The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-06-23

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| the R0tall Clgaf Leaf lODdccO aSSOcIa-
ton, held at Atlantic City during the
first part Of June, may seem belated,
yet the matters we desire TO give prom
inence are of nature to be of interest
| To many Of our readers any time The
attitude of the cigar leaf merchants to
th- growers co operative sales move
menT, and their views upon the federal
| Standardization of tobacco leaf grades
program now in the process of devel-
opment, only to mention these two, are
| matters Of permanent interest to the
| leaf growers and packers of Wisconsin
| in a report of the convention has the
following on the Standardization of to-
bacco grades:
W L Crounse introduced Prank B.
Wilkinson, of the u. S. Bureau of Mar
kets Of the Department of Agriculture.
who in an interesting and illuminating
talk, supplemented by carefully pre-
pared charts, told of what the govern
ment was doing in regard to the stand
ardization and grading of tobacco. Mr..
Wilkinson has had considerable to do
with the standardizing and grading of
export types of tobacco, such as are
used in smoking and chewing tobacco
bureau was seeking to find way also
| in which to standardiZe and grade cigar
| leaf tobacco. Finding that this type of
| leaf tobacco presented difficulties which
| had not been encountered in grading
Burley and other southern tobaccos,
Mr.. Wilkinson sought the counsel and
cooperation of the National Cigar Leaf
association. The members present in
L Oh -,
Mr.. Wllkinson's remarks and by ques-
| tion and answer sought not only to in
| form themselves as to the Market Bu-
reau's plan, but to enhance Mr.. Will
kinson's store of information regard
| ing the character of cigar leaf tobacco
and its adaptability to standardization
and grading The following committee
was then appointed by President Ber-
ger to confer in special session with
Mr.. Wilkinson and report at the Tues
| day morning meeting of the assoca-
ton: w. j. Lukoswitz, Fred Griffin,
IL. Nj. Rosenthal, Mr.. Hay, VIM. S.
| Brill and N. Goldring. The object of
this committee was to formulate some
policy to be embodied in set of reso-
lutions which would guide the associa-
tion in it's relations with Mr.. Wilkin-
sons bureau and its efforts to stand
ardize and grade cigar leaf tobacco.
Resolutions adopted:
Whereas, the Department of Agri-
culture, through the Bureau of Mar
kets, is making gratifying progress in
the work of perfecting system of
standardizing cigar leaf tobacco; and
Whereas, Mr. F. B. Wilkinson, the
expert in charge of this work, has
sought advice and suggestions from the
members of this Association and has
presented at this convention an illun1in
ating outline of the plans OF the Bu-
rean; therefore be it
Resolved, that the National Cigar
Leaf Tobacco Association, in annual
convention assembled, reilerate its en-
dorsement of the project and again
tenders its cooperation TO the Bureau
and the Department; and be it further
Resolved, that the legislatures of the
various cigar leaf growing states are
hereby urged to make liberal appropri-
ations to provide cooperation with the
| federal authorities in carrying on this
| work and be it further
! Resolved, that the thanks of this As
1 sociation are hereby rendered to Mr..
| F. B. Wilkinson for his interesting and
timely address on the subject of the
| Standardization of leaf tobacco; and be
! it further
| Resolved, that the president of the
National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa-
| tion is hereby authorized to reappoint
| the special committee of the Associa-
ton with full authority to confer with
| officials of the government from time
| to time and to agree upon an official
classification of all the important types
/ of American cigar leaf tobacco
| In the matter of the cooperative
marketing pool movement the conven-
| tion took stand which is reflected in
the following resolution:
/ Whereas, an association of Connecti-
cut Valley tobacco growers is being
formed with the object of standardiz-
ing their product with viewyto mar
keting it comparatively; therefore be it
| Resolved, that assuming this action
| is for the best interest Of the cigar in
dustry in all its branches, and assuming
| this movement shall result in distri-
button based on sounder economics than
the present method of purchase and
| sale and with an equal or better return
to The farmer, the National Cigar Leaf
Tobacco Association does give its
hearty approval to the project.
~**
The Tobacco Leaf makes the follow
| ing sditorial comment on the above con-
vention:
The annual convention of the National
| Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association at At
lantic City was quite notable event.
In our opinion, however, by far the most
outstanding feature was the conven-
tons action in the matter of the Con-
necticut project for cooperative pack
| ing. Regarding this movement, some
have even gone so far as to declare that
the perfection of che system would mean
a serious setback to, if not the termin-
alton of, the independent packing busi-
ness In this We do not agree. Never
| thel ss, the mere possibility Of such an
outcome might have been expected to
arouse stubborn opposition to the plan
in leaf packing circles. tjis noteworthy
and also gratifying that the National
| Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association is big
enough and broad enough to rise to the