Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-13
THE TOBACCO MARKET.
SEED LEAF AND HAVANA.

For the Week Ending Saturday, March
IL, 10 A. N.
United States Tobacco Journal.
The revival Of activity in manufacturing
circles a few weeks ago has proved only
temporary. Dizziness and quletness again
prevail in most of our large shops. The
Uncertainty of the tax question and the
precarious state of business in the South
are given as the cause. Consequently our
leaf market is without iuanimation, and
transactions arc few and far between.
Nevertheless there is no concession as re-
CARDS prices on the part of holders, ex.
cept on very inferior goods. A prominent
resweating firm advertiScs elsewhere
that they will bring inferior 80
New York Big Flats to a state of per,
lection by resweating process. 1t is
to be hoped that their efforts will be sue
cessful and that thus several unfortunate
holders OF such stock will be relieved OF
their burden. For fine 80 New York
state several offers were made during the
week, but no sales arc reported. For fine
80 PENNSYLVANIA the demand is good. 1t
has been quite largely examined, but in
spite of the demand the sales seem to be
very small, by reason of its unsatisfactory
weld which is wholly out of proportion to
the prices demanded. There appears TO
be no help for the manufacturers except
either to buy it or stop manufacturing.
The market is very bare of fine wrappers,
which will cause the 81 to be taken hold
of unusually early by the trade. Already
there arc reports Of changes OF ownership
of two packinss of 'S1 Wisconsin Havana
seed, and also of several hundred cases of
Connecticut seconds, but this may be only
an effect of the pulling of wires by brokers'
all of whom are busily engaged in securing
promises of preference from packers con
corning the first exhibition oftheir sam
pies to their (the brokers' customers.
The unsatisfactory state Of business at
present need not cause discouragement in
any branch of the industry. Before long
the volume of business will be as great as
last years, if not greater. The sales OF
the week were as follows
Pennsylvania-Crop 80: 200 cases II!
to 90 cents.
Conncc:,cut-C Crop 80: $50 cases
wrappers, 27t to AZ cents.
Ohio-Crop 80 200 cases 4! to 0:
cents.
Wisconsin--Crop 80 : go cases s t.
IL cents.
Havana-Market active. Sales 500 bales
l>rlccS 1lrm.
If the small cigar manufacturers waE
the tax reduced they must bestir them
selves without delay. Unless they tak'
action at once no change in the present
rate OF tax will occur.
Gans's Report.
Sales Of seed leaf tobacco reported b,
I. s. Gans's Son & Co.. tobacco brokers
No. 131 Water street, New York, for th'
week ending March Is, 1882.
200 cases 1880 Pennsylvania-tillers,
TO 6t. assorted. II to II. $50 cases 1881
New England wrappers, 1G to 81. 1O'
cases 1880 State =. t.. $50 eases 1880 Ohi'
filters, 4! assorted. 6 to Ga. wrappers. il
to ii cents. 1873 cases 1880 Wisconsin,
filters, 3! to 4 wrappers, 0 to 1s! cents
Total S5S cases.
A Good Crop.
John Haverstick, of Kirkwood, delivered
on Saturday last a crop Of three acres @
tobacco to Rosenwald II Bro, and re
ceivcd for the same check, amounting t.
1867. .6f-20 cents around.