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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
New York.
NEW YORK, May Is,


The leaf market this week was again
dominated by the Sumatra situation.
The new importations were thoroughly
ransacked by any number of prospec-
tive buyers but the result does not
seem to come up to expectations.
Fancy lots were first choice and they
were taken mostly in spite of the high
price by manufacturers of seed and
Havana cigars. One out-of-town cigar
firm gathered together from different
importing houses about 800 bales of
what is considered to be prime grades.
Other seed and Havana cigar manufac-
turers pitched in also but took only
limited quantities. The manufacturers
of nickel cigars, however, who use Su-
matra, are very chary in making large
investments in the new Sumatra. The
medium grades they were looking for
did not seem to appeal to them as be-
ing light enough for their trade nor of
the yielding capacity to be sufficient
for economic wrapping. Sample bales.
however, were in big demand and after
testing them thoroughly in the factor
les large acquisitions are likely to follow.
In the meanwhile, American importers
are adding to their stock as much as
possible, the inscription a week ago
having disposed of 4, 900 bales to Amer
ican buyers. In this pinch of the Su
matra situation the market for our
domestic Shadegrown leaf is rising in
sympathy with with the increased Su-
matra price. Any kind of cheap wrap
per leaf for our domestic cigar indus
try will be out of the question this
year. In other leaf types the market
keeps up it's normal condition, that is
to say, immediate wants are in con-
stant evidence. The old Havana stock
is likewise falling off rapidly, the de-
mand for it having been steady and
making space for the new crop. Jour
nal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
Fire Protection
For $1.OO

We have Safe Deposit Boxes
for rent in our absolute Fire Proof
vaults. A box "a inches long and
six inches wide and about three
inches high, of sufficient size to
hold large number of papers and
documents may be rented for $1.00
per year. A larger size rented
for $500.
Boxes are double locked and
you alone can get into the boxes;
therefor absolute privacy. You
have access to the vaults at any
time during banking hours.
With insurance policies, deeds,
contracts, mortgages. and other
valuable papers, thus protected
you need have no fear of their
loss by fire. Neither will they
become lost or misplaced. Come
in and ask us to show you the
boxes and the vaults.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS.,, May IS, 1916.

The week has been one largely of un-
seasonable weather, rains and low tenn
peratures barely missing the freezing
point, when very little progress is
noted in the growth of the young to-
bacco plants. Farmers have most of
their corn yet to plant and very little
work is done toward preparing the to-
bacco fields. Planting season, how
ever, is month away and there is yet
plenty of time for the plants to reach
proper size and for the grower to pre-
pare the soil for them under favorable
conditions. Warm days, however, are
needed for all crops.
1t is rarely now that we learn of any
transactions from country hands, but
packers have been able to dispose of
several lots the past week, including
3OOcs packing of '13 by o. C. Lee, and
the Farmers Association at Stoughton
275cs lot of ID We learn that the
West packing &C Evansville of 150cs
of Id has been sold. Stemming op-
erations are being enlarged since the
warehouse season closed. The F. G..
Borden Co. opened plant at Slough
ton this week and are operating anoth-
er at Lacrosse.
The rumor is abroad of another large
deal in export goods that is pending,
but not yet closed.
The shipments out of storage reach
but about 600 cases from this market to
all points since last report.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
New England.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, May IL, 1916.
Great activity pervaded this region
today, and will continue for the re-
mainder of the week, for Connecticut
packers showed their tobacco to visit
ing cigar manufacturers, great num-
Der of whom had had this appointment
in view for months past. Among those
in Connecticut today are Percival S.
Levy, the we'll known New York leaf
tobacco broker; A. Santaella, head of
Santaella Ca, and representatives of
E. Regensburg & Sons. The rush will
probably be over by Saturday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER, PA, Nav 12. 1916.

