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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
New YORK, July 19, 1905.

In domestic leaf there is not much
change from conditions outlined in pre-
vious market reports. The stock of old
binders is limited, and the quantity Of
old filters is also small. With the ap-
proach of the coming month, when the
influx of Western buyers will take place,
their influence will doubtless be for the
stimulation of trade, and good healthy
business in the new crop is looked for.
Every one is cognizant of the fact that
the prices for the 1904 filler and binder
will be higher than for some years. The
tobacco is now going through the sweat
in fine shape, and some excellent leaf
may be looked for.
Sumatra. There will be but three
more inscriptions this year. The fall
inscriptions will take place on Septem-
Der % and October and 13. Therefore
the fate of the Sumatra crop has already
been settled, and the manufacturers,
who have been waiting, will doubtless
buy more freely now. In fact, realiza-
ton of the situation seems to have per-
meated the trade. with the result that
transactions in Sumatra have been nu-
merous during the past week. Light
tobacco of this type is scarce, and it is
advisable that those needing goods
should get them now rather than later,
when the cream of the crop will have
been taken. There were no importa-
tions of Sumatra this week, because
there was no Dutch steamer; but the
steamer which left Amsterdam Saturday
had on board about 1000 bales.
Havana.-While the market for the
past week has not been bare of trans
actions, those taking place have never
theless not been very numerous, nor have
any large quantities figured in them.
On the strength of advices from Cuba
anent the new crop, which is the objec-
tive point of the trade just now, prices
keep up.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
New York.
NEW YORK, July %, 1905.

No particular activity was noticeable
in the market during the past week, nor
is there any brisk business expected dur
ing this time of the year. Nevertheless,
trading went on in it's routine-like way
to fill up gaps and to satisfy immediate
demands. Anything in the seed leaf
line is finding it's buyer. Only trans
actions in new Sumatra are not up-to-
date. The reports of the high prices
paid at the first inscriptions seem to
have frightened manufacturers into
loading up with all kinds of old stuff.
Consequently the new crop is finding the
doors of some factories closed against
it. But this condition cannot last for
any length of time. The consumption of
wrapper leaf by our cigar industry is too
large not to create vacuum and higher
price and lesser yield will not prevent
it's general distribution, because there is
nothing in sight to take it's place. Only
it will require more patience this year to
bring about this result In Havana leaf
trading keeps up at an even tenor. The
new crop cannot be rushed and immedi
ate demands have to be supplied by the
old stock and as the Hayany cigar in
dustry is comparatively the most increas-
ing branch. stock is always needed. Of
course large transactions at this time are
almost out of the question.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGKRToN. WIS.,. July %, 1905.

Although the dry weather proved to
be of great benefit to the growing crop,
yet from all sections now comes a cry
for rain. While the pinching effects of
the dry weather are not manifest to an
alarming degree, if rain does not come
within the next few days there is liable
to be considerable damage. especially in
the more advanced fields. A CORE
spondent from the northern section says:
"a drive through southern Vernon
county reveals the fact that tobacco is Of
good color, clean and generally even.
Some of it is not as far advanced as it
should be at this season, but neverthe-
less gives promise of developing good
crop should the weather be favorable
In the Kickapoo valley and northern
Crawford, tobacco averages better
growth at present than the section of
Vernon county referred to. The wealth
er conditions the past week have been
fine. and with continuation and good
cultivation the 1905 crop promises to be
a good one''
The shipments out of storage do not
exceed 500 cases from this market to all
points for the week past.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Lancaster.
LANCASTER NEW ERA, July 1S. 1905.

