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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-24
Connecticut valley Tobacco Market.

No new developments have occurred
in the tobacco line in regard to the crop
of 1907. Much of it is in the cases, some
of it has passed through the sweat room,
some is piled up in barns and asserting
shop store rooms to be left to pass
through the sweat IN the old fashioned
or natural manner by the heat of the
summer season.
Tobacco beds have as general thing
been sown in this location.
A correspondent to the "Republican"
from Thompsonville, CT, says: "Tbe
farmers in this vicinity are beginning TO
dispose of their last seasons tobacco
crops, but the prices received are any
thing but encouraging for them to en-
thuse over the prospect for the coming
seasons crops"
Our correspondents report as follows:
North Hatfield, Mass: Il report the sale
of three acres of tobacco by Cornelius
Murphy to r. Billings of Hatfield, fer
the A. t. Co., to he shipped TO Virginia
to be stemmed. E. f. Field of Brad
street is drawing his crop to the sweat
room Of Mr.. Swift. It was assorted by
Charles Marsh. Somebody down at the
old street has tobacco plants up with
four leaves. s."-Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-24
Lancaster.
LANCASTER, Pa, April IA, 1908

LANCASTER, Pa, April IA, 1908.
Nothing doing" continues to be the
reply to quiries among the local leaf to-
bacco packers for news of the trade. As
a matter of fact, there was no such thing
as trade last week, the small purchases
of cigar manufacturers hardly counting
enough to be dignified by that name.
Prices are down, and are likely to go
down still lower, if packers want to sell,
and a good many have come to the con-
clusion that it would be better to take
what they can get in preference to hold
ing on any longer to goods that are only
piling up losses on the holders. Unless
the unexpected occurs soon, booming
the 1906 goods, the packers are bound
to sell at loss.
During the past week large amount
of the new tobacco was delivered the
growers being anxious to get it out of
the way and get their checks, but there
was not much buying of 1907 crops. The
bulk of the best tobacco has been bought
up. but here and there good leaf is be-
ing held FOR better prices than have been
paid, the growers being unwilling to let
90 at prices so much below the 1906
prices. As the standard of prices seems
to be dropping below the cents pound
offered until recently, these backward
sellers are taking big risks of losses. as
they may have to take less than they
could get now. A good deal of mould is
developing among the new tobacco,
which is causing uneasiness to packers.
The cigar trade shows grade of i'm
provement, but it is only enough to af-
ford ray of hope for better things. -
New Era.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-24
NEW YORK, April Is, 1908

The local market has been devoid of
action for the past week so far as domes-
tic leaf. tobacco is concerned. The buy
ing movement has extended into Ohio,
but is chiefly confined to thinner Span
ish, considerable quantity of which
was taken by packers recently at prices
ranging from eight to nine cents through.
1t is said of the Pennsylvania crop that
no less than so per cent has been taken
by packers. In Wisconsin all the tobac-
co suitable for use in this country has
been bought, and considerable business
is being done in export grades. In Con-
necticnt the buying of the Broad leaf
and Havana Seed is going on.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-24
WISCONSIN, TOBACCO MARKET
EDaERToN. WIS, April "a. 1908.

