Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-05
TOBACCO.
Tho State of the Leaf Trade.

Tho State of the Leaf Trade.
The past week has not been quite rs
lively q one as 4 few OF those that preceded
it, and yet great deal Of tobacco has been
bought and large quantities delivered at
the city and country warehouses. There
IS great difference OF opinion to what
the prices will be for the half of the crop
yet unsold. The dealers are unanimous,
we believe. that prices must come down
for two substantial reasons First. be-
cause great proportion Of the unsold
crop is hea-bitten or injured by white
vein and second, because the dealers
have already becn' pretty we'll supplied
while fully half Of the crop remains un.
sold. On the other hand the farmers who
still hold their crops say that prices will be
maintained if they do not advance:
First, because many farmers were COM
pelled to sell for less than their to-
bacco was worth, to raise money
to meet their 1st Of April engagements
and second. because most of thOse who
still hold their crops and have weathered
the 1st Of April are able to hold on to them
until there is NO more active demand. As
to white vein and flea bite, while they
acknowledge the existence of these draw
back, they say the buyers have greatly
exaggerated the extent of tho evil, and
they hold to day as good tobacco as was
ever grown in tho county. They profess
to believe, too, that there never has been
and tor many years to come will not DO \
superabundance of good seed leaf, and as
long as there is a demand for it, Lancaster
o 'unty tobacco, being the lest, will have
the call.
Our Washington borough correspondent
under date Of April 4th, writes as follows:
There is nothing doing in the tobacco
business in this section at present; buyers
are scarce and farmers do not feel like sac.
rificing their crops. With the 1st Of April
past, think that buyers of the weed
will find the farmers less disposed to be
beat" than they werea week ago. The
Era in reporting that William Ortman
of this place raised 2,SOO pounds of tobac-
co per acre, has made quite an error which
can very easily be shown. If tobacco is
planted % inches apart ON the row, and
the rows feet apa.t, there can be but
4, $50 plants ON ono acre of ground, and
1900 plants as tho Era stated would
show no less than 3-5 acres of ground, or
an average weight of not more Than 2, 400
pounds per acre the error is in estimat-
ing :, 500 plants fer one acre, which, when
planted as above stated, will require more
than an acre, or rs has been suggested ono
of those acres ' measured with fox and
the tail thrown in :" SD the next time
you hear OF $500 pounds of tobacco from
one acre Of ground, you will know the
kind of acre.
We understand that ex-Assemblyman J.
L.Shunlan has been engaged to purchase to-
baccO for Messrs BOnsOl & Co. IL the above
mr. to h0
firm in procuring the services OF one who
is so we'll qualified for the position; raised
in a district that has always been noted
for the size and quality of its tobacco, and
having had Ito do with IL from his boy-
hood it would be absurd to think that his
ability to judge the weed would not rank
among the best.''
Our New Providence correspondent
sends us the following list of leaf tobacco
delivered to John Hildcbrand on the I'd
inst: j. NJ. Miller, II acres, 10 round
Jessie Isburn, 2 acres. IL, and 8;
Joseph Shaub, acres, 12, 5 and 3; Rudy
Shaub, acre, II, and 3; Ephriam Shaub
acre, Is, and 3; BENJAMIN Rowe, A
acres, IL, 5 and 3; Ephriam Bleacher, /
acre, II. 6. and 3; Mrs. Snyder. ! acre,
Is and 8; Joseph Miller, ] acre, 13, and
g. John Barton, 1 acre, 16, S and 3;
John Rowe, jr., acre, 8, 4, and 8; John
Rowe, ST., 2 acres, IL, 5 and 3 Peter Sny-
der, / acre, 8, 4 and 3 Lcfevre & Mower,
i-acre, 10, 4 and 2 Isaac Erb, 6 acres, 1G,
and 2; John Scoles, acre, 10 and 3
David Huss, acre, IL, 4 and 2;
William Wentz, acres, II, s and s.;
Emery Null, acre, Is, and 8; Isaac
Null, Of Martic, crop at 10 cents through,
Elam Bleacher, acre, -, and 2 Heaps
& Armstrong, 81 acres round, Mrs.
Heaps, ! acre, Is, 3 and 3;
Our correspondent also notes that MIR.
Hildebrand refused to receive the crop of
Henry Swineheart because he thought it
did not pan out according to sample, and
that Buuzl & DO:mitzer refused to receive
the crop Of ]. F. Andrews for the same
alleged reason.
The following lots among many others
have been delivered in this city within .
day Or two past Parker Simpson, Of Mar
tic, to Mr.. Falman at Is, and 3; Joseph
Lawrence, East Hempfield, to same at Is,
5 and 8; II. r. Cassel, Of r spho, to::same
at "a, 10 and 8; w. s. Gable. Of War
wick, to Sellers at 1S. 6and 3; Emil Shirk
of Warwick, to same at Is, 6 and 8; Sam
uel D. Swallcy, to same. at Is, and 3;
David Mcpherson, Of Chester county, to
C.. G.. Herr at 1J z and 3