LANCASTER NEW ERA. July 18, 1905.
Although some of the leaf dealers are
inclined to speak of the general dullness,
the fact remains that more goods were
sold during the past week than during
any other week for some time. Many of
the dealers have taken advantage of
slack trade to 60 off on their annual va
cation, and the people left in charge of
their business are not pushed with work.
There is little old tobacco in any Of the
warehouses of local dealers, so there can
be little trade. There appears to be no
doubt that large part of the 1904 crop
has already passed into the hands OF big
out-of- town dealers and manufacturers,
and it is hard to See how we are to have
a very active local market later, with so
little goods to go on. In such OF the
warehouses as have 1904 tobacco the
employees are busy getting it into shape
for the market. Unless there is move
ment upward, the dealers will find ex-
tremely small profits on their packings,
for the recent sales of new goods show
very little advance in price over what
was paid ia the growers. It is expected,
however that when the market begins
moving the prices will go upward.
The following transactions are report
ed for the past week: /. Fl. Weaver &
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
One of the results of the Anti Cir

One of the results of the Anti Cigar
cite enactments evolved from the inner
consciousness of certain western legis-
latures has been to bring on the market
a number of freak substitutes for the
white cylinders. One of these is the all
tobacco Turkish cigarette. 1t has long
been matter of wonder to some why
Turkish tobacco was not used in this
manner; and those who believe in gulp-
ing down champaign as if it were butter
milk may now work out the problem for
themselves.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Baldwinsvtlle, N. Y.

T. B. Richards and Thos. Garvey of
Binghampton were here last week. Chas.
r. Goldsmith & Co. have received about
four carloods of recent purchases of 1904
Onondaga. A few small shipments have
been made during the week from the
local arehouses.-GaZette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES
HARTFORD, Conn.,, July %, 1905.

AAAN EOhD, SO4N4Nss OAJ 80, AcOos
There is no crop more beautiful to
look upon than the tobacco field as it ap-
pToaches the harvest. The writer of this
column was especially impressed of this
fact today after making trip through
the famed Connecticut valley tobacco
sections. In 60 mile trolley ride along
the east side from East Hartford to
Springfield through the towns OF South
Windsor, Windsor, Enfield, Long Mead
ow to Springfield, thence across to the
west side of the river through Agawam,
Suffield, Windsor Locks, Poquonock and
Windsor to Hartford, l probably passed
in sight OF very nearly one-half the to-
bacco grown in the Connecticut valley.
The tobacco stands waist high in most
of the fields and topping is we'll under
way. With the exception of but one or
two localities, where the recent hot, dry
weather shows the pinching effects in
narrowing the top leaves, the crop looks
splendid. A good strong growth is al
ready maintained and large, spready
leaf is sure to be secured. The plants
now almost completely shade the ground
and the last work of cultivating and hoe
ing is about finished. They tell me the
crop is fully up to the average of other
years at this date and an early harvest
predicted. So far no hail storms have
visited the valley to do any damage, the
leaves are sound and perfect and quite
free from worm or grasshopper holes.
The east side of the river produces al
most exclusively seed leaf and this va
riety will show considerable increase in
acreage this year, even encroaching up
on Havana seed territory in many loccal-
ities Seed leaf has had the call of the
market for several seasons past, not only
being the most ready seller, but bring
ing the grower better prices than the
Havana seed, and yielding much larger
per acre is becoming the favorite of the
Connecticut valley.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28

