Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-06
TOBACCO.
Il L1vzLx LOCAL nAxkEr

Large sales and DellvsFses-1Ae Tax Agony
Ended For . season-Ths Market In
New York and PhiladslphIa.
The past week has been a rather busy
ono in the local market. A large quantity
of leaf Of the crop Of 1882 has been pur-
chased from the growers, and large guam
titles previously purchased have been
delivered at the packing houses, in many
Of which full force of handlers are en-
ployed in asserting and casing the leaf. It
is. estimated that from 1900 to %, 600
cases Of the now crop have been purchased,
and that still larger part remains unsold.
In old tobacco there have been about
tho usual number Of sales. Now that
Congress has passed new internal reve.
nue bill, reducing the tax on cigars and
tobacco and lessening the license fees, it
is believed that trade willrevive, provided
those interested can get the hang, of the
new law, which is at best. only . halfway
measure. The only part Of the bill which
seems to meet with general approval
in this county is the following provi-
sion imposing heavy tax on Sumatra
tobacco, which relieves the faint hearted
grower of American leaf of the fear of
foreign competition. sLeaf tobacco, of
which Is per cent. is of the requisite size,
and of the necessary fineness of texture to
be suitable for wrappers, and of which
more than one hundred leaves are required
to weigh q pound, if not stemmed, Is
cents per pound !; if stemmed, s1.oO per
pound"
Following are some late sales reported !:
j. Gust Zook has purchased the follow
Jog lots in Martic township Jesse Earner,
acre at 10, 4, 3; Samuel Harner, acre
at 10, 8; Peter Carroll, acres at 20, 5, 8 ;
VIM. Wentz, acre at 10, 3.
I. McGonlie purchased on Saturday the
following lots in East Donegal William
Haines, acres at 20, 16A, 5, 8; John
Runk, acre at 13, 5, 3; Tobias Gouker.
acres at Is, 5, 8; Benjamin Gerber, 8
acres at Is, s, 3 Levi Weaver, acre, at
1S, 6, 8.
Jacob s. Mumma, Of same township, has
sold to Moore & Bro, II acres at 20, 6,
3.
Mr.. Joseph Shultz, of Washington
borough, has received 81 ,206 for acre
yield of tobacco. For the products from
10 other acres he received from 18 to %
cents per pound.
In Leacock Frank Pentlarge has bought
of John R. Bair and John B. Caldwell their
crop at II, 6, 2; John r. BARS at IA, 6,
8; Fatman bought ofJohn B. Senger his
crop at 16, s, 8.
Our Bart correspondent writes as fol-
lows of the condition of the market in the
southeastern part of the county The
sales of tobacco in Bart up to the present
time March 5, 1883, are as follows F. M.
Lennox, acre, to Rohrer ; Benz. Fritz,
l acre at Is, 5, 2, to Rohrer Sam Pickel,
! acre at 14a, 5, 2, to same Elam Picke),
2 acre at 16 for wrappers, to same Michae
Scott, 2 acres at IA, 5, 3, 8, to Smith
Baughman. ! acre at 16, s, 2, to same
8. to same !; H. Ruth, as acres a,
Is, 0, 5, 8, to Skiles & Fry
Robert Thompson, il acre, to same, is,
s, S, 8; James Thompson, acres t.
same, 16, 5, 8; Jacob Thompson, q acre.
to same, 16, 5, 3 Charles Tyson, acre.
to Dehaven, at IA. % ; Joseph Scott,
acre, to same. These lots are not the bes
in the township by any means larger lot
by any buyers. G.. E. Steacy has about
or 4 tons of good stock, we'll and CAREFUL!
banded now ready, and host o
just closed their stripping of good lots
The dry times in the trade does not ap
pear to deter growers in this neighborhoo'
as many who have two years crops o.
hand are preparing for the next year. Th
'sl crop is held at good figure in on
township, and holders claim it as goos
sweating crop, in defiance of the impres
sion generally given out by buyers q
cased stock. Most of the '81 crop here
now in cases and in tho hands of partie
who do not intend to make birthday Pre-
} sents of it to the travelling buyers