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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN Wis. Feb. %. |,

EDGKRTON, WIS.,, REQ. ZZ, 1871.
The sensation of the week in tobacco
circles is the report coming from New
York of the reported ABSORPTION of the
United Cigar Manufacturers Co. by the
big trust. While it lacks confirmation
it has caused no end of discussion.
Despite the heavy roads good deal of
tobacco has been delivered at receiving
points during the week, but it has been
attended with an unusual amount of
pickering over deductions and docking
now quite generally demanded by most
dealers. The leading question seems to
be how much of cut will the grower
stand?" Under such circumstances re-
jections are much more frequent and it
begins TO appear certain that quite a
portion of the crop will not be received
at contract figures. Quite a little bust
ness has sprung up in the re- purchase of
lots that have been turned down by the
original buyer at figures ranging any
where from 10 cents up. The situation
has occasioned good deal of talk in the
country districts, much of it not very
complimentary to the dealers who insist
upon the strictest Interpretation of the
contract requirements.
Warehouse handling is proceeding at
the packing points under quite satisfac-
tory conditions and the work is destined
to last for several weeks yet, though a
shortage of help is reported in one or two
localities.
No new developments have occurred
in the cured leaf market, which affords
but small trading.
The shipments out of storage reach
575cs for the week to all points from this
market. Nearly 30 car loads of bundle
leaf have been received from outside
points for handling here this week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
n ew York.
NEW YnRE Fab LIZ 1907

NEW YORK. EoD. 10, 1871.
No such boom is striking the market
now as did at this time last year. Not
because the activity in the cigar indus
try is snbsiding quite the contrary as
the January output in the chief cigar
manufacturing districts showed a con-
siderable increase over that of last year
but apparently because there is an
undercurrent Of belief that there will be
more than an adequate supply Of leaf
this year in the market and that conse-
quently the limit of prices has been
reached Imbued with this belief, fac
tories seem to be bent on working up
every scrap in their possession before
they are driven to make any new invest
ment in leaf That seems to be the OBJ
yious reason why the rush to lay in sup
plies has so generally ceased and why
the market has assumed an almost com
atose condition, as it is lacking all and
every incentive of speculation. What
business is being done now is of the
hand to. mouth necessity, and that is sig
nally the case with all the domestic
types. Sumatra is moving somewhat
freer The Sumatra market is pretty
thoroughly scraped, and even the most
sanguine has no expectation of getting
this year cheaper Sumatra than last
The Havana market is also somewhat
easier now since good new crop is as
sured. There is no break in prices, but
at least goods are being offered freely
and finding willing customers. Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22

NEARLY 600 farmers are attending the
fourth annual ten days course in agri-
culture at the University of Wisconsin.
This is nearly 200 more than last year,
when the enrolment was only 410. The
housekeepers conference, held at the
same time, was attended by 137 women
who came to the university to study
household problems IN the home econo-
mics department. The ten days course
for Swiss cheese makers was attended
by Is The most prominent feature OF
this years program of the farmers
course was the instruction and counsel
on the Importance of improving the dairy
cattle of the state, and the means to be
used. The course also contained a lee
ture by ex-Gov. w. D. Hoard on "The
Meaning of the Deiry Temperament"
demonstrations of the use of the milking
machines, demonstrations of the tuber
cuiin test, and other interesting dairy
topics.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22

THE Panama canal enterprise has sud-
tie while ago bids were received for tho
construction of the canal by private con-
tractors The lowest bidder was Mr..
Oliver of Nashville, Tenn. After he had
obtained extensive financial backing and
had arranged for several big contractors
to join him in the enterprise and organ
lied corporation, apparently satisfying
to the conditions which the administra-
tion would require, it is possible that the
entire contract scheme may be given up.
John r. Stevens, chief engineer of the
canal commission, has issued an ulti-
matum to the government declaring that
il the government lets a contract for
building the, canal to anybody, he will
resign.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22

