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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23

There vas great sadness IN santa Claus
rrnim o. had been learned by the old
I'D faithful reiudcer that their fond ms
ter hnd Determined 60 Try making his
rhs.sfuas Journeys 90 90 airship. He
sania -tad ouua1rd this bit % shocking
H-vs fo one ~ tie Inner circie. mem
ter ~ biz cahIu~t-a rzhiHet composed
o. the most criebrnied 90 makers IN tie
f-fim. And strauz- fo siy. tbs member
= he 'nrcr clrtl- had aTpr0t 81 % santa's
plan. ArI thea she story hnd leaked
slf ir-t as HH stories mat are ~
fsrG-i fn Hr teuf secret 80 leak out.
FIrsf Do vas vhl-persd nmgug the factory
anrEfrs. Then % rcarlci IN stables.
shsre The reindeer - -tran. -orcrheard
tf~ sfatl. hands ~ "a sius II. Aad the
uo- %, th~ zoe 81 iho.- POOR old and
fa.fhfa. reindeer, FOR the hrst m 10
TIE NE q SAINTS Claus b. was TO foFsake
them foTsaLe fbe-N and a. his travelling
o. q r~a -faagiei fliug that was named
Airship The oldest reindeer % the -
acted a. fpokesmaa sitter the FIRST horri-
be ness bad been dizsssed hy them.
We'll as comrrlcs" be said. shaking
h.s huge artIsrs. 10 our old and beloved
master. sauta claus. las decided that We
cas % longer BE- OF use % him. We must
make tie best % - sad verdict. for
ose c.nnoi anf d within my heart TO
condemn our mastef ~ al things be
ffiss 20 be jus 4 may he that bis duties
srs growing: -. bis territory Is extend
isg. that the niue ones on the earth are
mui;iplying o. rapidly that 10 l1nger can
ss carr him % his rounds a. formerly.
Hat lst " b. Essared that when the
rns co.ss foT saltz claas 10 take BIS
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23

doubtless II still swings round and round.
and Will continue to do so until some
great explorer goes there and stops IT.
As soon as Santa was once more safe
from the terrible airship and had his
precious toys snugly packed away for the
journey he ran to Puggin-Fastfoot. en-
bracing him lovingly. saying: Now. my
dear trusted Puggin-Fastfoot. now did
you know I was In distress? And how
In the air did you get here so quIcklyf'
We've been following you.-great ard
good master" said the old reindeer. We
all felt that some accident-maybe fatal
TO you. at least fatal to the toys. and
therefore the children might befall you
in that hldeous thing you call 4 modern
airship. So we begged the stable-hands
to hitch us TO the trasty sleigh. aud We
followed you within an hour after your
departure. And we've made about as
good time as did your aIrship. sir
For few minutes santa was too much
overcome to speak. Then. embracing
each reindeer in turn and thanking him
for his loyalty to so dIsloyal master.
ne dEutu suuAl itASdAc
the old end tried friends for tile new.
Now. my boys. of We go to earth. as has
been our custom for. 10. these many hun
dreds Of years. And not minute shall
we lose. for you are in better condition
today than | have ever seen you. SO
long as l live to reign over Christmas
Time just so long shall you be my trusty
carriers aud faithful friends. And now
away toward the south, passing the wind
as a bird passes the flowing stream"
And the reindeer. knowing that but
for their timely appearance at the North
Pole a terrible tragedy would have hap
pened. shook their antlers and swept over
the frozen earth Ike an arrow In Its
fight.
And not one moment was Santa behind
time on Christmas Eve.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23
Santa's Annual Visit

Down the chimney he comes creeping:
Through the Harsrfy goes apeeping;
liuuts the STOCKINGS. great and small.
Then proceeds H. fli -ni all
Ia TIE hos 20 halls and skates.
Snllciiines tcoks rnd brand new states:
Drums and afes aua toys galore.
-rill .hey spill upOa ;he floor.
In the girls 20 tiinkrts rare.
" ondrous dolls Win natural hair.
licfur, b,.akS a4d ri ,hnas bright.
'riIl tley Oh ;lc stockings usnt.
Thea with ore ias; look about.
santa siesltLtiy steals oJt.
Iurl-ss !hto his sleigh hats near.
Aul co.crs uu uur- tii' h. hexf year.
ANNE JAMES.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23
A Christmas Memory.
WIN apologies to Alice caryj

