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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
BaIdwinsville, N. v.

Leading tobacco growers are discuss
ing the calling of general meeting of
the growers of Onondaga, Oswego, Cay
uga and Wayne counties at Baldwins-
vile the latter part of this month for
the purpose of discussing the general in
terests of the growers, including new
and pure seed fertilizers and other i'm
portant interests of the growers.
A considerable amount of tobacco has
been delivered by the growers at the
warehouses this week. Edward Beebe
received two car loads from the Ameri-
can Cigar Co. Wednesday, which will be
assorted at the Bigelow warehouse where
he has force of about 35 at work. A.
Heinke received last week and has a
force of about % working at the Gold
smith & Co. warehouse. Taussig & Co.
of Chicago have opened their warehouse
opposite the D., L. & w. r. r. passenger
station and have force of about 40.
working, with F. M. Dunham, their local
agent, in charge. Ell. Muller & Son of
New York have opened the Frazee ware
house and have force engaged in as
sorting, their agent in charge being f.
M. Butler. The warehouse of J. W..
Upson is open with force busily en-
gagged in handling the new crop.-Ga--
zette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

The annual meeting of the Tobacco
Growers and Dealers association will be
held at Madison on Thursday, Feb. s.,
convening in a suitable room in the state
capitol. The occasion will be one that
ought to bring out every progressive to-
bacco grower in the state. An interest
ing program of topics instructive to
those engaged in tobacco culture has
been prepared and valuable information
might be secured from the discussions
that follow. The meeting comes at a
time when the other farmers conven-
tions are being held in Madison when
reduced rates are given by railways so
the farmers ought to take few days off
and visit the conventions which are ed
ucational to the profession. The asso-
citation offers liberal prizes for the best
display of 1905 tobacco and growers are
especially urged to bring samples of their
crops and compete for the honor of pro-
ducing the best. Tobacco growing in
Wisconsin has received great stimulus
in the high prices paid for the present
crop and market conditions assure re-
munerative figures for some years to
come. The coming meeting is a good
time to turn out and help boom the in
dustry. We look to see large and en-
thusiastic attendance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
Lancaster.
LANCASTER, PENN, Jan. 8

LANCASTER, PENN Jan. 8, 1906.
Leaf dealers are not doing any more
business in old leaf now than they have
been for couple of months past, but
they are getting busy with the new
crop. A good deal came to the local
warehouses last week, and good deal
will be in this week. The dealers have
about closed their books for the past
year, and are now ready for the trade
ahead. The past year was one of gen.
eral success for the local dealers, and
closed on more empty warehouses than
we have had in twenty-five years. The
past season was remarkable because Of
the fact that a very large per cent. was
bought in the fields and on the poles,
and our growers received larger prices
than had been given them for years.
The cigar industry begins the new
year with plenty of business, only linn
tied by the scarcity of leaf.-New Era.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Market

Within the last two weeks there have
been loaded on cars to be shipped to
Connecticut from ITO to 12O tons of to-
bacco in the bundle, and tomorrow more
is to be sent off. | think the tobacco is
shipped to ThompsoDville, CT 1t was
bought in Franklin and Hampshire
counties at prices ranging from 81 to 13
and 15c; probably about the average OF
the tobacco that is to be found in the
valley this season, including some pole
sweat, hail cut, and some fair lots of
goods.
The shops continue to take in scatter
ing lots, which are picked up here and
there; for there is some drying yet, and
the look is that very few lots will remain
in the farmers hands when the buying
season has closed. [ had thought that
very little remained to be bought until
yesterday, in conversation with one of
the firm of Meyer & Mendlessohn. He
informed me that when one got away
from the immediate vicinity of the rail-
road quite quantity remained to bo'
bought. Mr.. Holden of Hatfield filed
up his storage room again and is work.
ing from ten to twelve men. He is as
sorting for Mr.. Day of North Hadley and
will assort from fifty to seventy five tons
this season. AS general thing, the
shops in this vicinity are employing local
help, with the result that quite a sum of
money will be left in this community.
Some will earn enough to purchase their
fertilizers for the coming crop.
[ think that the year 1906 will see as
many acres planted as is usually grown
here in any year, and perhaps more; for
the farmers are not frightened in the
least because the price dropped so low
for what promised at harvest time to be-
banner crop. They know that the
cause was not glutted market, but sim
ply because few bad days weather, and
they are in earnest about laying in an
other crop that shall be superior If pos
sible to the crop raised last year.-Culti-
vator
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, Jan. 10,