With the crop looking so promising
and the harvest so near, contracting for
the new tobacco in the fields is looked
for soon. Much of the crop was sold a
year ago in August. Growers obtained
high prices last year and are expecting
as good or something better for the pres
ent one. Buyers who come in to open
the market will find it pretty difficult to
set the ball rolling unless they are will
ing to offer about what was paid year
ago, which, we are told, is better than 30
cents for bundle delivery for the seed
variety. Mr.. Andross tells me that the
growers on the first mile adjoining his
farm received an average of 30 cents and
one grower of an especially fine lot OBJ
tanned 40c per pound. The American
Tobacco Co. set the pace last season and
the others who joined in the race held
up the figures. It is claimed that the
entire crop of seed leaf is away short of
the demands of the packers, and the
growers are confident they will be able
to get good round figure and sell their
tobacco before the harvest is over. So
it is possible we will hear of buying in
the valley even before this paper reaches
its readers. Sampling of last seasons
packings of Connecticut leaf is now go.
ing on at the warehouses here and pack
ers are decidedly pleased with the result.
Packers claim it is the best type of Con-
necticut wrapping stock the state has
produ ced in some years. The tobacco
cost high butts turning out SO well there
is no chance to lose, while many are al
ready figuring out good profits, which
speaks we'll for an early investment in
the new crop.
~
I doubt if there is another strip of
farming lands anywhere in the country
more beautiful to look upon or more
pleasing to the progressive farmer than
a half dozen miles of what Is termed
Sufield street, few miles south of
Springfield. The farms are uniformly
small with most of the soil devoted to
tobacco culture, but the houses are fine,
the buildings kept we'll painted, the
lawns neatly trimmed and everything
about them speaks of thrift and tidy
ness that I have never before seen equal
ed. With an electric car passing the
door every half hour, telephones in the
houses and electric light or power to
be obtained from the trolley lines if
desired, there is seemingly but little left
that the farmer could ask for. The
highways too are lined with enormous
shade trees, macadamized and kept as
smooth and clean as city pavement.
The pride exhibited by the owners in
keeping up their places and in the till
lage of their crops is in evidence at every
farm. As an object lesson in thrift and
farm arrangement of buildings. fields
and gardens, it is one that farmers may
we'll travel miles TO see. Suffield street
could easily take the prize in any kind of
competition.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28

For Rent.
A good dwelling house for rent In
quire of NJ. L. Carrier
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COLLEGE OFFICIALS OF TODAY

COLLEGE OFFICIALS OF TODAY.
President Faunce of Brown Univer-
sity announces, as the general belief
of college teachers, that while the
Freshmen Of to-day know more than
their fathers knew at the same age,
ical strength veg ETAo HSRETAoH
they are inferior to their fathers in
logical strength. in, power of concentra-
ton and in the faculty of sustained
thought THE haste to be wise, says
he. may be as fatal as the haste to, be
rich. Teachers and leaders are every
where declining to join in the demand
for immediate results, and are seeking
a permanent deposit in the character
and life Of the pupil. In the last 30
years our colleges have swung away
from the ideal of their founders and
have come under the influence of the
German university. The ministerial
calling is not securing its fair proper
tior, in respect Of numbers of ability
Of the educated manhood of our time.
Our civilization cannot endure without
leaders of spiritual vision and pro-
phetic power Speaking Of the haste
to be rich in more than one American
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-03
MIscoNcEIvED ITS FUNCTION.


The North Sea Commission, like some
preceding boards of aritrators, seems
to have misconceived it's function,
which was simply to determine whether
Admiral Rojestvensky, who properly is
held accountable for the conduct of his
subordinate officers, did or did not vio-
late the rules of international law and
disregard the rights of neutrals.
Whether, If such violation were proved,
the yiolator could be deemed profess
sionally competent to retain command,
and whether or not he was guilty of
Tin humanity in leaving the victims of
his lawless aggression to drown, We're
questions for Russia to beside, having
due regard to the just indignation of
the British Government and to the en-
lightened opinion of all other neutral
Powers In a word, the North Sea
Commission, like more than one pre-
ceding board of arbitrators, evidently
forgot that it was strictly judicial
tribunal, created to decide question
of facts, and opposed itself to be clothed
with the powers Of a diplomatic body
qualified to formulate compromise
more or less acceptable to all parties.
To invite sailors to serve as jurists in
a controversy which involved a capital
principle of International law was of
doubtful expediency; to allow them to
act as diplomats is clearly inadmissi-
ble.-From the New York Sun.
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NEGRO BOYS QUICK WIT.

