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GRAM AND PROVISIONS.
NEW Y01K.

NEW YORK. April 18.-Flour steady.
but quiet. Spring patents, 4.73a5. 10: win
ter strAights, S70aSS0: Kansas straights,
4.10aA.X.
.Wheat-Owing to better Liverpool ca
hles than expected and the big decrease
IN Minneapolis stocks. wheat opened
higher. but later eased of under scat
tered liquidation. induced by bearish crop
prospects and lack OF outside support.
May. O4A94A: July, IS 3-16a9S1z. -.
Pork-BArely steady. Beef steady. Lard
easy; middle west, S.OOaS.15 nominal.
Raw sugar-Firm; Muscovado. 80 test,
s. 4S: centrifugal. 90 test 3.9S; molasses,
- test. 3.23: refined steady. Petroleum
steady. Spot coffee quiet Molasses
steady. Hay firm.
Butter-Steady; receipts, 1893 pack
ages. Creamery special, 223.a2S; extras,
y: first, 3Oa21: seconds. 1Sa19; creamery
held extras. 10ka20: first, 1Sa1S1a; sec
onds. 16lsa171a; state dairy finest. Ya22.
Cheese-Steady: receipts. 1850 boxes:
state, whole milk. special, 14a15E: Sep
TENDER quality; fancy eolored. isAa1Sis :;
colored. choice, 12a12al; do. white. liza
121s: state, whole. milk, good to prime.
colored. 11a11M; do. white. II; current
make. large. best. 1Oha1OZ: do. common
to fair, 9a1O; skins. 2a1O.
Eggs-Firm; receipts. 30.921 cases !;
fresh gathered selected extras. 1Sa1SA:
do. first 16Ha17: seconds. 15ka
Is: storage packed. first. 111sa17&:: fresh
gathered dirties. No. ]. 14lta14%; do. No.
., 131aa14: state, Pennsylvania and near
by hennery brown. 11aa1S1s; do. brown
and mixed gathered. 17a171t; western duck
eggs. 23a26.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

saIes.-Resular call. IL O'Clock noon-Capital
Traction Is. 81. 900 at 1924.
Washington Rwy. and Eiec. As. 81 900 at x5A.
8. 900 at S514. 1000 at S5A, $500 at sSS,
$500 at SSH.
Potomac Electric Cons. IS. $1,000 at o91s,
81 900 At 095s. 1000 at 891s.
Potonac Electric Light IS, $1,000 at 100.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat 81. $500
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 50, $1,000
at l04I4.
Capital Traction. Is at 1884,.
washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd.. at 80, 2
at SIS, at Ssh. at ssh, ) at SS1s, At
ssh.
Washington Gas. Is at s2h. 25 at s2A. % at
S2h. IS at s2N. 26 at S23s.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at c191a. 10 at 219h.
10 at 2ish. 10 at 21sh, 10 at 219h. 10 at
2191a at N0is.
Washington Virginia Rwy. CON-, . at 80, p
at 30. . at 30. Is At 49, 25 at 80. 25 at 80,
. at %,
Commercial National Bank: 10 ct POI. Is at
20l. 10 at 201. 10 at POI. 10 It 2O0A.
After csll-Georsetown Gas 81. 81, 900 at 10.
Washington Gas e.. 5000 at i1oA.
Commercial National Bank, 10 At 2OOA.
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Disruption in Missouri Pacific
Drives Stock Down.
REACHES NEW LOW POINT
Quickly Receivers, However, and Half
of Loss Is Saved.
MARKET SHOWS FEvERIsHNESs
Traders Unwilling to Do Much Pend
ing Development in the
Gould Situation.

