The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-04-08
TOBACCO NEWS.
Home and Foreign.

A cable dispatch announces from
Berlin that the new German Tariff
bill has been published. The tax ia
increased OH imported fobaccos to
1875 cents, and OH inland to 81 cents
per pound.
For week ending Saturday, April
9Th:
Receipts, ...t............ 26l Hhds.
Inspections. ........... 249 "
'oalcs,. ..,......., lbl
Market easier on all grades, princi-
pally owing TO the inferior quality Of
the offerings, there being very little
good tobacco offered. With good
seasons receipts will increase very
materially, and the market will no
doubt display more activity. From
all the information we con gather the
crop is much shorter than the esti-
mate made in November last. Rates
to New York 53c. per 100 lbs.
We quote prices:
Planters Tugs, 81 so to 81 90.
Common leaf, "a so to IS so.
Medium leaf, IS 90 to 81 90.
Good leaf, 81 rs to So 90.
Fine Leaf, IS so to SO 90.
Messrs. d. J. Garth, Son & Co. of
New York, have this to say of the
market:
During the past month our market
has been subject 10 no changes of i'm
portance, aud but for the sale of a
large line of Tugs, would have been
marked by no special feature. The
lot alluded to was made up Of about
$500 hhds, grading from common
to useful leafy Jugs, aud had been
offered TO the export aud speculative
buyers for sufficiently long lime TO
thoroughly test the market. Two
thingo were demonstrated by this
sale, namely, that the speculative fever
has not yet been strongly developed,
and that no advance in this grade OF
tobacco has yet been obtained. The
parcel was finally taken by the Span
ish contractor. With the exception
Of this purchase for Spain, the Reggie
demand has been limited to small
lots TO be applied in closing contracts,
and the inquiries from these source
have been for light leaf grading from
low to medium Heavy old leaf has
been sold only IN very retail way,
but heavy Tugs, both common and
good, have been in fair request. and
the best grades of heavy Tugs are now
scarce, and wanted at quotations.
The position of home.trade tobacco
is better than for some months past,
and we look for steady inquiry for
lcafy sweet filters and cutters.
NEW YORK.
The New York Tobacco Leaf takes
a very hopeful view of the situation,
in regard to prices. 1t says: lur
The leaf tobacco market of this city
continues unchanged. Including last
Saturdays transactions, the sales OF
Western leaf were 1888 hogshcads for
the week. With the exception of
some small inquiry OH The part OF
manufacturers, trade in this variety is
dull. The foreign demand seems to
be dormant, the orders being pretty
well filed, and the excited state OF
the Western markets acting as an ad-
ditional impeachment to business. All
aIvices from the West confirm the
established fact that prices are higher
there. The reports from all over the
West are to the effect that the last
crop has been over estimated, and
that 1t will not be more that one-halt
an average crop, aud that there will
be no decline in prices. II such an
opinion continues to prevail, 1t ID
more than likely we shall not have
lower prices, rs the orders for the
open and Reggie markets will in due
course come in to further strengthen
the sentiment in favor of keeping pri
ces up. The general opinion ia tina
prices are low, considering the admit
ted falling off in the crop. 1t is sale
they will not make more than half
crop In the GAINESVILLE section and
Western District. Much complain
is expressed concerning the quality
OF the crop. Awhile ago II wa'
thought there would be considerable
good tobacco in the Western District
but now 1t is said there will b,
scarcely any. The quantity of to-
bacco of desirable length will be ex.
ceedingly limited. F