The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-11-07
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When the Ways and Means commit
tee of the lower house of congress re-
fused to report the bill creating free
ports, similar to those in some Euro
pean countries, it did so on the ground
that such law would be unconstitu-
tional There is an article in the con-
stitution which provides that no prefer
ence shall be given to any port over
any other The object which those had
in view who advocatee the creating of
free port by law was to facilitate the
export tobacco trade. The opinion OF
the leaders, for instance in the National
Cigar Leaf Tobacco association is, that
if New York could have been made a
free port, it would become the greatest
tobacco merchandising center in the
world. Under such law the tobaccos
from South America and other coun-
tries could be imported free of duty,
and could be repacked and reshipped as
the foreign trade needed it. Tobaccos
for the domestic trade were not to be,
duty free. Under the present law only
domestic tobacco can be exported, and
the tobacco merchants have not had
the opportunity at the international
trade in foreign tobacco. If such to-
bacco was to be repacked and rehandled
it would have to be withdrawn from
the bonded warehouses, and this would
mean that the duty paid could not be
returned to them by the government.
The export of leaf tobacco from the
United States to foreign countries dur
ing the month of August, 1919, was 20
million pounds greater than during the
same month last year. The imports of
raw leaf during the same month were
6 million pounds less than during the
corresponding period last year.
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The Importation of Philippine tobacco
to the United States is on the increase
Last year the value of cigars and leaf
from the islands amounted to consider
ably more than 1000, 900, an increase
of about 5000, 600 over last year.
Pennsylvania which generally pro-
duces about the same amount of tobac-
co as Wisconsin, namely, in the neigh |
year have crop nearly 10 million
pounds less than Wisconsin.
Seventy-five per cent of the factories
4 hou %wil d
part of the time, and the production
they have lost cannot be made up. The
holiday orders have not been filed, and |
there is not cigar store in the United
States that is not short of stocks. The
the work they can do in the next year.
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The total stock of leaf tobacco for |
cigar wrappers and filters held in bond |
ed warehouses of the United States on |
August 81, 1919, was 5000, 974 pounds, |
as compared with So, 823, ,88l pounds in |
the corresponding period last year, |
showing decrease of 7,613, 907 pounds |
for August, 1919. The amount of leaf |
tobacco held in bonded warehouses for |
cigar wrappers was valued at $35, 46O,-
423, compared with $45, 900'4l9, repre-
senting a decrease in value to the |
amount of SIC, 4s9, 996 for August, 1919. |
w. Tob. Journal.
The strike of the New York cigar |
makers, which began in July, has been !
broken. Negotiations begun last week ]
have resulted in a settlement of the |
difficulties by the leading cigar manu-
facturers of New York with their for |
mer workmen. Concessions have been |
made on both sides. In most instances
an increase of 81. SO per thousand cigars |
has been granted the workmen. The !
American Cigar Co., the General Cigar |
Co.. p Lorillard Co. and Benito Rovira |
Co. will open today monday in all |
their local factories upon this basis. |
The negotiations between the manu- |
facturers and the workers preliminary |
to this condition have been on the man. |
to-man basis, no unions or councils ap- |
pearing in the conference in any way. |
In most cases substantial increases in |
pay have been granted, but in no case /
has any concession been made to the |
demand for shop control by the work |
ers, and such increases in pay as have |
been granted could have been secured /
the first week Of the strike, or even /
without strike, had the workers at /
tempted negotiations directly with their |
employers instead of through the union
and the council The manufacturers
from the first were willing to concede |
a substantial increase in pay, but they |!
were adamant against turning over the /
control of their factories to the labor
leaders, and upon this issue they won.
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While prices for 1919 Sungrown to-
bacco are not likely to reach the high t
level of last year, there is no question
that the 1919 crop is the most expen-
sive tobacco crop ever raised in the
Connecticut Valley. Cottonseed meal /
and other fertilizers were at close TO
high mark and labor was not only high I
priced but inefficient. Added to inef-
fciency was loss of time because of /
rainy weather. The plantations which
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