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OREGON SUNDAY jfOURMAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. -MAY 2,1903. 11 OUTLOOK FOR TOKO - Never Better Prospect fo . Profitable Year, Tariff or No Tariff; How Good Weed Is Grown and How Cured Brands Considered "Wealth, in weeds'' la Mr. Haa kin'a . strangs topic." for tora)r-, row. 'What ha says la enough, to mak on weep for tha, gold he passed up when ha tolled to rlaa corn, - unwitting that the cucklaburs ha cursed contained rare" and valuable oil, and when he perspired ta' August as ha , slaughtered "Jliiise4," .weds la woful Ignorance that their broad leave were worth J to S cents a pound drlad. or possibly . lx times aa much aa the tim othy that might have teen irrown on tha like -fcrea, ; Mr, Haskln calla a Ion roll of an cient and peBtiferoua . weeds Whoss: names' are aa accursed aa they Htre familiar, and telle what each Is good for and what It la wofth In the drug or other market ' . . . . .' o - By FREDERIC J. HASKIflf. Copyright 1909 ty Frederie J. Haskln.) Waahlngtoh. May 1. The tobacco growera of the United States are enter Ing upon their crop eeason with avery prospect that the production of the weed mis year WU1 ne more promauio man ever before. Competing among them aelvea, IB Xhellght of the best scientific knowledge, and with federal and state government aid, there is every reason why the Amerlean tobacco producers shouM feel satisfied with tneir tot, even though the tariff hill may not alto gettier sifit them. As la usually the case, the growers of cigar wrapper tobacco can look forward to the largest returns from their la bor, albeit their initial investment anil subsequent expenses may be greater. The production of wrapper tobacco has been most successful in the Connecticut river valley and in Florida. The prod uct of those districts has been pro nounced equal to the best Sumatra wrapper tobacco and that is the world's standard of quality. Jt seems strange that two climates so different as are those of New England and the "Land of Flowers" shoul foster' similar, crops as well as the tropical 'islands of Cuba and Bumatra- do, but such Is the case. Connecticut's Ksmsrkable BeeorA. To- accomplish so mucn the Connec ticut and Florida growers have had to pass through a struggle that was dis- - nearreemg'at times. Tnrwign steadfast persevernce the Connecticut growers have almost, fenphed the pplnt where vonhecticut's tobacco is as Well known as her mythical wooden nutmegs or her ciocKs, which tlcK around the world, Twenty per cent of Connecticut's popu latton is interested financially In her tobacoo crop. Although, the acreage of that crop is only 3 per oent of the total acreage of the American tobacco crop, it yields one fifth of the gross returns rrom tne total toDacco produc tlon of the United States. A few thou sand acres in a little district in Con- nectlcut and Massachusetts have been Firoduclng'one of the most valuable crops n the country. Last year the produc tion was over 3i.uuu.ooo pounds, valued at more than $5,000,000 on the farms, which value was Increased greatly throuerh the various processes of tuiring, marketing and manufacturing. This val ue was greater than tbat of the entire cotton crop in some southern statca, Growing Under' Shads. To produce wrs-er' tobacco success fully In the Connecticut vallev requires constant care from start to finish. First seed beds are prepared and sterilised wm sieam or are Durnea over, to kill fungi which attack the roots of the youna- piania.v The field Is heavily fer tilized, sometimes at, a cost of 200 per acre. The seedlings are transplanted and cultivated with great care. Prob ably the beat results are obtained In producing wrapper tobacco by tha use of Havana seed which has been accll- inaiea in ntw England and la grown un der shade. This shade Is usually a tent about nine feet high covering an entire field. In Florida growing under shade la also practiced,' but Sumatra seed is am to 00 Dest. The shade In Florida may be obtained from, lattice work built over fields. The latter plan Is not sat isfactory in Connecticut because the structure Is broken down by the winter snow. The damage to the crop from hailstones Is sometimes great. ' The Proeeaa of "Oaring." When ready for harvest- Connecticut wrapper leaves are stripped from tha talks, hung on strings and hung up in barns to dry., The drying and curlna pivessses are most delicate, and many ' CMP".,h - ruined because ellmatle conditions have been unfavor able, or the grower waa Inexperienced. During- those processes an evn temper ature, good ventilation and a certain de- free of moisture are necessary. After b,e5f U drl"l n canno Packed ontil damp weather comes, so that it wlU not break when handled. Then the leave are tied Into "hands" and ready for curing. This tatter process la said to be a sort of fermentation. The tobacco is arranged In huge piles 'In .a warm, hu mid, atmosphere. It soon begins to heat and' at times reaches sr temperature of 140 