The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-11-03
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1t can be stated upon authority of the
officials of the Northern Wisconsin To-
bacco Pool that the policy of the Pool
in disposing of this years tobacco is to
make the chance of buyers and packers
as equitable as possible. I'VE shall
deal in a way that is as fair to any pur-
chaser as to the most favored" are the
words of Manager Hoen and President
Davidson. Any big firm wishing to
take the entire acreage controlled by
the Pool would be permitted to do so
only after all other buyers had been
given an opportunity to satisfy their
legitimate needs out of the years hold
ings and failed to enlist their interest.
If the man who wants only limited
quantity does not avail himself of the
opportunity to buy when the offer is
made, his chance would, of course, pass
on to the next buyer. The Pool desires
to sell this years crop while it is in the
bundle, and sell it on its merit as the
market price becomes established.
The officials have further stated Of
ficially co The Reporter tha. it is the
hope of the managers to come through
the first year without being obliged to
ask for any large loans. The executive
manager together with the legal ad-
visers have worked out plan which is
acceptable to the banks in case pre-
liminary loan should be made neces-
sary. The Reporter is further author
lied to state that the officials of the
Pool desire to cooperate in the fullest
sense with the independent packing in
terests of the state, and will deal with
each tobacco merchant on the basis of
the mutual benefit coming to the seller
and buyer through the negotiations
leading to satisfactory deal.
The Reporter is pleased to be able to
offer these facts on first hand informa-
ton. The packers on their side have
endeavored to meet growers who are
not in the Pool and secure from them
tobacco of the type they wanted at the
price present conditions would warrant.
The inference that the buying of nom
Pool tobacco and paying decent prices
has been done as a demonstration
against the Pool is not warranted by
the facts. The tobacco merchants OF
Wisconsin are not fools who cut their
own noses to spite their own faces.
They have bought the tobacco which
was available because in their judg-
ment this was the Wisest policy under
the circumstances, and paid the prices
which in their mind the market could
stand. This campaign of buying nom
Pool tobacco was inaugurated and has
been in progress under the impression
that the Pool tobacco would not be sold
in the bundle, and it was not until the
packers meeting in Edgerton two
weeks ago that it became known,
through the announcement of Mr.. Hol-
tan, that the pool had adopted the plan
of offering all Of its tobacco in the bun
die. Evil motives should not be charg-
! ed up against the buyers in their activ-
| ity any more than evil motives should
be charged up against the Pool for its
| method of handling its business. Re-
ordinations lead nowhere. The situa-
ton is clearing and everybody should
make the most of it.
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The assessors returns in Dane county
| filed with the county clerk are not en-
tirely complete for 1922. The tobacco
! acreage filed to date is 14,079a acres.
The missing townships would not bring
the total to $4,000 acres. It is distrib-
| uted IN the towns and villages as fol-
lows: Albion 1851, Blooming Grove
497a, Bristol SIS, Burke 800, Christiana
15181, Cottage Grove 1884, Dane 443,
Deerfeld 572a, Dunkirk 1919, Dunn TAO,
Fitchburg 118, Madison IL, Medina 81,
| Middleton 9, Oregon 2035, Pleasant
Springs 1865, Rutland 8464, Springdale
81, Vienna 821, Westport, 447, York 4,
Brooklyn Village 2, Cambridge 81,
Dane Village, II, De Forest Village 80,
Mcfarland Village SO, Rockdale 101,
Stoughton %, Sun Prairie Village 13,
Waunakee q. The 1921 acreage for
the county was l6,0093. Town of Sun
Prairie, which is missing from this re-
port, had 564 acres last year. Adding
this the 1922 reported acreage for this
year in Dane county will not fall much
short of the 1921 production.
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The story is different in Rock county
where the assessors have found less
than 5000 acres. The acreage seems
incredibly small, but the county clerks
books give the following story: Spring
Valley 17a, Janesville SO2a, Bradford
20, Center 29O5, Clinton 55s, Plymouth
229 Magnolia 80 Rock 267 Union 25(