The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-25
NEW YORK, Aug. Is, 1905.

NEW 1ORk, aug. lo, 1oUO.
In spite of the fact that number of
Western dealers have been here for the,
past week, the amount of buying has not
been commensurate with the appearance
of activity that has characterized the
market. They have done considerable
amount of looking, but have to large
extent let it go at that, fighting shy OF
the high prices that have been asked
The practice of Cooking" in the New
York market and buying in the New
England market has been very common
this year. In most of the instances where
any buying has been done the contracts
we're made subject to resampling later
The event of the week was the appear
ance of the new Pennsylvania Broad
leaf. It is said the leaf shows up hand
somely, and that the smoking qualities
are superb fully equal to the 1902 crop
in every respect. Considerable engage
ments have been made in both the new
and the old crops, all available quanti-
ties being picked up fast. The new Con-
necticut Broad leaf is still enjoying some
activity, though business in this type
will not be under way completely for two
weeks yet The 1908 thinner Spanish is.
likewise considerably in demand this
week.
Sumatra. = The market during the
past week has been more active than for
few weeks past, numerous transactions,
occurring, one house reporting the sale of
four hundred bales. There is but little
profit for the middleman in this type
under present conditions, fact that is
being emphasized daily; but the neces-
sites of the manufacturers force them
sooner or later on the market, and such
as have hitherto bought have grnerally
laid in generous supplies.
Havana.-T has been more or less
activity here this week in the market for
Havana leaf, though the sales are by no
means equal to the same period of last
year. Reports from Havana show the
presence there of number of American
buyers, including manufacturers as well
as leaf dealers, and there seems to have
been considerable buying there. How
ever, the New York market has not been
bare of transactions this week, and
number of sales are reported, mostly
small in quantity, and indicating hand
to-mouth policy on the part of the man
ufacturers for the present.-Leaf.
Baldwinsville, NY
The past few days have greatly ad-
vanced the growing crop, some of the
growers expecting that their fields will
soon be in condition for cutting. Ell. G..
Taussig, of the firm of Taussig & Co.,
Chicago, is in town and has been in
specting the growing crop. M. Dembo
of Syracuse has also been looking the
crop over. d. G. Albright, the local
agent of Max Cans & Son, is receiving
car load of Wisconsin today and has also
been shipping from his warehouse. A.
Heinke has force at work sampling ct
Chas. r. Goldsmith & Co.'s warehouse
and is making shipments.
South Granby-The crop is looking
fine up to date, some pieces having been
topped week or ten days, while a large
part of it will be topped this week. We
have had no hail yet, and everything
looks promising now for fine crop OF
tobacco.
Great destruction has been done to
the growing crops near the village of
Lindley and Lawrenceville, up the Cow
anesque valley. by the terrific wind and
hail storm of Monday. Whole fields of
fine growing tobacco have been utterly
ruined and completely stripped with
nothing but the stalks remaining.-Ga
zette.