The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-12-14

what the Dealers Think Of The
New Crop Quantity, Quality
and Prices.

II ana Prices.
In Daviess county. as well AZ In al
Joining counties both in Kentucky an.
Indiana The crop Of f0bacco. for Is77 4
known to be the largest grown IN IN
lcounty for years. indeed many knowin,
ohes estimate u as the very largest eve
produced \; and while this fact i admit
tea, u may also be safe 10 say that III,
new crop - an excellent one. save IN,
one drawback OF house burn. No NOR,
ipropitious weather for cutting and ma
turing cord have been wished for thar
was given: and the crop was thorough,
iripened when cut; there was but lirfl,
worm eaten tobacco. and none that wa
iIrostbiiien, the crop having been safcl,
housed before the cold spell. But m.
amount house burned will diminish N,
general product OF good tobacco con-;d
erably- Since our last issue we hav,
been aiisnBg flsc. tobacco men for an ex.
preston " their opinion concerning the
crop, the outlook. &C. With one accord
,ney agree as 20 The exfensivcness. vel
uiiier A. 10 The quality. TIE majority ex-
pressing disappointment. ard saving tina,
ihe crop j. not coming up 10 their ex-
rec'aiions. IN point OF color. they ~,
acmii that good colOrv crop has been
raised and that II does not lack IN lie
YET there y very noticeable absence ~
ne ana substance a. compared with .asi
year growth This. we say. l. the ex \
preston Of the majority OF dealers. ye,
WE came across a few whose estimates
placed 1877 tobacco a. desirable IN aual-
iit ~ could be wished.
Owing 70 the large crop raised there
was scarcely barn room sufficient ~,
housing. and by an overcrowdinv n fbe
barns and at lime. TOO. when The
weather was warm aud even sg,Itrv w.
speak % Tic mild September and Octo.I
Der days.. IL is 10 Toe feared thar lhere
vii. be large objection raised bv thc
dealers on account OF house burn: inl
truth this objection is already being
urged. and we were told. in our round.
with the tobacco men. that cverv load
received during the season thu iar has
been more or less house burnt. m fl,e
.uliing. The lsnuss burnt leaves will ~.
riA~-c'i with the lug aud trash. maxine
i lie iouacro mems statement Il ~ ~.
aiken, very large portion OF lugs and
rslAh.
As q prices. Il cannot BE- said Thar
here laS heen any fixed price for to- I,
'Acco n yet. nor can this be arrived a,E
Vim ans degree of correctness until tbel
ieAleF~ begin 70 purchase crops ana
ave aought few millions OF psunds !
The saieS - far have been by the load
nd mostly hy auction. The prices havcI
an1eh from fifiy cents 10 eighf dollar. u
~ fllfy cents per hundred. tie majority
4 Lords selling at under five dollars RI, !,
cai Two dollars for Iugs and one dollar y
cr trash II i 70 be hoped and believed
hAi better state of things l. for thelo
iiurc and prices viii 70 up notwith- r
landing that handlers in Europe ar. 4
urging npon their patrons i
ere caution and slow movement IN they
Hrchase of the ncw crop. They suh-
lit that the disastrous experience OF th.
NO years past viii give weight 10 thrir
isgesiion q cautious purchasing. Bylx,
close estimate The capacity ~ the
wcnsboro houses Is sixteen millions of,
onnds. This amount. they sav. can be Il
indlcd safely. though il viii be giving 4,
'ch hcuse IL capacity to the full. n is,I
rsher estimated that. IL drawn from N
g same territory as last year-that i. y.
idc from our own county crop. thc Y
enincky and Indiana counties look ~ \,
- market for sales and Of course \,
~ do twenty-five millions or pounds u
tobacco will bc drawn into Owens 4,
70. This. with only sixteen million ~
pacity- and yet we venture the asser-, n
~ that not load during the season =,
IL be driven home for want OF buyers ~
Notwithstanding the limited capacifv ~ -,
houses. our tobacco men have fac ~
y OF finding room for every leaf ofl u.
weed" thrown on the market. anl ..o
zen the twenty-five millions or pounds ~,
We been exhausted they will wish "a, i
4 few more millions. ~ ~
wing 70 the low prices the deliveries AZ !,
have been greatly in arrears over same IN.
se last season. The bulkinr rooms orr.
factories are yet bare and The stem NM
~ rooms comparatively idle. Though. .na
thought that the rain OF SUNDAY aT
az and Monday will open the markcts;r
earnest. and before the week ends ahes
fcicnt amount will have been de-l,,h,
ercd 70 set all the houses 10 perma- ..
4 work AZ well AZ TO make mopey :
re- plentiful and business brisk. = Ia
veneboro Messenger. M.
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