The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-12-17
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been completed by the Lancaster, Pa,
firm of Corning & Co., was tested out
this week and it is believed will meet
all requirements. The system is one
that has been in nse in many of the
warehouses at the packing points in
Pennsylvania and Ohio and found toSbe,
quite satisfactory. Heat is radiated
through vaporing pans, some 80 of them
placed on different floors, where perfor-
ated pipes permit water to drip upon
heated coils, giving to the enclosure
moist, damp air greatly needed both in
the sorting rooms and in the storage
where sweating is carried on. The
usual closed coils or radiating surfaces
are dispensed with. Three separate
rooms have been fitted for bulk or
force sweating tobacco where an even
temperature can be maintained up to
10 degrees if desired. This system of
warehouse heating is an entirely new
one for this section and its workings
will be watched with considerable in-
terest by Wisconsin packers. The plant
was installed by Mr.. David F. Krider
of. Lancaster, Pa.
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The annual report of the commission
er of internal revenue for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1909, the tobacco
division contains in detail the revenue
collections, quantity of tobacco manu-
factured, number of manufactures, an
nual production of leaf. tobacco and all
manufactured products, together with
the figures for previous years, and sta
tistics relating to the production of in
dividual states. That conditions exist
ing during the last fiscal year were
more satisfactory from the manufact-
urer's viewpoint than the preceding
year is evidenced by the showing made
in the production in the various lines.
Only one decrease is shown for the fis-
cal year ended June 30, 1909, as COM
pared with. the preceding fiscal year,
and that is made by cigars, the collec-
tions from that source falling off lit
tie more thani2 per cent, as against a
decrease of per cent recorded at the
close OF the last fiscal year. All other
lines made increases during the year.
Small cigars increased about 2 per cent,
as against a decrease of IL per cent re-
corded last year. Small cigarettes made
a gain of almost IA per cent, as COM
pared with an increase of 5 per cent.
recorded last year Large cigarettes in
creased only fraction of l per cent,
as against gain of 26 per cent record
ed a year ago. The increase in the
production of manufactured tobacco
during the last fiscal year amounted to
z per cent, as against decrease of 2
per cent last year. Snuff made gain
of about 20 per cent, as against a de-
crease of 4 per cent last year.
The export stamp used on Philippine
cigars has been modified SO as to show
clearly that the guaranty which it rep
resents is that of the Bureau of Inter-
mad Revenue of the government of the
Philippine Islands, and not of the Unit
ed States. This action has been taken
by the Insular government following a
meeting of President Taft's cabinet, at
which the subject was discussed in de-
tail, and the secretary of war was in
structed to bring to the attention of
the officials at Manila the misleading
character of the stamp as originally
adopted. While the action thus taken
is less satisfactory to the domestic ci-
gar industry than would have been the
abolition of the stamp, it will be recog-
nized as step in the right direction
that will be fully appreciated by the
domestic cigar trade.
From the Indianapolis News of Dec.
9Th we learn that Garrett M. Walrod,
late editor Of the Equity News pub
lished at Madison, was fined $25 and
costs in criminal court by Judge James
A. Pritchard, who found him guilty of
criminally hbeling James A. Everitt,
former president of the American So
ciety of Equity of North America Ev-
eritt filed the affidavit against Walrod,
O. D. Pauley and C. M. Barnett, charg
ing them with addressing a letter to
the agricultural press of the United
States" which falsely accused Everitt
of crooked practices. 1t was averred
by Everitt that this letter was mailed
to number of people in various parts
of the country and that it stated SLAM
derous, defamatory and malicious ac-
cusations. Pauley and Barnett have
not been tried yet, as they asked for
separate trials. The fning of Walrod
was an unusual proceeding, as few per-
sons have been found guilty in criminal
court of criminal libel. Evidence in the
case was heard several weeks ago. The
trouble between Everitt and the de-
PENDANTS grew out of a disagreement
among the officers and leaders of the
American Society of Equity of North
America.
An increase of $482, 500 for the ex-
penses of the Department of Agricul-
ture next year over this year, is asked
by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
his estimates of appropriations to con-
gress. Ee asks that S13, ,377, 1876 be
given to his department this year, as !
compared with $12, 995, 636 which is the
current fiscal years appropriation. For
tho R11raa11 of plant industry ST 100 :