Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-07
Hhds.
$4,000
$4,000
1900
1900
2OO.ooO)
Total,

bacco in Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee did
not avail themselves of the advantages present
ed by the Baltimore markets, the facilities Of
railroad transportation offering great induce
ments to send their crops hither, where no in
jury is sustained from the climate, a ready mar
ket offered, and the increased cost of transport
tation compensated by diminished expenses
here. This expectation has not as yet been re-
alised 39sA
For the information of those who desire to
know the charges made in this city on Tobacco,
we append the following paragraph from our
former annual statements: "The expenses at
tending the consignment of Tobacco to this
market are small, and great advantages are al
lowed the owner, both before and after its SALE
It is received and stored in the State Fire Proof
Warehouse, and Immediately inspected, and
may remain therein for twelve npntlhs zsi4lAaeH4
heat, moisture or anything likely to injure its
quality or impair it's value. When sold the
item of drayage to the warehouse, and a COM
mission Of p per cent. to the commission agent,
small charge by the State. rs per hid. for
inspection and storage, is paid by the purchas-
er or shipper when he withdraws his Tobacco
from the warehouse"
MARYLAND ToBAcco.-The stocks at the be-
ginning of the year were light, but it was known
that orders from Europe for considerable par
GELS were in the hands of shippers, and an &C
tive competition soon manifested itself, causing
prices to open at high figures. The average OBJ
tanned for crops in January and February was
$6a$8, according to quality. By the first Of
March all the old stock were exhausted, and as
soon as navigation opened, the new crop began
to appear and prices advanced All the re-
ceipts were readily taken for the markets of
Germany and Holland, and about the beginning
of April, the purchaser for the French contrac-
tors, finding the prices of Ohio Tobacco above his
limits, turned his attention to the crops of Ma
ryland, with which he was compelled to fill his
orders. Prices rose with the increased demand,
and sellers obtained an average Of $1O.5Oa$1l
for crops, and extra crops brought $12a$1 so.
The market continued in this state of activity,
every parcel being quickly disposed of as soon
as inspected, until the beginning of September,
when the French order being filled, the demand
slackened, and buyers lowered their rates. On
the first of December the decline in price was
fully So from the highest figures of the Sum-
mer. During December the accounts of the
markets of Germany and Holland leave no ex-
pectation that prices can attain any thing like
the high figures realized during the past two
years. It will be seen from the table of inspec-
tons that the receipts Of Maryland Tobacco in
1851 were sc, 500 hhds., against $4,000 hhds
in 1856. II .s.3 ase :
The receipts of Maryland Ground Leaf To-
bacco, which consists of the ripe leaves first
gathered, have not been very large this season.
All that reached the market, however found
ready sale. The first receipts were in October,
when the prices ranged from $5a$7.5O In
December prices fell off, and the sales realised
$4aS6.5 so for ordinary to good parcels, and Sc.
50a$7 so for good to choice lots. - s 81, ia.
BAY ToBAoco.-This description of Tobacco,
which is grown, exclusively in the upper parts
of Maryland, has found great favor with pur-
chasers during the past season, and brought un-
usually high prices. The crop is mostly brought
to market in May and June, and the quantity
received this year was 1900 hhds.-in 1856 it
was 1000 hhds. The demand for this descrip-
ton was exceedingly active and every lot found
a ready purchaser as soon as it was sampled
At the close of the season the demand was ,un-
satisfied. Prices were very steady, and at the
close the following quotations were obtained -
Tips or tails $9aS11; seconds $12a$f5; yellow
spangled S80aS85; and the yellow S35aS45.-
The crop to come to market in 1858 is suppos-
ed to be between $500 and 5000 hhds ! sss.lil
ONO TeBACCo:-During the whole year Ohio
Tobacco has been in active demand at high rates.
purchasers taking promptly every lot that came
into market: The prevailing prices induced
Western holders to push forward their crop, 80
that by The end Of the month Of August almost
the entire produce Of The State had been sent
forward leaving only some 400 or 500 hhds. at
yafious points swaiGng transportation. Atithe