The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES.

Dacco reaGy Tor the manufactures con-
tinues to dampen the ardor of the men
who would like to take whack at the
1921 crop. The unsold 1919 and 1920
stored in tobacco warehouses all over
the state was bought at figures which
does not make it pleasant to face an
unwilling market. The independent
packer is not looking for profits on his
holdings, and his capital is pretty well
tied up in the goods which fill his ware
houses. That he under these circum-
stances is reluctant about going into
the 1921 field is not strange. Money is
tight everywhere, and the prospects of
an ease-up in the money market, or in
the industrial activities of the country
before the winter sets in are not
brighter than six months ago, in spite
of the pious wish that we have foster
ed for q revival of good times. The
conditions in southern Wisconsin in this
respect have been better than in most
sections of the country during the past
year. There is no use of crapehang-
ing; it is not pleasant function any
way, and it is an unpopular one; but
the rank and file will do wisely to take
every opportunity to earn, and every
measure to conserve the earnings dur
ing the fall months.
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The reports of hail damage to Wis
consin tobacco areas talked on the
street after the storm week ago have
gradually simmered down to The Re-
porter statement in last weeks market
that mo serious damage was DONE.
Up to the end Of last week the stand
of Wisconsin tobacco may have been
equalled in years past, but few crops
have excelled it in leafness.
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Chicago has Chicago Leaf Tobacco
Merchants association and it's presi-
dent is A. w. Kaercher He is evi-
IDENTIFY live booster, and is strong in
the belief that some day Chicago is 60
ing to be the SLeaf Center on this
continent. Here is quotation which
we print from the Chicago correspon-
dent to <sTobacco":
''Leaf tobacco" he finally said, sis
fast making Chicago its headquarters.
We have railroad service here that can
not be equalled. And the proposed deep
waterway route to the sea will give US
ocean-going liners that will bring i'm
ported leaf right to our warehouse
doors. We have some of the greatest
storage room facilities on earth. In
not many years you will see great
many more leaf houses here than there
are now Not all of these will be new
firms. but many will be firms which
will move here to take advantage Of
the service the city has to offer the, in
dustry. A train leaves Chicago every
minute, and Trey go to all parts of the
country. It doesn't make any differ
ence where cigar manufacturer has
his plant, he cannot get better shipping
service than we have to offer. The
man in this business" he concluded,
'who has any thought of its future,
can look ahead and see Chicago sending
out more and more leaf every year,
until it has become the nucleus of the
leaf trade.
The Hartford, Conn.,, correspondent
to Tobacco in discussing the round tip
type of leaf, says: Round tip tobacco
is proving to be a fine crop and has
shown at least three valuable features
of superiority. It will resist wind and
rain storms better than any other to-
baccO; it grows better on unfavOrable
per cent more leaves than Havana.
Growers who have fields of this type of
tobacco this season say that they are
going to plant it exclusively next year,
and it is predicted that if the trade
shows interest in it when it is ready
for the market, that there will be a
There are about 200 acres in Connecti-
available are from 16 TO 18, and still
there are six more yet to be taken off.
while of Havana there are only about
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that when the trade gets educated
up to it that the demand will warrant
its planting on large scale.
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Take look at this: The poster shows
tobacco the poor mans luxury"-is
paying from 120 per cent to $50 per
cent more than the rich mans yacht;
that cigarettes are taxed up to 663 per
cent, while chewing gum is taxed only
per cent, perfumery per cent, dia-
mond necklaces 8 per cent and soda
water 10 per cent. 1t seems almost in
credible to 'sthe man in the street.
that pipe tobacco, which shares with
cigarettes and moderate priced cigars,
the reputation of being the poor mans
smoke, is taxed % per cent, while
candy, jewelry and pianos are taxed
only 5 per cent; and that internal and
import taxes on cigars runs from "a
per cent of the manufacturer price
for pre-war nickel cigars (now cents
to 70 per cent on the three for-a-dollar
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