Mr.. w. II. Poole of Sykesville, Md,
sends the flowing story:
'There is in our household small
colored boy in whom l am greatly in
terested. He is only six years old, and
has not long been a sharer in our
public school advantages. But he is an
enthusiastic student and makes use of
all his opportunities. He never fails
to make a trial.
THE other day I was endeavoring to
find out what progress he was making
in his studies, SO put him through an
examination in spelling. Cat dog,
etc, were passed with an average of
100. resolved to make the test lit
tie more difficult. Sylvester said l.,
can you spell cost?'
" Goat came the ready response.
:" Now I continued, can you spell
trousers?' ...,
Can't spell dat, but I can spell
pants
II wish more Of us were as quick ia
substitute the next best thing to that
which we consider impossible. "-Balti-
more Sun ~
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Before / wrote to you, telling you how
felt, had doctored for over two years steady
and spent lots of money on medicines besides,
but it all failed to help me. My monthly pc
RODS had ceased and ] suffered much pain,
with fainting spells, headache, backache and
bearing down pains, and i was SO weak
could hardly keep around. As last resort
decided to write you and try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and ] am SO
thankful that i did, for after following your
instructions, which you sent me free Of all
charge, my monthly periods started am
regular and in perfect health. Had it not
been for you Iwould be in my grave to-day.
81 sincerely trust that this letter may lead
every suffering woman in the country to
write you for help as did. r
When women are troubled with ir-
regular or painful menstruation, weak
ness, leucorrhga, displacement or I'LL
ceration of the womb, that bearing
down feeling, inflammation of the ova-
ries, backache, fatulence, general de-
bility, indigestion and nervous prostra-
tion,t they should remember there is
one tried and true remedy. Lydia E.,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once
removes such troubles.
No other female medicine in the world
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. Refuse alIsub-
stitutes.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Address, Lynn,
Mass.
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81, 1,zr,s FnR DISHONESTY.

60 frequently has the statement that
5+Ia average respectable citizen will not
scr,,r,le to cheat the government whose
laws he has promised to obey been
nrnved true. that it will hardly be dis
nlted again. In the eastern portion OF
the limited States the most conspicuous
instances of this characteristic of civil
ized humanity are found in the habitu-
ii efforts of returning travellers to
eyade the tax upon dutiable articles.
The notorious injustice of our customs
regulations has caused the practice OF
fraud in this connection to be not only
condoned, but applauded regardless OF
ahe individual merits of the case.
when questions of land and property
taxation are considered it appears to
he usually those best able to bear the
burden who refuse to do SO. But in
the matter of the western land frauds
no extenuating circumstance save the
simple one of human greed can be
urged. The extent to which the Gus
tom Of defrauding the government pre-,
walls is exposed forcibly by Mr.. Arthur
Ruhl, who in recent article makes an
earnest plea for immediate remedial
action. The TneIrS nave reacneu
lengths almost unbelievable except in
the face of the positive evidence fur
nished by Mr.. Ruhl.
From his account it appears that III
the past two years the land given
away by the government at a nominal
price and under restrictions which nc
one observed has included some of the
finest timber country in the west
More than three millions of acres Of
this valuable real estate have slipped
Trom the hands of the government dur
ing a short time, and the greater par
of it was seized by SPECTATORS. Among
those who have acquired lands b!
fraudlent means are some of the hes
known men of the United States--s
fact which explains the great difficult.
experienced by those who realize thu
folly Of the government i'll permitting
this outrage to get any reform bill
through the senate. The situation il
one which arouses grave concern OIL
the part Of thinking people. AT a tim
Whsn wood Cor all purposes is dali,
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PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS.
The Country Has Need of Intelligent
Devotion to Public Affairs.

