The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-10-31
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The activity in Water street during
| the past two weeks is described by
eastern journals as paralleling the most
intense in the history of the market.
The manufacturers of cigars have
pushed the demand for leaf as
never before, it is alleged. 1T
is mistakenly conceived that the
activity of the past week and the pres
ent (second and third weeks In Octo-
ber) one has been merely the annual
visit to New York of cigar manufac-
turers to inspect the new Wisconsin Of
ferings, coincidently with the last Of
ferings of the 1913 Sumatra. These
two events, of coures, intensity the
activity that has prevailed, and as a
matter of fact Sumatra and Wisconsin
have formed the bulk of the trans
actions that have taken place, but to
ascribe the rush to buy merely to these
two facts would be erroneous, says
the u. S. Tobacco Journal. The rea-
son of the activity is given as the opin-
ion prevailing among the big manufac-
turers Of tobacco products that great
boom in the cigar industry is in sight,
a boom of greater proportions than
ever experienced, and that for this rea-
son the manufacturers are eager to Sc
cure an ample supply of stock for their
business. Another reason for this ac-
tivity advanced is the foreign demand.
1t is claimed that big orders for export
are already coming in, in spite of the
fact that the exchange situation is bad.
The countries mostly in need of our
goods must buy in money very much
deprecated in value, and for this rea-
son the demand will be very much
greater as soon as the exchange rate
returns to more normal figures.
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1t has been repeatedly stated that
the 1918 Wisconsin is practically all
spoken for. 1t is a fact, however,
these statements to the contrary not
withstanding, that there is considerable
1918 Wisconsin yet unsold, both in
warehouses and held by farmers indi-7
vidually, and much of this stock merits
the same favorable reception which has
been accorded to the bulk of the pack
ing aseeady in-store rooms Of manufac-
turers.
1t will doubtless be a matter of news
of no little Importance to the trade that
the new express packing rules, which
go into effect on December 10th, will
radically change many of the previous
regulations for preparing shipments
for movement by express. The new
requirements have just been approved
by the United States Railroad Admin
istration, for which the American Ex
press Company acts as agent, in handl-
ing the express business of the coun-
try. Among the chief features of the
new requirements is the rule which will
make it necessary for shippers to use
containers of wood or of fibreboard,
pulpboard or corrugated strawboard of
specified strength, for all shipments
over rs pounds. This means that here
after paper-wrapping will only be per-
mitted for packages up to the 25-pound
limit. Western Tobacco Journal.
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Three large cigar corporations are
now producing annually nearly, if not
quite twenty per cent of the entire
cigar production of the United States.
The average price of Connecticut to-
bacco for the past ten years was 24.4
and for the last year a. cents.
The United States Department of
Agriculture in its report of October 9,
said that the tobacco crop in Lancaster
and York counties suffered from unfav-
orable weather, insect damage and
rust, while the northern part of the
state has the best crop of the past sew
eral years. Condition on October l
was 80 per cent of normal, indicating
a yield of 1864 pounds per acre and a
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