Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-26
100000 POUNDS Of WEED
TWENTY-EIGHTCARS OF TOBAC-
co SHIPPED SINCE FEB. 18TH
Enormous Shipment of Bundle Goods
Made During the Past Week to
Outside Warehouses

Outside Warehouses
The past week has witnessed an
enormous shipment of bundle goods
from Niroqua TO outside points for
sorting and packing. A continuous
string of teams has thronged our
streets, delivering at the depots and
also to local handlers for sorting.
Since the 18th of this month twenty
and cases have been shipped, weigh
ing in the neighborhood of 100000
pounds and being of an approximate
value of 100000, and the major por-
ton of this has gone out during the
last few days. Otto Eisenlohr &
Brother. Haskins & Schwartz, Fred
Jensen, American Cigar Co.and others
/ have made shipments.
The local warehouses are all work
ing good-sized crews, with room for a
few more. The tobacco is running
about as usual-some good, some bad.
| Buying throughout the county contin-
ues in a moderate way, nearly all of
/ the local buyers picking up & few
crops. The prices have not changed
materially of late;if anything a slight
/ ~ lower average is noted. About the
/ top price offered i3 rs cents. The
larger part of the crop remains IN
moved, it seems.
/ OF conditions elsewhere the Edger-
| ton Tobacco Reporter comments: The
conditions in the local tobacco markets
continue about the same as for several
weeks past. There is some buying OF
1 the better crops at from % cents
Id 10 -,
ming price basis but the movement
| is barren of much activity as but few
men are riding the country districts.
/ There is more of the crop being dis
posed of in the northern growing dis
tricts than elsewhere. The larger CON
Germs who were expected to add to
| their holdings seem to be waiting de-
lvelOpments. In the meantime farm
ers' organizations are preparing to
| pack quite portion of the crop.
The great bulk of the earlier pur-
chases have now been delivered so that
much of the friction over deductions
in receiving are about overt is
hoped for the season.
Warehouse handling is proceeding
smoothly at most of the packing cen
tiers with sufficient labor at hand for
present needs.
The writer has no defense to make
of the tobacco dealer who deliberately
attempts to cvade the payment for to-
bacco that meets the requirements of
| the written contract for sale. The
usual rule that when person makes a
| bad bargain he must stand the conse-
quences holds good in this business as
elsewhere. We are glad to note that
! the larger operators have generally
stood up straight in this matter and
| paid the agreed price on earlier pur-
chases even though it might involve
serious losses. However it is we'll
known fact there is a much larger per-
| centage of high case tobacco in the
present crop than was generally sup
! poseFfapa i Is only natural that suit
able deductions should De made by
growers on account cf such imperfec-
tions for wet tobacco is the most per-
picking imperfection the packers have
to contend with. And for this reason
more trouble has been experienced at
delivery than for some years past
| The winter has been so mild there has
been but little evaporation of mois-
ture either from stems or leaf and il
the tobacco was taken down in rather
! high case it remains so now, nor has
| treeZing weather helped 1t. This con-
dition might possibly give rise to
much of the criticism buyers have been
subjected to because of alleged re-
jections and deductions.
Fortney Brothers delivered their 1915
crop at Gays Mills on Monday to the
American Tobacco Co. and received
the tobacco company's check in ex-
change therefor $3.50. This is the
largest single crop that has been de-
livered in Gays Mills in recent years. ,
Ole Christensen, living beyond
Springville, delivered a part of his
tobacco crop this week which brought
him $7,122. He expects that the re.
mainder will bring this up to about
$4,000. We are not informed con.
corning price or acreage.