Only a
small fraction of the tobacco in the Yer
non county section where the greater
portion of the early sales were effected,
has so far been removed from the poles
during any of the casing spells. Many
dealers are adverse to receiving parts of
crops and SO practically the great bulk
of the crop in this locality is undeliver-
ed. The condition, however, may lead
to the purchasing of more tobacco in the
southern growing sections to keep the
warehouses in operation, but if the usual
winter thaw should hold off until we'll
into the spring, it is quite certain that
warehouse handling will be suspended
at -some of the packing points. Both
grower and dealer are therefore anxious
ly awaiting thaw
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

1t is to be hoped that the tobacco
growers of the state have interest enough
in their profession to attend the annual
meeting of the Growers and Dealers AS
sociation to be held at the court house
in Madison on Wednesday next, Feb.
Sth. The program arranged concerns
topics which growers should be vitally
interested in, while other matters will
come up of considerable import to the
industry. The farmer can always learn
something to his profit to meet and COM
pare notes With his neighbors and the
exchange of methods and experiences is
what leads to the best results. The
meeting comes at time OF year when
the growers have the most leisure, so lay
aside other duties and come to Madison
next Wednesday. Bring along samples
of your crop, the association offers prizes
for the best types of leaf and see how
your product compares with that grown
in other portions of the state. Find out
if the seed used is as good as others, and
If not, how you can improve it. Remem-
Der, too, that the State Experiment Sta
tion has quite quantity of seed for
free distribution to growers and this can
be obtained at this meeting. No tobac-
co grower who aims to be up to date can
really afford to ignore the meeting of the
association next week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-02-03

One feature OF the Philippine question
which has not been touched upon so far,
but which should arrest the attention of
tCongress, is the serious loss of revenue,
which the substitution OF the Philippine
for the American cigar industry is sure
to entail. Our government received dur
ing the last fiscal year $40, ,122, ,415.5O in
stamp taxes from our ll-fiedged cigars,
and BIC, ,498, ,628.1 in wrapper duties
chiefly on our Sumatra imports. This
makes an income for our government of
thirty and half million dollars, which
will completely disappear with the ad
vent of the Manila cigars, because the
Manila product is according to an exist
ing decision exempt from paying the in
ternal revenue stamp tax of $500 per
thousand, and because the Manila pro-
duct will drive out of use altogether in
this country the Sumatra leaf. Inas-
much, however, as our National Ex
chequer is facing deficit, can Congress
afford to chop off with one lick safe in
come of thirty and half million dollars?
For whatever revenue might be collected
from the Manila cigars and tobacco even
under 25 per cent. duty is according to
the provisions of Congress not to be re-
tanned in our own treasury but has to be
remitted to Manila for the benefit of the
Islands. Consequently the dastardly
proposition of killing our cigar industry
as sacrifice to Secretary Taft's idol is
intended also to deplete our treasury
without any adequate consideration
whatsoever. Can Congress stand for
such a raid on our already deficient
treasury? u. S. Tobacco Journal.
~
The Ways and Means committee of
Congress gave extended hearing last
week to the opponents of the bill reducr
ing the duties on PHILIPPINE tobacco and
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-14
PERSONAL.

DR.. R. F. Rooney Of Auburn Is stay
ing at the Palace.
DR.. ]. w. Hammond of Byron
Springs is at the Grand.
DIR. Ernest Schultze of Hamburg.
Germany Is at the Occidental.
Robert H. Turner. a we'll known
Nevada City merchant, is at the Lick.
e. B. Edison. former Railroad Com
missioner, is down from Gazelle and
staying at the Occidental
Viscount Octave Moullot, an officer
of the French navy. is here from
Paris and staying at the Palace.
Leo Peterson. editor and manager Of
the Commercial Review of Portland.
Or, who is at the Lick. win leave for
the north in few days.
Grating car service OF the Santa Fe
road. arrived here yesterday. from
Chicago and is registered at the Pal
ace.
Frank L. Merrick, the manager OF
the general press bureau Of the Lewis
and Clark Exposition, Is at the Grand
Hotel. He is making tour Of Cali
fornia in the interest of the coming
exposition lin the north.
Congressman William Hughes of
Paterson, n. j.. is registered at the
Grand, and Congressman Allen Benny
of Bayonne, n. j.. is guest at the
Palace. They. with Congressman
Harry Maynard of Norfolk, Va. are
interested with Congressman Van Du-
ger of Nevada in a new mining enter
prise near Sodaville. which they have
come West to inspect.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-14
CHIEF CLERK ALBERGER
OF SANTA FE PROMOTED
Well known Railroad Official Is Ele-
waited to Position of Foreign
Freight Agent.