LANCASTER, Pa, May II, 1916.
We have another unfavorable spring.
The seed beds should have been made
weeks ago, yet many are hardly more
than a week DID, The weather the
past week or ten days has been favor
able to the growth of the beds, but it
comes good too late to make the bulk
of the beds what they ought to be. Re-
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15

sums of money by the cities them
Selves in the purchase of new ma
chimes to record the voting or in the
printing of additional slips if the
Australian ballot is in vogue.
Yet, money spent in the aforemen-
toned fashion would preclude the
expenditure Of money in violation Of
the voting laws. If, instead of hold
ing the ward and precinct voting
booths in out of the way, undignif1ed,
places, the voters were brought to
neatly appointed office rooms, a bet
ter respect would be maintained for
the privilege of voting. AS it is, men
go to the polls not so much because
they want to, but because they have
promised to cast their votes one way
or another, either to settle a grudge
or to please a friend. On the national
ticket some of the voters are not
familiar with the issues involved
That is one great reason why the ma
tional and state and local tickets
should be separate and distinct in
struments. The confusion of splitting
tickets would then be brought to a
minimum and voters by visiting three
different booths would be allowed
more time in the recording of their
various choices. AS it is now the
ballots are SO long and the names
of candidates necessarily printed in
such small type as to prevent a cor
rect splitting of tickets Men enter
ing booths to vote against one candi-
date or another have been known to
come out dissatisfied because they
could not find the name they wanted,
because there were other voters in
line, and there was no time to make
thorough search. These are the
things that must be remedied, sooner
or later, and the triple system of vot-
ing may be ushered in in 1920 after
the practices of 1916 have undergone
thorough investigation at the hands
of Senate committee.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
Queen LiliuOkaIani.
New York WOrld)

What Kipling meant by taking up
the white mans burden, Queen Llli-
uOkalani came to know when the re
form party in Honolulu forcibly de-
posed her IN 1898. She had firmly
stood for native rule in Hawaii I'M
der a constitution OF her own MAX
ing, and the foreign element, or mis-
sionary party" seized the govern
ment. 1t was a very mild revolution,
but it put an end to the institution of
royalty in Hawaii and helped start
the United States on the road to i'm
perialism. Two years after Liliuoka-
lani was stripped OF the royal power
she formally abdicated the throne,
and during the war with Spain Ha-
wall as an independent republic
ceased to exist and was annexed to
the United States.
The absolute RICH. and wrong of
the case will be argued by historians
But so far as Liliuokalani. was ner-
sonally concerned, she lost the throne
and the revenues from the crown
lands, she was held q prisoner in her
I palace for nine mcrths, was later
granted pension of $4,000 by the
! island legislatures, and was denied
| compensation by congress. A stern
! sense of democracy restrained the
Representatives Of the American peo-
| pie from making restitution in any
! form for property Of which as head
! of the Hawaiian royal line she had
enjoyed the income.
The downfall Of the Queen of the
mid-Pacific monarchy and the eventu-
! al annexa ton Of her dominions to this
country were part of what later came
to be called the processes Of manifest
Destiny Fortunately the queen an6
her own people were neither strong
nor violent, so that with some time
! ly assistance from the foreign ele-
ment manifest destiny was able tc
overcome all obstacles without great
| effort.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15

The southern states involved in that
close election were governed by off,
Gals who had come out of the recon-
struction period, and many of them
needed watching. Not so was it this
year. Republicans in every doubtful
state are entirely capable of looking
after the party interest, and can be
trusted to do so. 1t was a wise de-
cision by which an intrusion of men
dispatched from the national head
quarters IN New York was avoided.
Only anger and trouble could have
come from such a course, and by this
time we might have had a state of
things too closely resembling that
which shook the nation to it's founda-
tons in 1876.
The World and other critics should
be willing to admit that the repub-
licans have done their part in keep.
ing the country from becoming un-
duly disturbed because Of the doubt
as to the outcome of this election
which for some days hung heavily
over the nation. 1t is entirely proper
for the party authorities before for
malIy accepting the result to wait un-
til California determines by official
count it's position in the electoral COLI
lege They are doing no more than
the mer who hold the great betting
stakes that were hazarded in New
York city. Mr., Hughes and Chairman
Wilcox as spokesman for their party
are entitled to rest their case upon the
revision of the California returns, and
If it be declared that President Wilson
is entitled to the votes of that state
in the electoral college, there will fol-.
low due acceptance of the fact. If
the victor be felicitated by the re-
publican candidate for president, as
well, so much the better for all con-
cerned. That would help to clear tho
air of any little bitterness that may
remain.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
Saved by "Notes."
(New York World

