The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-06-30
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July first finds the new crop fully as
far advanced as the average seasons at
this date. While transplanting is not
entirely completed in all sections, the
work is so nearly done that it can be
reasonably stated that another crop is
now standing in the fields. Frequent
rains have given the newly set plants an
early roofing and the transplantings a
healthy start with scarcely any check
from the beds to the fields. All things
considered, the new crop starts out un-
der very favorable conditions and grow
ers are everywhere pleased at the pros
poets to this date.
The efforts recently made by the Ways
and Means committee of the Burley To.
bacco Growers company to form plan
whereby the association could be reor-
ganized, and another move made to con-
troll the output of tobacco grown this
year, and which have so far failed of
success, it is said, will be abandoned.
This is said to be due to the fact that it
was found impossible to get the growers
of tobacco to again support the move
ment by pledging their crops to the COM
pany until certain time, after which
they we're to be released from their con-
tracts in case the company failed to
raise the capital sufficient to finance the
deal. According to statement made
by prominent grower, who has hereto
fore been identified with the movement
fully one-half of the growers of the bur
ley district have refused to become al
lied with the movement this year, and it
is dead. He said that the fact that the
growers who entered the association the
past two years contracted to turn their
crops over to the association made it al
most impossible for them to dispose o1
their tobacco when it became known
that the scheme had failed.
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On Saturday, July 1st, the law prohib
ting the manufacture or sale of cigar
cites in Wisconsin becomes operative
Although the court decisions on similar
bills leave no question as to the constitu
tionality of the present measure and will
probably preclude any direct tests being
made of this law, it is said, there are one
or two legal questions which may arise
under the enforcement of the bill which
will probably find their way into the
courts. The question over which there
vii probably be the greatest amount o1
discussion will arise over the taking o.
orders for cigarettes in this state and the
filling of these orders out of the state by
direct shipments to the consumer here
Whether the person taking the orders
will be amenable to the law is ques
ton, the claim being that the orders
thus filled will become interstate com
merce and thus be beyond the interfer
ence of the state courts. On the othe
hand this method of providing the cigar
cite smokers with the weed may, unde
the terms of the law, strike in anothe
direction, although the wording of th'
bill on it's face would seem to make th'
! possession of cigarettes for the purpos'
! of sale the offense, good lawyers wh'
have read the measure carefully have
| raised the-questioG that the bill seem
| to absolutely prohibit even the consum
| er having cigarettes in his possession. |
this is the construction put on the law
| then the purchasers of cigarettes through
| the medium of outside orders will b'
! amenable to the terms of the law. AS
! matter of fact cigarette dealers through
out the state are apparently preparing
! to obey the law, as for weeks tobacco
nists in several cities have been getting
rid of their stocks of cigarettes at dis
| count so as to have none on hand wher
| the law goes into effect.
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Another feature of the trust fright il
apparently becoming innocuous. 1t II
| the coupon craze. The redemption bu
| reaus of the Florodora Tag Co. have al
gone out of existence with one exception
And this closing down OF the coupon re
deeming stations was necessitated by
the curtailment of the issue of coupons
| by the American Tobacco Co. to such ar
extent that but few-in fact only two
| brands of cigars carry now redeemablt
coupon bands. What sweeping change
The sudden abatement of the coupon
craze comes with almost as startling
force as did it's Inauguration. But a few
years ago Cno SCarC Oh IIllS craze was CoH
sidered the trusts most odious enter
prise. Manufacturers and retailers al
over the country were up in arms agains
it. Wrath and indignation therea1
among all classes and branches of the
trade knew no bounds. Ruin was pre-
dicted for the entire trade, extinction o.
every individual concern was held ir
view. Congress was stormed with peti
tions to end the craze, but dillydallieo
and Tawney's anti-coupon bill failed. Ir
the meanwhile the Independents took {
leaf out of the trusts proceedings ano
joined the craze Hence the collapse
Like all highly speculative enterprises
the coupon craze could only succeed
we're its objects realized quickly. It was