The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-21

| growers nave now nnlSned tranSplantIng
| and are looking forward to successful
| crop this season. A few small shipments
have been made from the local ware
houses.
South Granby-The crop is all trans
planted and is growing exceedingly fast
these hot days. James Whitcomb has
II acres set and there are more acres
planted in this vicinity than before in
two or three seasons.-GaZette.
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Market.
The tobacco crop of the valley is grow
ing finely now and promise of good
crop is in evidence in all directions. The
at. If with this warm weather we con-
tinue to have plenty of good showers, l
can see no reason why we shall not har-
vest full average crop of tobacco, for it
is as sound as | ever saw it.
With good cultivating and hoeing L
know all growers will be repaid for their
work They have fertilized the soil we'll,
sorne having used as high as two tons Of
richment, with ordinary weather and
under ordinary conditions, we should
look for nothing less than good crop.
for one hope there will not be quite
so much export tobacco as was grown in
1903; for, to say the best we could of it,
there was little to satisfy the general
run of cigar manufacturers of this coun-
try. So if it could be used in other
countries where cheap goods are wanted
by the people, and we had the cheap
goods, it is all right to export what we
can spare, and let those who have cheap
labor produce the cheap goods and sell
them as low as they please. In our own
country | will not say that the people
wish to pay an exhorbitant price. But
there is one thing they do want, they all
prefer good cigars. and most of the peo-
pie who smoke will buy such, and will
not grumble at good living prices. So
the manufacturers would not buy old
stuff, and it had to be exported to peo-
Pile who earn small wages and cannot
dominate the manufacturers, but must,
if they use cigars, or other manufactur-
ed products of tobacco, take what is Of
fered and look pleasant. But at home
the case is very different The smoker
knows that il Smith is selling poor ci
gars. Jones is not, and therefore the
manufacturer must cater to Jones, for
Smith is doing very little business. So
take my advice, raise good tobacco and
compel the manufacturer to produce
good cigars, and the export of cigar leaf
will be thing of the past.
Our correspondents report "a follows:
Conway, Mass: There is very little to-
bacco here this year. Only few pieces
will be ready to top in two weeks. 1t is
growing we'll for the dog weather it has
had to grow in. The little shower that
we had this week will help it. Hay is
quite good crop here, some having AS
good yield as ever. Agawam, Mass:
Tobacco is doing we'll generally. Some
pieces are a little uneven on account of
the cut worms. Topping will commence
in about ten days. No hail as yet and
not much rain" Wethersfeld, Ct: "Most
of the tobacco has been set out, and the
first set is looking we'll and growing fast
this warm weather. Another good show
er would be very acceptable" North
Hatfield Mass: Oscar Belden & Sons
commenced topping July 4. R. M. Swift
has commenced to top his tobacco G..
Ell. Craft said he would be obliged to
commence topping his tobacco about
the middle of this week. Tobacco in the
main is looking WE'LL Hay will be heavier
than was predicted early in the season."
-Cultivator.
Now and then the government pub
fishes report on Philippine affairs that
appears to have escaped the censor, or at
least report that has not been edited
by the combined staff of the War De-
partment and the Philippine Commis-
sion. Such report has just Eeen pub
lished by the Bureau of Labor of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
and contains chapters on the cultivation
of tobacco and the manufacture of ci-
gars and cigarettes in the archipelago
that fairly scintillate with interesting
facts, WHICH the War Department and
it's agents in the islands seem to have
been at much pains to suppress or min
imiZe. The function of the Bureau of
Labor is to publish uncolored statistics
and unbiased reviews of conditions as
they exist, and in compiling this report
DIR. Victor S. Clark has performed
public service. The claims made by
Secretary Taft and his aides as to the
poor quality of leaf grown in the islands
are met by Dr. Clark with the statement
that "only the neglect of seIective plant
improvement and the inefficiency of the
labor employed" have prevented the best
grade grown in Luzon from "equalling
the finest Cuban leaf, and he adds that
the industry affords d field for the en-
ployment of Japanese labor at low wages,
thus establishing "a movement OF pop
ulation and trade intercourse" advan-
tageous to both the Philippines and
Japan, 'sand calculated to extend the
market for Philippine tobacco in Japan"