The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-06-07
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fore that date to relieve the situation,
even though they would prefer to de-
lay the transplanting, believing that
cut worms would be less troublesome
later. With an abundance of plants
ready for the fields and crowding, it
looks as if the growers would be COM
PEELED to get the crop into the fields at
somewhat earlier date this year than
usual. All of which is in favor of re-
suits at the other end of the season
the harvest.
A wet season is generally productive
of a good crop of cut worms and it
seems likely these pests will prove
more troublesome to the early planted
tobacco fields than usual. By the time
ly application of remedies, however, it
was demonstrated by the department
of agriculture through field agents and
others of the bureau of entomology en-
gagged in the investigation of insects
injurious to cIops, that these insects
con readily be controlled, large areas
being successfully treated. The usual
method of control is by the use of
poisoned bats. Take bushel of dry
bran, add one pound of arsenic or Paris
green and mix it thoroughly into
mash with gallons of water, in which
has been stirred half gallon of sor-
ghum or other cheap molasses. After
the mash has stood several hours, scat
ter it in Jumps Of about the size of a
marble over the fields where injury is
beginning to appear and about the
bases of the plants set out. Apply late
in the day so as to have the poison
about the plants over night, which is
the time when the cut worms are ac-
tive. Apply a second time if necessary.
The action of the National Cigar
Rsaf Tobacco association S convention
in regard to double taxation on tobacco
met with a sympathetic response from
every cigar leaf packer who has tobac-
co in certain states in which semi
socialistic theories are being tried out, :"
said a prominent Water Street man to a
Tobacco Leaf representative the other
day. In the resolutions adopted, the
system of taxation complained of was
termed 'duplicative and excessive, :"
he continued. '"That is a mild term
for it. It is excessive all right, but it
is more than duplicative. For instance,
this year we have received five sepa-
rate tax blanks to fill out for certain
kinds of our tobacco. Just how we
filled them out is neither here nor
there. We received them, and accord
ing to the contentious of the tax as
SCISSORS of this state and Wisconsin, we
are liable to have to pay five separate
and distinct taxes upon the tobacco we
own that is in that state. In the first
Consequently we have to pay a corpor-
alton excise tax to the United States,
based upon our income from all sources,
less certain deductions. The income
from our Wisconsin tobaccos is figured
into this tax, of course. Secondly, the
last legislature Of New York passed a
small direct property tax. We received
our blank from the secretary of state
at Albany, and we were obliged to give
in the tobacco that we owned, includ-
ing that in storage in Wisconsin and in
other states. Thirdly, we received a
blank from the New York city tax au-
thorities. This is the old, familiar one
that we have always had with us. We
had to give in a list Of all the tobacco
we owned in this state and elsewhere.
Fourthly, we received blank from the
county assessors of the counties in
Wisconsin in which we had tobacco on
storage. This is another old familiar
friend, only this time the assessors are
assessing binders at S18 case instead
of $12, as in past years. Filthy, we
received a blank from the Wisconsin
state authorities to fill out for the pay
ment of our income tax on property
owned in that state. We regard this
as an unrighteous sort of proposition,
because whatever income we derive
from our Wisconsin tobacco is derived
in New York, where our business is
done. We buy and pack tobacco in
Wisconsin, but we do not sell any there.
Now, then, it strikes me that when a
man has to pay a tax five times year
upon his property, it is getting time to
kick. The association resolutions ad-
vised the leaf packers to remove their
tobacco from those states that made 1T
a point to tax tobacco excessively,
meaning Wisconsin. Theoretically,
that is all right, but every firm that is
doing business in that state has one or
more warehouses, either owning them
personally or holding by lease, and it
would cost more to move the tobacco
than the proposition would be worth.
But even so, five taxes year upon the
same lots of tobacco is going 1t just a
little bit strong in this land of the free
and home of the trusts. LEAF.
Scraping tobacco beds has been re-
sumed in western Kentucky by the
night riders in Lyon and Trlgg coun-
ties. Governor McCreary Of Kentucky
on May 23rd offered reward of $500
for the arrest ard conviction of each
person who participated in scraping to-
bacco plant beds in Trigg county.
County Judge Dabney of Cadiz, KY,
has also added $500 to the reward.