Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-26
TOBACCO.


ODdOOO'
THE LANCASTER MARKET RErORTs.
Tho Crop OF 80 In Demand-'8l being
Sampled and '82 Nearly all Housed.
The ForeIga Markets.
Had the weather continued good during
tho later part of the past week nearly all
the crops would have been housed, but
the rains of that part prevented farmers
from cutting, and there is considerable
yet t. be taken in out of the cold. It
looks pretty thin and good deal of it will
not be worth the putting away.
Farmers are still complaining of their
seen some little that was damaged.
Sampling of tho 81 crop is still going
on, though q good deal is yet to be done.
Packers are jubilant over their drawn
samples aud from what we have seen the
coop seems very fine.
There has been a very active demand
for 80 filters and low grades, but few
packers will sell them out. although prices
for that class are fair.
The:e is considerable demand for '81
goods. aud when dealers can buy at
fair prices they are willing to
invest, but they are not willing
to pay fancy prices. They argue,
and with a good deal of force, that prices
must como down. The crops of 80 and
'S1 are still ON hand and the crop of '82,
which is good deal larger than it was
supposed to be is now pretty we'll housed.
Even if there should be no tobacco grown
for q year or two there would be no great
famine in the market. While most pack
ers and cigar manufacturers acknowledge
that there is no better favored tobacco in
the states than that grown in this county
they say that the price. especially for
wrappers, is too high. The rank growth
of the weed in this county causes the
leaves to be checkered with largo
veins, 80 that great part Of
the crop purchased for wrappers
has to be used for filters, and a
large part consists of heavy stems that are
a total loss. Wisconsin tobacco, though
of inferior quality, shows much less waste,
and as it can be bought at a far less cost
than Pennsylvania, manufacturers arc to =
great extent making use of it. Many in
tclligent dealers who smilo at the scare
attempted to he got up on account Of Su-
matra tobacco, profess to believe that Gre
many years Pennsylvania will find a dam
aging rival in Wisconsin. There good
tobacco land is worth $40 or $50 per acre !;
here it is $500 or $500. There tho farmers
are we'll content with profit of 500 per
acre hero they want $500 or S400. Tho
Wisconsin leaf being smaller has smaller
veins and can bc worked without waste,
aud is therefore more desirable for wrap
pcrs. These views are expressed by men
we'll versed in the trade, and We give
them for what they are worth. That there
is something in them is evidenced 10y tho
fact that for some time past there has
been very lively demand for Pennsylva.
mia filters, to the neglect of other goods.
Our farmer friends can ponder over the
matter and govern themselves accordingly.
The NEW YORK MARKET.
kor the Week Ending Saturday, September
23, 10 A. m.
U. 8. Tobacco journal.
The reader will do we'll in believing ono
half of what We report to-day, as far as
the number of sales is concerned. 1t has
become almost habit with parties inter-
ested to report their sales as having
reached double the amount which they ac-
tually sold. Business in seed leaf is un.
healthy. Everything is forced, strained
and exaggerated. People want to sell,
and like to hear of sales, and everywhere
efforts arc mado to create BOOM" an
excitement. A sale of four hundred cases
Of 81 Wisconsin, reported last week, now
dwindlcs down to a sale of one hundred,
with the refusal Of the other three hun.
dred. One sale of two hundred cases OF
New York state is reduced to one hun
dred, and one party alleged to have
bought ono hundred cases of 81 Penn
sylvania is ready to sue for libel.
From the list of sales below, the market
this week will appear to have been very
lively. It was not, when everything is
reduced to fact. What do a few sales of a
few hundred cases here and there amount
to, with the enormous crop on hand, and
Sumatra marching onward daily in create,
strength than before
What sells is fine, silky stock, not too
large, not too light, and the common, low
priced goods, for common, low priced
cigars. Everything else is neglected.
80 Pennsylvania takes it place. 1t sells
for SO much less than the '81. If packers
of 'S1 Pennsylvania wcre willing to allow
uld-be-buyers to pick the fine, small,
silky wrappers at reasonable figures, or a,
figures equivalent to those ruling for 'S1
Wisconsin and New York state Havan:
seed, sales would be effected. But thi
class of tobacco costs too much. The loss
would be too heavy, and to lose, nobody
is willing-not just now, at least.
The sales of the week are reported a;
follows:
Crop 81.
Wisconsin-75O cases, u to 10 cents.
COnnecticut-500 cases, mostly IIousa-
tonic wrappers, 25 to 35 cents.
OhiO-400 cases, 5! to Q cents.
Pennsylvania-2OO Gates, PIT.
Crop 80.
Pennsylvania-45O cases, 10, 12, IA, Il
cents ; wrappers, 20 to 35 cents.
Ohio-7OO cases, to Z cents wrap
pcrs, Q to Is cents.
= Havana-Marlket active. New esq is
coming in nIlita lively nrcsentin1 fina