Buyers are still quite busily engaged
throughout the state in the movement
that bids fair to clean up the remaining
portion of the 07 crop. Another big
slice has certainly been taken out of the
unsold fraction during the week. Com
petition is getting little more brisk and
possibly the average price trifie higher
but the great bulk of the buying is yet
done at bargain figures. We could fill a
page of sales running from to cents,
but rather give space to those of the bet
ter grades that indicate some profit to
the grower and yet show the range
taken.
Ladd & Flom, 20a at 9&215c asst
x. FL. Tiesberg, 15a at 834&211ac asst.
Oscar johnson, 10a at 934&2115c asst.
A. e. Thorson, 10a at 711s&2c.
Thos. Gretyback, Ia at 63&21ac.
Peter Severson IA at &c.
Chas. Tall, Ga at 6115&2c.
Chas. Saxby, IA at 614&215c; I. d.
Larson, Ia at SIC asst; Chas. Fosdahl,
Ia at SIC asst; Ladd & Clark, 10a at
8A&21Sc asst; Ole Lein, "A at TIC; G.
A. Larson, IA at 7&2c; Lewis Lein, 5a at
714&2c; John Foss, Ga at 6A; X. E..
Lier, 5a at 615&2c; A. G. Clough, 5a at
Sale; Peter Peterson, 315a at 5&2c; G.
M. Davis, ga at 4&2c; Peter Gary, 5a at
5&2c; VIM. Kelvin, 5a at 5&y2c; Ell. w.
Clapp, "a at 5&2c; Sam Clark, Ia at &c.
Business at the packing points is pro-
crossing slowly owing to the scarcity of
warehouse help that is surely prolonging
the handling season far beyond the
usual limits.
The market for cured leaf is not with
out some movement, but generally in
small lots to accommodate urgent needs
of manufacturers. Packers are still
hoping for revival of trade.
The plant beds for another crop are
now mostly laid and the weather of the
week is especially favorable to early
termination. In some localities young
plants are already appearing.
The shipments out of storage reach
1914 cases from this market to all points.
Fifty cars have been received from out
lying points for warehouse handling dur
ing the week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-24

One familiar with thes present condi-
tions of the leaf market writes as follows:
The entire manufacturing trade at pres
ent seems to think there is really no
price on leaf any more, and that it is
governed largely by the degree of ankle
ty of the holder to sell. How long the
manufacturer can maintain this attitude
remains to be ascertained. Leaf tobacco
men are, of course, human beings, and it
may be that some are willing to make
actual sacrifices, particularly to old Gus
toners, in dull times, just for the sake of
doing something, but then tobacco is
really staple article and always has
value. There is undoubtedly certain
amount of stocks in the hands of the.
manufacturer, out it cannot be an over
abundant amount, and with orders COM
ing to him slowly, be naturally feels in
clined to use up all the available stocks
he has in hand, rather than buy now,
because he lacks courage or confidence
In the future, and he figures out that
under these conditions there can be no
increase in the price of leaf. Such rea-
soning, however, demands that he also
look at the matter from the leaf mans
pally of the 1905 tobaccos, or 1905 posi-
bly,, and probably some little of Older
goods. The 1906 and 1905 tobaccos were
high priced at cost, it is admitted, and
even though he is willing to make some
sacrifice of his usual margin of fair profit
there must be reasonable limit, and if
he.caunot get down low enough to meet
the present-day idea of the manufactur-
er, he makes no sale. Surprising then
that the manufacturer fails TO replenish
his reduced stock, and there comes re-
viVal in trade. There is then likely to
be sharpening demand for leaf, and up
will go the price And the demand will
do it, for with the 1907 crops of the
world all short or inferior. 1906 must
supply the deficiency where 1907 is short.
Tobaccos of 1907 crops would have com
manded better price than they have SO
far, had not the disastrous slump of last
fall come just at the time when tobacco
is usually bought. But with practically
no demand for tobacco, and considerable
quantities of ole. goods Oh hand, the leaf
man was not eager to buy heavily of the
new crops, the general characteristics OF
which did not strike him any too favor
ably.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-24
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES



No tobacco crop in recent years has
been gathered up SO quietly or SO expe-
ditiously as the present one after the
buying fairly opened. Before this paper
reaches it's readers fully 80 per cent OF
the '07 crop will have passed out of the
hands of the growers. The balance OF
the unsold portion lies largely in the
hands of growers who have their crops
cased and holding for higher prices or
controlled by the Society of Equity, so
the crop is about as closely picked up as
is usually the case when the buying sea-
son closes. And much larger share OF
the crop than ever before passes into
the hands of the big tobacco trust.
They have not only secured their sup
ply of Wisconsin leaf cheaper than ever
before but the several subsidiary con-
Germs have stocked up with more of it.
Being able to throw large force of buy
ers into the field just at the time when
the growers were ready to let go of their
holdings, the coup was accomplished
easily. Whether the unsettled condi-
tions in the southern tobacco districts
and the hign prices which the Equity
pool has attempted to dictate has had
anything to do with the movement here
is not yet apparent, but the fact stands
out undisputed that the American To
bacco Co. are the big owners of the Wis
consin product just what the aggre-
gate amount of their purchases will
reach is difficult to estimate at this time
but when all reports are in it is believed
the different branches of the trust will
control close to half the crop.
&**
Assuming that the above is fairly
correct idea of the situation, and then
deduct the amount which the United
Cigar Manufacturers Co., Eisenlohr
Bros and the other large manufactur-
ing concerns who buy direct from the
growers; and further that portion of the
crop which has gone to fill export or
ders, which are larger than for some
years past, and it can readily be seen
that the packers who usually supply the
general market have less to offer the
trs.se of binder goods than ever before
of Wisconsin crop. It is extremely
doubtful at this writing if more than
10000 cases of the '07 crop will be con-
rallied by packers to supply the binder
market. If the old goods were out of
the way, the manufacturing trade would
be facing famine OF binder stock
within a few months, but with fair
supply of '05 and '06 on hand, and even
though high priced stock at that, there
is a fair chance for holders of these
goods to secure their asking price before
another crop will be ready for market.
There is some reason, therefore, why
packers so persistently hold out for
profits through all these months of de-
moralized business. We shall miss
our prophecy if within few months the
trade will not be facing some surprises
and condition they least expect.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1908.