! Out of the confusion of details of
! the sinking of the COlumb ian off the
Spanish coast, one fact stands forth
conspicuous. The German subma-
rlne commander charged with the
sinking took some pains and ran some
chance Of Illustration, if not graver
risks, to avoid sacrificing lives safe
guarded by the American flag. From
his act we may infer his instructions.
The Columbian was stopped in a
wild sea that made launching the
boats difficult, dangerous, perhaps i'm
possible; which in any case made it
doubtful whether they would reach
shore safely with the crew The
boat lay by for two days, apparently
submereing to ride out the gale more
easily, until the boats could be used.
No lives were lost.
American inSistence upon the laE
was respected. If there is dispute
about property it may be adjusted.
But whether carrying contraband or
not, whether or not it is possible TO
take her into port for a prize courts
Judgment no merchant ship must be
sunk until the lives of non-combat-
ants on board are secured. That is the
law. 1t has been broken many times,
many neutrals have died by such dis
regard. But since the Sussex case
there has been manifest the intent to
spare the lives of Americans.
Compliance may not be all we
wish. Even if the navy was there
to succor them, setting the Stephano's
passengers adrift in boats far from
shore may not have been such safety,
as satisfies Washington. But no SUCH
complication clouds the Columbian
case as yet In boats, near shore,
after the storms subsistence, the crew
owed their lives to their flag and to
President Wilson's derided but unan-
sWerable notes."
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
RalIad of the Wandering Umbereli


Along the park the lights are blurred
and dim;
The winter clouds are soddeh' lo"'
and gray;
Here in a lonely nook, sad-eyed ana
grim,
I watch the rain that curtains
round the day.
But 10! my vagrant fancy Will not
IT. hastens here and yon in futile
NV home is in the suburbs far
Where is my wandering umberell to-
night?
All, we'll and sadly, now, do [ recall
The dollar tWenty-three that L did
pay
To own that umberell-the price
seemed small
When weeping heavens drencheu
the fields of May;
IT'S not the price I'm thinking or
oh nay!
IT'S not the price-that part of it's
all right!
The thinking itself it's what I want;
then, says,
Where is my wandering umberell to-
night?
Perhaps in some abandoned ash-heap
By ruthless hand of that benighted
jay
Who reft me of mine own (to be re-
paid,
When comes at last the final tire-dis-
play)
Perhaps in some SNUG holder, brass
or clay,
Unused it stands, my chattel and my
right:
All me- why thus conjecture and
inveigh?
Where is my wandering umberell to-
L'EnVOi.
Prince take this lay-bring back my
umberell
Leave me no longer in this sorry
plight!
Relent, repent, in pity prithee tell
Where is my wandering umberell
tonight?
Albert Bigelow Paine in Harper's
Magazine.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
AEVIEIR EIETY YEARS.

E1fty years ago in this city there was
Id the first session of the General
difference of the Congregational
@urches of Connecticut. Yesterday
messed the fiftieth annual meeting
N this city enjoyed the honor of
.ing as host. When the two hun
Sd and more delegates assembled
the First Church there was ap-
Hent a tinge of sadness at the loss
an old friend. During forty-nine
IRIS one of the most active and en-
Nsiastic workers in the General Con-
Fence was the late David n. Camp,
beloved deacon, who died a short
Ne ago. Deacon Camp attended
j first session held in this city half
century ago and from that time. on
Ter failed to be present at the meet
During the span of fifty years the
Nix of the Congregational Churches
EConnecticut has grown in magni-
mt proportions. Through the eff
rs expanded here entire New Eng
IA has benefited. Reports of the
sc session of the General Confer
He held here give a good idea Of the
hid strides made. The outstanding
Eure is that today. more than two
4ldred delegates are in attendance
ere fifty years ago there was but a
<hparatively small number. The
&nbership of the churches has
wn in goodly proportion and the
biting yesterday reported the pres
numerical strength of the
Xrches in this state as approximate
10000. Crossing the threshold of
! latter half of a century of such
eavor greater things are expected.
&h such able and sincere men CO.
rating for the improvement of the
riches in this state and this Sec
the result cannot be other than
#thy.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
Regions Void OF Vegetation
Called eKarsf LANDSCAPE

