The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-17
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES



A continuous rainy spell during the
week has at last produced the neces-
sary casing conditions and enabled the
belated tobacco growers to take down
and strip the last of their hanging to-
bacco. Never before in the history of
this state have the farmers who missed
the first casing spell in the fall been
compelled to wait until into May to re-
move their crop from the sheds, and
even though such an exceptional sea-
son may not occur again for years, the
experience will serve as lesson that
growers will not fail to profit by. They
have learned that the proper time to
take down the crop from the curing
sheds is at the first casing spell after
the tobacco is thoroughly cured out.
They have also learned that leaf which
has hung in the sheds through cold
hard winter and the drying spring
winds is not only considerably broken
but much of the life and elasticity of
the leaf is dried out and the finish never
comes back after it is packed into cases
and passed through the sweat. The
deterioration has been so marked this
season that but few deliveries of the
late hanging crops have been accepted
at the contract price. Where artificial
means were used to bring the tobacco
into case it has been very difficult to
secure an even and satisfactory condi-
tion, and in some instances whole crops
have been spoiled by steaming or sprin-
king. The natural absorption of the
moisture seems about the only good
method to bring tobacco into case, and
judgment gained by experience is the
guide for the successful tobacco grow
er after ALL
The constantly growing demand for
their famous "Cinco" brand of cigars
has made it necessary for Otto Eisen-
lohr & Bros. of Philadelphia, Pa, to
open another factory for the production
of this popular piece. of goods. The
new factory, which is the fifteenth in
which Cincos are produced, is three
story brick building and basement, To-
Gated at Pennsburg, Pa. Extensive al
terations have been made, and, like all
the other Eisenlohr factories, is thor
oughly up-to-date in equipment, santa
ton and arrangements for the comfort
of employees. About two hundred
hands will be employed.
The rapidity with which the old-fash-
ioned Connecticut Havana Seed crop of
1911 has been disposed of has been
commented on with astonishment by
various members of the trade who are
familiar with the facts of the case.
''This is the first time in my recollec-
tion,'' said a veteran Water Street
merchant, '|that the Connecticut Ha-
disposed Of by the first of May in the
year after it was raised. However, to
my positive knowledge, every firm that
packed this crop extensively has dis
posed of the greater part of its hold
!ngs. The reasons are not far to seek.
Instead of Is. 900 cases of this type,
which is about the usual production,
last years crop, owing to the inroads
Of the shade-grown and primed inter-
ests and to the hail and wind storms
| that prevailed, was only Is, 600 bales,
nearly half of which was bought by the
American Cigar Co., leaving only about
1000 cases divided up among the vari-
Gus independent packing houses and
available for the general market. The
binder scarcity, consequent upon the
Wisconsin shortage. had great deal
tp do with the rapidity with which this
| tpbacco was taken up.
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Here are the essential points of the
| new tobacco census law, reduced to
plain English:
1t applies to all manufacturers of to-
bhcco manufacturing more than $4,000
pounds yearly; all manufacturers OF CT
| gRrs who make more than 25O, 900
yParly; all manufacturers of cigarettes
who make more than 1000, 900 cigar
| cites yearly; all dealers in leaf tobacco
| VINO carry IN stock more tnan oU,UUO
ppunds yearly.
| All persons subject to the provisions
OF this law shall, within ten days after
the first day of October and the first
day of April in each year, make writ
ten report to the Director of the Cen
sas, stating the number of pounds OF
each of the several types Of leaf tobac-
co owned by him on such dates respec-
lively.
The Director of the Census shall
specify the types of tobacco to be in
Guided in the reports, and in doing so
he shall follow substantially the classi-
fieation of general tobaccos as recog-
nized and adopted by the Department
OF Agriculture.
Any person failing to comply with
this law, or who makes false report to
the Director of the Census as to the
types of tobacco or amounts of tobacco,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
No publication shall be made by the