The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-10-14

tories going until another crop was
available. While recent trading has
been largely of the 1909 packings, old
stocks of all years have been sought
after and anything suitable to the pres
ent needs of manufacturers is getting
in better demand. When sales of the
past few weeks foot up to $4,000 or
more cases it is a pretty sure indica-
ton that cigar manufacturing has
reached a more stable business and
lends much encouragement to packers
who have been waiting and hoping for
a change that has long been delayed.
Even the holders of 1906 see some ray
of hope that this neglected and much
abused tobacco will now come into it's
own.
E. -Rosenwald & Bro. consummated
on Monday a transaction that, if not
the largest that ever took place In the
local market, certainly has not been
exceeded in the past ten years. They
sold to the United Cigar Manufacturers
Co. 6, 1877 cases of 1909 northern Wis
consin, being an even third of the Ros-
enwald packing of this year. The sale
was made s'as is," very little of the
tobacco having been sampled, but the
samples that had been made indicated
that the purchase of the packing would
involve little risk. The price has not
been made public, but it is understood
that the transaction involved IN the
neighborhood of $3.50, 900 to $500, 900.
The sale includes an even third from
each of the Rosenwald warehouses. A
member of the firm of E. RosenWald g
Bro, when asked about the safe, ad-
mitted that it had taken place. I'VE
made the second largest packing, in
1909 that we have ever put up IN the
state of Wisconsin,, SAID he, and
when the United States Cigar Manu-
facturers Co. approached US, we de-
cided we could spare an even third OF
our packings, as the remainder of our
holdings would take care of the portion
of the trade that is accustomed to look
ing to us for binders. The United Ci-
gar Manufacturers Co. were moved to
make the purchase by the condition OF
the new crop, which is not only the
smallest in years, but which has also
been damaged considerably by inject
pests, hail and wind. Tobacco Leaf.
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An experimental tobacco crop, con-
sisting of one acre, was this year raised
by Charles w. Stevens, a carrier on a
rural mail route out of Sidney, Iowa,
which has been attended to solely by
Mr.. Stevens during his spare time of a
few hours each day, and has proven a
great curiosity to people there, most of
whom never saw a tobacco field. Mr..
Stevens took up tobacco culture as an
experiment, just to ascertain whether
it could be raised at profit IN this part
of Iowa. He had small patch in 1903
which proved successful, and he de-
cided this year to go into operations on
larger scale. He is now convinced
that the raising of tobacco will pay
here if the crop is properly cared for.
He procured the seed from the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington,
which is of the type known as .'Zlnl-
mer Spanish" and was selected with
view to adaptability to this climate
and SOIL The seed was planted March
14th and the plants were set out into
the little field during the latter part OF
May. He figures that his crop is worth
as much as a number of acres OF corn
would be and expects a yield of 1900 to
1900 pounds to the acre.
An official .report on the Dutch to-
bacco trade has just been received here
from United States Consul Frank w.
Mahin, in Amsterdam. Commenting
on the situation, he says: "On July 1t
the spring season for the Dutch tobac-
co trade closed. The autumn season
will be opened in the middle of this
month. The total amount of Sumatra
tobacco sold at public auction in Am
sterdam during the spring season was
1872, ,297 bales, against 1913, O66 In 1909,
and of Borneo tobacco 11,716 bales,
against II, ,O19. The average price per
half. kilo G. pounds) for Sumatra was
SO cents, against so cents In 1909, and
of Borneo As cents, against "a cents.
Thus the total amount of Sumatra to-
bacco sold brought So, 618, 600 less as
compared with the corresponding per-
iod of 1909, and the total amount OF
Borneo tobacco sold realized S34l, 30C
more than last year. Various causes
contributed to the unfavorable market
result of Sumatra tobacco. The quality
of the 1909 crop was inferior to that OF
the 1908 crop. The change of the buy,
| ing system of the Austrian government
also had bad effect on the prices OF
tobaccos bought by it, and it is not ex-
pected that this will improve next year.
The expectations of the next Sumatrs
crop are favorable, upon the whole, or
account of the weather conditions II
the beginning of the year being better
than those of last year. The traas
during 1911 in the tobaccos destined FOL
the United States and Germany is ex
pected to have favorable course