A continuous stream of loaded tobacco
teams are pouring into the delivery
points almost every day of the week and
packers are extremely busy receiving
their purchases. Now that farmers have
their crops in bundle all are anxious to
deliver at the earliest moment and the
rush is coming faster than the packers
can care for it. Warehouse handling is
now under full swing at the packing
points and the work becoming we'll sys.
temized.
A few remaining crops in first hands
have been taken over of late at very at
tractive prices: Chris. Felland, ga at 13
&5c; Ole Klongsland, 1Oa at 1890 and
Nordrum Bros, 1Oa at 1870.
Mr.. Neuberger of the Rosenwald firm
of New York, gathered in several hun
dred cases of old leaf from local packers
And. Jenson & Sons sold 2l4 cases; Han
sen Bros, 123 cases; FL. 7. Sweeney, SO
case lot and Pomeroy & Co., 2 car loads,
comprise some of the transactions of the
week.
Another season of casing weather ear
ly in the week has given the growers a
chance to remove the last of the hanging
tobacco and stripping is now about COM
pleted.
The shipments out of storage reach
upwards of 40 car loads, 1947 cases, for
the week past to all points from this
market.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
yellow Tag Sale.

Starting Saturday, Jan. 20th, and con-
tinuing through Saturday, Jan. 9th, we
will hold great reduction sale, inelud-
ing goods from all departments. All sale
goods will have yellow tag attached.
Compared to this sale, other bargain
sales will be an imitation. We intend to
give the people bargains that they will
remember. We have the goods, too
many, and will make prices that will
move them.
January Goth to 9th.
]. NJ. BosTWICK & Sons.
7w1 Janesville, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
WATERFOWL, Wis, Jan. IL,

On the 10Th inst the American Cigar
Co. will begin it's winter work stripping
and packing its years supply of tobacco
and for that purpose will employ $50
people who will be engaged in the work
until about the middle of next May.
This company does an extensive bust
ness, employ thousands of men and
women during the busy season and pays
out for wages yearly fabulous sum. It
has large warehouses in all of the tobac-
co centers in this country and handles
an immense amount of leaf tobacco. =
Republican.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
GAYS MILLS, WIS, Jan. IL, 1906.

The recent case weather has given the
tobacco growers the long waited for op-
portunity of taking down the tobacco
crop. Barring few crops the entire
seasons tobacco in this section has been
taken from the poles and hundreds of
farmers are and have been preparing the
crop for market. A few have already
delivered to the warehouses here enough
having been brought in to justify begin
ming sizing. They started in with
small crew the latter part of last week
and yesterday. Monday a crew of about
40 hands went to work. This will give
somewhat of an impetus to trade during
the winter months, as the amount paid
out weekly is of considerable conse-
quence.-Crawford County Independent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, l9'

NEW IORh, dDs III, IOOO
The shortage of old stocks of all kinds
of domestic leaf has resulted in the new
Florida being put on the market earlier
than it otherwise would, and some trans
actions have occurred. The other lines
are being slowly taken up, but the trad
ing is necessarily in small lots.
Sumatra. "A steady small trade is
being carried on in Sumatra. The bet
ter grade has already been taken up,
and those in need of stocks are picking"
the market. hoping to find here and
there such goods as they need.
Havana. feature of the market
for this and the past three weeks has
been the sales of Havana and the high
prices paid. Several good sized trans
actions are reported, and inquiries have
been frequent. 1t is stated that within
the past three weeks prices for Vueltas
have advanced ten to fifteen cents per
pound. Second capaduras of Remedies,
which could have been secured month
ago at thirty eight to forty cents a
pound. now cost forty five. and the first
caps have advanced from fifty five to
sixty five cents. Advices from the fields
in Cuba have been very disheartening
during the last week. and the result has
naturally been stiffening of prices
Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
New York.
.epublica
NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 1906