win apologies 90 Alice CsryJ
OF all the beautiful pictures
on Chiidhood's memOry's wall
j. one Of ~ evergreen Christmas tree
That standefh broad and tall:
ia whose very tOpn!Ost branches
A blae-eyed dolly swings.
While lower down 10 a friendly bOBgh
4 Teddy benriet cl!ngs.
And there quite close to Teddy
Hangs a soldier bold. OF tin;
drum. with sticks suspended.
To make a warlike Sin:
nfe with wondrous music
Quite hidd'n away inside:
sled 20 strong aud splendid
That a. least four boys may ride:
A picture book q fairies.
An engine that will run:
toy piano with real KEYS.
A tool chest and a gun:
And from the gay. green branches,
Festooned hs ribbons bright.
Swing strings u soft white popcorn
That glisien In the light
And everywhere hangs candy
For children. great and small
So. Of all the ChflGhOod's memories.
This seemeth the best OF all.
MAUD WALKER
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23
A Calm Witness.

A lawyer sAs cross-eHamining witness
with 4 view % getting him muddied IN
his testimony. The following questions
nnd answers lccurrcd:
Did ygl see the plaintiff faini 4 short
lime ag0T
Yes. SIR
'Peop.- turn pals when they faint.
don't they
40 sic. nor always
What. DO you mean 90 tell ne that =
psrsan ear faint and net turn paiei DID
you ey-F hear u such a cases
Yes. sir.
Did 90 ever So such a case9"
i do. sir
when
About q year ago. sir."
who vas it.'
." Twas negro. slr
s-he lawyer ,lcuie,i the witness.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23
Conundrurns.

When is a soldier ike beef7
When In quarters.
When Is a clock Ike dissatisfied mani
When striking.
Why is n widow Ike c gardenerl
Because she is TO be found IN weedA
When is a balloon ike an atomf
When out OF sight
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23
PUZZLED BY DISCRIMINATtoN

Little Sambo-Mamniy. Kin SAINTS Clans
see in de dahk. same ~ "a a.
His Nanny dunno. .hfis Nrc-
yakes you spicion DAT he coEllf
Little Sambo-Hc uebl,ef rgases o.
mistakes an gihS me none OBJ la r1ctiH
horses an steam injiaes us- Was is
white chillun gifts.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23
Christmas Fun.
MS IDEA

wlllie-say. Net. let's buy pop 4 bcos
for Christmas
Nettie-why do you want to bay him
book7
Willie-'Cause heard IA ssv she
wanted him to turn over a sew ieaf
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-12-23
GENEROUS FATHas

Dobbins-Given any thought 10 YOU
boys Christmas gift YETI
Bobbins-Why. yes I've thought up 4
splendid idea. but IL would be Just m
luck To have no snow Christmas time
DObhins-Oh. sled. eh?
Bobbins-No. / thought / might bald
him q snow man
Never. never play with fire.
. Never tell pa lies.
Never pun the pussy's tail.
Never touch mas pies.
Then when Sanity comes around
With his bag OF toys
He VIII leave a lot OF things
For the best Of boys.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
The New German Tariff.

In view Of the very genera! interest
which now centers in our tobacco trade
with Germany, due to the pending reci-
procity treaty. some figures received by
the Department of Commerce and Labor
from the Berlin foreign office will be ex-
amined with close attention.
The new German tariff leyies the un-
usually low rate of duty on leaf tobacco
Iof SO cents per pound, or only about
one-fonrth the rate levied on filters by
the United States tariff The German
rate is a fiat, uniform duty on both
wrappers and filters, and it is an inter
esting fact that durinr the ten months
referred to nearly one half the total du-
ties realized were paid on Sumatra
wrappers, which were therefore admitted
at about one twentieth of the rate paid
on this class of leaf at American ports.
The total imports of leaf during the
ten months referred to amounted to-
102, 2,424, $40 pounds, of which the Neither
lands supplied 1854 040 pounds; Brazil,
1902, 700 pounds, and the United States
supplied only one eighth.
For obvious reasons it does not seem
practicable for American growers and
exporters to secure any part of the Ger
of Sumatra leaf, but there is no good
reason why we should not supply large
proportion of the tobacco which German
manufacturers now purchase in Brazil.
The American leaf is superior in quality
and is but little, if any. higher in price.
German cigars are notoriously OF poor
flavor, and considering the superior leaf
grown in the United States, it is not too
much to hope that with the closer trade
relations which are expected to grow out
of the current reciprocity movement, our
producers and exporters will secure a
larger share of the German market.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
Connections Valley Tobacco Market.