The foot and-mouth disease Ia appeared in New Jersey cattle, al there
was every reason o teev it would after the W contiguous States of New
York and Pennsylvania became infected. This is al emergency that calls fol
prompt official action. The state borders should be thoroughly guarded against
HI entryo of infected cattle a large inspectonl force should b e employed
10 examine New Jersey herds and destroy diseased cattle together with the
Quarters they inhbt The foot and mouth disease is a cry serious mahdy
and it attackss swine as veil as cattle Unchecked it would make havoc in New
Jersey. The prohibition Of imports If cattle hay and straw into England is not
of much concern to New Jersey, but the preservation of the stock in The Statei is
AS the case reported yesterday vas in South Jersey it evidently originated in
Pennsylvania, where many counties are affected by the disease. Cattle desruc
tn min n State by disease OF otherwise Ia a meaning for others o the popu
laton besides the farmers and cattemen. 1t means scarcer and dearer milk and
meat 1t also means fmpoyerishment for the rural districts, which involves
financial losses Tor the cities and towns.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
yA0ARlEs OF THE CIVIL SERVICE Law.

The new State civil service Law is capable of n kind ofc construction. the
State Commission chooses o put upon ii, and the law lis as full of litigation as
of a State institution is the board o. managers and, therefore, that the supn-
tendent or principal manager in charge is only a subordinate, to pc placed in
the classified list. When a n appointment is to be made it be made only
The board of managers car only propose Names and tn individual to be ap-
pointed must be a citizen Of the State The selection of a new superintendent for
the Railway Reformatory is therefore Elm question. 1t nay De argued, logically,
entirely to it's orders,h h is subordinate tt superior authority, and, consequently,
is a subordinate officer. But, IN the other hand, /. car be commended that the
board is merely the official representative of TIL State 20 supervise the insutu-
management, which is IN entity apart from the board, having its prmi-
pal head and subordinate officers. The rule for o ne State institution and depart
msnt controlled by a State board is of COURSE III rule for ALL. IN under the
State Commissions construction Of the law all State commissions and boards
are stripped Of their independent authority to appoint their principal executive
officers. It is evident that the civil service law is going to be subjected o a deal
of hostile criticism in the mex Legislature.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
MARTYRDoM TO PUBLIC DUTY.

Joseph Sptz is his name, and he is a member of the Passaic City Council
Until Thursday he vas superintendent of thu New York Betting n Packing
Company at Passaic AS councnman he is a member of the water supply COM
mttee, n favors the acceptance of proposition by Jersey City to supply Pas
sale with water The East Jersey Water Company low furnishes PASSAGES sup
ply. Jersey City will sell cheaper water On Thursday Mr. Spitz a informed
by the betting and packing company that lie must either cease opposing East
Jersey Water Company interests leave its employ in twentyfour hours. He
resigned at once. This extraordinary incident occurred in a New Jersey city
in a Nw Jerseyc community: An elected representative of the people openly
threatened with discharge from his employment If HI did not betray the public
interests lie va elected to care for of course in the Passaic community the
affect will be JUS. the opposite to what vas intended But it will not stop here
The incident is another revelation of the covert methods of he East Jersey
Water Company. the influences of which reach out through all kinds of in
suspects channels utilize every possible means to attain selfish objects
All honor to Councilman Spnz who sacrificed his fifteen per job rather than be
recreant to a public trust But what of hose who sought o force him into
betrayal of public duty? And what of the company that evidently inspired suf
IN ac7
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
Marry the Cook and You're Sure of Meals
Anyhoqv, Says Adehme Stanley Carrtck

