The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-04
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

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19 an 20 in Washington, D. c. During
the two busy days the convention put
in lot of earnest work discussing and
formulating plans to solve number of
serious problems involved in the pres
ent and future affairs of the tobacco
industry. ''The net result of the con-
vention," says the Tobacco Journal,
was to outline very elaborate and
comprehensive program OF action which
the officials of the association were in
structed to put into operation during
the coming year. The scope of activ-
activity and the policies agreed upon
by the convention constitute hand
book of the tobacco industry's affairs.
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The convention gave prominent at
tention to the plan now before con-
gress to saddle an additional tax on to-
bacco and tobacco products to help take
care of the proposed soldiers bonus. A
resolution was adopted protesting
against stthe enactment of laws that
will impose additional taxes upon the
business of the country, including the
tobacco business in any of its forms,
deerning such a measure unjust under
the claim that tobacco is already bear
ing too heavy tax burden. Leaders
of the convention announced that they
had information to the effect that the
present federal administration is op-
posed to the soldiers bonus plan, which
may mean that the bonus bill will not
come before congress during the ses-
sion now drawing toward its close.
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The anti-tobacco propaganda receiv-
ed it's full share of attention. An elab-
crate resolution was adopted, contain
ing the following paragraph: 'The en-
tire matter of anti-tobacco propaganda
be and hereby is referred to the execu-
tive committee of the I. M. A. of the
u. S., with full authority to take such
action in the premises as it may deem
necessary" The president of the as
sociation was authorized and directed
to co-aperate with the executive COM
mittee in handling the anti-tobacco ac-
tivities. ~
Resolutions were also passed in the
matter of the reuse of cigar contain
ers, and of increase in freight rates.
The convention, strangely enough, was
opposed in the first and favorable in
the latter resolution.
The leaf tobacco committees report
favoring free zones, the Canadian
method in determining dutiable weight
of imported tobaccos, and cooperation
with the Bureau of Markets in its ef-
forts to standardize types and grades
Of tobacco in this country.
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George J. Whelan, who is the big
man in the United Cigar Stores Co., is
just back from Europe where he went
several months ago. Just what he ac
complished during his stay abroad is
not matter that Mr.. Whelan is To-
quacious about. Some believe that in
good season the results will appear in a
chain of cigar stores circling the Euro
pean countries. He is optimistic in his
views of future trade opportunities in
Europe, but suggests that our safest
course just now is to adjust matters at
home. Another half year of effort
to catch up with the domestic demand
would do no harm.
In report submitted by the COM
missioner of internal revenue giving
the amount of leaf tobacco held by
manufacturers and dealers tobacco
still in the hands of growers not in
cluded), April 1, 1920, the following
may be of general interest: Aggregate
of leaf, 1880, ,624,644 pounds. This is
about 81 million pounds less than held
April l, 1919. Of Wisconsin leaf held
on the same date 71,221, ,213 pounds is
reported against 72,145, 234 pounds a
year ago. Of the total, 1,437, 166, 452
pounds is unstemmed and 153, ,458, 1872
pounds is stemmed leaf tobacco.
The warehousemen and leaf dealers
in the bright tobacco growing regions
of Virginia and North Carolina are
uniting in propaganda to growers of
the weed, urging them not to attempt
larger crops than last year. They warn
the farmer that he cannot expect the
high prices for this years crop that his