The statement is made on authority
of the Swift Packing Go. that there is no
profit in the slaughtering business. It's
business is manufacturing business
and not slaughtering business. The
packer pays more for his steer on the
hoof than it brings on the hook and this
is being done all the time. The packers
are purveyors Of beef only Incidentally.
They are glue makers, soap makers, ami
NAL food makers, and makers Of many
other by products They sold fat TO the
soap makers and now make soap them
selves. They sold edible oils but now
manufacture oleomargerine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22

The appointment by Gov. Davidson of
Hon. Pliny Norcross university regent
is one that will be commended as most
excellent one Mr.. Norcross is mem.
Der of the legislature, is prominent cit
izen of GAINESVILLE, has been departments
commander of the G. A. r., is one of the
early graduates of the university. and is
widely known throughout the state.
Gov. Davidson's evident determination
to lift the board of university regents
out of the domain of spoils politics can
not be too highly commended. A good
deal of new blood has been injected, and
that this will have very salutatory eff
feet will not be doubted by those inter
estpd enough in the university and its
administration to give serious thought
to the subject. Gov. Davidson in
broad way has disregarded wholly par
tisan or factioDal lines, and made his Sc
lection with an eye solely to the highest
welfare of the university.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
TOBACCO SEED BEDS.

Last spring the writer inaugurated
some small experiments to test the effect
of solutions of formalin 40 per cent for
maldehyde) in water, as drench upon
old tobacco beds to destroy the bed rot
Rhizoctonia. In this work a strength of
~ pints formaline to 80 gallons of water
was employed, and the applications were
made just before sowing the seed. This
caused delay in seeding the plant beds,
as the formalin must be allowed to evap-
crate before the seed is sown, and was
somewhat disadvantageous. The results
were doubtful in some cases, and decid
edly favorable in certain old, badly in
tested beds at Germantown. In one in
stance the difference between the treated
|. and untreated portions of the bed was
very decided, amounting to very great
saving in plants. estimated as about four
times as much bedrot in the untreated
as in the treated part of these old beds.
To overcome the disadvantages of the
spring applications is now the object.
It is believed that fall applications of
stronger formaline solution will be desir-
able. 1t is more convenient to apply the
formalin solution, since only sprinkling
pot with rose) will be needed in addi-
tioh to the chemical The formalin 40
cent formaldehyde) may be obtained of
local Or wholesale druggists, and in car
boys of 100 pounds, may be purchased at
cost of II to ID cents a pound, f...o. b.,
with added charge for container. In
smaller lots the cost is much higher.
/. Growers may arrange to purchase in car
boys. Before applying the solution the
beds should be fairly moist and friable,
or made go by watering, and spaded up
to the usual depth with the incorpora-
tion of any fertilizer of the nature of
manure, before drenching. Mineral fer
tiizers may be applied in sprins. The
bed thus prepared and raked over is
drenched with the solution at the rate of
l gallon to each square foot OF surface:
bed so feet long and feet wide would
accordingly require 800 gallons of the So
lutions and use II to 10 pounds OF for.
malin in it's preparation. So heavy an
application will need to be applied at
in tervals of few hours SO that the
liquid is equally absorbed by all parts of
the bed SOIL After treatment, which
should be made before freezing weather
begins. the beds are to be left without
disturbance until spring, when prepared
for seeding. A thorough trial of this
method of treating old and badly
diseased tobacco beds is recommended.
1t should result in keeping down bed
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
fIanGa6 Ter .

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. IL, I9UI.
During ne past week there has been
little doing in the market for cased
goods. Manufacturers seem to have all
the stock needed for their present wants
and speculators seem shy of making any
offers such as they know cannot be ac-
copied. But the small manufacturers
who do more or less of a from handto-
mouth business are compelled as usual
to make their purchases of few case lots,
and in this way the small quantity of
old tobacco still in our warehouses is
gradually diminished. There is not
enough left to affect the trade one way
or the other.
The attention of the trade is princi-
palls given 90 receiving and asserting
the new crop, the deliveries of which are
large, both Ey wagon and by rail. There
is still considerable complaint by farm
ers of friction and docking.
The cigar trade is not SO lively in some
places as it might be. Some factories in
the county are reported as working only
half time. New Era.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
TOBACCO TRUST STILL ABSORBING.
Reported Merger of the United Cigar
Manufacturers Co., the Trusts
Largest Competitor.