NEW YORK April 19.-Disruption of
the Missouri Pacific board of directors
yesterday led to heavy selling OF stock at
the opening of the market today. 1t de-
cIined "a in the first few minutes to a new
.oyy point for the year and then quickly
recovered half the loss. The market was
unsettled and feverish. and there were
wide opening prices in several leading
stocks. Wisconsin Central lost Ia and
Chicago Great Western and New York,
Chicago and st. Louis 1. United States
Steel opened at q slight gain and on
heavy selling fell to below last nights
close.
After the opening orders had been ex-
ecuted the market lost its feverishness
and quieted down. Traders were disin-
clined to do much pending further devel-
opment in the Gould situation. Prices
meanwhile improved steadily, Missouri
Pacific, Reading, Union Pacific. United
States Steel and other leading stocks ris-
Ing fractionally above yesterdays clos
ing. Brooklyn Union Gas receded 1 and
International Paper preferred 2as
Market Dull Toward Close.
The stock market fell back into the
condition of dizziness of the last few
weeks. with prices well above the low
level established yesterday. The uncer-
tainty of the opening, which unsettled
values considerably. was dispelled by
strong support which was offered. and
covering by bears who sold heavily yes
terday also helped to steady the market.
The improved aspect Of the Mexican
situation also was an influence in elevat-
ing prices. as was the fact that the Lon
don market for American securities was
higher despite the severe liquidation here
yesterday, presumably on buying from
this side. National Biscuit gained IL and
MINNEAPOLIS St. Paul and Sault Ste.
Marie, Ia. Chicago. Minneapolis. st.
Paul Omaha opened points lower.
Bonds were irregular.
The forenoon advances were increased
slightly before the market began to give
way on realizing sales. Prices, how
ever. did not sag much. the list becoming
very dull as soon the selling began.
Sears, Roebuck yielded three points.
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. April l9-Wheat-
Easier. Spot contract. 90ss: ay, 9O9t; red
western. 90H; April, eos; May. COS !:
steamer No. 2. red. S6ss: receipts. 1866
Corn-Ffrmer. Spot contract, 04::
April, 54a: May. J43t; steamer mixed,
SIS: receipts. l9.0tD bushels; exports,
1000 bushels: southern white corn, So
Oafs-Firm. No. =. white. 3Sa38N
35Aa37l.: receipts. 8.OSe bushels. exports.
90 bushels.
Rye-Firm. No. 2, western domestic,
08a99.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. April 1Q,--Builish cable news
today gave the wheat market a lift:
FRANCE was reported as a good buyer OF
wheat at Liverpool. The British trade
was also Influenced upward by state
ments that rains In the Argentine were
delaying receipts. Complaints Of dry
weather. causing crop damage in the
western and southern parts Of Kansas.
helped strengthen prices here. The open
ing was q shade to y higher. May start
ed q to u up at SS7s to 80. but resting
commission orders to sell caused re-
action to SS;1. -.
The wet weather led to a rush Of local
buying in the corn pit. Commission
houses. though. unioaded freely on the
advance: May opened to dearer at
1911 to 485s. and rose to 49ssa40S.
Oats were carried higher in sympathy
with corn and wheat. May started \ to
1saH more expensive at 31ss to 31ssa31s4,
and steadied at the upper level.
Lower prices for hogs made provisions
heavy. Packers took the selling side.
First transactions were at 8 to 171ac de-
cline, with July delivery 1870 to 1875 for
pork. 1914 to 500 for lard, and 500 to
8W for ribs.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. April 19.-Americah secure
ties opened steady and about unchanged
today. Prices advanced or liRht cover
ing during the first hour and at noon
values ranged from X to y above yes
terday's New York closing.
Later prices Of American securities ad-
vanced from Y to Y on light covering,
but realizing In the afternoon caused re-
cessions and an easy closing.
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Chicago Cattle Market.

CHICAGO, April 19.-Cattle - Receipts
estimated at 10000 head; market 1Oc
lower: beeves, 5.15a6.70; Texas steers.
4.0Oa5y0O; western steers. 40Oa6.60: stock
ers and feeders, 4.0Oa575: cows and heif-
ers. 2.70a5.S0; calves. 4.75a6.50' Hogs-
Receipts estimated at 5000 head: mar
ket slow. 5a1Oc lower: light. 02Oa8 B:
mixed, 6l5aO5O: heavy. 50Oa635: rough.
5.90a6.10: good to choice heavy, 6.1Oa635;
pigs. .6.20a656; bulk Of sales. 025a6.41.
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 10000 head /:
market weak to Toe lower: native, 3.Ooa
40: western, 3.l5a4.70: yearlings. 4.3Oa
5.25: lambs, native. 4.60a&i5: western,
e. 16A6.15.
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Three Strong Features.

few Of the entertaining things in our
next Sunday Magazine are Pretty Peggy
and Billy" a tale of retrfbution, by Smith
D. Fry; Something Worth While" a
little story Of Boston. by Anne Partlan,
and a lot of Stories from the National
Capital by Arthur Wallace Dunn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19
q. s. Commerce Court.

