The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-06-24
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sociation annual meeting at Hartford,
Conn.,, June 6 and Z, and what it did
and resolved to do is naturally of inter
est to the tobacco industry in all its
phases, but especially so to the leaf end
of it. While some of the resolutions
passed by the convention are of less
immediate interest to Wisconsin tobac-
co men, other resolutions are of ma
ture to be given attention by growers
and packers of Wisconsin tobacco, and
should be studied by them. The Re-
porter has not the space to reprint the
resolutions in their complete form with
all the whereases and formal trappings,
but gives in the following couple of
the more important resolutions proper.
Resolutions to have the Cantrill law
repealed; to pass law for the main
tainance of resale prices (making price
cutting Illegal; to appropriate $500 to
assist in the campaign against anti-to-~
bacco propaganda; to assist the federal
government and state governments in
the establishment of standardized grad
ing of leaf tobacco; to protest against
increase in cigar taxes; to recommend
sales tax or turnover tax instead of
the excess profits tax; to recommend
that the import duty on wrapper tobac-
co be fixed at no more than $500 per
pound; and resolutions to establish free
zones, and to support improved types
of cigar leaf, were adopted.
The two last resolutions are of such
general interest that we give them be-
low:
Resolved, That the National Cigar
Leaf Tobacco Association in convention
assembled, do declare itself that realiz-
ing the condition which now exists, is
heartily in favor of making every ef-
fort possible to assist the tobacco grow
er toward improving the present types
of cigar leaf tobacco now grown in this
country, and hereby instructs the of
ficers of each local organization to con-
fer with the tobacco growers in their
section in order that their state repre-
sentatives shall become acquainted with
these facts and use their best efforts
TT have an increase in state appropria-
tions made, TO be used by their agricul-
tural experiment stations, for the spe-
cifc purpose of the cigar leaf tobacco
industry
Resolved, That the National Cigar
Leaf Tobacco Association, in annual
convention assembled, reafirmsi its en-
dorsement of this legislation, and again
urges Congress to give favorable con-
sideration TO the free zone plan in con-
nection with such amendments as may
be made to the customs administrative
laws dnring the revision of the Under
wood Simmons Tariff Act now in prog
resS.
The first resolution is urged on the
basis of the present deterioration of to-
bacco leaf types grown. The agricul-
tural experiment stations where cigar
leaf is grown do not receive sufficient
funds to carry on as extensive expert
ments in tobacco culture as is desir-
able, and the legislatures are urged to
appropriate more money for this our
pose.
The second resolution has reference
to the establishment by the govern
ment of ports or zones where imported
tobacco that again will be reshipped to
foreign markets can be rehandled for
shipment without the payment of duty
on the same. This would enable do
mestic cigar manufacturers to estab-
lish better export trade by combining
domestic leaf with duty free foreign
leaf. 1t would open foreign markets
for American cigars without in the
least reducing the duty protection on
the domestic leaf. The example of
Hamberg in Germany is quoted in sup
port of such measure.
A dispatch from Ontario, Canada,
reads: with many barns still filled
with last years Burley leaf, Essex
county farmers in the bennington dis
trict have little hope of tobacco being
a profitable crop this year. Indicating
that few of the farmers. who formerly
made good profits from growing tobac-
co, will not this year grow Burley, only
IL licenses to grow tobacco have been
issued to bennington men against more
than 100 year ago. Much of the land
that for several years past has been
used for tobacco growing is now crop
ped with wheat, tomatoes and pota-
toes
The government report on the condi-