The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
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Fifty per cent of the Manila cigars,
or nearly q million, were sold to deal
ers in the United States during 1918.
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The General Cigar Co. has added an
other factory to its list, namely, Grill
Brothers of Evansville, Ind. Phil. Grill
will continue to act as manager under
the new firm
An American concern will start the
manufacture of Greek cigarettes near
London, England. Macedonian grown
tobacco, formerly called Turkish, !"
now known as .'Grecian, will be used,
says the Western Tobacco Journal.
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st. Louis is the worlds greatest
manufacturing center for chewing to-
baccos The total value of the output
of smoking and chewing tobacco fac
tories in the city was $41, 1913, 376, plus
federal and other taxes, during 1918.
Nearly sic, 900 is invested in the
business, an increase of nearly 81, 50O,-
600 since 1914
The American Sumatra Tobacco Co.
has called for the payment, April l,
1920, all los and accrued interest OUT
standing debentnre bonds of the COM
pany. A large portion has already
been converted into common stock.
With the redemption Of the balance the
company will be free from all bonded
debt.
The total export of American tobac-
co to foreign countries for the nine
months ending Oct. !, 1919, amounted
to 571, 405, ,588 pounds. This is 281, 42l,-
913 pounds in excess of the expectation
during the same period of 1918. For
the month of September the export
was nearly IL, 900, 900 pounds less than
during the month of August this year.
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The Tobacco Leaf, the United States
Tobacco Journal and the Western To-
bacco journal for week before last
print extensive extracts from the new
regulations for leaf tobacco dealers,
promulgated by the Internal Revenue
department. and going into effect Janu-
ary /, 1920 Those who are concerned
will find full information in the articles
in the above mentioned journals.
The Oscar Hammerstein's Tobacco
Stripping Machine Company has been
Incorporated in New York, with head
quarters at 233 Broadway, to manufac-
ture stripping machines for patents
taken out upon an invention Of the late
Oscar Hammerstein. The capital stock
of the company is 100000 and the in
corporators are E. S. Hammerstein, G.
Blumenthal and S. J. Bernstein of New
York City. The machine that this con-
cern will manufacture was the latest
invention of Oscar Hammerstein who
invented and perfected number of de-
vices that are now in use in many cigar
factories of this country, and to this
machine he devoted the last years of
his life.
The new tobacco rulings favor the
growers, according to a statement of
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Dam
iel C. Roper: "Under existing law the
farmer or grower of tobacco has the
right to sell same tobacco which he has
grown to any person and in any guam
tity which he may desire, provided the
condition of such leaf tobacco has not
been changed in any manner from that
in which it was cured on the farm. A
farmer is not prohibited from employ
ing any agent to sell his tobacco and
likewise employ an agent to sell their
tobacco for them without legal objec-
rions."
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The November reports made to the
Agricultural Department as to the 1919
tobacco crop show that in total yield
Kentucky leads with 457, $50, 600 pounds.
In yield per acre Connecticut leads
with 1850, but is closely followed by
Mass. with 154O pounds. The lowest
yield per acre was in Louisiana, where
only 434 pounds were harvested. The
showing by states is, as follows:
Acres Yield Pc.
Massachusetts. =. 10000 1910 81 i
Connecticut ..... $4,000 1850 90
New York. ....- 2,700 1890 80
Pennsylvania. 41,000 1920 SO
Maryland ...... 28.6 500 675 80