Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-05
MARKET VERY DULL HERE
DELIVERIES OF TOBACCO LIGHT
FOR TIME OF YEAR
Some Big Money Paid-Important
Suit Decided-Yernon Delegates
At Madison Conference

Delivery IF tobacco has been light
for some time in Viroqua, newly pur-
CHASED, in particular. Considerable
early bought weed is taken at the local
warehouses and some shipped out.
The Madison conference Ct growers
was attended last Saturday by Jens
Davidson and Elvy j. Jennings
1t was decided 20 organize and pool
the crop. Preparations are being made
to handle the crop from all portions of
the state. There are several ware
houses in Dane county that can be had
for storing and sizing the crop. This
organization viii be permanent and
state wide.
John w. Potts makes a good show
ing in his crop delivery of 3A acres,
which brought $1904.35. He sold for
SIS cents and not asked to take dis
count for damaged goods. He sold to
n. E. Fortney's firm.
Does it pay to be a Vernon county
farmer? The Argus rather thinks
that it does, if one knows how to
farm profitably. Now, there's Erick
Peterson, one of West Prairie's hust-
ling farmers, who told the writer that,
if he had good luck marketing his to-
baeco crop, he will have sold a cool
five thousand dollars worth of stuff
off his farm this year, and that doesn't
take into account his monthly cream
checks, which make a pretty decent
salary of themselves.-DeSoto Arugs.
From Ga acres of land Gjert Larson
of Pleasant Ridge, cleaned up in his
tobacco sale $2,955.50. He did prac-
tically as well last season, although
the price received was not so large.
The Edgerton Tobacco Reporter re-
ports an action of especial interest to
the tobacco growers and buyers of
leaf tobacco of the state has Just been
sent to the supreme court from the
Rock county circuit court for final de-
termination, being the action of Erick
Stranders VS. Mcintosh Brothers, and
involves the constitutionality of the
so-called Paul Law. While the stat
ute is general in its terms, it is aimed
particularly at the tobacco buyers,
many growers claiming that they have
been unfairly treated in past years by
being locked at time of delivery for
fat stem, pole rot, wet tobacco, rust
hail cut, shed burn, sunburn, grass
hopper bite, rocks and old kitchen
stoves etc, accidentally left in the
bundles, and many other kindred all
ments, real or imaginary. The Stran-
der case arose over crop of 1915 to-
bacco, contracted for at a certain price
and said to have been in damaged
condition when delivery was attempt
ed 1t was recently tried in the cir
cult court and judgment was rendered
for the defendants. Judge Grimm
holding that the paul Law" was un-
constitutional, as bridging the right
of contract, and not being within the
police power of the legislature, under
which it was supposed to have beer
passed The case will be tried at the
January term of the SapEeme court
and the outcome will be watched with
great deal of interest by both grow.
ers and buyers.
While tobacco growers are not get
ting as much as they expected for
their crops, they are getting better
prices than in former years. A very
few who sold for 80, IS, and even 4(
cents are getting those figures except
ing where crops were not in contract
condition. Buyers are now paying q
cents for first class tobacco Mich
Krogan, who buys for the P. LoIliard
! Co., tells us that Geo. Moen received
5000 for a scant acre and half Of the
weed. Berg Bros. of Portland towr
received $1,000 for about four acres
The Westby Times reports that f. S
Engebretson of that community broke
all records there. From one acre he
received 1913 He had 1855 pounds
-Cashton Record.