Washington, D. c., Nov. 15.-The
Carso, or Karst plateau as it is more
familiary known, the scene Of the
newly inaugurated Italian offensive
against the Austrians, is the subject
of the following war geography bull
letin issued from Washington head
quarters of the National Geogra phic
society:
so distinctive is appearance is that
Austrian limestone plateau known as
the Karst (Italian form, Carso) that
the term 'karst landscape is now
frequently employed to define similar
regions barren Of vegetation, pock-
marked with lime~slnks and grottoes,
and scanned with Subterranean
streams which now and then appear
suddenly above the ground, then dis
appear again.
The karst pl1,teau rises some dis
lance to the south Of the city Of Gor
lila, on the IsOnzo, one Of the most
important Austrian strongholds cap
tured by the Italians since they ell
tered the war. The elevation extends
to the southeast, varying in width
from so to SO miles, 1t forms q
y
of Carniola, to the northeast and the
Istrian peninsula which juta into tho
Adriatic below Trieste.
THE Wippach or Nippach river
which flows along the northern base
of the plateau, is one of the tributar-
les of the Isonzo. The Italians were
forced to fight their way across the
valley of this stream, in order to gain
the Karst heights from which to con-
tinue the drive against Trieste.
1.-The Karst plateau has not always
been a barren waste of grey rock.
IN ancient times the heights are said
to have been covered with magnit-
cent forests, but the Romans ruthless
~ destroyed these trees to secure tim
Der for their galleys. In recent years
the Austrian government has gone
Systematically about the task of MAX
ing this district once more a forest
land, and the traveller frequently finds
groves of young larch and pine which
have been planted in pursuance of
this plan.
Among the most striking features
Of the karst plateau are it's numerous
caves and grOttoes, formed by sub
terranean rivers. The most famous
Of these is the Grotto Of Adelsberg
nifty miles by rail- northeast of Trieste.
Before the war it was much frequent
cd by tourists, on whom the $500 in
habitants of Adelsberg thrived. The
grotto is lighted by electricity and
there are safe paths through the
Ball Room, the Ferdinand Grotto'
the brilliant, the Belvedere' and
other compartments, some of which
are $50 feet in length and others as
In
'C,athedraP, q room $50 feet long and
nearly 100 feet high, there flows the
river Polk or PiVka, which becomes
subterranean stream in the Nlclnlty or
the GrOtto.
MANY of the pools and streams IN
the caverns of the karst contain GU
rious kinds Of fish which constitutes
an important article Of food 1or the
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
Making American Citizens,
(ChicagO Tribune).

The opening Of 81 schoolhouaes in
Chicago as community centers for the
winter is much more significant than
the kindly philanthropic thing it
seems. It will accomplish more than
the entertainment Of some thousands
who suffer boredom in stuffy apart
ments
In any city with a population so
various as ChicagO's where we have
the material for whole Swedish cities,
whole Polish cities and whole Italian
cities, citizenship has to be bred. The
alien is only technically a citizen
when he takes out his naturalization
papers. To become effectively a cit
izen he must be naturalized by under
standing the community in which the
community centers can be made to
serve.
Opening the schools and other pub
lie buildings to the public at large is
an aid in the making of American
citizens.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
THE SUPREME COURT.

