The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-07-12
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES


|. NOTE BOOK SKETCHES :
Rumor has it that there is number
of changes in the conduct of the busl-
ness Of the American Cigar Co. in this
state scheduled to take place August
first at the close of the business year
for that concern. 1t is reported that
several managers of local branches
must seek employment elsewhere, while
one or more plants will be closed en-
tirely. Just what ones are to be shut
down or what readjustment OF the
field forces has not yet been disclosed,
but we hear it intimated there will be
quite shaking up all along the line.
If such changes go through there will
be some expensive packing plants that
will lie idle or be upon the bargain
counter. There is a plenty of conserv-
ative tobacco men who are of the opin-
ion that there is opportunity for re-
form even among the big operators
Possibly the new president OF the
American Cigar Co. has some ideas OF
his own he desires to work out
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The extreme warm weather follow
ing succession of rains has given the
early set tobacco fields tremendous
beadway recently, setting a standard
of fast growing seldom seen in this
state. All of which means an unusually
early harvest for portion of the crop
at least. The later set, some of which
is going into the fields this week, has
likewise been handicapped by the burn
ing hot weather and good stand has
been quite difficult to secure under
such conditions. All kinds of tobacco
can be seen by riding through the
growing districts these days.
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In the cigar leaf sections the 1912
crop seems to have started under very
favorable conditions, the exact con-
trast of the corresponding period last
year. A total acreage of 172, 844 acres
is expected to yield 213, O25, 900 pounds.
The harvest area in the cigar leaf Sec
tons in 1911 was 158, 625 acres, yielding
q production Of 183, ,213,0O0 pounds.
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14.219 acres in area and 80, 81 200
pounds in production, a gain of about
10 per cent in area and is per cent in
yield.
Consul Felix S. S. Johnson, at King
ston, Ontario, states in the Daily Con-
sular Reports that in the province of
Ontario smaller acreage will be under
tobacco this year than in 1911, but as
this will probably result in more atten-
ton being given to the crop better
quality is expected. The tobacco crop
of 1911 was the largest on record (more
than double the yield of any previous
year, and is estimated to have amount
ed to Is, 900, 900 pounds, for which the
farmers received 81, 700, 900. Some cul-
tivators received 123 cents a pound,
which figure the farmers say means q
| profit. Tobacco culture in Canada is
confined almost wholly to the province
of Ontario, but in parts Of the province
of Quebec the plant is grown, mostly
| for home use.
The Kentucky court of appeals has
| affirmed the decision of the circuit
court that James Reffett, formerly OF
Clark county, but now of Montgomery
| county, was forced into pooling five ano
| one-half acres of tobacco with the Bur-
| lev society in 1909, and that Reffett
was not guilty of violating Section
3841-a of the Kentucky Statutes. Ref
| fett declared that he joined the poo
because he found the drawing of cof-
| fin on the canvas of his tobacco bed
and was threatened with injury if he
| did not Join the pool. This tobacco was
sold to Mt Sterling buyer
| Time was when the two Metropolitan
| revenue districts of New York were
| the banner cigar manufacturing center
of the country Time was when the
output of large cigars in these two dis
| triets reached the billion figure or
nearly one-fourth of the entire coun-
| try's output. But that time has passed,
| probably never to return. For from
year to year the output is now dwindl-
| ing down. During the fiscal year just
closed. June Both, the output of large
cigars in the two Metropolitan districts
| amounted to but 707, 1876, ,246, showing
again falling off of IA, 273, 824. This
steady and continuous reduction Of New
York S cigar output is undoubtedly due
to large extent to the tendency OF
our large manufacturing concerns to do
| the manufacturing of their cheaper
grades in rural districts, particularly in
PENNSYLVANIA where there seems to be
an abundantly apt population for cigar
m alvipr And the hiUUer our Metro