NEW YORK. Jan. 13, 1906
The new year opened with brisk busi-
ness in the market. The anxiety to buy
almost anything and everything in sight
seems to have grown even more intense
than it was in the closing months of the
past year. The anxiety may not be
caused by actual lack of supply on the
part of factories and probably is not in
most cases, but it is, nevertheless, the
manifestation of solicitude to cover it
self and is expressive of the old exper-
ience that people who are slow in recog-
nizing coming events are more liable to
be seized with panicky feeling when
those events actually occur. OF course
under present aspects no cigar factory
can make any mistake in trying to ac-
cumulate it's supply of raw material for
the coming year at present market rates,
because the chances of continued ad-
vance on all types of leaf may be reck-
oned to be certainty. But this anxiety
to run under cover has produced condi-
tions unique in the leaf trade; for it is
being reported that drummers who have
taken to the road at the beginning of
the year have done so under strict or
ders that sales are to be made only under
condition of immediate settlement, that
the regular terms must be strictly ad
hered to, that no advance dating will be
permitted. no goods will be held in re-
serve and no advance orders taken ex-
cept settled for in advance, too. Besides
the strictest kind of an embargo has
been placed on chronic kickers. These
latter in particular are to be blacklisted
once and forever. Such policy of the
leaf trade does indeed come as unique
revelation. 1t is bound to revolutionize
trade conditions and to change those en-
gagged in the leaf business from traders
into real live merchants.-Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19

"It has been proved by exact expert
ment, regarding many kinds of agricul-
tural seeds, that the seed which is heavi-
est produces more vigorous and produc-
tive plants than lighter seed," says Mr..
A. D. Shamel, the tobacco expert of the
Bureau of Plant Industry of the De-
partment of Agriculture, in bulletin
on the preparation of tobacco seed, just
issued. This is because the heavy seed
has the most perfect embryo or plantlet
in it, and the largest supply of available
plant food to support the Seeding until
it has developed roots and leaves so as
to feed itself. Mr.. Shamel says that one
of the causes of freak tobacco plants,
such as top out prematurely or differ in
shape and quality of leaf from the bulk
of the crop is the sowing of small and
light seed. In the course of his expert
ments in this direction at the Connect
cut Agricultural Station, he found that
small and light seed produced the earli-
est plants which, when set out, develop
ed large percentage of undesirable
plants. These, he says, were total loss.
"Inferior or unthrifty tobacco plants
mixed with the others, damage the mar
ket value of the whole" he declares. In
this bulletin, Mr. Shamel points out that
foreign experimenters have proved that
plants grown from light seed produce
not only very small yield, but the crop
is of very inferior quality. He strong
ly advises tobacco farmers to separate
the light from the heavy seed, which can
be done without any extra expense.
1.-The increase in yield and improvement
in the quality secured by this attention
to the seed is pure profit he says.
Heavy seed produces large, healthy, uni
form and we'll developed plants. He es-
Inmates that there are about 100000 to-
bacco seeds in an ounce, q large portion
of which is poor in vitality and quality.
This poor seed can easily and practically
be gotten rid of by using a seed sepa-
rator, the details of which machine were
described in this correspondence some
weeks ago. Mr.. Shamel reports that a
large number of tobacco growers have
separated their tobacco seed and have
found that the heavy seed has sprouted
exceptionally we'll. He says they are
much surprised and pleased at the re-
suits accomplished by this machine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19

