The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-05
The Tobacco Market as Reported by the Now
York Tobacco Leaf

prgnta Leg-The transactions In this mar
re. - EN- TO be confined TO Tugs and low leaf, III
out, owing TO the fact that the rr:ncipsI facorle
new putting mp bright work, either in this city O
RRfo6kiVni purchase steadily through agents in III
~ ,ninond and other Virginia markets. The sale
IN richmond are also chiefly cor fined to the sam
GRADES grades owing to the absence and high price
III ede recently Good Logs, 7tGDsc. common iu9s
s5&ec:: ,d medium Jugs, ssa t.; common ship
anE egySi medium do, lO0llbc good do. /
N'Hc. nrlghtS anywhere frolu lsc 00tl.lO sno
kerr, l21isc, o10
1t 10 estimated that two-lhlrds of the crop ba
not be reasonably anticipated In the future, q
TN TN, growing crop we herr tolerably fair reports
han Planning; however, has rot ged more
much or IL was very late, some growers settine
on o nan!s as rseenllyss the goth Jliy II have
De harvested. What Is needed by the trade anr
ma Is quality rather than quantity il
Is 70 be regretted however, that the farmers have
OF land planted TO tobacco. They d. not sem
to realize that the demand tor our staple
more land should be devoted to The weed .eb - =.
cuIrnR year: II the best prices are not secured
Tor noadescrpt, inferior leaf that is no argument
L. the contrary. Tn the other hand, we have We /
TO Lear OF u IaImer who has been unable to spose
or IN average crop OF leaf within the past q re
year, ~ largely rcnunerHtiye ptices. Instead of
brcduse or one or two b I'd crors, the tobacco
planter, by care and caution in the cultivation OF
TO harvesting should seek 10 make his cron the
best In the ne1ghborhood. He will of course s., me-
times fall, but he Cannot command the wea her In
thn growth OF any ether agricultural produce.
hat should determine Tim is he question whether
his iandis suited 70 the W. ed not, let HIM select
the crop that is hut, II good tobacco has been
gro WIN on IL, IL Can be grown again and industry
and patience VIII solve the problem. Besides, 1t
would seem that something should lie done to Sc
eas s Ra the o
and that less land has been devoted TO tobacco ON
that account: Surely there must be some means Of
renewing This Notwithstanding evil. tur
own opinion is, that providing the soil and elm
ate are cougena, Io crop will pay better, year In
and year out. than tobacco. 1t = no more deoend-
ent on the weather than any other crop, and none
will so Immediately repay care bestowed upon It's
cultivation.
to note this week, which will vary The .nrorc.
monotony OF our repo, "a for come time past.
Since The middle Of June the market has shown
scarcely any amin .tlon. owing chiefly to the
withdrawal OF the exporters and their abstinence
from purchases for foreign demand. The paAt
things and, though the sales have not been large,
there has been spirit or inquiry on The part oil
buyers which Is very cheering. The actual sales
In :luded some "arom aug quarter foqrs' hys',
ilor tie Australian market. Tens and navy
pounds were also in demand: The ether agree
of In the reeeipts, which In the present
f1Ify-stocked condition OF our market Is most
grsteiui. should he inquiry we have noticed be
tquallv spsring Of their consixnmenrs, we shalt
prob ably be abe to report prices better, and
asmore remuaeratlve aspect OF the market gene
raIly with these conditions, 1t VIII doubtless be
found that we have touched bottom Us 70 prices,
and that ste Ady improvement must specify APP
pesr. This improvement, however, WIN prooapiy
come rather from the direction OF The exporters
than thai OF the consumptiYe demand, a9 neither
the est nor the South are ouying vita Ia u Ies-
q, m which we naturally ioos Tor q: this sc sson
When good work 10 delivered 10 TIE svtnnah
d 4le s At soc. what can we expect from he Gul
thing toward fectaaly putting IN end 10 the Ca
.reer Of the bIockaaerS In North Caronpa.
we endeayortd last week 10 give oar readers an
idea Of the receipts, xport.. ard CONSUMPTION OF
N arufac tobacco during July q. this por!,
but through The blunder OF some one the ngures
were ade 10 miss present US Eiost decidcdl Let
ustry our hauds again, adding The figures OF TIE
past week. TIE receipts we're:
July Is. week 4ao 3sat lbs; ID week, 3a2, lt3 lbs
I'd week ss't los; ain week, 2lo,saa los.-Tot.L
l,si6 7Slt Tbs. ..s - 4.
The exports during the same p. Rod were :: July,
list week III sss lbs I'd week la 7sl3 ba.; 50 wee T.
lbs. s. a...s4-ag
Juy 1st week. 10 si5. lbs; % week soalts. lbs ID
We are also nabled to give this week fsures for
Isy .ne
Received, 3s7 05sa pouEds withdeawa for con-
sumption, 1904 POUNDS wlthdt GAVIN Isrex0oit,
3s,tsSa pound3; icsviog on hama on Juae 3asb,
Ne g1ye above the figures for thu & W weeks OF
Jelly, which lett the month incomplete. We now
APPEND She returns Tor The entire iaoath
Received, L us, 60is DouGGs Withdrawn Tor con-
sumption, lid zs9t pounds withdrawn for exports,
$50 pounds: TN hznd July ST. IL, l7s pounds.
SIgoksag.-Bustn.ss continues 10 show mode
rate1 nproyement, the orders coming ca edy from
the interior VI the state. The city grocery de-
maud also beSiaa at issl 70 shoH slgns or snima-
Iion. .e'8ss :. -