| There are several answers to the
! query propounded by the Hartford
COurant Is Wilson big enough to re-
appoint Hughes to the Supreme
! Court? The first answer has been
given by the Hartford Times in the
form Of another question, Does this
mean that Hughes is small enough
to accept? The main answer is too
obvious to sseed mention.
Since the Question has been raised
1t may be we'll to recall that there is
at the present time no vacancy on
the bench of the United States Su-
preme Court which of course pre-
cludes any possibility of Mr.. Hughes
going back even if President Wilson
lis big enough to re-appoint him. AS
the court is now made up it consists
of five Republicans and four Demo-
Gratis. The Republican Justices are
Joseph McKenna of California, born
in 1913 and appointed in 1898; Oliver
Wendall Holmes of Massachusetts,,
born in 1871 and appointed in 1902;
William r. Day of Ohio, born in 1S49
and appointed in 1908; Willis Van
Devanter of Wyoming, born in 1859
and appointed in 1910; Mahlon Pit
ney of New Jersey, born in 1858 and
appointed in 1912. The Democratic
members of the bench are Chief JUS
tice Edward Douglass White of
! Louisiana, born in 1916 and appointed
| in 1910; James Clark McReynolds of
| Tennessee, born in 1852 and appointed
/ in 1914; Louis Dembitz Brandeis Of
! Massachusetts, born in 1856 and ap-
| pointed in 1915 John Hessn Clark
of Ohio, born in 1857 and appointed
in 1916.
1t will be seen that while every
! member of the United States Supreme
! Court was born before the Civil War,
/ with the exception of McReynolds
| who was born in 1862 while the fight
! was on, there are but three members
who have reached the age which
makes them eligible for retirement
These are Chief Justice White and
| Justices McKenna and Holmes With
| the exception of Justice McKenna
these men are enjoying such health
as to almost warrant their occupancy
of the bench for many years to come,
II they so desire. In the event that
any Of them retires it is conceivable
that President Wilson will appoint his
present Attorney-General rather than
sacred traditions of the bench who
entered politics, and then denounced
the President from one end of the
land to the other.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
The Premature Pipe Dream.
Bridgeport Farmer.)

Colonel Roosevelt has it right. The
proposal to nominate him in 1920 is as
he says, "a pipe dream Only a
party bound for oblivion from the
start will nominate the colonel for it's
leader The men who used to be with
the Colonel have gone over to Wilson.
At the very rumor the Colonel may be
a candidate again the sturdy yeomen
of California, Ohio, Kansas and the
United States began to polish Up their
trusty ballots They are waiting for
the man who abandoned the progress
sive party, yes, they are waiting all the
way from the place where Maine Dor
ders Canada. to the place where Cali
fornia is ST. oe| by +NA Pacific
ocean.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
AS Compared With 1876.
(Springfeld Republican,

The New York World finds cause
for complaint because the severe le-
galistic mind of Mr.. Hughes, scrutin-
izing narrowly every remote posi-
bility and technicality, refuses to con-
cede the reelection of Mr.. Wilson I'M
til the official count in California shall
have been completed" Those of us
who remember the disputed election
of 1876 will realize that matters
might be a good deal worse than they
are, so far as the temper of the par
ties and the tranquility of the country
are concerned. The republican ma
tional committee was happily led to
revise its first thought to send lawyers
and watchers to California and per-
haps other states, where the election
result seemed in doubt. That would
have been following the example set
IN the Hayes-Tilden year, when lead
Ing politicians Of both parties has
tened to Louisiana to see that the in
terests of their side were protected.
Ihe excuse for doing that was
great then, and it does not exist now.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-15
NoTJ-ing Farm Capital.
waterbury Democrat.

A North Carolina farmer walked in
to a Raleigh shoe store the other day
to buy footwear for his youngsters.
The clerk was the son of an old neigh
Dor of the farmer. He had left tho
land to seek a fortune in the city. He
remarked about the fact that cotton
was that day selling for IS cents u
pound-a record price, and cotton
seed had that day brought 80 cents
bushel, also a record price. That's
fine for the fellows who have cotton
to SELL" said the farmer, but most
of us had to sell when the price was
IA cents a pound. To be sure, that
was good price, but it wasn't as good
as 49," The farmer added that most
of the cotton is now in the hands OF
brokers and they are the fellows who
get the fancy margin. Which illus
trates one of the purposes of the fed
eral farm loan act Many southern
farmers go into debt to their bank
or their fertilizer supply house in the
spring to get money to get through the
summer. They are then forced to sell
their crop as soon as it can be har-
vested to pay off the debt. Long -time
credit on amortized loans at a low
rate of interest will make it unneces-
sary for the farmer to refinance his
proposition every year, and it will do
away With the costly sacrifices to re-
lieve pressure from short loans. If
the farm loan act had been in oper-
alton a year earlier it might have
meant a difference of or cents a
pound in the price of cotton to most
southern farmers this year. AS it is
the southern farmer is true of every
other farmer to whom proper credit
facilities have been denied.