The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-06-06
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Heavy showers, following in the wake
of high temperatures, have brought
about conditions suitable for rapid
development of the tobacco plant beds,
putting them in fair way to make up
for late spring. Such weather al
ways produces phenomenal advance
ment of the young plants and only
week or ten days are needed to bring
them To the proper size for transplant
ing. Where the beds have received
the proper attention after sowing of
seed there would appear but small dan
ger now of lack of an abundance of
plants ready for the fields at the usual
date for planting in this state. The
preparing of the fields for the new crop
is now under way throughout the grow
ing districts, though the transplanting
seldom reaches much proportions be-
fore June 10th. A few days of suit
able weather conditions coming at the
right time often puts a different phase
on the prospects and the present sea-
son has been no exception to the rule.
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The cigar manufacturers and i'm
porters of Sumatra. without single
dissenting voice, are anxious for re-
turn to the old method of buying Suma-
ira tobacco by the old inscription meth
cd in Holland. The New York Leaf
Tobacco Board of Trade, the National
Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association and in
dividual manufacturers and importers
have signifed their belief that the old
method is advantageous to the Ameri-
can industry. Charles j. Eisenlohr, of
Otto Eisenlohr & Bros, recently wrote
letter to the president of the Am
sterdam Association of Tobacco Ex-
porters, asking him to use his influence
to that end.
Considerable attention is being di-
rected in Australia to the possibilities
of extending the cultivation of tobacco
with a view to starting an export
trade. At present the production of
tobacco in the Commonwealth is far
from sufficient for local requirements,
and in 1867, the latest year for
which returns are available, Australia
imported supplies to the value of well
over million sterling. In that year
New South Wales, the chief tobacco
growing state, produced about 478
tons, while Queensland, the only other
state in which tobacco is grown on any
considerable scale, produced nearly 1O4
tons. The Commonwealth Board of
Trade is taking an active interest in
the proposals for the extension of to-
bacco cultivation, and as result of it's
Investigations it is now considering the
appointment of an expert in growing
and curing, and an agricultural chemist,
as we'll as the selection of suitable as
sistants to undergo course Of train
ing in the United States of America.
In order to stimulate enterprise it is
proposed to provide an export bounty
and the scheme includes the establish
ment of experimental areas. AS evil
dence of the scope for increased pro-
duction the Commonwealth has guar
anteed to purchase 900 tons Of Austral-
ian-grown tobecco annually.
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In his address before the National
Cigar Leaf Tobacco association, Presi-
dent Cullmans charges that Holland is
manipulating the export market to
best serve its own subjects. To quote
him: ga world war necessarily in
wolves serious interruption to commerce
and | feel sure that no line of trade
has suffered inconvenience and even
loss with greater patience than has
been manifested by the mem bers of
this association. But even our philos-
ophy and forbearance have been Sc
verely strained by the situation that
has developed respecting the rights of
American citizens to ship cigar leaf to-
bacco to Holland. In further confirm
alton of the fact that the Dutch gov
ernment is discriminating against
American cigar leaf dealers and ex-
porters, / am today informed by an
official of the War Trade Board that
the Dutch government has made cash
advances on large quantity of cigar
leaf tobacco in the Dutch East Indies
and by reason thereof either holds title
to, or a mortgage on, some 10000 tons
which, it is intimated, will be brought
to Holland before any permits will be
issued for the importation of cigar leaf
tobacco from the United States. Sew
eral of our leading houses have sent
representatives to Holland and through
them have sold very substantial guam
titiis of leaf tobacco now lying in
American ports ready for shipment
Large amounts of capital are tied up in
this merchandise In many cases these
goods have been paid for and the sell
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