Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-03-09

NEW YORK, March l.-Messrs. Sawyer,
Wallace & Co. report for the month OF Feb
ruarY as follows: Our market has been
exec dinghy dull during the past month.
The delay of Congress in settling the tax
question, the exhaustion of our stock of
desirable Shipping Leaf, and the fear of a
general EurOpeon war, have curtailed pur-
chaseS by both home trade and foreign
buyers; while the unexpected suspension
of the old and respectable firm of II. L. Matt
land d Co.. and the death of our worthy
young neighbor, Mr.. TatgenhOTst, east n
gloom over the trade and evoked its sincerest
sympathy. We note l,775 hhds for export,
about One-half for Spain, at 3di cents.
There has been daily enquiry for old free
dark Leaf for baling, but the stock of this
kind seems quite exhausted, and buyers had
to take the nearest to it they could get, pay
ing generally 7d9 cents. A few fat Spinners
were all of the new crop taken for export.
Manufacturers purchased only 323 hhds.,
complaining of the reduction of their bust
ness. New wrappers, when at all desirable,
have found ready sale at 7@i0dl2 cents
Prices have been steady, but we reduce our
quotations for Common Lugs, to include
some which have hitherto been unsaleable;
and there are still lower depths of meanness
which we don't quote, for though offered At
cents, nobody will have them. They had
far better been left on the ground as manure
We don't understand the English markets
this month. The circulars read quite cheer
fully, the letters less so, the accounts sale
quite the reverse. Bremen has done big
business at the lowest sort of prices and
now they tell us there is to be no change I'm
the QutN. we lear BlSInafk mas gone D0ck
on us and if you ever catch us again ship
ping 100 hhds. of our own Lugs to that mar
ket, under any pretense whatever, you may
read us q lecture on the sin af Commission
Merchants specializing, We are filled with
a lively reTnorse already. The Western
markets are getting into full blast, and we
Judge prices are pretty steady, especially for
the few substantial hhds.; but we confess
we don't understand them. Their circulars
like the English, read buoyantly, "plenty of
buyers for every hid. at full prices &C."
zone genius remarks: what we need Is
more Tobacco and fewer buyerS'1; but our
country letters tell a different tale-how
chrome thrown In, and shipped them 10
those markets and lost money; and they
appeal to us TO know If we can't do better.
We fear not much at present. There will
likely be very little demand for new Leaf
here before May or June, when the Reggie
buyers will be at work. Some good Itugs at
3a4 cents; y inch Africans at 7(l8 cents
medium rich Germans at the same, and
wrappers at 7@l0 cents, will likely be selling
IN a small way, but If you ship other sorts
here, you must make up your mind 10 wait
awhile for sales, and II a general European
war breaks out, 1t may be a long while, In
the country, prices are the turn lower, and
months rest nom trading would be advisa-
BILE. Much ofthe Tobacco would be in better
order after the March winds whistled
through it, and buyers would then operate
with more confidence I'm the future. Our
months advices indicate the crop to be
bigger than estimated, and not improved
IN qualify. we get more ieIbHfS aSserLlnH
that there will be a large curtailment III
planting, but most of our friends are skep~
teal on this point, The wet weather during
the month has been very unfaYorable for
the preparation of plant beds, and although
this would be no great hindrance to an
active wide-awal1e farmer, IL may, no doubt,
easily discourage an indolent or disheartened
one, and there are many such.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. I6.-Messrs F. W. Smythe
& Co., Tobacco Commission Merchants, re-
port to the New York Tobacco Leaf: Our
market was inanimate during the past week
and there was not sufficient business done
with any branch of our trade to faiTly test
prices. Imports, 80 hhdss deliveries 3l3
stock, 3l,7T5. against 81 1921 same time last
year,
LONDON, Feb. 13.-Messrs. Grant, Chambers
Il Co., report to the New York Tobacco Leafs
There has been but little general business In
American growths, Some few sales have
been effected OF the better grades for home
trade purposes, hut for the lower classes
there Is still no inquiry, For expectation
there has been no inquiry. Western Leaf
and Strips-!There Is q fair demand for colory
GLASSES Of the former; in the latter few
sales effected. Virginia Leaf and Strips
have had but little attention.