Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-03
Tobacco.
The Crop and tho Market. .

The Crop and tho Market.
Tobacco Leaf.
Business in the seed leaf market las
continued active, the Gles for the week
amounting to s, 900 cases, and embracing
all varieties of the 1880 growth. The in
jury that was done on Sunday to the new
Big Flat crop will necessarily still further
strengthen the situation of old and new
leaf. The sales of seed leaf for the month
of September reached the enormous quan
tity Of %, 100 cases, of which only 800
were for export. An appreciable advance
in the prices of some varieties and grades
was established during the month.
The Philadelphia Market.
Packers and handlers seem happy and per-
fectly satisfied with sales thus far this year.
They say trade las been, is now, and likely
to continue for the outlook. good in every
respect. Packers will have no fault to
find with the 1880 crop when the year is
out ; to borrow the words of some of the
packers, if 1881 will only do as we'll, that
is all they ask. Figures steady and firm.
Cans Report.
Sales Of seed leaf tobacco reported by ].
S. Cans Son & Co., tobacco brokers, No.
121 Water street, New York, for week
ending Oct. 3: 2,700 cases 1880 Penn
sylvania, assorted, lea 21c. 1900 cases
1880 New England wrappers, 1G@ SOC. !;
1850 cases 1880 state, p. t. 300 cases
1880 Ohio, G1g11c. 100 cases 1880 Wis
consin 5M, l5c. Total G, 300 cases.
Tne Crop Situation.
Leaf.
For its sl,oltcomins in respect of rain
when most needed, the season is likely to
make amend in warmth to keep the frost
away. This is a gratifying ending of a
bad beginning, and divests the problem of
future supplies of one of its most exasper-
ating uncertainties. Two weeks and more
ago it seemed as if there were but little
chance of maturity for late tobacco plants
North or South, both on account of the
injury done to them by drouth, and the
probability of their being Overtaken by
frost Now, it is reasonable to believe
that nearly all the present outstanding
crop will he harvested without further
harm than what has already come to it
be that less or more. The occasional
rains tha: have fallen in the
past fortnight or three weeks have
developed the various tObaccOs in the field
amaZngly-this we learn from our cores
pondencc in all the producing sections
and they will be ripe enough to cut, with
out any doubt, before frosty weather can
now set in. There is going to be larger
gathering to the acre than was anticipated
little while ago, and perhaps the har-
vests freedom from wash will in some
degree compensate for the diminished size
of leaf to be expected from protractcd dry
weather. In this event the aggregate
weight will exceed the general cxpecta-
ton. 1t is to be hoped it may, as the
crops. growa under such adverse condi-
tions, are likely to have defects enough at
the bes; to make attractions Of any kind
exceptionally desirable,
PhiIaae,i.hIa'. Disreputabie Deiesation.
Timc-.
No gud citizen of Philadelphia, whether
Democrat on Republican, could read the
truthful reports from the recent William
sport convention without sense Of humil-
iation. Nor docs it lessen the shame
upon the Democratic party that Republi-
can delegations to state conventions are no
better than Democratic Delegations. On
the contrary it deepens the degradation of
all parties to know that modern Philadel-
phia delegations to political conventions
have become SD disreputable as to bring
shame upon the most intelligent city of
the Union. True, the delegates are not
all disreputable nor even Il majority of
them, while there arc always worthy gen
tlemen among them who would honor
their party and their constituents but it
has become the rule of political dclega-
tions from Philadelphia to have in and
around them quite enough of bummers
and blacksuartis to cast disgrace upon
the whole body and to fling shame upoi,
our city.
r. 4 ~ NJ H..
could have been nominated had Phi!adcl-
phia been repl in the convention
by delegation of reasonable ability, skill
and deccncy. There were number of
honorable exceptions among the delegates,
who struggled maniully to shield them
selves from lOsh defeat and shame, but the
dele CATION, as delegation, was a conspic-
uous reproach to our great city, and the
defeat of Mr.. Davis lies at its door.
The Wiliamsport assembly was 4 new
departure in poll icat state conventions.
Had it been one of the regulation sort,
such as both Republican and Democratic
machincs run by boss orders, the city del
egation would have been at homo in it !;
but it was Il convention outside of machine
regulations, and the regulation Philadel-
phia political hummer and trader and
Shrieker was 4 curse to whOmSOever bis
favor was given.
The disgrace of Philadelphia in the
state conventions of both parties and in
the Legislature has become proverbial,
and if our large and intelligent commu-
nifty would not become vOicelcss in the
councils Of both parties and in legislation,
bummers and traders Of both sides must
be sent to the rear, and men of character.
ability and experience must be chosen as
their representatives.
In an Unsafe flace.
The West Chester Record complains