kitchen shall be their own private do
main, with no questions asked and an
afternoon and evening off once a week.
Moreover, they are highly appreciative
of just-as-good-as-new clothes that
once graced the forms of your sisters,
mother or other relatives.
Moral: Marry the cook.
Occasionally a man finds himself GUS
todian of a female person who has
wit, beauty, tact, learning, breeding, a
love for household economic problems
and an ability to cook, all at once.
She's not a wife; she's a bonanza, and
should pc appreciated accordingly.
Like most bonanzas, she generally
pays for herself many times over and
stands deserted at last, a monument
to mans selfishness.
A sweet, obedient, languishing woman
is a joy indeed, in a poem. In real
life she has Fox's martyrs In the last
seat at the matinee. She's the one
who can cook and who lies awake
nights thinking of new dishes to keep
her husband in good humor.
The other sort, who sits her husband
down perforce before a meal that suits
her, and about which he has had moth
ing to say, and tells him to eat it or
go without, is the one to whom Things
in this life come easy. She may not
be a cook, but her cooking goes, and
don't you forget it.
About one time in ten does a mar
get the kind of wife he dreams apou'
after he is 30. Before 30 men don't care
much whether a woman can COOK or
not; they consider love a pretty gooo
sort of food, even though the practical
talk scornfully of the lack of filling
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21

Temple, Chicago.
1.-THE woman who can cook well in
variably makes the best wife" ne de-
clared recently. TOO much attention Is
paid nowadays to beauty. A pretty
face is a big asset to a woman, but 1t Is
as 20 is to 70 when compared to her abil-
ity to set a flrst-class meal on the
table,"
He may be right. Nowadays you can
get a fairly good cook for twenty dol
lars a month; sometimes less. 1t will
cost you a great deal more than that
to keep the modern wife, according to
the amount of your salary. Wives
want clothes, jewels, expensive house
furnishings and pretty things of all
sorts. Cooks demand chiefly that the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
ANSWERS TOCORRESPONDENTS

mans were building a new trans
atlantic liner which will be of ire
mendous tonnage and horsepower, and
if you can would be pleased to have
you state also what power md tonnage
his new vessel will be. w. X.
1.-THE gross tonnage of the Lusitanla
and Mauretania is $1,000, and the IN
dictated horsepower of both vessels H.
900. As to the new giant, you prob
ably refer to the Olympic. which Will
be the largest ship the world mas ever
seen when it will be ready for service
in 1910. The olympic will be fifty feet
longer than the Lusitania and Maure-
tania, and will "a a displacement OF
sc, 1000 tons and 5000 0-horsepower.-Ed'l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
OF STAMPS.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Please publish the meaning of stamps
PLACED on envelopes in different places
e. S.
Easton. Pa, November 20, 1908.
Upside down on left corner-I love
you.
Same corner crosswise-My heart is
another's.
Straight up and down--Good-by,
sweetheart.
Upside down on right corner-Write
no more.
In centre at topics.
Opposite at bottom-No.
On right-hand corner at right angles
DO you love me?
In left-hand corner-I hate you.
Top corner at the right wish your
friendship.
On line with surname-Accept my
love.
The same upside down. am en-
gagged.
At right angle, same place. long tc
see you.
In middle of right edge-write imme-
diately.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21

IT, as las been commended algae caused the vile taste in Newark's water,
akae has altogether changed its taste from what it formerly was The ctys
reservoirs in the Pequannock were low at times before, and algae and rank
vegetation affected the water but We appeal to water drinkers in Newark if
the water ever before the present time had a similar taste. Everybody is
famihar with the taste of kerosene OIL There is 10 installing it.. And that's
the taste In the water complicated with a taste of decayed vegetable matter
City Engineer Sherrerd has found a small leak in thu Standard Oil pipes in the
watershed. blu. not enough to affect the water.P Probably the Standard Oil en-
ployees could furnish an explanation if they cared to- But, as the Board of
Works will nov take belated measures to protect the water supply from pollution
from the Standard Oil pipes let us hope there will be no moren nuisance in the
cuys drinking water
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
Woman Who Is Pretty and Can
Cook, a Bonanza, Not
a Wife.

