The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-01
THE TOBACCO MARKET as REPORTED
BY THE NEW YORK TOBACCO LEAF
JANUARY 26,

Mnnufuct ured.-We have to report very quts,.
yrry few sales either for export or home consump,
ton We notice no concession In prices ior soou
keeping tobaccos, and some few lots In uouoi o
der have been quilted at very fair prices. dooo
ssIps cond have been effected AT moderate concss-
sion in price, but this was not In the VEN OF Tue
market Our GuSes speahh he o. pst week
and express the hope that they VIII so9n Oe ap,e
increase heir orders for tobacco. medlum glad a
OF lI.inch will be wanted to meet an improved ee-
mand from that source. and as a preparatory step
for that contingency 1t would seem not an ln]uo.
cious thing 10 sugmens our supplies OF tnat css Oh
viii satisfy in some degree both buyers aaa sellers
Opinion is somewhat divided as TO the etc ct OF me
President to become part Of The revenue law. al
lowing manufacturers OK TOBACCO, W theiI
to file transportation bond ipslead OF an e1pors
bond, Us now provided by law for the que aeliSsry
at q port of exploration Of tobaccos intended ior
export, and authorizing the Collector VI lntsrnal
Revenue to cancel such bono upon recsa, ,ins
from any further responsibility. This provision
10 the Judgment of some OF our merobants II
viii compel them TO have an agent or agents gems
here to attend to thei1 business ana wv sgrV
which Tor any reason cannot be at once transferred
to the vessel in which 1t Is TO be exported 10 tne
commission merchants 1t appears 70 contrioute no
thing except 10 add 10 their burdens In making
them, If not them shippers. assume the respon-
slbly from which manutaG.nrers are 70 Ue
lion bond TO The order of dealer or shipper is ex-
ported The dealer or shipper has TO file AN export
The expense Of shipment will necessarily BIZ tn
creased NY having to weigh the TOBACCO upon sIIi-
val, and OF the certain results VIII oe 10 aou 70
the gains of inspectors at the cost Of shippers.
To meet the exigeucies that will arise through
delays Of one kind and another, by shlps naFipg
sailed, or not being ready 10 SAIL and preocsupa,lon
OF inspectors weiglerj, etc, general order-store
or oonued warehouse Will have 10 be PROVIDED as
well the Of @ p3Pe
thing al occe and establish an export warehouse.
and have done with tinkering? The chief re.
commentator 70 The amendment, as we al present
view H. Is, that 1t will soon make apparent the ne
cessity for al export warehouse here, and then we
sha probably get one; or failog Ia that then some
liberal ruling by the OF ineTna ,b Re e
sptct to general Order-store or DINER conulpance,
that will make 1t subseryc the purpose OF an export
SnOkino.-Dealers in smoking tobacco report q
week of moderate results so tar as sales are con-
cerned, but seem disposed to think that the pro-
now that the first half OF the winter is over. Ihe
grocers, as noticed above, will doubtless soon nave
need to add to their assormen ior the spfans oes
maud from their customers, and The retailers are
looking tor increased activity ON tue sssunlptloS
that The duest part of the year having been reacneo
and passed. the next turn must 6e ior e
1t is likely 1t would be found 10 pe as great us ever
and yet because In the midst OF the dull sea-
son, everything appears 10 oe III condltion VI
CIoaTs.-Cisar manufacturers and dealers con-
tinuc 10 announce tairinquiry. in some classes OF
goods there Is no apparent change, the demand De-
Ing as active now IN the earlier part OF the sea-
son Ia others there Is a perceptlble falling
off In the sales, Is TO he expected with llghler
retail inquiry after the holidays III The reta stores
In town aud country.
Virginia Leaf.-We have heard Of no sales OF
Virginia leaf Of any description during the week.
There is little OF this stock IN the market at this
time and not much demand. Fresh receipts: rs
they come in further alongsmay inspire inquiry.
and for this occurrence we have to walt.
Richmond letters that we have seen summarize
Virginia affairs follows: buy erS are now IN the
country buying all they can, and we anticipate
strong market. Stemmer are paying from lo2Q
&c. for loose leaf and not fine at that The weather
is cold and there Is not much Of anything selling as
vet" The prices which stemmers are paying, &C
eOrding 10 the ABOVE extracts, will necessitate q
further advance In England. Fifteen and half
and seventeen cents, which the stemmers are pay
ing are equivalent TO final cost to tnem or about
23@26c. respectively, while an EngLsh clrcular
tor December quotes strips from good 10 nne " "a
G26c., gold.
Another letter runs "The market is very firm
and prices have an advancing tendency, caused In
part BY light receipts aud offerings. LuSs are ~
G9Sc. In western leaf quletude continues lle
dJminant feature. There Is no movement yet In
Tugs. A sale Of 100 odd hoesheads of Mason county
leaf for . cincinnati manufacturer was one OF the
more noticeable transactions OF the week, though,
torpid and perhaps the init a transaction Of re-
spectacle magnitude to purchases yet TO De male
here Tor western consumption. The most OF me
remainder Of the old crop having concentrated III
this market here buyers will OF necessity have TO
LOOK for the bulk Of their supplies"