degrees. This Is ascertained, by a clever arrangement whereby a thermom eter la lowered Into the center of tha pile. When a high temperature is reached the pile Is taken down-and the tobaeeo carefully rearranged with the outside " "hands" on the inside of - the new pile and-vice versa.' ' This, process may be repeated several times (he fore we looacco is ready ior me maraei. Good wrapper tobacco Is being grown ne over certain d of those inlands serving as a substitute In Hawaii without chade, -the heavy fog Dianicet ranging over certain portions for tents.' Tobacco Is grown uiyier shade In Porto Kico and Cuba. Of course, the cost' of thl! system-? f cultivation- la very -v xiea,vy, - put 1110 niMtncmt returns are compensatory.' Some of the first shade grown tobacco in Connecticut was old for 11.66 a pound, , being a net profit of 11000 an acre. .-,.' , - Government Experts Assist. The benefits conferred upon the?" to bacco industry- by the. department of agriculture are almost Incalculable. The department carries on cooperative work with the state agricultural colleges and experiment stations In Connecticut3hew York,- Ohio.- Florida, Alabama, Texas, Maryland. - Virginia. -Kentucky. North Carolina and South Carolina. This worK is most varied in cnarac- ter: Government experts have made soli surveys of the several tobacco districts and determined what kinds- of soil will-pTOdttee-certaln varieties of to Dacco. uooa tooacco iana must do ricn In lime and potash. Cigar wrapper to- DOcco requires a light alluvial soil, sucn as Is found along. the banks of ther Con necticut and the Susquehanna rivers. In Pennsylvania, and in the Florida penin sula, Cigar binder and, filler tobacco grows oeai in suty-ana loamy sons in the Miami valley, Ohio, and in certain sarts or Wisconsin and western Fior ds. Bandy soil is Ideal for the famous bright -eaf, such as thrives: In Virginia aild the Carolines 'and which is used In cigarettes and to wrap plug tobacco Tne limestone son or tne tsiua wtrass reslon Is best , for Kentucky white bur- ley, used In the manufacture of smok ing : and chawing - mixtures, whil. the Heavy, dark . varieties 01 tooacco, ror export purposes, thrive only In the sllty so "STABAT MATER" AND "THE HOLY ; f CITY" WILL-BE SUNG TODAY Us of western Kentucky and Tennes see. Perlque, a particularly strong to bacco, is said to grew only in Louisiana. Maryland tobacco Is mostly made Into snuff. . The sravemment -ransrts sst the American tobacco crop can be Increased wonderfully In acreage, yield per acre. quality-and value. By the judicious use of fertilisers bad soils can be made rich. Crop rotation helps greatly in this con nection. Seed selection offers a wide field for improvement Under the de partment's advice the best tobacco plants in a field have paper bags tied over' their flowers. The self-fertilised, seed thus obtained Is put through a ma chine Invented, by a government expert. which fans out the lighter seed, leaving only the heaviest, which Is best for planting. ' . Cuban seed has been acclimated In Texas arid is yielding 800 pounds to the acre, good Havana wrapper ana riner. The government is encouraging the growing of tobacco from Cuban seed In Alabama and is meeting witn success It Is believed the yield of fire-cured Virginia tobacco can be doubled by In tensive cultivation. In Ohio the agri cultural department has been carrying on tobacco investigations for a number of years, and good fillers and wrappers rrom Havana seed are oemg grown. Recently the department has been testing a batch of 1000 cigars made from Its Ohio-grown tobacco. One cigar made from each plant and carefully marked. A corps of young men, Who r wllllnar to take the risk. HKe Dr. Wiley's celebrated "poison squad," are given all the "smokes" they want, to pass Judgment upon the flavor and roma, Tne Durnmg quauues are resi- ed In a smoking machine. - The cigars averaging the- best are traced back to the plants that bore -them, tne seen or whloYiJir to- be planted neatBLar. Thus the strain Is Improved. Tbaooo Flant Pests. Some of the worst' enemies' the to bacco grower has to combat, are de structive Insects. These .Include the 41ea-beeUe which attacks the lower iea.W3 of the plant; the-horn worm or "horn blower," with which; Jthe "farmer's cnnuren oecome laminar in ine worm wig process; the bud worm, the name of Which describes It; the suck fly, wnicn uraws ine juice rrom me leaves; the spilt worm, which burrows Inside the leaf; the cut worm, which attacks mo roots; tonacco mrips.-tree crickets, plant lie, slugs, and others. The weed Is liable- to insect attack after being ariea. ssome persons prerer cigarettes that are Infested with the cigarette bee tle, necause mat nine Deast imparts distinctive flavor to the cigarette. This Is admitted to be an acquired taste. With the help of the government ex perts these insect pests are being over come witn poisons anu -otnr, agencies. The department has invented a sys tem of regulating moisture in tobacco establishments. By means of certain solutions the atmosDherlo condition la controlled automatically. Cigar Frodaetion. It is a far cry from the first i-lrura peuaiea Dy Mrs. Front of Windsor, Con necticut, more than a century ago, to the enormous tobacco manufacturing industry of today. Which embraces 26. 