Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-31
LEAF TOBACCO.
seed LsaS, snmstra and Havana for the
Week Ending Saturday, July -.
10 A, q.

market this week. With the exception OF
a reported sale of 600 cases of the memOr-
able 'S1 New York Big Flats, transactions
were small both in number and size. Tho
cigarmakeIs' lockout has, of course, help
ed to decrease the business in leaf, and an
offer OF tobacco to any of the combating
manufacturers meets with smiles of deri-
sion. Nevertheless, the tone of the mar
ket is excellent. Holders of '82 Pennsyl-
vania have the utmost confidence of find.
ing paying market in the near future,
while the few lucky holders Of 'S2 Wis
cousin are swimming in a sea of joy. Fhe
'S3 Ohio is sure to realize profit to the
packers owing to its cheapuess and general
good appearance. In quarters where 'S2
New York state was invested in faces are
sombrc, while in those where 'S3 CoDnec-
ticut is piled up in masses, courage is
kept up with difficulty only. Still,
who can tell bus what 'S2 Connecticut will
suddenly become the pride Of holders?
Only few months ago the '82 Wisconsin
was declared to be wholly unfit for cigar
manufacturing purpo es. A large New
York cigar manufacturing firm that bought
it in the field, rejected it, under all sorts
of pretexts, and afterward this very
firm went into the market and eagerly
bought 1900 cases of it from a packer.
And everybody else buys it, too. shout
ing its praise to the skies Either pack
ers of tobacco in general arc ignorant of
the intrinsic merits of tobacco, or tobacco
after it has left the fiela is subject to
changes by uncomfortable freaks of nature.
The fortunate buyers Oftha 'S2 Wisconsin
claim the tobacco to have been bad when
in the barns ; but their experienced eye
detected certain peculiarities in tho leaf,
which, they knew. would in season turn
it into fine and profitable stock. Our ad-
miratiOn is somewhat prevented from be-
coming boundless by the fact that most of
these wise and sagacious paople invested
largely in 'S2 Pennsylvania.
Sumatra. also, is suffering from the lull
in our trade. 1t sells at present only when
offered at moderate figures. Here and
there We hear of limited transactions at
prices near to 81 so, but regular quota
tions Monday are from 81 to 81 .25. Single
bales of extra fine, OF course, command a
fancy figure.
The sales of the week were:
Pennsylvania-Crop 1920 cases, at
174 cents.
Crop 's1-1sO cases, at III to 13 cents.
Wisconsin-Crop '82-40O cases, 81 to IL
cents.
New York state-Crop $1,000 Big
Flats, PIT.
Ohio-Crop 'ss 200 cases wrappers, at
12 cents.
Havana Market quiet. Sales $50 bales.
No change in prices.
Tho PhIladeiph,s Market.
Seed Leaf-Dealers in cigar leaf of all
grades are not at the present time crowded
with trade "TOO hot for exertion' is the
general cry, but the truth is, buyers are
not buying heavily, but confine their pur
chases to just what they need for imme-
diate use. As yet prices of all grades and
.rOps hold steady and firm, and render
satisfaction to buyer and seller. The '81
Pennsylvania daily shows convincing signs
of approval, both in color and burning
qualities, hence it is making admirers
last.
Sumatra sells in such quantities as need
ed for immediate use at small advance.
Havana-If o. K. in quality is readily
handled. Nondescript is not wanted at
any price.
Receipts of the week-449 cases Con-
necticut. 671 cases Pennsylvania, 40 cases
Ohio, 217 cases Wisconsin, "a cases York
State seed, IS bales Sumatra, 131 bales
Havana, aud 1854 hhds Virginia and West
ern leaf tobacco.
Sales have been-342 cases Connecticut,
529 cases Pennsylvania, 80 cases Ohio, 16
cases Little Dutch, 116 cases Wisconsin,
60 cases York state Havana seed, 81 bales
Sumatra, 11S bales Havana, 81 bids Vir-
ginia aud Western leaf in transit direct to
manufacturers.
Exported of leaf tobacco-To Liver.
pool via str British Prince, 205. lbs;
to Sagua La Grand, 1,211 to CiensuegOs,
3S1 do total, 2O7, ,2O6 do.
Gsns' Report.
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J.
S. Cans Son & Co., tobacco brokers, No.
131 Water street, New York, for the week
ending July 30. 1888:
200 cases 1881 N. Y. state 7(91Oc.; so
cases 1881 New England 120l6c.; 100
cases 1882 do p. t.; 125 cases 1881 Pennsyl
vania, 9@12c.; $50 cases 1882, do 15@1Sc.; !;
300 cases 1882 Wisconsin Havana seed, p.t. !;
100 cases sundries, 6@l0c. Total, 1,O25
The Local Tobacco Market.
The most important event among tObac-
CO men this week was the great hail storm
of Saturday, which destroyed or damaged
thousands of acres of growing tobacco,
particulars of which were printed
in Mondays DAILY INTELLIGENCER.
Very few additional facts have come
to hand, except that the list of names of
sufferers by the hail is becoming longer
and longer. James B Frey, city, loses 2
acres John r. Bitner, city, Q acres John
Sener, Pequea, 81 acres Levi Sener,
Peuqua, 8 acres; Simon Rsssler, East
Lampeter, acres Peter B. Johns, East
Lampeter, Q acres John Ulmer, 5 acres;
Jospeh Fogle, Salisbury, z acres Geo. D.
Lefevre, West Lampeter, z acres; Abra-
ham LsamoD, 8 acres. Hundreds OF others
have had losses ranging from to 10 acres.
The growing crop that escaped the belts
of hail has been doing we'll during the
past week. A few early crops have been
cut off and housed A large proportion of
the crop has been topped, but very con-
siderable part of that which was planted
late is not far enough advanced for top.
ping.
Many farmers whose plants were cct to
pieces by the hail, have stripped off the
shattered leaves and cut off the stem few
inches from the ground so as to give the
plant a chance to send out second crop of
leaves.
A correspondent from the vicinity Of
Oak Hill states that the crops in the
southern townships which escaped the
hail is very fine. The acreage in that
vicinity is almost az large as it was last yeaIs
A few early planted lots have been cus Of,
and are reported to be very large, and en-
tirely free from insect injury. Especial
mention is made of Mr.. Lynch's four acres
in Little Britain, the crop ON the Tally