The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-18

That statement is lucid enough. 1t
summarizes in a brief paragraph the
rules and regulations proposed by
the Union, which might possibly be
condensed into one-half page of space
in this paper. This document pre-
scribes the sizes and shapes to be
permitted, as we'll as the prices to be
paid for the making. as for instance:
"All common straight shapes will be
made with medium heads; by no cir
cumstances blunt heads shall De
made"
So far as New York City is con-
cerned. every large plant Is closed
down. This explains why the manu-
facturers have agreed to STAND TO-
gether and to fight 1t out II 1t taxes
all summer. Should the strikers win
strikes would ensue In all parts or the
country for a still higher scale than
is now paid, this now very naturally
being the highest ever paid in the MIST
DRY OF the industry.
This strike" says the Tobacco
Leaf, If project Of the BoisheviKl
element Of the cigarmakers. otherwlse
known as the Cigarmakers Councli,
and is not being undertaken by the
International Cigarmakers Union or
/ IL.
tor believes that because the manu-
features have at last thoroughly soil
| fed, the chances for manufacturers
victory are extremely promising"
| Effect Upon ClsarIeaf Prices
| It must not be supposed that New
York and environs are alone affected
by the strike fever. Many eastern
cities are similarly suffering, though
all strikers are not so unreasonable
as are the New Workers. July is U.S.
ually a dull month in leaf toba Geo cir
cles, and prices have not yet weaken.
ed because Of walk outs. The leai
trade has been fairly active of late,
and all agree that prices touched bot
tom some months ago. This Is true
as to all grades of leaf in the hands
Of packers, and this condition has been
reflected not only as to New YORK
holdings of cigar leaf, but as to every
case in the hands of interior packers
Should the strike become country
wide, or continue for months, the eff
feet upon leaf prices might be more
or less disastrous. but workmen may
strike but they must live, and some
sort Of a settlement will assuredly be
reached before our cigar stocks are
all smoked up. With a resumption
will come an increased demand, fol
many plants are far from being sup
piled with the number of cases usually
carried to ripen and mature, to the
degree that their finer brands require
Lancaster Leaf Moving
There is an increasing demand FOL
1917 Lancaster county leaf, and a.
steadily higher prices. The packers
have been tena ciously holding on tt
1917 leaf, and are now getting "a t.
SO cents for it. AS Indicated in oul
letters from Lanca ster, York and othel
Pennsylvania districts several week!
ago, there is and was demand fol
every pound Of these crops. i Is
fact that there isn't carload Of Yorl
county leaf in the hands of the grow
ers and it would take a search war
rant to find a first class crop on an!
farm in Lancaster county.
We told of exports of eleven millio1
pounds of Pennsylvania leaf, picked
up in April, and still more went GU
later. The 1919 crop was the lates
ever transplanted but the weather ha
favored rapid growth and if there b,
no early frosts a good crop is antici
pated.
Pennsylvania buyers are COMING
around to the view that it will be tt
the interest of the trade to pay goot
prices for the coming crop, to insure
more liberal planting in 1920, and thu
to prevent shortage.