Observation-Disclosures Co., the
Largest Competitor.
A most important piece of news that
interests the tobacco trade was made
public by the N. Y. Times Tuesday, to
the effect that the American Tobacco
Co. was on the eve of absorbing its chief
competitor in the cigar manufacturing
business, the United Cigar Manufactur>
ers Co., which controls nineteen of the
largest factories in the country and are
an important factor in the movement of
the Wisconsin crops.
The article in question states that ne
gotiations have been pending for some
time and the question of price is the one
awaiting determination. That the figure
will be substantial one is conceded,
even with the twenty million capitaliza-
ton of the u. G. M. Co. as a beginning
of the reckoning. The latter company
was organized year ago including the
firms of Kerbs, Wirtheim & Schiller,
Hirshhorn, Mack q Co. and the Straiton
& Storm Go. These three concerns were
at one time perhaps the largest individ
ual producers of cigars in the country
and the business has so increased that
the output is considerably over one
million cigars pei. day. 1t is believed
that if the absorption goes through
Wall street will wash out the deal by the
shifting few millions OF securities, a
sleight of hand performance the public
knows so little about.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
New YORK. Feb. 13. 1907

The local market is uninteresting at
the present time, little business of any
sort in domestic leaf being done. No
transactions of Importance are reported.
Sumatra-A hand to mouth business
in this type is being done, but no large
sales are reported.
Havana local market is bare Of
interest. Moro rain is reported as being
needed in the Remedies region, and it is
said that if it falls in the next few weeks
it will save the crop. In the other to-
bacco- growing regions of Cuba condi-
tious are reported as satisfactory. ry.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22

rot and damping off as we'll as black root
in the plant BEDS The latter disease
may at any time become as widespread
as the others, since it is already in por-
tions of Ohio and was very prevalent in
Connecticut the past spring.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
M1AMrsRuRG O. Feb.

.WIAMISBU KCT, q, 90. IF, IJUT.
Deliveries Of tobacco at Miamisburg
have been light so far this month, al
though all the buyers have received a
few crops.
Most of the big buyers have received
moro extensively at points north of here
and have booked most of their purchases
for Miamisburg about the first OF March.
The crop in this section will very likely
move all at once, and in about two weeks
a stirring time at the receiving ware
houses may be expected, when the bulk
of the crop will be taken in.-News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-02-22
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES


!: !: s:::
The packers of last years crop of to-
bacco are quite unanimous in the opin-
ion there is vast amount of poor seed
being used by growers about the state,
which is an error as they view it, that
ought t. be corrected. There are plenty
of people who make a business of propo-
eating reliable strains of seed and sold
at snch reasonable rates there can be no
excuse for this apparent neglect. No
one will defend the pracCice of replant
ing run out seed year after year of any
farm product, and it is especially CEN
surable in crop that depends SO much
upon the quality as tobacco. The writer
believes it is doing the tobacco growers
good service in recommending that
they secure the very best strains for the
coming crop. Our advertising columns
contain the address of number of seed
men who sell reliable tobacco seed.
***
From the present standpoint it is easy
to see why growers were SO clamorous
for an early delivery date this season, for
these were the people who were able to
count their proceeds with but few de-
ductions. Now that docking has be-
come so prevalent even the late ones see
where they made a mistake in not get
ting in under cover earlier. After they
commence to figure out the warehouse
shrinkage, some of the packers bemoan
the mistake of not commencing docking
sooner.
W.
1t is quite encouraging to learn that
the department of agriculture has taken
steps to secure more accurate statistics
regarding the production of tobacco. At.
the request of the secretary of agricul.
ture, the commissioner of internal rev.
enue has issued circular letter to col
lectors instructing them to make quar-
terly report upon the amount of tobacco
purchased by leaf dealers and manufact-
urers directly from the farmer. This re-
quirement has no relation to the cues
tion regarding records to be kept
at tobacco warehouses. The circular is
as sollows: "In order to cooperate with
the Bureau of Statistics Department of
Agriculture, in securing reliable inform
alton as to the entire production of leaf
tobacco In the United States each year.
collectors are hereby instructed to Sc
cure from each dealer in leaf tobacco in
their respective districts a statement,
which may be written across one Of the
blank pages Of their Book SO. at the
close of the quarter, commencing with
the quarter ending March 81, 1907, which
shall show in the aggregate the number
of pounds of leaf tobacco purchased or
received by such dealers from farmers
during the quarter for which the report
is made. [ realize that this will cause
some trouble and Inconvenience but in
the interest of the public good, and in
order to secure some reliable data as to
the production of leaf tobacco, which
contributes so largely to the wealth of
the country, the prosperity of the farm
:ers and growers of tobacco, as we'll as the
government revenues. [ trust collectors,
dealers in leaf and manufacturers will
give this matter their earnest attention
and endeavor to make the returns as
complete and accurate as possible
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-12-12
IENDRlLS.
Moving Rarto Which Are the ~erains
of Plant Life"