Everything in this vicinity seems to be
at standstill in the line of tobacco. No
sales have been reported during the past
week, and, in fact, / do not expect to
hear of many sales for the present. Dur
ing the past week there has been some
tobacco shipped that was assorted by #.
L. Jones of Bradstreet to parties in New
York, and that comprises all the stir in
the tobacco line. / hear that the Bel
den Brothers of Bradstreet will begin to
set some this week; not large smount,
but merely to thin out their beds
The farmers must do some good work
with their seedbeds this spring or their
crops will be late, and we all know the
consequences OF having late crops of to-
bacco or corn. Too much hustling has
to be done at the wrong end OF the sea.
son to insure good returns. The time to
hustle is in the beginning of making the
crop. IL we get good growing weather
and the plants are forced as fast as pos
sible after the weather becomes warm,
perhaps two weeks will see some setting
done, but the plants must be pushed for
all they are worth to see setting begin
generally in two weeks. One of my
neighbors who sets from eight to nine
acres will hardly be able to get plants
enough from his beds to set two acres,
probably from the effect of the cold
weather, for his seed showed up well
when it was put to sprouting, and he
claims there was no fault with his seed,
and he lays it directly to the cold wealth
er. In Wisconsin the cold weather is
keeping the young plants from making
as rapid growth as is desired by the
planters. The protected beds are MAX
ing better showing than those that are
unprotected -Cultivator
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDeERroN. WIS, May "a, 1907

The plant beds are making some pro-
gress, but the weather conditions of the
past week have been much too cool to
bring about the rapid growth so much
desired at this time. A heavy rain has
put the soil in fine condition as regards
moisture however, but what is most
needed now is sunshine and warmer
temperature to push the plants forward.
Heavy freezes in the northern counties
during the week, it is feared, has done
some damage. Ice formed several morn
ings in the southern districts, but it is
believed the plants have escaped.
There is but little left to do about
the warehouses in closing up the pack
ing season on the '06 crop and in old leaf
the market has developed nothing wor-
thy of mention. The manufacturers
are content to buy on hand to mouth
policy, hoping for lower levels in leaf
prices that do not materialize.
The shipments out of storage reach
about $50 cases from this market to all
points for the week past,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
Still Dry In Cuba.

An unprecedented drouth still prevails
in the Santa Clara district, Cuba, usual
ly producing large amountof tobacco.
A correspondent writing from there says
that it is six months since any rain has
fallen in this section AT the club Liceo,
to which a gymnasium is attached the
members have not been able to use the
baths for the past fortnight, owing to
lack of water. They depend here on
cistern water, nearby river which is
now almost completely dried up. Drink
ing water is selling very high, Zoe for
about five quarts. The country in this
section is bare of grass and cattle are
dying and the grass along the railroad
line is SO dry that sparks from the en-
gines set same on fire and large tracts of
ground are devastated.
Every succeeding day of dry weather
makes the situation more serious for the
manufacturer. Not bucket of rain has
fallen on Cuban soil since February Is,
and only three little showers since the
hurricane ravaged the Island, six months
ago. How could the crop be else but
heavy bodied? With some slight ex-
ceptions hardly an ounce of leaf is yet
in pilon. The tobacco hangs in the
sheds, streaked with green and as dry as
an old bone. Every day of this unpre
cedented drouth widens the gap between
the old crop and the new.
This drouth is a real calamity. 80
serious has it become that last week the
Bishop of Havana requested that the
churches be kept open week days that
the people might pray for rain.
Riding through the country, from the
farthest tobacco section of Pinar del HI
[ found all about me the devestati
handiwork of a rainless winter z
spring. Oxen and cows starving by liz
hundred for want of grass; pigs and q
tie dropping in their tracks on the va
to market; parched villagers buy :
drinking water at SO much barrel; al i
what is more to the point Of this storj,
many acres of uncut second crop tobac-
co withered and burning brown in he
field under the relentless glare of he
eternal tropical sun. The soil. naturally
so rich and fertile, crumbles like ground
tanbark under ones bootheel.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
EdKic4sC6E
kldAC6NEtN
LANCASTER, Pa. May IA, 1907.

