The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-07
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.
prguNsAN, MAY o. IEE1


since our la, report Tor during the month Of
AprtJ cur market las been decide y active Tor de-
sirabe toDaccOs Of every class. a. d oiWlistaun-
ing The fact mat our sales appear snil lney are
nevertheless equal 10, II not IN eXcc1s or those oil
The previous year. when We cousiGer the receipts
and stocks from which selections were 10 DE- mace.
OF the stocks Of Dark iOoaccos on hand (unsoldl
october |. 1850, there were but very sinai por-
tiou OF them AZ ala desirable for elmer export Or
manufacturing purposes. and The receipts Of thls
cIass tlncc have been unprccedenledh small ana III
teri0r. The farmer The season aGNarces the more
We are convinced Of he truth 81 our previous pre-
iOu-ViZ.. hat the dark crop 81 leSU Is not onN
the sal rr hut the most inferior ever grown In HE
State: and We do Lot tNagselate when We say lliat
m, re has not been fne package Of dark iODicco
new offered here this season. Desirab iobaccos
OF this description are much sought amer, ahd
would be taken freely al renuncIatiye prices were
they to be had. VI drums and hondescflpis con-
tinuc 10 meet with much pegeci. .,,,
Brfght T0bdccOs Their are some who sun con-
hui uuOl what they base their opinions we are AZ q
los 10 know. From personal observation, ana from
all that gather from The most ielliue ouIces we
feel confident IN estimating the crop at very nta,
IN moi auile an average one IN all respects fancy
wrappers excepted. and fully equal 10 any demand
hkeiV 10 be mace aeon II. The receipts Oh brlRhls
FANCY wraDpers eXceute0j are full anu ~ excess OF
demand, anH any alling-on hereafter nottu y mort
likely 10 be for the want OF 0uyer man ioI tne wan
~ tobacco At present there Is not 10 be found In
the combined markets of Virginia and Norm car
ollna such a stock or brignts, ranging Ia quahIy
from strictly good 10 common OF an classes as are
now being offered here. IL Is rirc Indeed mat shcn
an opportunity or such inducements are onereu
those in want of such. There ,xisls every reason
why factors and dealers generally our OF ipS s.ate
shonld nay IoOre attention To this the distributing
market or Virginia and North Carolina A. sirlk-
iugly Illustrative OF the force OF TINS we cite ne iac
,ht there has nor been week In The past three or
four MOI ms that We have not had on TINS market
from one 10 three buyers from inland markets pur-
ch,"i,g their tobaccos 10 Nil orders from Canada
and the West. MANY of these goods thus bought
are shipped back TO The Interior TO M these oIdeIs
AZ proft. This l. no subterfuse 10 atifSct traue
and attention TO this particular point bal Iets cor
rohor.ted by actual salts and shipments ana are re-
norted for the good OF the trade universal. a..
The local ectipts OF western too'coo, Io1 sn
he demand for This class Is confined almost exc.n-
siyey 10 OLD Mason county ers, from good 10 ON,
49, In5orlunately these grades are so scare aud
~, s,ch oemand al home that they cannot &C mad
Wniw ,hStanding IL Is evident that our fac ors must
Ier aecesstdte ref look 10 The west Tor their sup
Div Tor 1881 and 1882.
Wy ecsiafs.-Virgiria From October I, 1870, L
mi al. 1880, I5,7s9 hogsbeacs; 6.OS2 fierce.
From October ], 1850, TO APdl 80, 1851, s,6ts