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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20
New York.
New YORK. Oct. IA, 1911.

Yesterday took place at Amsterdam
the last Sumatra inscription of the sea-
son which was preceded week ago to-
day by the last Sumatra inscription at
Rotterdam. At both these inscriptions
not single bale was secured for the
American market Whether Ameri-
cans failed to secure any tobacco at
yesterday S inscription from any super
stitious motive may be judged from the
following remarkable coincident data:
Yesterday was the 18th of the month,
and it was the 18th sale of Sumatra
and there were offered 1908 bales.
Now that the inscriptions are over
there will be general stock taking in
regard to the Sumatra supply for our
cigar industry. The importations this
wear are so far estimated to have been
twenty eight thousand bales which are
about by five thousand less than the
average supply. That the trade did not
expect this year any excessive impor
tation was evidenced by the fact that
the Sumatra trade has been running
quite brisk all along in spite of the con-
siderably higher price which this years
Sumatra importations command. The
lesser Importation will give our domes
tic wrapper lead a chance to fill the boy.
Trade continues to be normal for the
present season. Factories being busy
with their holiday orders they are nat
urally consuming raw material which
the leaf market is called to supply. The
tendency of advancing prices seems to
be taking root with our tobacco grow
ers. The other day as reported in our
Lancaster correspondence, the Pennsyl-
vania Cigar Leaf Tobacco association
resolved to hold out for higher price
on this years caop because the 1910
crop brought very high price. II this
tendency should take place in pooling
arrangements the same conditions may
soon shape themselves in the cigar leaf
growing states as they did in Kentucky.
In Wisconsin the Society of Equity or
ganized for pooling of the binder crop
and was only prevented from doing so
because of the extraordinarily high fig
ures the farmers received from manu-
featuring concerns for the tobacco yet
in the field. And now the Pennsylvania
tobacco growers seem to be affected by
the same tendency. While therefore
the entire country is crying out against
trusts and combinations as being in re-
straint of trade and as impeding free
competition our tobacco growers seem
to fall into the same evil ways of try
ing to stifie competition by the organ
ization of pools for boosting up prices.
journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20
Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER, PA, Oct. 10, 1911.

LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. 10, 1911.
If the trade at large wants any of
Lancaster county's 1910 tobacco it will
have to get after it pretty quickly, for
it will not be in the market long. Re-
cent heavy trading, mostly with West
ern and Philadelphia cigar manufacture
ers and New York leaf men, has re-
vealed the fact that comparatively lit
tie of this tobacco remains in the hands
of the dealers in this county. The So
called country packers are practically
sold out. The largest sales reported
were those of /. III. Weaver & Co., over
1900 cases, to several manufacturers,
and A. H. Hershey, 1900 cases, to G..
H. Nolt.
J. F. Nissley made heavy sale to a
Cincinnati manufacturer. Joseph Gold
berg sold 700 cases, and the H. j.
Rindskopf Co., 100 cases. While none
of these sellers has given out his prices,
the general selling prices ranged from
16 to Is cents, marked weight.
Considerable 1909 tobacco has been
sold lately, in job lots, but there has
been no change in the prices that have
prevailed for the past two months.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.

EDGERToN, Wis, Oct. 20, 1911.
Renewed interest in the movement of
the balance OF the tobacco crop is ap-
parently cropping out Buyers are
again travelling the growing districts
mainly for the cheaper grades that can
be purchased for anything under the
cent mark, and the best information
reaching US is that several hundred
acres have been contracted for during
the week. An occasional lot of better
quality goods is also taken over, the
following coming to notice:
Bert Page, 28a at 1885.
Severt Oglum, la at 11a&4c.
Sullivan Green, 8a at 1890.
There is some movement of old goods
both from country hands and among
packers. A. Jenson & Sons bought 80
cases '06 of John Likeness and 81 cases
'07 of P j. Gunnelson. j. E. Erickson
of Stoughton sold 81 case lot of 10,
and H. T. Sweeney reports the sale of
so case lot. H. S. Pomeroy sold 10
crop, 81 cases, to c. K. Reickert, Mil
waukee dealer.
Clearing weather is needed to COM
plete the curing of the late harvested
portion of the crop but the early
shielded is beyond any danger in the
the curing process.
The shipments out of storage reach
800 cases from this market to all points
since last report.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20
,ome can he had as low as ID cents.