qualities in wind pudding and air pie.
So, on the whole, after careful delibera-
ton, we consider it by all means the
best plan to marry the cook.
You'll not only find it a good plan
from an economical point of view;
think of the joy of knowing that she
cannot get up n leave every time you
demonstrate because she evinces too
great a fondness for her brass-buttoned
gentleman friend" Then, too, with
the cook for a wife, you'll have your
time to yourself just like when you
were a gay old bachelor.
o, yes, by all means, marry the cook.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
EASILY SETTLED.

Speaking of accommodating hotel
clerks" remarked a Portland CONNER
cial traveller, "the best 1 ever saw was
in a town near Bangor. 1 reached the
hotel late in the evening and was as
signed to a pretty. ~tidy-looking room.
Just before 1 retired / heard a scam
pering under the bed and looked under,
expecting to see a burglar. Instead I
saw a couple Of large rats just escap-
ing into their hole. 1 dressed and went
to the office and put In q big
kick. The clerk was as serene as a
summers breeze.
"'I1l fix that all right, SIR he said.
Front! Take q cat to 20 at once"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
POEM

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Sir-Will someone send me the line'
of the Soldiers Bride" a song frs
sung about sixty years ago., and was
published, / think, by Oliver Ditson
Boston, Mass. The first stanZa is:
The moon was beaming silvery bright
The eye no cloud could view;
Her lovers step in silent night,
Well pleased, the damsel knew.
At midnight hour, beneath the tower,
He murmured soft, "Oh, nothing fear
ing,
With our own true soldier fly.
And his faithful heart be cheering,
List, dear, it's l;
List, list, list, love. list. dear, tits L
With your own rue soldier fly"
MRS. G.. w. A.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
THE SUFFRAGETTE.

Mrs. Clark Fisher, of Trenton, say
that if women had votes they woult
cast them for candidates whose ap.
pearance or dress pleased them.-New:
Item.
We cannot vote for Jenkins,
Said the pretty suffragette;
His pompadour is ugly
And he's shy OH etiquette.
And Smith, oh, he's impossible;
His neckties are all red,
And he hasn't such an awful lot
OF hair upon his head.
We cannot vote for Thomas,
His coat is ready made,
And, my dear, the lining Is
The cry cheapest grade.
Besides his voice is very hoarse,
He eats pie with a knife,
And then, I've often heard it said,
He really loves his wife.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
''MUSHER.''

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Sir-Kindly give the meaning of the
word "musher,' referring to a man as
being a noted United States mail car
rier and musher. f. SMITH.
ITO mush is to cut or notch at the
edge with a stamp or device, as in the
original indenting of parchment, says
the Standard Dictionary. A "musher"
Ia one skilled in the art.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
GERRYMANDER.


To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Sir-Can you give me the first case
of the gerrymander in American pol
tiles? A. j.
Arlington.
$50 far as the name itself is con-
cerned, it did not come into use until
1911. when Gerry. Democratic Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, approved the
bill for the redistricting of Essex coun-
ty. Benjamin Russell, editor of the
columbian Sentinel" invented the
term.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-21
pROVIDENTIAL.

Governor johnson, of Minnesota, used
to be fond of telling The following
story.
f, "A young man at college was spend
ing a great deal of money in the pur-
suit of pleasure His father had often
objected and after the last remittance
had put his foot down on further con-
tributions. The youth was soon broke,
however, and wrote the following note
to his father;
Dear Dad-Please send me $50. [
need the money badly. Answer by re-
turn mail.
"'P. S.-The thought of again asking
you for money has overcome me with
grief. l am conscious-stricken. | am
running to overtake the postman. I
pray that / may overtake him before
he reaches YOU
"The next day he received this tel
egram from his father:
THE Lord has answered your prayer,
The letter has not arrived"