The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-07-01
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The freight rates now prevailing on
the railroads are burden also to the
tobacco industry. Fertilizers, lumber
tobacco in the bundle, cased, and in
every other form of transport is weigh
ed down with cost for movement that
is serious menace to the industry.
When the railway labor board reduced
the wages of railway employees IL per
cent, it was done in response to the
railway managers claim that the high
wages stood in the way of reduction
of freight rates. After they were
eased of the wage burden to the extent
of $500, 1000, 900, they turn around and
say to the shippers "that no general
reduction in rates on any kind of
freight can be made" Why does not
the interstate commerce commission
order reduction in the freight rates?
Has it not the power to do so?
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The activities of the Farm Bureau in
assisting the farmers to attain higher
efficiency in production, greater econ
omy in distribution, and more intelli-
gent and prudent method of marketing
are everywhere meeting with success.
AS non-political organization it has
no AK to grind, and as a cementing
force between the agencies of produc-
tion, distribution and consumption, it
touches the interests and welfare of
the whole nation.
The Tobacco Association of the Unit
ed States, the membership of which
embraces the leading dealers in Ken
tucky, Virginia and Carolina tobaccos,
will hold its next annual convention in
Washington on June 80, July and 2.
Meetings will be held at the Powhatan
hotel, and very interesting program
has been laid out for the three-day con-
vention.
The harvest of the 1921 crop is we'll
advanced in the Florida Georgia dis
trict and all reports indicate that it will
be one of the finest grown in several
yesss.vR Rhe-crop is unusually sound and
free from damage. Generally speak
ing, the growers anticipate an average
of prices about 40 per cent below those
of last year.
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, is
planting tobacco crop this year fully
up to the size of last years planting.
The farmers are making an effort to
grow the best crop the county ever
produced
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President Berger Of the National
Leaf Mems association, who visited in
Edgerton last week, read his message
in its entirety before the Hartford con-
vention. Says the Tobacco Journal:
President Berger was the first presi-
dent to read his message entire. For
mer incumbents of the chair have US
ually called for help along about page
%. But President Berger was going
strong. He has good speaking voice
and his message was heard clearly by
everyone in the room.
June % the Vernon County Censor
says: AS the Censor goes to press, we
estimate that fully eighty per cent of
Vernon's prospective 1921 tobacco crop
has been transferred from the bed to
the field, and the transplanting has
been accomplished under the most fav-
orable conditions that have ever sur
rounded the launching of a tobacco crop
the soil and unusually abundant rain
fall, coupled with following period of
hot summer weather, have paved the
way for fine stand and grand crop.
And this is equally true of other crops,
corn in particular taking on wonder
full color and growth. The torrid
weather possibly comes little early
for the best results in small grain.
Glover was unkindly dealt with by the
frosts. Rain is now much needed be-
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be reset.
That the idea of cooperative mar
keting has spread to Canada and is in
successful operation is clearly brought
out in a letter which the United States
Tobacco Journal has just received:
''Co-operative organizations when
founded on the right principles are very
beneficial and will become factor in
the commercial world which will stand
ardize distribution and quality of pro-
duction.
Zone of the foremost motives of our
organization is to educate the producer
to produce the quality Of goods most
suitable for the manufacturer and to
regulate his production to meet the
actual demand.
1--WE find that cooperation when
based on a merchandising principle is
usually successful. The big mistake
that is often made by cooperative con-