Congressman Ell. A. Cooper of this dis
trict is entitled to all the credit he can
squeeze out of his position on the Phil
ippine tariff bill that passed the house
Tuesday, for he was the only Wisconsin
member whose vote was recorded in its
favor. He stands out alone as the only
congressman who is willing to sacrifice
the interests of the tobacco and sugar
growing constituency. Of all the dele
cation he should have been right, but as
usual he ignores the wishes of large
farming community and misrepresents
them. There will be reckoning time
coming at the primaries next summer.
Voters will not permit such treachery to
go unpunished-Mr Cooper may be sure
of that. 1t is about time this district
had representative in congress who
will remember what he is there for.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-19
The program so far arranged for the

convention is as follows
Reading Minutes of Last Meeting.
Appointment of Committees.
Report of Secretary and Treasurer.
Address by President. John M. Estes
Address-'A Bright Future for Tobacco
Raising in Wisconsin, ..........W VIM. S. Brill,
Mgr. United Cigar Manufacturers.
Address-"Use of Commercial Fertilizer
Tor IODaCCO' II. M CalkluS
Address-"The Honest Way to Receive To
bacco from the Farmers L. B. Carle
Address The Honest Way to Prepare To
bacco for the Market .....:....... Ben Brown
Report of the Years Expert
mental Work.. '.......... Prof. E. P. Sandsten
$4,000 IN PRIZES TO BE AWARDED.
5000 to be awarded in three prizes, S25, S15
and $40, for the best pound samples of cigar
leaf grown north and west of the Wisconsin
river
5000 to be awarded in three prizes, S25, S15
and $40, for the best pound samples of cigar
leaf grown in southern Wisconsin.
Each competitor will be charged so cents en-
trance fee.
All samples exhibited to be from the 1905
crop.
All exhibitors for the above specified pre-
miums must be members of the association
and growers of the samples exhibited.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31
HaHgen on the Floor.

There was something doing in the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton Thursday. Secretary Wilson of
the Agricultural department asked to
have the appropriation for meat
inspection in the deficiency appro-
priation bill $l35, 600 instead of $40, 600
on the ground that the extraordinary
amount of meats now being rushed to
Germany called for more inspectors
than he had money to pay. The
appropriations committee cut it to
$40, 600. and our Congressman Haugen
led the fight on the floor of the House
by moving that the appropriation for
the deficiency be increased to $l35, OOO
as asked for by Secretary Wilson. A
Washington correspondent says ''the
insurgency in this case came nearer to
being success than it did earlier in
the week on statehood. The fight was
one OF the sharpest of the session.
MI. Haugen made a strong speech for
the motion. Representative Haugen,
assisted by Pollard and Kennedy. of
Nebraska, led the contest, ard did not
cease until they were assured that
Secretary Wilson will be given what
he wants. before the session ends,
although the vote was AZ to 81. against
the motion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31
Death of Mrs VIM. ShurtIeff.

Lavina Hall was born September
10. lS47, in Cattaraugus county, New
York. She was the fourth in family
OF seven, three sisters and four brother.
born to Albert and Mary Hall. One
sister lives at Atropolis City, ILL.,, and
one brother in California.
On her twentieth birthday, Sept.
10, 1857, she was united in marriage
to VIM. Shurtleff, who survives her,
and the next year they came to Iowa,
settling at Kendallville where they
lived till an account of disease she
was taken to the hospital at Indepen-
dence, where Jan. 90, 1906, she closed
her eyes to earth's Joys and sorrows
forever. She leaves no sons nor
daughters.
Mrs. Shurtleff has been in feeble
health for manv years; was patien,
sufferer through it all, was kind
neighbor and devoted wife, and
will be missed and mourned over. by q
large circle of friends.
Funeral services were held at the
kendallville church at one o'cloch
Thursday, conducted by Rev. Gam.
mons. Interment in Kendallvills
cemetery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

less than $500 or Imprisonment in the
county Jail for thirty lays, but such
punishment is not to include persons
making contracts in good faith to
convey to and from polling places.
Any person offering to give bribe
or Offering to vote when not eligible
or making any false answer to amy
question as to qualification or party
utilization or who is not a citizen or
qualified voter or any one violating
any of the provisions of this act or
code as applied hereto or knowingly
procuring, aiding or abetting such a
violation shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and fined from ten to
ninety days in the county Jail.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