Present: Presiding Judge Knapp and
Associate Judges Archibald. Hunt, Car
land and Mack.
George H. Terriberry Of New Orleans
was admitted to practice.
No. 80. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company ct al. agt. United States: in
volving an order of the interstate COM
merce commission in which 1t was al
legged that the carriers had Disseminated
against the Federal Refining Company in
lighterage charges on sugar from Yon-
kers to the west shore of New York
harbor. Ordered: That the Federal Sugar
Refining Company be and 1t hereby is
made a party defendant to this suit. with
leave to appear and be represented the: e.
in by its proper counsel
No. Is. United States agt. Union Stock
Yard and Transit Company of Chicago
ct al. a suit to compel the publication
and filing of tariffs and the filing of re-
ports in accordance with sections and
70 of the act to regulate commerce. etc;
Assistant Attorney General Fowler con-
cluded argument for the United States.
At 1890 o'clock court adjourned until
May II, 1911
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19
Arsenal EMPLOYEES Appeal.

Workmen at the Rock Island, ILL.,, ar
senal have appealed to Secretary Of War
Dickinson from the decision of Gen.
Crozier, chief Of ordnance to install q
system Of scientific management in the
arsenal. The Secretary has the matter
under consideration.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. April 10.-Closing: Wheat
Spot dull; No. ? red western winter. no
stock: futures steady: May, 6s Cd; July,
Sc Sad; October, IS Sd. Corn-Spof arm:
American mixed new, As sgd; American
mixed old, sgd new American kiln dried,
IS I'D; futures steady; May, IS esd;
July, As esd. ts- 80
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Bill for Child's Support.

Representative Samuel W. Smith OF
Michigan, who was chairman OF the
House District committee In thu last
Congress. today introduced bill making
i . legal OBLIGATION for the putative
father to support his illesitimate child -
Representative Cary Of Wisconsin In
troduced bill proposing the widening OF
Benning, road to q total Of no feet from
18th street east 10 Oklahoma avenue.
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assessors for the parish of Orleans ct al:
leave granted to three counsel to be
heard orally for the defendant In error.
on motion Of Mr.. George HI. Terriberry in
that behalf; argument commenced by Mr..
Monte NJ, Lemann for the plaintiffs in
error.
Adjourned until today at IL o'clock
The day call for Wednesday. April l9.
is as follows: Nos. 81 land 397). 1914 1cs.
$780, l31, 132 land 1880, 13i. 135, 1876
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FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS. April 19.-Cfosing: Three per
cent rentes, 06 francs Is centimes for the
account.
exchange on London, % francs 3o11
centimes for checks.
BERLIN. April lO.-Exchange on Lon
don, 20 marks 46 pfennigs for checks.
Money. 80 per cent.
Private discount rate, 3 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19
Isaac Jones Stricken.

Isaac Jones. formerly proprietor of the
Alexander Island race track. was stricken
with paralysis last Friday night and is
now reported to be in a very serious con-
dition' at his residence, oath and P streets
northwest.
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Showers Tonight and Probably
Thursday; Southerly Winds.

For the District Of Columbia, and
Maryland, showers tonight and prob
ably Thursday; moderate southerly
winds.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours. 50; year ago. 50.
The middle west disturbance of
Tuesday has assumed more definite
formation, and is central this morning
over the upper Mississippi valley, and
general rains have occurred over the
eastern half OF the country, except in
the Atlantic states. Another disturb
ance from the British northwest COW
ers the Rocky mountain and eastern
plateau regions. but without precipi-
tation, except on its northwestern side,
where there has been a marked rise
In pressure, accompanied by lower
temperature. II is also cooler in the
plains states. and considerably warm
or from the Ohio valley and lower lake
region eastward.
Thursday in the eastern lower lake
region and the Atlantic states. show
ers tonight in the upper lake and
western lower lake region, followed by
orally fair weather tonight and Thurs
day In the Ohio valley and east gulf
states.
1t viii be cooler tonight in the up
per lake region, the Ohio valley and
the east gulf states. and cooler Thurs
day in the Ohio valley and the lower
lake region. Ii will be warmer to-
night in the middle Atlantic states and
~ England.
- ecords for Twenty-Four Hours.
sS1e following were the readings of the
ga rn.oueter and barometer Mt The
EFather bureau for the twenty-four
i(Jrs beginning at = pm. yesterday:
ythermometer-Yesterd 4 pm, 6:
raa.. 81: IL midnight. 53; today. am,
-, am. "a: IL noon. 60: = pm. So
siaximum. 81. at 5 pm. yesterday; mini
mum. %. at am. today.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4 pm, 1910: 8
Pm, 5000: 12 midnight. zoos: today.
am-s :,195: Sam, 29.99; II noon, .s.SY: .
Pm. 1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19