Some can be had as low as IA cents.
Up to the present time such very
small quantity of the new crop has been
sold as hardly to deserve mention, the
prices paid being 10 and 2, 3 and 9
cents. One packer in the lower part of
the county started out with the inten-
ton of buying hundred acres, and de-
termined to pay not over 10 cents for
it, but he soon gave up the effort, as
he found little was to be had at his own
figures.
The packers themselves expect to pay
about II cents, with a lot bringing IL
cents. The local packers have so far
made but little effort to buy. They
may begin as soon as they have shipped
their 1910 goods, but under any condi-
tions they will operate circumspectly,
as there is much complaint of pole-burn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20
New England.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Oct. 10, 1911.
Between hail, wind and frost, the
percentage of sound tobacco crops has
been greatly reduced il New Englare-
1t might be fair to irc, xde, among oti'-
er agencies, pole-sv'es.t, the loss from
which will be the l.eaviest for years.
The fact that 6, a,uch inferior tobacco
is in growers hands has made buyers
cautious, and willie fair prices are be-
ing paid, the shortage of good New
England tobacco. weich is obvious to
those who have followed the crop
through the seasons vicissitudes, has
not as yet caused any appreciable bid
ding up of price.
Buyers have apparently decided to
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20

Here is what the American Tobacco
Co. under the plan will convey to the
2. Lorillard Co.: All rights of the
American Tobacco Co. in the present
P. Lorillard Co.; S. Anargyros, COM
pany engaged in the manufacture of
cigarets; thurman & Wlburn Tobacco
Co., company engaged in the manu-
facture of scrap tobacco; Philadelphia
branch t'A' and Wilmington, Del,
branch of the American Tobacco Co.,
manufacturing little cigars, and the
Federal Cigar Co., whose stock, now
owned by the American Cigar Co., is
to be purchased for cash by the Amer
lean Tobacco Co. All the plants not
conveyed to either the Liggett & Mey-
ers Co. or the P. Lorillard Co. will con-
tinue to be operated by the American
Tobacco Co., the third wheel in the re-
organized plant.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20
STouGHToN, Wis, Oct. II. 1911.

There are many sales being made
these days of inferior goods needed for
stemming purposes and filler grades.
The figures run from six to seven cents
straight, which will probably give the
grower from 500 to $100 per acre for
the crop injured by grasshoppers or
hail. Some farmers reserved the best,
disposing only of the damaged leaf.
Fraak M. Farman of Stoughton, who
redresents the Mcintosh Bros. of Ed
gerton, has acquired considerable 1911
at six cents
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20

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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20

Here is what the American Tobacco
Co. under the new plan will convey to
the Liggett & Meyers Co.: Liggett &
Meyers branch of the American Tobac
co Co., manufacturing plug tobacco at
St. Louis; Spaulding & Merrick, Chi
cago company manufacturing cut to-
bacco, it's stock being held by the
American Tobacco Co.; Allen & Ginter,
branch of the American Tobacco Co.,
engaged in the manufacture of cigar
cts at Richmond, Va, Chicago branch
of the American Tobacco Co.. factory
at st. Louis engaged in manufacturing
smoking tobacco; Nawl & Williams To-
bacco Co., whose stock the American
Tobacco Co. owns, engaged in manu-
featuring plug and smoking tobacco at
Louisville; John S. Boltmann Co., man
ufacturing cigarets at San Francisco
(of this corporation the American To-
bacco Co. owns 80 per cent of the
stock; Pinkerton Tobacco Co., cor
poration engaged in the manufacture
Of scrap tobacco at Toledo (of this cor
poration the American Tobacco Co.
owns 771 per cent of the stock; w. 4.
Irby, branch of the American Tobacco
Co. at New Orleans, manufacturing
cigarets; the Duke-Durham branch of
the American Tobacco Co., engaged in
the manufacture of cigarets, and two
factories, one in Brooklyn and one in
Baltimore, both branches of the Amer
lean Tobacco Co.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20

The disintegration Of the American
Tobacco Coz, in accordance with the
decision of the United States supreme
court, was filed with the United States
circuit court Monday. 1t provides for
the breaking up of the concern into
three main companies, with some fur
ther disintegration of subsidiary con-
Germs. Under the provisions of the
proposed plan the American Tobacco
Co. will transfer all Of its factories,
brands, etc., to the two new compan-
les, these companies in turn issuing
S115, 600, 600 OF new securities for these
properties. The American Tobacco Co.
maintains that the adoption of this
plan will mean that it will have no con-
troll or interest in any foreign company
or alliance with either of the two new
companies to be created. All trade
.agreements between the foreign COM
panies, the Imperial Tobacco Co., Ltd.
and the British-American Tobacco Co.,
Ltd, will be annulled under the provis-
ions of the plan.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES


