The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-16
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tism are most excellent qualities, prov
ing the salvation of the industry during
the early part of the year, there is such
thing as OVERRIDING them. The Sltua-
tion is far different from what it was
nine months or year ago. The old
stocks have been pretty we'll cleaned
up. and the manufacturers, learning a
very bitter lesson, are making cigars
like they made them ten years ago.
There has been substantial downward
revision in prices, and the present
scale, it can be safely asserted, will
last for some time to come. Not only
will the man who buys now get his
goods at reasonable prices, but the
goods themselves will have the right
quality. Five-cent, eight-cent, ten
cent, two a-quarter and fifteen-cent
cigars may be had that are good value.
Last year at this time between eight
cents and fifteen cents there was
gaping void. The largest selling brand
in the country is now selling at three
for quarter The production of one
single brand at this price is running at
the rate of more than 200 million per
make enough.
Another matter that is arousing keen
interest among the tobacco people of
this section is the progress being made
in the development and production of
Round Tip tobacco, says the Leaf. This
is a strain of tobacco that is cross
between Sumatra and Broadleaf. 1t
has been in the experimental stage for
a number of years, and many of the to-
Dacco growers are convinced that the
new strain has reached point where
it is a commercial certainty. The idea
is to produce sungrown, prlmed wrap
per, that will meet the requirements of
those cigar manufacturers who make
five cent, and eight cent cigars. One
firm grew sixty acres OF Round Tip
this year, and many others grew ten to
fifteen acres, there being about 200
acres of this type grown this year.
These wrappers will unquestionably
find d quick sale, and keen interest will
follow their use by the cigar factories.
Unless during the next year adverse
results are experienced by the manu-
facturers who buy Round Tip wrappers,
the area planted to this strain next
year will be largely increased. Veter-
ans of the trade believe that the Round
Tip will prove the salvation of the
small farmer. as it can be raised just
as Havana or Broadleaf is, with the
exception of the fact that it is primed;
and the inability of the Connecticut in
dustry to raise wrappers for the cheap
er grades of cigars has long been looked
upon as disadvantage to the industry.
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From 1901 to 1920 the cigar produc-
ton has not varied as much as one
would think. In the first year the pro-
duction was nearly seven billion cigars.
In the succeeding years it has not
fallen below this figure. In 1906 and
1907 it passed the eight billion mark,
but dropped back somewhat during the
next three years. From 1911 to 1914 1t
rose above the eight billion level, and
since that time it has reached beyond
the high mark only in 1917 and 1920.
The high cost of material, labor, trans
portation and handling before reaching
the customer may have materially cut
down the size of the profit of the last
year in spite os the high point reached
in production.
The rain, wind, and in some sections
hail, which hit Vernon county week
ago last Sunday caused great deal OF
damage according to reports which are
now available. The Vernon County
Censor says: Sunday was wild day in
Vernon county. Storm after storm
passed over, accompanied by severe
wind, torrents of rain, and hail in some
localities. Tobacco suffered severely
from hail, wind and rain. Corn was
laid fiat everywhere, and most of it
will have to be cut by hand. In some
| fields binder can get it by cutting one
way. Very little serious wind damage
| is reported, few scattered sheds be-
ing reported down. The main damage
| was done by the downpour of rain and
| the resultant high water in the valleys.
| The roads and fields are considerably
| washed and many small bridges out.
The Minnesota Potato Exchange, a
cooperative organization among potato
I growers, at it's last annual meeting
adopted the following resolution:
| Be 1t Resolved, That we recommend
to officers and managements of both
state and local exchanges that they
| confine their energies to the business
| of raising and marketing potatoes to
| the best advantage and that they defer
the handling or buying and selling of
! other merchandise, including farm ma
| chinery, and confine their buying and
selling, outside of potatoes, to insecti-
cides and treating supplies.
The net cost of collecting the inter-
nal revenue taxes of the country has
increased tremendously, the report
shows, being 72 cents for each S1O0 col
lected, as compared with 55 cents for
each $100 in 1920, the increase, it is
said, being mainly due to reduced col
lections and increased expense in sup
ervising the regulatory laws. The ex-