The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-11
Ohio
DAYTON. O.. Nav 28. 192O.s

DAYTON, o., May rs, lJzO.
Very little of the 1919 crop is left to
purchase, as almost the entire crop is
out of the farmers hands, especially is
this so of Spanish and Dutch.
This community is indeed becoming
one of the big cigar manufacturing
cities in the country. 1t is understood
that another Eastern manufacturer is
casting longing eyes at Dayton as a
suitable town to open branch. We
might add that while Dayton cigar
labor is good, the Dayton manufactur-
ers are paying top-notch prices.
The Nationol Cigar Leaf Tobacco as
sociation closed two days. convention
held at Dayton, Ohio, May Is. This
was the 22nd annual meeting of the
convention, and by many of the dele
gates voted the most successful, har-
monious and fruitful of results of ALL
The keynote of the sessions was how to
deal with the problems of the entire
tobacco industry so as to solve them for
the best interest of the industry as a
whole. This keynote was struck by
the president of the association, Mr.. L.
H Weaver, in his annual report, and
it found hearty response not only in
the minds of the individual members of
the meeting but in the activities of it,
and in the resolutions formulated to
express the purpose and work of the
association to be carried on in the flu
ture. Among the measures discussed
and acted upon by the convention were:
A resolution of protest against increase
in the present taxes for internal rev.
enue paid upon tobacco products, and a
depreciation of the plan for soldier
bonus worked out and presented before
congress-; resolution against the adop-
tiOn by congress of new tariff rates on
leaf tobacco; a resolution favoring the
assessing of duties on imported leaf
tobacco upon it's weight when landed
at the dock, instead of upon the weight
when withdrawn for consumption; a
resolution favoring a committee, ap-
pointed by the association president, to
cooperate with other tobacco organiza-
tions in combating the anti-tobacco
crusade; a resolution favoring free
zones of certain ports of the u. S.; a
resolution favoring the plan of classi-
fication and Standardization of tobacco
leaf now in the process of making by
the Bureau of Markets of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and expressing
the desire of the hearty cooperation in
this matter of the association through
a special committee; a resolution ask
ing for the repeal of the Cantrill law,
and recommendation that the govern
ment quarterly reports of the stocks of
leaf tobacco on hand should be received
from the Census Bureau and given to
the Internal Revenue Bureau, in order
to obtain economy in work, and accur-
acy in statistics; resolution urging
upon congress to adopt the Stevens
Price Maintenance bill now before
congress, legalizing contracts between
manufacturers and dealers, or some
measure recognizing the principles con-
tanned in this BILL Several other reso-
lutions were adopted, among which was
one expressing the thanks of the con-
vention for the services rendered the
industry by the tobacco press
Over 200 delegates were present The
next convention will be entertained by
Hartford, Conn. The officers of the
association were reelected.