THE WILSON ADVANCE: FEBUARY 18, 1897.
TOBACCO.
iil.V' NINGS l'KOJI THE, TOBACCO
' J! L'RNALS ' FOU THE IS EN h FIT
OF HIE TOIIACCO FAB.UIiKs.'
A member of congress ftom Chi
cago Wants to place a tax of $5 per
thousand on cigarettes.
Measures similar to the Georgia
anti-trust law are before various State
legislatures, incl ling Indiana, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Minnesota
and Pennsylvania.
Pittersburg retail Cigar-dealers are
complaining that they are compelled
to meet undue competition from sa
loon keepers, who are giving away
a Stogie with each drink.
At Chiago 111 February 12th, the
Grand Jury" returned indictrnent
against George M. Coldy for the sig
nature of lv Miall, Commissioner ot
Inland Revenue, Canada, and for
uttering counteileit trade marks and
labels ofytSmadian firm. .
Wholesale ; tobacco merchants in
Georgia say the anti-trust law recent
ly passed and signed will "cut no fig
i:re" as they have been advised by
counsel to continue1, their buisness
as formerly and to make any con
tracts which will benerltH'hem.
. A voung lady residing tn Lynch
l.i.r, Ya., recently sent the -Shah . of
' Persia, through Minister McDonald,
a gold -embroidered tobacco pouch
filled. with the, finest tobacco.. The
Shah seemed, much pleased with
same arid-deigned to return his royal
thanks. .
Chicago merchants are making
war on department stores before the
Illinois';' Legislature, and urging the
passage of the Schwab bill, which
proposes to divide . articles of mer
chandise into 7S classes, departments
stores containing a number of those
classes to de licensed by . the city
'au.trfcriti.es, the fee in no case to be
less than $500.
' There 'is some. hope for the trust
.ridden when they begin a war on
each other as with the. cigarette
trust entering the plug field, also
counteracted by the plug men mak
ing cigarettes; so now with the coffee
' trust, who are , going into the sugar
manufacture, because the sugar men
were buying up coffee companies
and firms. Both products in con
sequence are much lowered.
Prize, packages, pictures, draw
packs, coupons, gaming and chance
inducements, to buy cigarette, tobac
co, etc., are now also coming under
the State's ban, and the 'manufactur
ers will welcome the day when the
demand will have ceased, and the
immense cost and rivalry will then
: sift down to one of pure merit of the
goods put up. To day every sort of
side issue is brought in play to sell.
The prizes eating up the profits or
reducing the cost of raw material, or
deteriorating the output- It can't be
otherwise, unless the best tobacco
"can be soM loir the same price as low
grades.
. One reason why New England
tobacco growers prefer to sell their
crops at a low price in the bundle,
says ihe American Cultivator, is to
be found in the outrageous charge?
SDme of these commission men
charge of their survices. We have
before us a letter depicting some . ol
the horrors of employing these
"Yankee jews," "who charge from
3 to 4 cents per pound for assorting,
plus the priceof cases. ; Then $1 50
to 2 bo for selling and 5 per cent,
for quick cash," Then he might
have, added sampling, storage and
cooperage and other charges. ' We
have long known," of these abomin
able charges. Again, the dealer
may sell lots of low grade goods,
I and tneowner of a good crop helps
the dealer in that way. So we have
Always insisted upon the farmer do,
. ing his own work, and get the ben
efit of it. Western'.Tob. Journal.
As a result of the agitation against
prison cigar and other fictorie-. in
the Illinois penitentiaries, Represen
tative Schulbert has introduced a bill
to regulate the employment of con-,
vict in the prison of that State. It
provides that convicts shall not be
required to work at any trade, indus
try or occupation, wherein or where
by their work shall be farmed cut.
contracted, or sold, to any person,
firm, association or carporation; but
the product of the labor or convicts
may be disposed of to the State, or to
any political division thereof, or to
any public owner or- controlled by
the Slate. The prisoners, so far as
possible, shaM manufacture all needed
articles for the State institutions.
They may also be used by the State
for the building of public highways,
roads, canals, and other public im-
provments of this nature, that would
not be undertaken unless the labor of
convicts was available. Western
Tob. Journal.
The P. Lorillard Compauy supply
ninety per cent, of the snuff used on
Lthe Pacific Coast.
FARM AND GARDEN.
l'tr 8i kit hs set tlit Ii-st
Old Choice Wines 'from Sneer's
vineyards, Passaic. The rich Port
Grape, the Claret, vim 1 891, the Bur
gundy and '' Unfermented are unex
celled for entertainments, lamily use
and invalid. One bottle of Spetr's
is worth three of California Wine. .