William r. Alberger, for many
years chief clerk of the local office s
of the Santa Fe Company, was yes
terday promoted 10 the position OF
foreign freight agent, upon the duties
of which he will enter within the next
few days. The elevation of Alperger
10 this responsible position was made
possible through the rapidly increas-
ing trans-Pacific business Of the COM
pany and is given to the popular chief
clerk in recognition of his valuable
services to the railroad corporation.
Alberger will be succeeded in his pres
ent position by III. E. Bernard.
now chief rate clerk of the company
at Los Angeles.
1t was also announced yesterday by
the Santa Fe officials that an iudus-
trial department has been created
here and will be placed In charge of
F. w. Mcdonald, at present travelling
freight agent, whose new title will he
commissioner. Upon him will devolve
the duties of advertising Northern
California, a work which the Santa
Fe proposes to enter upon on an ex-
tensive scale. Assistant Freight Traf-
flc Manager Edward Chambers is now
in this city arranging for the removal
of his offices from Los Angeles and
he expects to assume charge of the
local freight offices of the company III
a few weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-14
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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-14
TRUST SHARES
ALL PROFITS
Theatrical Syndicate Even
Acts as Manager for
Stars Who Desire Booking
FEE PAID BY HACKETT
Large Sum Given for the
Privilege of Playing in
Houses Owned by 'Big Six"

NEW YORK. April 1s-In the suit OF
David Belasco to establish the exist
ence OF a contract with Klaw g. Err
LANCER, the theatrical managers.
through the agency OF a third party,
Abraham L Erlanger OF that frm was
cnief witness to-lday. Erlanger was
asked what chance q manager had to
DOCK an attraction In the theaters con-
troned by the theatrical syndicate, to
which he replied that the chance was
good for good attraction For a poor
attraction he could not say what the
chance would be. Erlanger said that
tne Syndicate controlled between sixty
nye and hundred theaters. He said
the syndicste's share Of the profits from
The Auctioneer" amounted to So, 900.
Ny share was not much" he added.
You got one-third OF that sum, did
you not7" asked counsel for Belasoo.
Yea the witness replied
Don't you call $4,000 much7'
No: not much"
Erlanser then testified that he booked
three theaters outside the syndicate
free Of charge. These were the Lyric,
New York; the GaTrick, Chicago, and
the Majestic, Boston. he afterward
admitted, however, that Nixon g. Zim-
norman had an interest IN a play with
s. s. a Lee Shubert. who control the
Lyric and Garrick theaterE mentioned
Er1anger was cross-examined at some
length and there were a number Of
lively Tits between opposing counsel
did you not get between $4,000 and
$1,000 from James K Backett for book
ing him IN one OF his playsT" was
asked.
NO, not for the booking; we were
practically his mRnagers." replied Er-
LANCER.
We'll, VINO really wss his manager7"
He was his own manager.
Yet you managed him?"
Yes"
Erlanger said the syndicate got 25
per cent from the profits of The Chi
neSe Honeymoon" but nothing from
"F1orodora-"
The witness denied that he had ever
been cruel" or harsh" to BeiaSco.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-14
CHICAGOs CURIOUS
UNDERGROUND CITY
Tunnels for Freight Traffic Run to
Basement OF Every Downtown

Tunnels for Freight Traffic Run to
Basement OF Every Downtown
Business House.
While the New York subway takes
passengers and pedestrians from con-
gested streets, the Chicago tunnel sys-
tenn purposes to do away with the
teaming and heavy hauling on the
thcroughfares, making 1t possible for
a million people to use with comfort
the downtown streets. In pleasure We
hicles OF street cars. unimpeded by the
delivery carts. drays and coal wagons
that have rendered the highways al
most impossible at times
The street situation in Chicago may
be better understood when IL Is re-
called that the early builders of the
city. for financial and physical reasons,
centered the railway terminals, freight
depts, wholesale establishments. retail
stores and more than 20 per cent OF
the manufacturing plants within or on
the edge IL an area one and one-half
miles square. The teaming necessary
to the transfer of goods i'm this dis
trict has grown TO such proportions as
to be unequaled In any city OF the
world for a similar space. On thirty
two miles OF streets the daily move
ment of merchandise has averaged
liz, 900 tons During the busy hours as