Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-02-19
TOBACCO BUYERS BEGlr TO NIBBLE
Bekkedal Men Close Some Contracts
Others Just Looking Around.

There is a ray OF hope for a better
condition in Vernon county industriaIly
and financially. The damp weather of
last week placed hanging tobacco in
case, and today very little of the weed
l remains on the poles, Farmers are
stripping and putting their tobacco in
the bundle as rapidly as it is possible
TO do so, in the full anticipation that
foreign and local buyers will make them
prompt and frequent visits till all the
1907 crop is bought up.
The prospects of a tobacco market
have frightened since the recent case
weather to the extent that several buy
ers are riding around the rural districts,
doing some buying and more inspect
ing. Some of the larger concerns have
been securing judgment on the quality,
| but have given no orders to buy Rep
resentatives of Nj. III. Bekkedal have
already closed some contracts, so the
| CENSOR is informed. The price paid is
a hard matter TO state. The quality of
the crop seems to be so varied that an
average price cannot be named at this
writing.
1t will be happy day when the ware
houses in the packing points of Vernon
county shall open their doors to the
workers, who have been waiting for
employment.
OPINION AND OPERATION ELSEWHERE.
Edgerton Tobacco Reporter: A sea-
son of casing weather during the week
put the hanging tobacco into condition
so that the balance of the crop might
be removed from the poles for stripping.
The chances for selling viii be greatly
| improved now when the crop is stripped
and in the bundle. When the crop is
already for inspection the buyingmove-
ment may reasonably be expected to
| gain some headway, for enough of the
crop has already been sold to establish
some sort of a price to work upon.
| The large operators say they were only
| waiting for completion of the strip
ping before sending their men out.
That the buying movement is gaining
some headway is quite evident. Sales
are becoming more frequent and more
| people are being interested in the deal,
even though the large operators are
not particularly active. Enough of the
crop is purchased to open quite a good
many warehouses at the packing points,
| giving employment to considerable la
Dor. Twenty reported sales have been
! made here during the past week, the
lowest at 5 and 2 cents, highest at 8
and 2. -
The two days tobacco convention at
Janesville, February % and 26, prom
ises big and important gathering for
growers, packers and manufactures.
Here is piece of information that
will be read with interest by our people.
| 1t is a recent interview in the Milwau-
kee Sentinel: Milwaukee tobacco men
are greatly concerned over failure of
the crops last fall and dealers say that
the tobacco received from Havana is
poor, besides being scarce. A drought
of six weeks duration caused the crops
to be far behind in their growth. Con-
sequently the tobacco cow being sent
to America, it is claimed, is raw and is
tp3or Tor use in cigar making.
This past season has been bad
year, for the tobacco planters, not only
| in Cuba, but in the United States, and
even in Wiseonsi said George J.
Schuster of Schuster Bros, dealers in
/ leaf tobacco. The tobacco that is being
sent to this country from Havana is
poor and while much of last years
stock is still in the hands of the cigar
makers, the supply will not last long and
the quality of the clear Havana cigar
will be lowered materially the coming
year.
'In Connecticut, the tobacco crop
last year was also failure, as it was
in many of the states. Wisconsin plan
ters have lost heavily on their crops
and things in general have been unfor-
tunate for tobacco men"