The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-10-18
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| Excerpts of the first annual convention
of the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers AS
sociation, branch of the American So
ciety of Equity. held in the city of Mad
| ison, in the capitol building, on the 0th
| and 9th of October, 1907.
/ The convention was called to order by
| President FL. E. Holmes at 2 o'clock in
the. afternoon of Tuesday, October 8th,
] 1907, and was presided over by MIR.
Holmes during nearly the entire session.
| After the meeting had been called to
| order Mr. Holmes addressed the conven-
| ton as follows:
| Gentlemen:-We are assembled here
| today for the first convention of the
Wisconsin Tobacco Growers Associa
tion, branch of the American Society
of Equity. We come here to this con-
vention prepared to take up the situa-
ton in this state, that is, the tobacco
situation, and we hope to be able to
transact business here today that will be
F; of benefit to every tobacco grower in the
state and of benefit to the tobacco in
dustry at large. This association was
formed at a meeting held here in Madi-
son last March The meeting was called
l
noon and later adjourned to the Turner
Hall, there being not enough room in the
room at the court house. The associa-
| tion was formed, officers were elected,
| and the constitution and bylaws drawn
| up and adopted. There we're some COM
mittees appointed and their work map
ped out. Since that time we have been
| striving to spread that organization
| through the state AS far as the state
| has been canvassed we have had good
success, but the time has been short and
| We have not been able to cover the terri
| tory as we should like to have done. We
called meeting of the board of direct
| ors at different times. We have tried in
| our best way that we knew how to do
| all that we could for this organization,
| and we have, as / say, had fair success
| as far as we have been able to reach out
and meet with growers. They all seem
| to realize that this organization, after it
is completed and its objects carried out,
| will be of benefit to each and every
grower and [ hope, gentlemen, that you
| will each and every one individually
| take part in this meeting and help make
| this meeting success and help to fur
| ther this organization.
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| The committee on Minimum Prices re-
| ported as follows: Your committee on
/ Minimum Prices respectfully beg leave
| the following scedule of minimum prices
for the 1907 crop of tobacco: 15c the
minimum price for the best crop; 1870
minimum price for medium crop; lOc
minimum price for poor crop. This is
| to include all except trash. 1t is also
recommended that if the grower is COM
PEELED to size and pack his tobacco an
advance of 2c per pound be added. Re-
port adopted.
The Committee on Contracts recon-
mended the following form to be used:
This is to certify that | have this day
sold to-. my. ... acre crop of to-
bacco, grown in 1907, at. per pound
to be delivered in the bundle on or be-
fore. 80. 19O =, or as soon thereafter as
it is ready. This sale includes all mer
chantable tobacco in the crop. | ack-
nowledge receipt of &c., being S2O
per acre advance payment on the crop.
Should the question arise as to what
constitutes merchantahle tobacco it
shall be determined by the parties to
this contract. If they cannot agree
arbitrators shall be chosen, one
by the buyer, one by the seller and the
third one to be chosen by the two above
appointed. Their decision shall be final.
The cost of arbitration to be paid one
half by each party.
The following amendment was pro-
posed: If said tobacco fails to be mer
charitable in the eyes of the buyer, then
the amount of damages shall be deter
mined by board of arbitration, one to
be chosen by the buyer, one by the seller
and the third to be chosen by the two
named above. The report as amended
was adopted.
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Your committee on Plans for Pooling
and Handling the Tobacco in the respec-
tive local unions belonging to the asso-
cirtion recommend that all tobacco not
sold before Jan. 18th, 1903, be pooled.
That each local union appoint a board
of directors whose duty it shall be to
procure suitable place in which to as
sort and case the respective crops con-
trolled by their local unions.
That competent foreman be selected
to supervise the work of asserting and
casing the tobacco.
That each case so assorted shall be
sampled in duplicate. One set of sam
Piles shall be retained hy the local unions
and duplicate sent to the state sales
rooms.
That the chairman of each local union
be member of the county board of di-
rectors, who with the county secretary
shall compose the county board Of di-
rectors.
That the county board of directors
shall elect director who with the state
ditector shall constitute the state ex-
ecutive committee, whose duty it shall
be to supervise the financing and selling
of the tobacco pooled and controlled by
the convention through their respective
locals.
That after the tobacco is sweat and in
condition for sampling that an accredited
tobacco inspector be employed to draw
samples of all the associations tobacco
in the state, and such samples to be sub
stituted for the packers samples.
That after the sweated tobacco is sam