Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-23
TOBACCO

TOEACUO
| ihe Local Tobacco Trade.
There has been some activity amona
buyers during the past week, and quito a
pumber of small purchases Of the crop have
been made in this county during tho past
week. Among the buyers were Messrs.
Moore, Sailcs Il Frey, Becker, Of Balti-
more, Oppenheimer and ROsenbaum.
Doubtless other buyers also made pur-
| chascs. All of them appear to be after
choice lots, and when they find them do
not seem to sticklc much 1t the price. We
hear Of fine wrappers selling as high as &c
| cents, and none lower than 20 cents. Tho
lots purchased are net large, and the leaf
is said to be exceptionally fine. Itappears
| to be conceded that the proportion Of fine
leaf compared with the entire crops much
less than it Was last year, and this no
doubt will keep up the price Of really good
lots an.onG the knowing ones but On the
| other hard the crop rs Z whole has already
got the nam. of being g flea eaten ~ and
| this will be apt 10 make buyers shy of it
unless they know exactly what it is, and
| this will be apt to keep prices down ut or
below the usual average.
A few operations in the new crop Of
York county leaf are reported at fair
| prices, aHd over a thousand cases Of the
Jersey Shore crop have already been taken
by Lancaster operators, the agents Of Mr..
Rosenbaum and Tag & Co., being the
heaviest purchasers.
OF the 1879 crop about 200 cases chang
ed hands this week in this city ON private
terms This crop has been going off grad
ually but steadily ever since it was sam
! pied but SO quiet that it is difficult to
! tell just how much of it has been disposed
| of. The heavy sales Of it made in New
| York last week, agSregating over 4,5OO
cases, would seem to indicate that it is be-
ing eagerly sought after, notwithstand-
ing the oSacu.r warnings Of the Tobacco
| Journal. A week ago that paper declared
there was 10 demand for Pennsylvania to-
bacco, and that the sales were insigniti-
cant, just as it had prophesied would DO
| the case. Now that the sales Of almost
| 5000 cases stare the Journal in the face, it
| andauntctiiy says in effect, didn't We
| tell you 500 The foolish buyers of 70
| Pennsylvania are selling out 1T 4 loss, to
| make room for the enormously large crop
be able to buy very low"' Buyers will,
/ OA COubSt. psty tuC AupiASiG W
the Journals sayings as they have hereto
fore dOne-so will sellers
The Tobacco Leaf notes the fOllOwin.
transactions in Pennsylvania leaf in New
York last week:
Messrs. Basch & Fischer, Of 1jj Water
street, have purchased Mr.. NJ. III. Levin's
entire packing OF 1879 Pennsylvania to-
baccO, comprising some 1,5OO cases. This
well-knnwn firm arc now the holders OF
Mr.. Lcyin's and the Nlcssrs. LachenbGuch's
choice packin9S. They also have secured
the services OF Mr.. David Lcderman as
packer, who was formerly in the employ
ment of Mr.. Levin.
Messrs. E. Spin.arn & Co. bought from
Mcssrs. Fatman & Co., 200 cases Of
Pennsylvania.
Messrs. Emanuel Hoffman & Son sold
during the week 80 cases of Connecticut
and 100 cases Of Pennsylvania.
Messrs. Charles F. Tag N Son have sold
the past week Il considerable quantity Of
their choice packing Of 1879 Pennsylva-
| MIA.
Messrs. Lchtcnstein Bros, Of III
Maiden Lime, bought 200 cases of Penn
sylvania !; 100 cases from NJ. II. Levin, and
| 100 cases from Messrs. Z. Rosenwald g.
Bro.
Messrs. L. & f. Wertheimer sold 100
cases 1879 Pennsylvania Oh Friday.
In addition to these the journal notes
the following:
One hundred cases Of 10 Pennsylvania
were sold by Mr.. J. Friedman of Maiden
Lane.
Messrs. Mccoy & Co., the uptown man.
ufacturers, made a purchase OF 800 cases
of 70 Pennsylvania, and L. Bremers' Sons,
the Philaslelpiiis leaf firm, took 100 cases
of same crop
Mr.. S. ScloIle, 4 packer Of leaf in Will
liam street, sold his packing Of 500 cases
Of 70 Pennsylvania this week through
street brokers'.
Comparatively small portion Of our
local crop has yet been stripped good
deal of it is no: yet fit for stripping, and if
it were, the dry, cold weather is alone
sufficient to prevent growers from taking
it from the poles The late 'bOom" in
the New York market and the activity
manifested a'aong buyers in this vicinity
are indications that the crop of 1890 will
be "wanted' when the time comes to
get in shape for handling.
The Nep Ern, Of this city, aud the Dis
patel, Of York, have taken the tobacco in
terests of Lancaster and York county un-
der their especial care. After having writ
ten columns Of elimination and recrimin-
alton the Era succeeded in proving the
Dispatch man il falsifier, and the Dispatch
proves the Era man "a fellow" who don't
know how to spell 'chap- -ar-ral." That
settles it.