The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-06-26
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fected by decision of the Kentucky
courts which hold that insurance COM
panies are not liable for property de-
stroyed by might riders" in that state.
The companies claimed exemption under
clause of the policies that excepted
losses sustained through riots or insur-
rections." and the court held their con-
tention good. The tendency of the rul-
ing only makes the reign of terror more
complete, as it robs the people of pro-
lection and leaves the victims wholly
helpless. On the other hand, if the
courts held the insurance companies
liable, their only recourse would be to
cancel all insurance in the infected dis
tricts and the property owners would
then be equally helpless.
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BY the close of this week probably bet
ter than two-t thirds the new crop will be
transferred to the fields and we'll started,
most encouraging condition. Growers
are having very little trouble in secur-
ing good stand and not much resetting
| is necessary. The early set fields are
considerably ahead of the average condi-
tion at this date, for all vegetation has
taken on remarkable growth during
the recent warm spell. The outlook for
a crop was seldom more promising for
the time of year.
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1t cannot fail to be good news to the
tobacco trade that Secretary Taft has
permanently abandoned his plan to Sc
cure absolute free trade between the
Philippines and the United States. It
will be remembered that the Payne bill
provided for the free interchange OF pro-
ducts after July l, 1909, and that when
| the secretary of war reached the conclu-
sion that the measure could not pass
without modification, he expressed
willingness to place limit upon the i'm
ports of Philippine sugar and tobacco,
but intimated that he would continue
to work for ultimate free trade. It can
now be stated on high authority that
the secretary in his campaign next win
ter and in future campaigns, should he
be elected to the presidency, will content
himself with plan involving free trade
in everything but tobacco and sugar.
which are to be permanently protectt
| by an adequate duty or limitation on i'm
ports. This is fully set forth in the tar
| iff revision plank of the republican pres
| ide8tial platform which is as follows:
"The Republican party declares between
| the United States and the Philippines
| we believe in free interchange of pro-
ducts, with such limitations as to sugar
and tobacco as will avoid injury to do
mestic interests" It is a comfortable
| thought that the adoption of this plank
will pledge the next president if he
prove to be republican, to oppose free
| trade in tobacco or any such reduction
| in the tariff thereon rs will threaten ''in-
jury to domestic interests
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One of the worst pests the tobacco
! farmer is called to combat is the COM
| mon cut worm. It is in the tobacco field
after the plants have been set out that
| their worst work is seen. They sever
the stalks Of the plant and it dies of
course, and must be replaced. Their
bad work is generally done at night or
or in the cool OF the morning before the
! sun shines on the field, or late in the
evening after the sun has set. While
| the sun is shining they take refuge be-
meath the surface of the ground where
they may easily be found, lying in coil.
| The cut worm does not make it's attacks
| upon the young tobacco plant because it
has preference for that bitter-tasting
| plant but because there generally hap
| pens to be no other available food to
feed upon. This fact puts it in the
/ the power of the tobacco farmer to get
| rid of this destructive enemy. There are
various ways in which this may be ef-
fectually done, not entirely, of course,
but on such scale as to lessen their
| ravages very much. The best plan of
/ all is to get rid of them before the to-
bacco plants are set out, although nine
out of every ten men who try to protect
| their plants do SO after the plants are in
| the ground. AS the ground is prepared
some time before the planting season,
| the cut worms are naturally very hun
| CRY. If clover, finely broken cabbage
| leaves or some other tender green stuf
is scattered on the row where the tobac-
| CO is TO be planted few days prior to
/ the planting, and which has been poi
soned either by busting Paris green and
i -four over it, one part of Paris green to
4 In 0ulS Vi VI Lf OlDDlIS tllC ACOo
| into water in which Paris green has been
placed, they can be poisoned and there
by eradicated. This can also be done
after the plants have been set out in
which case the poisoned material must
/ be placed close to the tobacco plant.
Another plan which has been found very
| effective is to mix Paris green with flour
and bran and place it around the stalk,
but this is more laborious and expensive
than the former method.-New Era.
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Considerable dissatisfaction has been
expressed of late in regard to the to-
bacco crop reports put forth by the
United States department of agriculture.
/ There has been more or less complaint
| to the effect that the department does
not clearly differentiate the various types
of tobacco grown in Kentucky and Ten
! nessee. The bureau Of statistics makes
J the dofonca tha af ifs failura tn clearly de-