AaNOfaol EN- Il a.; AhUy AA1 AON''
Nothing doing" is the answer of the
local leaf tobacco dealers to inquiries as
to the condition of the market. The
packers only customers at present are
the cigar manufacturers, who must have
for immediate use the goods they buy,
but they are not laying up stock OF old
goods for use after awhile. They are
paying, now, % and % cents pound
actual weight, several cents more than
the packers demand for goods in consid-
erable quantities, but the manufactur-
ers do not expect these prices to last. AS
a matter of fact, there is nothing on
which to have expectations Of break in
prices, for even when the new crop be-
gins to get upon the market, prices of
old goods can not come down. 1t is
problematical what prices the new crop
will command, but 1t dare not be let go
at prices under what the old goods are
selling at, for that would mean disaster
to the packers.
There was very little selling of 1906 to-
bacco by the growers who still hold their
crops last week, as they and the packers
cannot yet get together on prices. The
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24

A Hopkinsville, KY, dispatch says
The night riders have not relaxed their
destructive tactics and have added fire
to their many list of devices tc swing the
farmers into the ranks of the various as.
sociations organized for the control OF
the crop. Several tobacco plant beds
have been destroyed recently in Carroll
county, and notes have been left in the
doors of farmers telling them that they
must join the various societies in fifteen
days or they will not be allowed to raise
tobacco. The large barn of w. A. Shir-
ley at Sanders, containing over 100000
pounds of high-grade Burley, was de-
strroed by fire, supposedly by the night
riders. The loss is estimated at $4,000
Mr.. Shirley is buyer and representative
of the alleged trust in Carroll county
and has consistently declined to pay any
attention to the organizers The tobac-
co burned, he says. was not the property
of the trust but was his own, which he
had bought from planters and was re-
handling for the market. Bloodhounda
have been dispatched to seek the trail OF
the night riders.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
sSaIdwfnsvfIle, N. Z.

The growth of the plants in the plant
beds has been retarded by the cold
weather which prevailed the latter part
of last week. Most of the plant beds are
under cover, however, and suffered no
permanent damage. The past few days
of warm weather and the warm rain of
Wednesday night have made great i'm
provement and the plants are nearly as
well advanced as usual at this time. A
few shipments have been made from
local warehouses this week. Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24

packers offer IL to 13 cents, but the
growers insist on more, most of them de-
manding the same prices as were paid
when buying was in full swing. A num-
Der of growers have packed their own
crops, but there is still good deal of
leaf in the sheds for sale.
The cigar trade is only fair, and while
there are no symptoms of boom ahead,
neither are fears of slump felt.--New
Era.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
NEW YORK, May Is, 1907

There are no sales reported in the local
market. From the growing sections of
Connecticut and Massachusetts there
comes news of serious backset to the
new crop ia the shape of frost. 1t is
said that thousands of acres of tobacco
land has not been plowed this year, ow-
ing to it's wet and soggy condition. How
ever, if better weather prevails from now
on, the backwardness of the season can
be overcome.
Sumatra.-The feature of the local
market has been the fact that during
the past week the new Sumatra has
been moving freely. Considerable guam
titles have changed hands in that time.
Havana.-Y Yesterday rains were report
ed in Cuba. While too late to be of as
sistance in the growing of the crop, still
it is welcome from the fact that it facil-
itates packing operations which have
been much retarded by the drouth.-
Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24

1t is we'll known that the 1906 crop
has cost the packers higher than any
previous crop in some years. What
profit, if any, they will be able to realize
on their investment is likely to be deter
mined in the developments of the COM
ing few weeks. If the new crop does not
promise we'll, the general we'll known
shortage of available cigar leaf will send
the manufacturers hurrying to the coun-
try to lay in stocks, when packers can
demand their profits and there is little
question they will receive them. Not
withstanding they have for months been
claiming that leaf prices were too high
and lower levels must prevail, their pro-
tests would not count and they would
most gladly pay the prices asked. There
is little doubt but the new tobacco con-
talns most serviceab BILE leaf and when
placed on the cigarmaker's table will
yield better, dollar for dollar, than any
old stock now on the market. While
prices seem high, it will be found cheap
or than the 1905 at the figures it was
taken over. The latter virtues, how
ever, may yet have to be demonstrated
before our prediction is fully verified.
But it will come.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
New York.
NEW YORK. May Is, 1907.