In every neighborhood where spe-
cial attention is given to gardening
or fruit growing there , should be a
horticultural society, j There are al
ways some good seed grown at the
meetings, and they help to make one
enthusiastic in the business. 1
i "
Forest leaves contain, upon the
average, at a rough estimate, some
two dollars' worth of fertilizing mate-
rirl per ton, besides the valjue of the
vegetable mould they wi!l make.
They are well worth! the trouble of
gathering and hauling, whenever
there is nothing more important to
be done.
Give your cattle salt frequently. It
may be taken as an indication that
-they
are seen
We invite youto call nd see us in
our new quarters in
R AI L'S J E WEL
1 STOR
tuesday,
Dec. 1 st, and after.
le;in with the Wrst S oek.
It is very, difficult for a farmer who
is Just beginning in this business, and
who finds all sorts of expenses accu
mulating, to make up his mind to se
cure the best stock, no matter what
it. cost. Yet if he really understands
his business this' is what he will do if
his purchase is restricted to a single
animal, Breeding from this he am
soon stock up to the extent that his
farm requires, and his profits on his
live stock increase will be generally'
than from ! the growing and sale of
crops. It is the' advantege of the
livestock on the farm that if man
aged as it should be that it will make
the farm pay while it is all the time
being made richer, and that thus it
will make the growing of crops ulti
mately profitable. Boston Cultivator.
A i'roml Record
"Who was that Squire Hextable
that died last week?" asked the caller
at the newspaper office.
"He was a man," responded the
editor of the Perkins Junetion Palla
dium, "who had taken this paper 19
years, always paid for it in advance,
never expected me to jnake a local
item about it when he put a new roof
on his barn or sold his pork, when
he came in to - ask me a question
never began by saying, 'An edifer is
supposed to know everything, ' al
ways sent a $2 bill with the wedding
notice whenever any of his family !
cattle need salt when
licking each other to get the brinv
exudations from the skin. Of course
this may become a habit. Indigesti
ble balls of hair are ! often formed in
the stomach which cannot! but be
but hurtful.
It would be hard 'to find' any far-
mer who has gone intelligently into
the sheep business, ! keepir g good;
stock and giving good car., whose
profits for the year have been consid- i
! . i
erablv augmented. If doubtful as to
I j
the profit in sheep,: let us! observe;
closely those who are handling them, 1
and see if they "are riot arranging to
carry still larger flocks. i j
While manure from the Horse sta-!
bles is commonly used Ion gardens
because it heats more quickly, we ;
think that quite as good results for j
most crops. will be securect by the
slow but equally rich, cowj manure.
Horse manure is always much too
dry unless it has the liquid excrement
mixed with it. The absence of mois
ture rather than excess of nitrogen is
what makes if hear Irapidly. But it j
also makes the manure fire-fang even,
when it is buried in the 'soil; Partly
decomposed cow manure will furnish
some available plant food at first, and
will not dry up and injure the roots.
later in the season, t ?
4 'I- : V I ' .
Most of those who begin farming
buy more land than theyjcan pay
lor, because a part payment of land
leaves good security for the' balance
Then they find innumerablejexpenses
in purchasing tools and stock to be
gin operations. The temptation al
ways is to economize in the stock,
thinking that it is easy to breed up
Some times this is done, but more
often the economy in not buying the
best stock dooms the farmer to the
same labor and exoehse of careing
for if, whjle it is, when grown, not
worth half, or a quarter, what it
would have been if he had begun
right at the first Progressive Far
mer.
We will have for sale a line of
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e invite you to examine our Books which
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Don't Work Bfore Hrtakfas
A bad custom is prevalen
families, especially among
mers, writes J. L Hersey.
in many
our far-
It is the
eot married and never had an idea I ablt of working an hour or two be-
lore breaktast, doing tne cnores, noe
ing,. cutting wood, etc. This is con-
m many cases, but is not
he could run my papar better thin I
could."
And the editor of the Palladium fur
tively tried to wipe away the tear
with the office towel. Chicargo Tribune.
Young- on a Down tirade.
He knows more than mother.
He spurns advice from father.
He is boisterous on the street.
He. has questionable companions'
He steps unsteadily at times.
He returns to his home late at
niht. f
He-is becoming unreliable in busi
ness. He is delinquent in payments.
He is discharged from his position.
He is involved in difficulties.
He is not seen on ihe street now.
lie is void of reputation. ?
He has family and friends, but they
are sorrowful. Ex.
venient
common
is hi--Eiiaile
cf
xs ea
ever7
Trapper.
conducive to health. - The
notion that the morning air is the
purest and most healthful is wrcng,
for at-no hour is the air morefilled
with dampness and fog than about
sunrise. The beat of the sun gradu
ally dissipates these as the day ad
vances. An early meal braces up
the system against these external in
fluences. New England Homestead.
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