The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-07-22
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i We are past the middle of July. The
summer heat has been with US for six
weeks; and it has been intensely warm
with minimum of moisture. The to-
bacco planting was started unusually
early, and large portion finished by
the middle of June. From the goth of
June to the 4th of July the planting
continued under less favorable condi-
tions. Quite lot of the tobacco fields
planted during this period have an un-
even stand, partly due to the amount
of plants which had to be reset. The
resetting process has been coming on
during the last two weeks, and in not a
few fields, both in the northern and in
the southern section, resetting was
done during the second week in July
/ Q5th). In some instances the late to-
bacco paintings were so hard hit by the
broiling sun that, rather than to reset,
other crops have been planted like
buckwheat and millet. This applies,
| however, to small fields which were
prepared too late to take plants at the
normal transplanting period. The stand
in the state as whole is not at the
present time meeting the high hopes
of a bumper crop predicted July first.
The Reporter said then that "there is
| many slip between July and August
Is, and some of these slips are already
putting their crimps into the prospects
which buoyed the hopes at that time.
Just now there is no one who is willing
to stake his reputation as prophet on
the outcome of the 1921 growing sea-
son. Old men at the game who have
gone over the field in the different
areas of Wisconsin are not at this time
playing with the loud stops pulled, but
using the soft pedal and droning their
tune in a minor key. If Wisconsin
ers, what would happen? Some ask
the question with grin of assurance;
others ask it with sigh. 1t all de-
pends on which side of the binder a
person stands. If you have nice lot
Of binders stored away, the smile comes;
if not, the sigh There are many fields
| of early tobacco which look splendid.
With rain coming from now on in suf-.
ficient amounts, they are going to yield
choice leaf. The later fields may; the
color is good, but the stand uneven.
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The new Marketing law passed by
the last legislature and going into ef-
feet at once, invests great powers in
the marketing department. Edward
Nordman, director of the department,
has made statement to the Wisconsin
| Farmer, and the following is part of it.:
The object of the work OF the depart
ment, declares Mr.. Nordman, is to aid
in the establishment of conditions which
will stimulate good and steady markets
for the producers as well as the con-
sumers. With this object in view the
department intends to make a clear
distinction between two kinds of enter
prises: Those whose function is to rem
der service by stimulating production
and fostering the development Of trade
and industry, and those which not Only
do not produce anything nor render any
services whatsoever, but are actually
hindering the economic progress of So
ciety. This is of great Importance
since little Improvement in the condi-
tion of the producing classes is possible
unless the business undertakings which
render service are encouraged and those
which hinder progress are eliminated.
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as much as in its power lies, in pro-
noting conditions which will tend to
eliminate the obstacles which hinder
legitimate business enterprises from
realizing reasonable profits and to elm
mate the possibilities of incomes not
based on services rendered. The de-
partment believes that when incomes
are distributed on the basis of services
Lrendered, the earnings of the average
producer will be brought up to their
just level, thus increasing the purchas-
ing power of the general public, which
is an important remedy for unstable
markets. The department intends to
devote large part of its activities to
the development of farmers co-opera-
tive organizations 1t believes that CO.
operation is powerful factor in elm
mating waste in distribution and in
improving the conditions in agricul-
tural industry.
Treadway of Massachusetts and Til
son of Connecticut are given credit for
putting one over on congress and ey-
erybody else when they succeeded in
increasing the duty on unstemmed
wrapper tobacco from $500 to ST.
and stemmed wrappers from $2.65 to
rs per pound. These smart repre-
sentatives from wrapper territory
pussyfooted the thing through after
the bill was reported out at the lower
figure. On the basis of all tariff the
government expects to realize about
$70O, 000,0 The trade won a point,
however, in the decision of the COM
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