Market conditions remain in Statu
quo. In the silent war between the sell
ers and buyers of leaf, the former trying
to maintain prices while the latter just
as persistently are trying to break prices,
no decisive progress can be reported for
either side. The break has not occurred
as yet, and those in need of leaf have to
pay the market value for it. Although
manufacturers are working up every
sprig of tobacco in their possession be-
supply, to judge from the business done
during the week, more OF them seem to
be in need of it than they are willing to
openly confess. By driblets the market
is being emptied of it's supply, and when
the samples of the new crops will make
their appearance the market will evl
IDENTIFY be exhausted of all old accumu-
lations. In the meanwhile the activity
in Sumatra remains unchanged. In this
commodity no break in prices is expect
ed and as manufacturers generally do
not stock up with Sumatra, there con-
tinues steady demand for it. Havana
also is moving little livelier than it has
done for the past few months. As the
new crops are very late in marketing,
manufacturers cannot defer much longer
to crafty their needs, and they have to
take what is on hand and pay for it what
is demanded. The scarcest article is
factory vegas and these bring any price
the fancy o: the holder may put on them.
The situation in the local cigar man
ufacturing industry is far from satisfac-
tory For some unknown reason demand
which had been improving has dropped
off again and the past week was the
dullest for a considerable time. OF
course, there are factories where busy
times are reported, but it sometimes
happens that the wish of the manufac-
turer is father to the thought, and the
fact that there are unusually large num-
bers of cigarmakers applying for jobs is
pretty clear evidence that the situation
is not what it might be. On the other
hand there seems to be a belief that con-
ditions will soon mprove.-Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

The present indications are that the
prospects of the coming tobacco crop
will influence the selling price of the 06
packiDgs to much greater extent than
is usual this season. So far, the back
wardness of the spring has been most
discouraging to the tobacco growers. 1t
is not alone in this state where unfavor-
able weather conditions have prevailed,
but the same complaint of slow starting
of the seed beds is heard throughout the
eutire,cigar leaf belt. In some of the east
ern states where the planting is even
more forward than here. frosts have done
much damage to the young plants and
the outlook is less favorable than in
Wisconsin At best the prospects of
late planting seem imminent which gen.
orally is not conducive to good crop.
All things considered then, the holders
Of last seasons packings are watching
the starting of the new crop and unless
conditions materially Improve they feel
confident of an early demand for their
stocks of old leaf. When manufacturers
cannot see a hopeful situation in the
new crop, an improved demand is ex-
pected for what is all ready for the mar
ket. It is one of those times "just be-
tween hay and grass" when almost any
thing is likely to change the conditions
of the market.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-05-24

Collectors of internal revenue must
not furnish to any person information
regarding sale of stamps for specific
purposes, by order of Acting Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue Robert Will
Jams, Jr. This decision was reached as
the result of complaints reaching the
office that the furnishing to trade jour.
nails each month of the amounts receiv-
ed by collectors of internal revenue from
the sale of stamps TO be attached to tax
able tobacco products had, in number
of districts, resulted in making public
the monthly production of certain man
ufacturers of tobacco, cigars, etc. Mr.
Williams says this publicity is forbidden
by the terms of Section 3167 of the Re
vised Statutes, which provide that it
shall be unlawful for any collector, dep
utv collector, agent, clerk, or other Of
fcer or employee of the United States
to divulge or make known in any man.
ner whatever not provided for by law to
any person the operation, style Of work,
or apparatus of any manufacturer or
producer visited by him in the dis
charge of his official duties, etc. Con-
tinuing, Mr.. Williams says that statistics
of the production of articles subject to
internal revenue taxation, by districts
and months OF production, are included
in the annual report of the commissioners
of internal revenue, and the secretary of
the treasury has directed that informa-
ton of this character shall not be given
oat in advance of the publication of the
commissioner report.