A bill has been introduced in the
general assembly limiting the liabili-
ties of cities for injuries received on
streets and walks. Under the pro-
visions of the measure no person will
be liable for damages for injuries sus-
tanned by fall unless written notice
of the defect in the street or sidewalk
shall have been served on the proper
city officers five days before the
accident.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

BY vote of 1874 to $50 the national
house of representatives on Thursday
passed the statehood bill admitting
Arizona and New Mexico as state to
be named Arizona and Oklahoma and
Indian Territory as one state under
the name of Oklahoma. The chances
are more favorable for the addition of
these four territories as two states
than at any previous time. 1t is now
up to the senate.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Alfred Belt, the South African
mining king. is said to be richer even
than Rockefeller. Half the mines in
South Africa belong to him, including
the fabulous wealth Of Kimberley s
diamond output. The aggregate of
his wealth can not be stated, but a
rough estimate places it at 81, 900, :
600, 900. His yearly income is $50, :
500, 600, which means that he gets 800
every minute of his life, or to put it
In another way, 81, 200, 900 a week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The new state detention hospital for
inebriates at Knoxville is now open
and hereafter all dipsomanics will be
committed to that institution instead
of to the insane hospitals. About 100
will he removed to this institution
at once, and they will not enjoy the
ease and luxury and the opportunity
to ger away when they please which
characterized their. commitment to
the insane hospitals. Now they will
be required to'work. At night they
will remain in rooms with barred
windows and in the day time they will
be compelled to work under guard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The following graceful acknowledge
ment and news item combined ap-
peared recently in the columns of a
Missouri contemporary MRS. Henry
Woggs, who is pleasant and estimable
lady, and who can bake the finest
cake ever made, having sent us some
and therefore making us a judge, and
who. has family of nice, clean,
polite children, and plays the piano
beautifully and gives lessons on the
same to a few fortunate pupils in our
little city, had tooth pnlled Friday"
In the, year of 1906 there will be five
eclipses, three of the sun and two of
the moon. On February Sth and 9th
the total eclipse Of the moon will be
visible here between 10 :45 p. m. and
AZ a. m. On the Sth, the eclipse
will be only partial, but on the 9th,
the moon will pass from sight for a
period of an hour and eleven minutes.
The total eclipse begins at 10 :5S a.
m. The remainder of the eclipse will
be invisible in this section and the
eastern part OF the United States. The
western portion will notice the eclipse
OF the moon on August 4th.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The best definition of friend that
has yet been produced is the work of
a Missouri school bov who saws: "A
friend is person who knows all about
you and likes YOU just the same.''
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The Austin Herald is responsible
for the; following story on Represen-
tatiye Nolan: His wife awoke HIM
the other night and whispered, will,
Will, l think there are burglars in the
house y No, my dear, replied the
representative, There may be few
in the Senate, but there's none in the
house."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31
H. l.. COFFEEN
REAL ESTATE DEALER

Has bargains in land near Decorah,
also in other parts Of Winneshiek County.
He can give you as good bargains on
Dakota or Wisconsin lands as any dealer
in the state. Office with c. S. Boice
over Reeds Hardware Store. References
those TO whom he has sold land. Call on
him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

For number of years we have con-
tended that city councils had power
to appropriate funds from the city
treasury for the sprinkling of streets,
and that the only equitable and satis-
factory plan for sprinklina the streets
OF Decorah would be upon that basis.
Now comes the Iowa Supreme Court
and reverses case appealed from
Walker, Iowa, holding that city
councils can lawfully appropriate
funds for this purpose. We believe
that the city council of Decorah
would be commended by our business
men if next summer it should take
charge of the supervision of street
sprinkling, and arrange for the sprink-
ling of those streets which most need
it. appropriating funds for this pur-
pose from the city treasury. This
would require all residents benefited
to contribute for this purpose, in
stead of few being required to raise
the money by private contribution
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Gen. Joe Wheeler. the brave old
confederate cavalry leader, and a pro-
minent brigadier general in the
Spanish American war, died last
Thursday in Brooklyn, and the nation
mourns the departure of an honored
hero and respected citizen.