The independent trade is preparing
to be represented at the hearing when
the.plan for busting the big tobacco
trust comes up before the United
States Court for approval. Eminent
counsel has been retained by the New
York Cigar Leaf association, which
passed a resolution declaring that 1T
is of grave Importance to the entire
trade that the plan to be adopted under
the recent decision of the supreme
court shall be such as shall secure rea-
sonable competition in all branches OF
the tobacco trade" In arriving at a
decision to apply for hearing the
members of the association do not base
their action upon any scheme Of re-
prisal or revenge. They are not en-
gagged in trying to put anybody out OF
business or to secure an unfair advan-
tage over any portion of the general
tobacco industry. They took into con-
sideration the fact that the supreme
court had laid down certain principle
that should be applied in the recogni-
tion Of the American Tobacco Co. and
which is designed to insure the re-es-
tablishment of competitive conditions
in the trade. They felt they were en-
titled to have their views presented to
the tribunal to which has been entrust-
ed the work of reforming the monopo-
listic part of the trade along the prin-
ciples outlined by the supreme court.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-20

The fate of the old companies doing
business under the wing of the trust,
the petition states, will be as follows:
The Colney Tin Foil Co. will be divided
into two companies having no interest
whatsoever the one in the other and
neither in dominant position in re-
spect to the tin foil business. The he
orice business now owned and controlled
by MacAndrews & Forbes Co. viii be
divided into two Independent companies.
The American Stogie Co. will be dis
solved and its business disintegrated.
American Cigar Co. will be disinte-
grated and it will have no dominant po-
sition in any branch of the cigar busi-
ness. The business of the American
Snuff Co. will be divided among three
companies, each independent of the
other.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
ANNUAL CARNIVAL AT
GUTENBERG JUNE 20

A second annual carnival and
athletic games will be held under the
auspices Of Barrett Council No.
1878, knights Of Columbus, at the
Gutenberg race track Sunday after
noon, June %, commencing at 2
o'clock. An excellent program has
been arranged and from present in
dications the event will outclass that
of last year. Three valuable prizes
will be given. as follows: First, a
gold stop watch; second, a travelling
clock; third, a gold stickpin.
a. A. L. rules will govern the
events, which follow: 100 yard
dash, handicap; 100 yard dash, nov
ice; $50 yard run, special invitation;
4fo yorQ ruu, ndro1Cdp5 coo ydru
run, handicap; three-quarter-mile
run, special; one mile run, handicap;
three-mile run, handicap; running
high jump. handicap; running broad
jump, handicap; throwing sixteen
pound hammer, handicap; throwing
discus, handicap; 600-yard run, nov
ice.
The entry fee is fifty cents for
each event and 81 for the relay race.
Entries close June 81 with w NJ.
Robertson, l Beekman street: Dieges
& Clust, % John street, and J. Leo
Shelly. Room 1.106, Flatiron build
ing, New York city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
SAINTS GOING
TO SAYREVILLE
Expect to Come Homs Sat-
urday With Vietsry.

The st. Anthony B. B. c. expects
to bring home q victory upon Its re-
turn from a jaunt to ~Sayreville next
Saturday afternoon. 1t is to go up
against the S~ayreville A. A. William
Clemensep will heaye and Walter
Yenk will receive for the Saints. The
game is expected to become a lively
one in every sense of the word.
Next Sunday the st. Anthony
squad will go to Highlands to tackle
the Highland Stars, of that place,
and on the following Sunday, June 5,
the Saints are to ros bats with the
Franklin F. G. in the first contest of
a series for the city championship
among young teams.
Sunday, July 2, will find the st.
Anthonys matched against Red Bank
in the final game of a series of three
contests. Each team has broken
even thus far, winning and losing a
game.
In the afternoon of July 4, the st.
Anthony members will oppose the
Morgan A. c. In the latter contest
the battery for the local team will be
H. Jeroski and Walter Yenk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
Fish Tales