000 clirar factories. Pennavlvnnla 1mH In the production of cigars. The United States consumes almost 6,000,000 pounds of tobaeeo. In all forms, annu ally, or more than Oerm&nv rniuu and Great Britain combined. Tax is paid on 7.000.000.000 eiaars here everv. vnr compared to which the 160,000.000 cigars which It Is proposed to admit to aV TT.l4. J a . . ... inn uuii.-u Dimes irom mi miiippines without paying a duty, seems scarcely a drop In the bucket It is not known whether the proposed Importation will include some qf vtHe famous brand known as "tabaeo grandes." threa feet In length, which are the favorites of the uusny riupmo maidens. r-aper is being made of (ohnvn stems. The French government has succeeded In producing a so-called nlc- ouneiens tooacco. Tne poisonous ele ment of the weed Is partly wash-ut with water. The Ideal tnhuvn nint It is said, would be one that would com bine the excellent qualities of Sumatra and Havana leaf. Fashion In inh.. change and the grower and manufac turer must keep up with the style. Fretf Miller's Rcmalna Interred. La Oranda. Or M 1 Th, Of Fred Miller who was killed st Hll- f rd a Week ago, were buried this af ernoon at the exoense of th emmtv nothing having been heard from, friends or relatives, c , 1 1 As f i '- V Pv - w -.nri- uoxiill MUM. THREE VICTIrJS Of ilCCIDEIITS Two Fall and Are Injured and Une lsuiun uoyn by Buggy. Three were victims of accidents in Portland yesterday. ,; f " . Dennis Callahan, 70 yearj of age, was aeverely Injured wane standing In Erlckson's saloon yesterday. He was leaning against a stove when he sudden ly tottered, and fell, his head crashing against tha Iron guard rail. A deep gash waa cut In his forehead,' about two inches la length and of considerable depth. -He-wa attnddj City PhyeK Clan J&eigier ana joagea-in mo cjijt ri w. Tillottson was picked up on the street yesterday afternoon by the1: po liceman and taken to the station. It waa found that he had fallen and struck his head on the curbing and been In- iured severely. He was attended bv )r. -Fred Zeigler. . city physician, and removed to his home. Hiifferinr a hnd shakeun and several bad bruises. J. W. Copeland is. lying at hi h as the result of having been run down at Second and Burnslde .streets yesterday afternoon by a Duggy ariven by Mrs. E. 8. Fogg of Cherry and East Burnslde streets. Mr. Copeland Is In the -erocerv business, and .has a store at 1003 Corbett street A r I "V fffav: 'M H K I Mnta tT ra 'saats u I Alfl I L n U l U U I .!. .r' li nl' l I n I -i-.-- a a- vi ill1 Harriet Frahm, Contralto With th e Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Armory This Afternoon and Night. Undoubtedly tha greatest feast of melody and song ever heard on the Pa cific coast la being enjoyed -in this city at the Armory this week. The aecond annual musical festival, which com prises the Chicago symphony orchestra of 60 musicians, and the Portland fes tival chorus of 80 voices, is giving this magnificent treat. The orchestra is directed by the favorite conductor. Adolph Rosehbecker and the chorus, which hajk"been . rehearsing . since last November under W. H. Hover's direc tion, is being conducted by him. The orchestra has brought from the east, the following four vocal soloists, Aida.Hemml, soprano, who Is a great favorite In this city, having appeared here In several ODeratic comDanles: Har riet Frahra, contralto; David B. Duggan, tenor; Frank Arthur PreUch, basso, in cluded In the orchestra are 10 instru ments,! soloists, the most prominent of whom are, F"ran Wagner, cello soloist, and assistant conductor, and C5iiy Wood ard solo violinist and concertmaster. Added to this array of artists will be the world famous pianist. Myrtle Elvyn. The combined chorus and orrhestra will be heard In Gaul's beautiful mas. terplece; "The Holy City," this after nnn at :8o o'clock with a rilpe orgaa accompaniment hy Mrs. W. E. Thomas. Tonight will be known as Italian night, when Rossini's "Stabat Mater" will be given by the combined chorus and or chestra. Following la the program, for both concerts: Bonoay auuNr Portland Chorus. William H. Boyer, Conductor. . .. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. A. Rosenbecker. Conductor. Soloists: AIJa Hemml Soprsno Harriet Frahm ; Contralto David B. Duggan Tenor Frank A. Preisch Bass Vorspell, Melsterslnger. Wagner Aria, Evening Star Wagrter Mr. Preisch. Tonbllder, from Walkure Wagner Dlch Theur Holle .Wagner Aims nemmi. PART If. Holy City Gaul Combined chorus and orchestra, with - . pipe organ. Bandar gfarhVZteUsat -gig. ) .. - -& Portland Chorus. -William H. Boyer,, Conductor. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. A. Rosenbecker. 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