"Crucible." tale Of love ana ambition.
by Virginia Lockard. In our neSt Sunday
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For the District Of Columbia, and
Maryland, showers tonight and prob
ably Thursday; moderate southerly
winds.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
New England.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Nov. 7, 1911.
Whether or not Connecticut shaded
tobacco is a success is seemingly an
swered by the certainty that the 1912
Connecticut valley shaded tobacco acre
age may exceed 5000 acres, as against
little more than 1000 acres planted in
1911. On the basis of $1,000 per acre
the 1912 shaded crop will bring SIS, 5,000,-
900, or nearly as much as the entire
acreage of tobacco grown in the open.
The foregoing statement at first glance
may have the appearance Of an over
drawn roseate dream, but as a matter
Of fact will stand the closest inspec-
tion.
Enough is known of the new crop of
shaded tobacco to warrant the assertion
that it will equal in quality the crops
of other recent yea which gave to
the Connecticut pro !. the reputa on
which lead to the hig increase in acre.
age this year A :. example of the Ge-
mand for the i crop of shaded to-
bacco is furnished in the case of Cyrus
Hubbard of Sunderland, who, without
previous exprr. .ence in growing shaded
tobacco, but having the requisite capi-
tai and The courage of true tobacco
grower, Set out Is acres of Cuban
plants under CLOTH The crop was hap
vosted (primed, CT course) in good
shape and has been s,,ld to well-known
New York house f,.r 80 cents per
pound. The average yield per acre
will be about 400 pounds.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER. Pa, Nov. s, 1e

LANCASTER, Pa, Nov. 8, 1911.
The local leaf market the past week
has shown better tone than it has at
any time for the past month, circum-
stance due to sales to outside parties
a few New York firms, and more West
ern parties, with some buyers from
among Philadelphia manufacturers. The
transactions, as a rule, have been COM
paratively small lots, the largest sin
gle purchaser having been John De
Haven, local representative for E..
Rosenwald & Bro, who secured 1900
cases of 1910 tobacco from three diff
ferent local packers.
The market for 1909 tobacco has not
been satisfactory, because among this
packing is a lot of undesirable goods
And yet there is a lot of nice filters
among this tobacco, and the manufac-
turers who have secured the better
grades and used the goods in connec-
ton with 1910 tobacco have found a
very desirable combination. The 1909
tobacco is not a high-priced article.
Plenty is offered at Is and 153 cents.
Naturally the dealers are full of in
terest in the new crop, and many are
riding the country examining these
goods. | have heard of few lots be-
ing bought for 10 and A cents, but as
body the packers are not anxions to
buy, nor are the growers inclined to
sell at the prices being offered. In
spite of rumnrs of plenty of pole-burn,
owing to the unfavorable weather that
has prevailed ever since the crop was
cut, the growers are demanding II and
IL cents, prices which the packers de-
clare are simply preposterous. Some
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, Nov. IL, 1911.

EDGERTON, WIS.,, Nov. IL, 1911.
The buying movement continues to
be pushed forward with considerable
headway and the remaining fraction of
the crop is being absorbed very rapid
ly, for each week takes out of growers
hands good portion of the acreage
not already under contract. Prices are
we'll maintained for all grades. A few
sample sales coming to notice are:
John Daily, 8a at 10&53c.
Alfred kump, IA at 10&3c.
Theo. Iverson, 10a at 9&3c.
Mrs L. Iverson, la at 9&3c.
Len Marsden, ga at 10&3c; Ia at &c.
VIM. Bartz, LA at 10&3c.
A. E. Bartz, Ga at 103&3c.
A. Schumacher, ga at &c.
Barrett johnson, GA at 9&3c.
N. G. Nelson, 24a at 9&3c.
Oscar Gulseth, 10a at II 3&3c.
Mrs. P. Mathison, Ia at &c.
There is quite brisk demand for old
leaf of binder nature but the moder
ate stocks carried by local packers con-
tribute to a small business. L. P. Sut-
ter purchased a 200cs packing of '08 of
Sam Grundy of GAINESVILLE, as well as
31cs of other packers. H. T. Sweeney
also sold 80 cases.
Buyers have been looking over the
tornado section since Saturdays storm
to note how much the crops under con-
tract have been injured.
Some tobacco was removed from the
sheds during the casing weather last
week and stripping in limited way
started.
The shipments out of storage reach
but about 4O0cs for the week from this
market to all points.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES


