The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-15
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As if to make up for belated grow
ing season, fine curing weather extend
ing far beyond the usual fall limits seems
destined to bring the new crop through
in much more satisfactory condition
than most growers had reason to expect.
The holding off of heavy freezes until
the middle Of November has placed most
of the sheds beyond the danger of fat
stems and given the later harvested to-
bacco a chance to cure down with prob
ably less shed damage than usually oc
curs. 1t is yet too early to say how we'll
colored the crop will be. There is no
doubt but that some tobacco that was
harvested too green will prove disap-
pointment, but what proportion this will
bear of the entire crop remains to be
seen after the crop comes down from the
curing sheds. With the advent of cas-
ing weather some tobacco would doubt
less be removed for stripping and yet
the great bulk of the growers are yet too
busy with other farm work to devote
much attention to their crop. One thing
is certain, the fact that practically no
portion of the crop having as yet been
sold, growers will not be in so great a
hurry to strip their tobacco as in other
years when they expected to realize some
ChrsoE ho oil nf
the crop. 1t is even expected they will
be more careful, too, about the condition
of the leaf when it is removed from the
sheds.
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Now that the new year is less than
two months off and no sales of the 'O7
crop have been made, growers are quite
as much concerned about the outlook as
are the packers who are still loaded up
with last years purchases. There is no
sign Of any movement and it is hardly
reasonable to expect any while the finan-
cial uncertainty exists. 1t seems more
than likely that there will be nothing
doing until after the holidays, should
| matters brighten at that time.
~
is~nhe preliminary estimate by the
United States Department OF AgricnE
ture, of the average yield per acre of to-
bacco is 1888 pounds, as compared with
the final estimate of 857.2 poundsin in 1906,
| 8156 pounds in 1905, and an eight-year
avera ge of 1853 pounds. A total pro-
| duction of 645, ,213,000 pounds is thus in
dicated as compared with 682 ,42o 900
pounds finally estimated in 1906 The
| average as to quality is 900 per cent,
against 84.5 one year ago, 87.3 in 1905
and 89.5 in 1904.
*.*
President Everitt, the deposed head of
the American Society of Equity, gives
his side of the trouble that developed at
| the recent annual meeting, in brief as
| follows: Without regard to anybody's
personal interests, personal feelings, per-
sonal- preferences, we are compelled to
declare that the late convention which
| assembled in indianapolis, October %,
and pretended to be an annual meeting
| of the American Society of Equity of
l
| purpose, unconstitutional in it's makeup,
foreign to the principles of the said
| America. For months, almost year.
| the secretary and horde of assistants
| the Society, and who were in no sense
l \ i fo .to soto re-
had been circulating false and SANDER
Gus literature to create sentiment
against Up to-Date Farming, the official
| paper, and those who stood as unyield-
| ing supporters of Equity in its original
equitable prices for their crops. Among
other things, those who sought to divert
| the Society from it's original purpose,
| Equity Exchanges, ostensibly to handle
| those of the regular trade, at prices
made by the spectators and not by the
| Society, and by methods more objection
able than those of the old commission
| houses, and on basis not nearly so Sc
cure. These so called exchanges soon
proved inadequate to the aims and pur-
|
| failures. In the midst of such arbitrary,
revolutionary and high handed proceed
ings, what could the sincere and loyal
members of the Society do? They did
the only thing that was open to them to
save the Society; they retired from the
convention that had SO plainly betrayed
| the Society.
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A tobacco buying contract which was
endorsed by the tobacco growers con-
vention held at Madison recently, bear
ing the label of the Society of Equity,
would read as follows:
| This is to certify that ....... having
this day sold to. ...... my (our) ......
acre crop of tobacco grown in 19. at 80.
| per pound, to be delivered at. -. on or
before. -. 190, or as soon thereafter
as it is ready This sale includes all the
merchantable tobacco in the crop.
| (we) acknowledge receipt off,. IS. }
| being 500 O0 Der acre advance payment