Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-20
CLARKSFILLE LEAF Tobacco
go MARKET.

| Ihere has Deen sui further advance
in prices since our last report, espec-
tally on the better grades. Inferior
Tugs, AZ to Sc; good Tugs, 81 to &c; nom
descript leaf, Z to Sc; medium, s to 9Ac:
good leaf. 10 to lie; choice, II to lie;
selections, IL to 14sc.
We have full board of resident
buyers, who exhibit nerve and judy
ment; also several visiting brethren
from other markets, who display their
judgment with some caution, but are
willing to go in. Col. Andersen, of
Nashville, has for the past few days
contributed in most pleasant manner
to our market; kremmelberg of New
York, Van der I.ewe of Holland, FL.
Gerdes of Bremen. Mr.. Strassburg of
Bremen, who has been with us for two
seasons past, still holds the governing
rein over himself and. as heretofore,
takes hold with the utmost caution.
We can now boast of this as the
leading market in the United States. so
far as prices are concerned. We chal-
lenge New York, New Orleans, Louis
vile, Paducah, Hopkinsville, Evans
vile and Nashville. We no longer
govern ourselves by the seaboard or
any market in the west, but go in on
our own judgment. Notwithstanding
the reports from this and the Hopkins
vile district published in the New
York Tobacco Leaf, or the fine rains
in the GAINESVILLE district, reported in
last weeks Courier-Journal, we have
had no season for planting yet. The
cry is no longer wolfl but thequestion
to be determined is, will the wolf leave
any sheep?
We have, for several weeks past,
been using some diligence in order to
give our readers the true state of the
market and the prospects. We now
reiterate, there has been but little To-
bacco planted, not enough to claim a
planting. In order to more fully and
fairly illustrate the true condition of
the prospects for the crop that's now
wanted to be planted, we will give an
interview we had to-day with some of
our large and most reliable planters.
One who is in every way reliable told
US he had planted $500 plants, of
which there were only Ii living. Six
others, who planted last year LOG acres
in the aggregate, had this seasonplant-
ed IL acres, of which only FIVE acres
were standing.
1t is now time very early planting
should be ready to top, and none
planted. We never have, in any of
our reports, located the failure of
crop on account of failure of plants, |
but now should we have all the rain
we could wish, we could not have half |
a crop produced Those who have |
nursed and watered their beds have |
over grown them, while the late SOW
ings have persisted from drouth, con-
sequently there is at this time a lack |
of plants.
Gracey Warehouse.
HARRISON & SHELBY, of the Gracey |
Warehouse, sold from June 18th 10 June |
18th, l49 hhds. as follows:
4hlIds. trash, from 81 I0to4 80.
% hhds. Tugs, from So 90 to 6 %.
81 hhds. low to medium leaf, from s. 90 |
to s 80.
s. hhds. good TO fine leaf, from 50 90 10 |
IA IS.
Cumberland Warehouse.
GRINTER, YOUNG & Co., of the Cumber- !
land Warehouse, sold for the week ending !
June 16, 80 hhds. as follows:
20 hhds. common to good leaf from 10 90
to l3 10.
Is hhds. lugs from 90 to 7 90.
Clarksvilie Warehouse.
KEEsEE & NoRTHINGToN, of the Clarks-
vile Warehouse, sold from June 4th to
June 10Th, los hhis. as follows:
Trash Tugs from 8 so to 4 50.
Good Tugs nom 3 90 to 90.
Low leaf from W to %.
Mediu M TO good leaf from 8 60 to IL 90.