There are two classes of plants
which are melted by mans presence
to describe certain definite move
ments. One class, the sensitive
plants, retract their leaflets as we
approach them, as if they resented
any attempt at closer intimacy,
while the other class, comprising all
those vines which develop climbing
organs called tendrils, viii reach
out toward us if We place our hands
in contact with them and will even
use finger as support to climb
upon. We know that these tendrils
will wind just as readily about 4
twig or grass stem, but as one
feels these sensitive strands multi
ply their encireling coils about ones
fingers there almost seems to be es-
tablished between us and the vege-
table world a anore intimate rela-
tionship than has ever existed BE-
fore.
Tendrils are indeed capable Of
exhibiting faculties and going
through evolutions more wonderful
perhaps than many Of US realize.
It is only after We have seen them
at work, testing with their sensitive
tips the objects they come in con-
tact with, apparently considering
their suitability as a support and
then accepting or rejecting them,
as the case may bet is only then
that We realize how Justly they have
been called the "brains of plant
life,
The thoroughness with which
these wandering tips explore their
surroundings is illustrated by an In
stance l observed in grapevine
tendril. A cherry branch whose
leaves had been variously punctured
and scalloped by insects hung near
the tendril, and a particular leaf
had just one small hole in its blade.
not over three-sixteenths of an inch
in diameter. So careful had been
the exploration of the leafs surface
that this one small hole had been
discovered by the tendril, which had
thrust itself nearly three inches
through the opening. - Harper's
Magazine.
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Whenever you feel that your
stomach has gone little wrong, or
when You feel that it is not in good
order as is evidenced by mean head
aches, nervousness, bad breath, belcn-
ing, take something at times, and
especially after your meals until le-
lief Is afforded. There is nothing
better offered the public today for
stomach troubles, dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, ETC., than KodoI. This is d
seienrifc preparation of natural d.
gestants combined with vegetable
acids aud 1t contains the same juices
found in any healthy stomach.
Ksdol is guaranteed to give relief.
1t is pleasant to take; it will make
you feel fine by digestlng what yon
eat. Sold by W l. Wallace, NJ ID.
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Don't Speak to Your Horse.

Caress must promptly reward
performance and the voice be never
used-the horse does not under
stand your words, and if you are
angry your tones will only further
disconcert him-while if you are
eternally talking to him you simply
render him careless and inattentiVe.
Caress the spot you have just ad-
dressed nor think that he under
stands a pat on the neck as reward
for something he has just done with
his hind quarters. Go direct to the
spot, and where two parts have been
addressed caress them both, as In
backing, the hind quarters and the
sides where the legs came, ETC.
and do the same thing in biting,
Do not pat the neck if you asked
him to yield his jaH2. Don't re-
ward your daughter foc your sons
successful geography lesson"-that
is the idea in a nutshell.-From
directing the Saddle Horse" by
F. NJ. Ware, in Outing Magazine.
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Corruption of Names.