Il seems peculiar that weakfsh
will take the bait earlier along the
Staten Island shore than they will
on the Jersey line. Why this is the
writer doesn't know, unless the
water, being very shallow along
Huguenot and Giffords. provides
warmer places for the fish to spawn.
Where the water is deeper the fish
ermen are not catching any weak
fish.
One lone bluefsh was hooked at
Morgan's Station Sunday. The cap
tor was a modest man and he re-
fused to give his name.
William Jessup and Herman Red
der, of Newark, are cured Of staying
out in a BOAT all night and declare
that they will eve try 1t again.
They were anchored out in Raritan
bay and felt secure until the big
wind struck them and then the an
Choir rope parted. In a half hour
they were being tossed about like
egg shells and bailing the boat with
a water pail. 1t was fortunate for
them chat Fresh Kills Point sticks
well out in the bay or they might be
trying for a transatlantic trip by this
time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
School Sports

It will take about until July or
August to end the inter-class base
bali series If the Freshmen defeat
the "Sophs." A three-cornered tie
between the Freshmen, JUNIORS ana
Seniors would result and three more
games would have to be played. II
the weatherman does not behave
better, no class will have their nu-
merals engraved on the baseball cup
this year.
With such good players as Clara
Hanson and Claire Pfeifrer, next
wears varsity basketball team of the
fair ones will sure be a hummer. Be
ware, New Brunswick, Wen get you
in this line, too. next year!
y
The tennis courts will probably be
finished about June 25th,-Gust In
time to be too late)-school term
ends and no school games.
Why did Mac sling his hat in
the air in the sixth inning OF the
Junior-Senior class game?-(score
5 to o.. (Foolish question No. -.
Examinations mixed with DaSeDali
is not a very good solution, some
think. Nevertheless, the Bayonne
game may be played Wednesday af-
ternoon If the rays of sunlight,
which have been so scarce lately, will
visit us again.
The Seniors were badly handi-
capped In their game with the Jun
iors because they had no regular
catcher to take SchWartZ's place.
Captain Pfeiffer made a good attempt
at the job but then the infleld and
outield had to be changed and this
might have been n reason for
Macs unsteadiness since he did not
have the usual lineup in back of
him.
Majors work at first base for the
Juniors has been real classy and this
was one reason for the victory over
the seniors. The infelders can
throw to first base and feel confident
that the first sacker will get the
throw If it is a fair one.
The athletic teams of the High
Scnool nave been nearly in all in
stances, similar to the Riverside
teams. Both baseball teams are alike
and the basketball fives were very
similar. Now, Mccormick and Null
lin, a large factor of the schools
track team, will represent the River
sides on the track at Woodbridge in
the Columbian meet and others.
All the members of the Alumni
basketball team played good ball but
they seemed to think they had a
snap" while the pupils as they
were taught, strived with all their
might. IA lesson to some of the
teachers who played).
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
JUNIORS WIN
FROM SENIORS
Lively Inter-CIass Game Yes
terdsr ~-SCsra is 7 to 3.
IN ER-CLAss sTANplGG.

Although it had rained yesterday
morning and the weatherman threat
ened the BASEBALL teams with unfav-
orable conditions by sending a few
cold waves through the atmosphere,
the Senior-Junior game was played
yesterday afternoon and the 1912
boys again showed their superiority
over the 1911 aggregation by the z
to 8 score.
The feature of the game vas the
pitching of Coley, who only allowed
four singles, struck out eight men
and only gave two free passes. AL
though the Juniors only made three
errors, two of these allowed the only
runs that were scored by the Sem
iors. With good support Coley would
have been credited with a shutout.
Mccormick, who has pitched such
splendid ball in the other class
games, blew up in the third frame
and vas no puzzle to the 1912 boys
after that inning.
At the beginning of the sixth In
ming, with the score 5 to 0 against
him, Mccormick displayed very
much unsportsmanship when, after
he had hit a pop fly, he threw his
bat in the air and if Coley, who went
to field the ball, had not noticed this
act, he would have surely been hit
with the stick. Umpire Hunt called
Mccormick out for his act. II this
was done in any of the major leagues
a long suspension or being barred
from the league would probably
have been MACS" just punishment.
Sofield starred at the bat for the
Seniors and Mullen accepted some
difficult chances in brilliant form
and also ran bases like a deer.
The next inter-class game will be
between the Sophomores and Fresh
men to determine whether the
Freshmen will have another chance
to have their numerals on the silver
cup. If the Freshmen win this game
a three-cornered tie will result. The
SpOrp'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
LOCAL OFFICE
FORCE WINNER
Chesebrough Employees Play
Exciting Game--SCer 1916.