The Country Has Need of Intelligent
Devotion to Public Affairs.
In most Of the country and among
very large proportion of estimable citi-
zens the term professional politician
carries with it the idea of reproach, or
even odium. That this sentiment is
largely justified by the character and
conduct of great body, of men who
make profession of politics "for what
they can get out of it is plain. enough.
But after this is admitted, there is "a
good deal of sound truth in the state
ment made by the President of the
Massachusetts Institute of Techno-
logy IN Chicago that the diligent and
philosophical study Of political prob
lens in the broader sense may be of
immense service, and the man who
practices it as profession should re-
ceive honor and not discredit. s6a
1t was Thomas b. Reed who was
| credited with the observation that "A
| statesman is a politician who is dead. .
Beneath the exaggeration of the
cynical epigram there lies in numer-
GUS instances, at least, a basis Of sound
fact. The late Senator Hoar was a.
| politician in the sense that he had been
| in politics for a long period The same
thing was true Of Tom Reed himself,
as it was of Benjamin Harrison and
l Samuel j. Randall. Yet the profession
of politics di dnot degrade these men
or make them unworthy. On the con-
trary, it enabled them to perform use
\ full service to the country.
Take the instance of Theodore Roose-
welt, for example. AS member of the
New York Legislature of the New York
1 Police Board, of the Civil Service Com
mission, as Assistant Secretary of the
Navy as Governor of New York as
Vice President and as Chief Magistrate
/ of the United States, he has held office
4 in one form or another for a very con-
I siderable proportion Of his life since he
| became of voting age. However people
4 may differ as to the wisdom Of some of
| the policies he advocates, does not the
practically universal confidence in his
integrity, patriotism and couarge show
that a man may be an active politician
! without mourning even the suspicion of
crookedness
There should be nothing opprobrious
in the word politician Just now the
country is in urgent need Of more prac-
titioners Of the profession who are
willing to devote their energies to the
public welfare and who are manful
enough to own themselves Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
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becoming dearer and searcer, heavily
wooded tracts are acquired dishonesty
by persons who are often compelled 10
cut down forests, claimed by them as
farms without the least regard for
the preservation of any part OF these,
in order 10 escape the possible tardy
detection of their unlawful mode OF
obtaining the lands.
Devices Of every sort are resorted 70
by the Spectators and their agents.
The claim agents are unable personal
" to visit the vast tracts Of land for
the disposition of which they are re-
sponsible and they must, therefore, &c
cept the statements of the claimant.
Men often put in a plea for desert" OF
Swamp land, when in the case Of the
former there is not a trace of drought
, or in the latter any undue moisture.
The provisions OF the law were sorigi-
nally made for the small farmer; it is
he who suffers most from the made
quate legislation. He dares not protest
| or, if he be so rash, he is soon made to
pay the penalty. If it were the needy
who cheated the government in this
wholesale fashion it would still be q
| crying abuse, but it is not they.
There are, then, two aspects Of this
series OF gigantic depredations. Boil
are of equal Importance. On the one
side is the material evil, the loss, con
tinually increasing, of a large portion
of the best timber lands of the country
to the government. On the other sidt
is the no less important ethical evil--s
system which apparently puts a preni
UNI upon fraud and the development o,
the lowest tendencies of American bus
mess morals. Unless something il
done Immediately for the enactment o
better legislation and an insistenc,
upon fair play in this matter it will b,
too late. The ravages of the specula
tor have already gone much too far
Providence Journal.
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PARCELS POST PROGRESS,

How long will the people of this
country stand a system under which a
four-pound package can be sent from
London to Baltimore for "a cents, while
it costs ga cents to forward that pack
age by mail from Baltimore to New
York? "A peculiar provision of the
parcels post agreement between this
country and Germany, as well as
Great Britain, is there are different
rates for packages coming to this
country than for outgoing parcels. The
pressure for a cheap pacels post in this
country is growing stronger. This
years Post Office Appropriation bill
provides for cheap rate on mail pack
ages of not over one pound weight
within free rural route deliveries. The
opposition of the express companies so
far has prevented the installation of
this system between points other than
those of the free rural mail deliveries.
The English parcels post system is ad-
mirable. The charges are remarkably
| low as compared with those of the ex-
press companies in this country
| Lewiston Journal.