The cyclone which moved strip
across Rock county on Saturday
last, passing through the heart of the
Orfordville section and several large
growing towns to the north, wrought a
vast amount of damage to tobacco
sheds in the track of the storm, occa-
sioning monetary loss to growers that
is hard to estimate. 1t is known that
over 80 sheds were in the track of the
storm in the Orfordville section that
have been almost completely demolish
ed, while Others north in the line of the
tornado and in other localities where a
strong gale prevailed makes it quite
likely that from IS to 100 curing houses
in the southern portion of the state
have been more or less wrecked and
the contents exposed to a torrent of
rain following for several hours. To
make matters worse, the weather
changed quickly to a raging blizzard
which froze the wet and tangled to-
bacco before the growers had an op-
portunity to care for it, making almost
a total loss of the crop in many in
stances Of course most of this tobac-
co had been sold to be delivered in a
merchantable order, hence the damage
sustained cannot be foretold until de-
livery time Between the drouth earl
ier in the season, grasshoppers, and
finally cyclone to complete the mis-
fortunes, the tobacco growers in the
southern part Of the state have occa-
sion. to long remember the year as one
full of many uncertainties. 1t is pos
sible that half million dollars will not
cover the losses sustained in damaged
sheds ard ruined crops by Saturdays
storm.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17

of the best judges of tobacco declare
the belief that the crop will be sold at
and below 10 cents. AS yet the rep
resentatives of big outside concerns
evince little interest in the new crop.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. II,

NEW YORK, Nov. ii, 1911.
In seed tobaccos the demand seems
to be brisk for binder and filler types,
particularly 1910 Pennsylvania. There
is also noticeable scarcity of domestic
wrapper leaf and holders of Florida are
gradually getting rid of their accumu-
lated stock. The Porto Rican leaf COM
mands both high prices and quick sales.
1t seems to make very perceptible in
road into the Havana situation, al
though the Havana market continues
fair and active. The manufacturers
are still hot after the light Sumatra
and while it would seem that the avail
able supply in bales could be counted
almost on the firgers of one hand, sales
are taking place and both buyers and
sellers speak with satisfaction of the
color and texture of these previously
overlooked holdings. One small lot
which changed hands yesterday was
classed as amongst the finest tobacco
sold during the season. The demand
for medium coIors is still weak. But
the apathy Of our own manufacturers
is being more than compensated for by
the Canadians who are bidding keenly
for both medium and medium to dark
colors. journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17

Considerable interest is manifest over
what disposition will finally be made of
the American Cigar Co. and the Amer
lean Tobacco CO. IS business in this
state in the breaking up of the big
trust under the plan of reorganization
receiving the O. K. of the government.
The American Cigar Co., it is proposed,
.kVi ii. pose of all It's interests in its
subsidiary concerns, cutting loose from
the Havana American Co. and Porto
Rico Co. and Federal Cigar Co., and
then the parent company will be dis
integrated and it's manufacturing plants
attached to each of the three newly
created concerns = American Tobacco
Co., P. Lorillard Co. or Liggett &
Myers Co. In this event the buying
branches in this state will doubtless be
attached to each of those concerns as
all will have portion Of the cigar
manufacturing business heretofore car
ried on by the American Cigar Co.
Until the plan is worked out in greater
detail the management OF the local
branches will hardly know under what
control they will be placed. The A. C.
Co. as originally constituted controls
only 49, SO per cent of the cigar busi-
ness and under the new plan of division
each of the larger manufacturing divis-
ions will have still less hold upon the
trade. The business in low grade leaf,
now conducted under the name Of the
American Tobacco Co., of which Geo.
Gary is manager, and the Pinkerton
Tobacco Co. at Watertown, will be cast
into three parts-the bulk of the Gary
business attached to the Lorillard Co.,
while the Pinkerton Co. goes with the
Liggett & Myers concern.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-17
NEW YORK. Nov. s, 1911.

The types of domestic tobacco that
have been most prominently to the
front this week are the 1910 Wisconsin,
the 1910 Pennsylvania and the 1910
thinner Spanish. The last named is a
dark, heavy-bodied tobacco of excellent
quality. Local leaf houses report that
the bulk of business at present is com
ing from the Middle West, from which
section the demand for binders is es-
pecially strong.
A number Of good-sized sales of 1910
Pennsylvania are reported, and New
York and Philadelphia houses are said
to have taken over a quantity of that
tobacco from Lancaster firms.
The northern Wisconsin crop was
practically lifted two months ago.
More recently there has been great
deal of activity in the southern section
of that state, and 50 per cent of the
latter type is said to have been taken
by the ''stemmers, meaning tobacco
manufacturing concerns. About seven
cents through has been paid.
The buying in the New England
states has about come to standstill,
and the few remaining crops are held
by the farmers at such high prices that
the packers do not see their way clear
to pay them. Leaf.