On the copper works diamond Sat-
urday afternoon, the baseball aggre-
CATION representing the Office force
Of the Perth Amboy branch Of the
Ch~esebrough Manufacturing Com
pany, easily defeated the Office work
men Of the New York branch to the
tune Of 13 to 6. There vas a large
crowd of spectators on hand who
Witnessed the game, which was
played Immediately after the Perth
Amboy-Independent game. The bat
teries were
Perth Amboy branch, Thomas
Smith, pitcher, and Harry Canaan,
catcher. New York branch, Harry
Weigand, pitcher, and Arthur
Traum, catcher. Both batteries
worked well but the support of both
teams was not good. Andrew Jen-
sen, OF the locals, featured with a
long drive which was good for the
circuit.
After the game both teams and a
few more, numering twenty-three in
all. had a banquet at Otto's cafe, in
Hobart street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
WEST AMBOYS
ARE WINNERS
Defeat Cartsret A. C.. Sum
day at Roosevelt 90.

West Amboy A. c. baseball aggre-
cation journeyed to Roosevelt, where
they defeated the Carteret A. G.
team Sunday afternoon to the tune
Of 9 to s.. The South Amboy lads
hit Belafsky and Smith of the home
team for a total Of twelve hits, while
all the Carteret boys could get were
three singles.
The West Amboy aggregation is
now ready to meet some of the fast
teams of this vicinity and will have
as their opponents the Goodwill nine
Of this city, Sunday afternoon at
South Annoy.
The lineups for the Carteret gane
We're: West Amboy: Brown, SIS:
Borland, 2b; Anderson, C.: Welsh,
1b and p; Render, 3b; Callahan, IF:
Murray CT; Freeman, If, and Leon
ard, p and 1b.
Carteret A. c.: P. Shultz, IF; Muir
ply, Of; J. Shultz. If; Monte, G.: s.
Belafsky, p and 3b; Ross, 1b; Par
kins, IS; Young, 2b; Smith, 3b and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
PROPOSALS..
For Constructing Pavement on Park
Avenue from Broad Street, to New
Brunswick Avenue, for the City Of
Perth Amboy, N. ).

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Council of the City of Perth Am
boy, N. J., at the Council
Chamber, City Hall, Perth Am
boy, n. j., at $50 P. m, June 10th,
19li, for furnishing all material and
constructing complete according to plans
and specifications a Bitulithic Pave
ment on Park Avenue, Perth Amboy,
N. j.
Certified check for $500 must accom-
pany all bids.
A satisfactory surety bond for S.,
eOO.0 90 for the faithful performance Of
the contract will be required OF the
successful bidder, which will be return
ed when work is accepted.
Specifications may be obtained at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The Council reserves the right to re-
iect my or all bids If in their judg-
ment they best serve the city interest.
By order of the Council Of the City
of Perth Amboy, N. j.,
GEORGE NJ. ADAIR,
va q Street Commissioner.
21813-Raat
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
RACE OF MOTOR
BOATS PLANNED

Mr.. RothschIld will probably &C
cept the offer and the race will be
begun at the Bentley Yacht Club up
to Sandy Hook and around Staten
Island back to the Bentley Yacht
Club. A large crowd will be on
hand to see both start and finish as
more than usual interest will be
taken on account of the side bet
will be made between the two
owners.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13
To
SEEK REVENGE
Will Meet kelross Again.
Princetons for So.

Revenge will be sought by the
Ashland F. c. baseball nine when
they cross bats with the strong Mel
rose A. c., of Tottenville, on the cop
per works diamond Saturday after
noon. In the last game between
these two teams, the Tottenville lads
received victory after a hard fought
game ending with a 2 to l score.
Sunday afternoon the Ashland ag-
gregation will play their old-t'me
rivals. the Princeton team, for q side
bet Of So. A very larga crowd is ex-
pected to attend this game, which
will be played on Brogger's diamond.
Ashland boys feel confident that they
will win both games and will strive
equally hard to receive victory in
each.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-13

Sporting Editor News:
l noticed in Fridays Perth Amboy
NEWS that the Oak Field Club, of
North Amboy. won from the Mount
Loretto A. C. last Sunday, June q, by
the score of IL to 4. Now I would
like to have that corrected to read
Mount Loretto A. c., 26; Oak Field
Club, 4. Please have this change
made in your paper.
Thanking you in advance, I remain
Yours in sport.
F. o. RILEY,
Mgr. Mt. Loretto A. C..
We would like to play teams from
around Perth Amboy having open
dates for Sundays.