The name of Applecross, the old
Ross-shire seat of the Mackenzies,
is a modern corruption of Abercro-
san, meaning cat the mouth OF the
Crosan," the little river which there
flows into the Atlantic. The names
of many places in Scotland have un-
dergone changes as curious and
confusing. The thousands Of travel
ers who weekly alight at the fine sta,
ton of st. Enoch, in Glasgow (called
after the neighboring church), no
doubt identify the name in some
vague way with the patriarch
Enoch, mentioned in an early chap
ter of Genesis. 1t is really a cor
rupted form of St. Thenog, or The
nav, who was the mother Of Kent
germ, Glasgow's first bishop and pa
tron saint and who is the subject
of as quaint legend as any to be
found in mediaeval sacred history.
Modern Society.
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A Tart OLE! Lady.

In Indiana a good many year:
sgo a certain old lady, summoned
as a witness, came intp court wear
ing large poke bonnet, such as
was then much affected by rura
folks. Her answers to the ques'
tions put to her being rather IN
distinct, the court requested her te
speak louder, though without much
success.
"The court cannot hear a WORD
you say, my good woman" said the
Judge. t"Please to take off that
huge bonnet of yours"
"Sir," she said eomposedly and
distinctly enough this time, "the
court has a perfect right to bid
a gentleman take off his hat, but il
has no right to make lady remove
her bonnet"
Madam replied the judge, 'you
seem so well acquainted with, the
law that I think you had better
come up and take seat with us on
the bench"
'I thank your honor kindly" she
responded, dropping low courtesy
to the court, "but there are old
women enough there already. p
Law Notes. s's,-rI.a.,
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Citation Notice.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Williamsburg.

By P NJ Brockinton, Esquire,
Probate Judge. :,
Whereas o Holloway made suit
to me, to grant him letters Of Ad.
ministration of the Estate of and
effects of w S Moore:
These are therefore to cite and ad.
monish all ard singular the kindred
and creditors of the said W S Moore,
deceased, that they be and appear
before me in the Court of Probate,
to be held at Kingstree, S G, on the
23r day of December next after pub
lication thereof, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, If any they
have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under nay hand, this 18th
day of December.Ann Domini, 1907.
Published on the 18th day of De.
cember 1907 in the COUNTY Re.
CORD.
P Nj BROCKlNToN,
Probate Judge.
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Notice to Teachers.

There will be Teachers association
in Williamsburg county. The places
of meeting will be in different sections
on invitations, with the understanding
that the teachers attending be enter
tanned free. This is to notify you that
/ will consider your attendance on thesc
meetings, and interest therein, in cases
of application Tor renewal Of certifi-
Gates, and that no certificate will be re-
newed except for those who show a
proper interest in the work.
C MCCULLOUGH,
11-2S-3t Co. Supt. Education,
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4 tickling cough, from any cause,
is quickly stopped by DR. Shoop's
Cough Cure. And it is so thorough
ly harmless and safe, thatD Shoop
tells mothers everywhere to give 1t
without hesitation, even to very
Young babes. The wholesome green
leaves and tender stems of a lung
healing mountainous shrub, furnish
the curatiEe,properties to DR. Shops
Cough Cure. 1t calms the cough,
and heals the sore and sensitive
bronchial membranes. No opium,
no chloroform, nothing harsh used
to iniure or suppress. Simply a res
mons plant extract, that helps to
heal aching lungs. The Spanlards
call this shrub which the DR. uses.
"The Sacred Herb Always de.
mand DR. Shoop's Cough Cure. Dc
Scott.
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When the stomach, heart, or kid
ney nerves get weak, then these or
gans always fail. Don't drug the
stomach, nor stimulate the heart OF
kidneys. That is simply a make
shift. Get a prescription known te
druggistsieverywhere as DR. Shops
Restorative. The Restorative ex
pressly for these weak inside nerves
Strengthen these nerves, build then
up with DR. Shops Restorative
tablets or liquld-and see how
quickly help will come. Free sam
pie test sent on request by DR. Shoop
Racine, Wis. Your health is surely u
worth this sample test. d c Scott