Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-05
THE TOBACCO MARKET.
rnn TRADE ntRsAsp E.srwarwr.
| sew yutE. ph,l.deipra aud othcr marksts
| --Ino sum.,rs sqisbbls--Seed Leaf
| aud usssna seSd--rns Lancaster
cat Market,

Lear hHrhtt,
There is but little to say about our local
market. Owing to uufavorable weather,
less than one half the crop has been
stripped, aud comparatively little Of that
which has been prepared FOR market, has
found purchasers, A few local buyers
are bobhiug around aud picking up do
sirable lots, but they use every precaution
to keep their purchases secret aud to
bear" prices and deprecato the quality
Of the crop. This ,s "business" of course,
aud ia to be- expected but it is neverthe-
less an unpleasant fact that tho heavy
buyers of other years from New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore aud tho Pacific |
coast are not here, and they don't appear |
To be i'll hurry about coming. Some of |
the causes which have operated against |
the sale oi the crop Of 'S3 have from time |
to time been set forth in these columns
the Sumatrau competition, the uncertainty
| Oi the tax to 10 put upon the imported
| article, the low grade OF our own crop,
| the damage from tip mould. and a very
general opinion among buyers that our seed
leaf is running down in quality aud must
be supplauted by Havana seed. These are
| the principal reasons assigned for the slow
demand for our crop. But on the other
hand 1t is very we'll known that desirable
Cigar leaf is becoming scarce, that the
| .Ntw htlh ulhEhtL viii hODu W tAuauhttus
aud that manufacturers will DO compelled
to buy somewhere, aud that they can
nowhere else get as good leaf as they can
in Pennsylvania, and nowhere else IN
Penusy lvauia rs good as they can get in
| Lancaster. THIS fact Is demonstrated by
every weeks report of the New York
market; not only are the sales OF Pennsyl
vauia tobacco larger than those of any
other native growth, but the prices paid
for it are higher. So then, altogether the
buyers Of SO are slow in coming to time,
they will no doubt come, and that before
long. Let the farmers possess their souls
in peace, and carefully prepare their crops
Tor the inspection OF buyers.
r We have but few sales of 'S3 leaf to re.
port this week G. Z, Steacy, of Bart, has
: sold about 800 pounds of Havana seed to
Q Skiles & Frey, at 81 cents; {. L. Quigley,
' has sold about 900 pounds to the same
! purchaser on private terms aud nj. 1.
! Palmer has sold to same six acres of low
l grade 81 at 8 cents through. DAME
a Eberly, of Drumore, has sold to r. II
Z Brubakor } acres at 90, 10, 5, 8; VIM. II
Kline, OF DrumOre, to same l acre at -, o
n 4,2.
{ The following sales were mado in Yves
s Donegal township to kirekhoff Henry
. NJ. Wilmer 81 acres at 30, Z and 3 Aarot
Hoffman, % acres at 90. aud 3 Samue
II X. Glsh, 1s acres a. Is, !. and 2 Jos
y Ebersole, . acres at 10. T. 5 and ? Jno
e Glse, 2 acres at 16 Z, aud ThOma
II Gise, 2 acres at 10, Z aud 2. To Q. G
Herr Jacob X Shank, /. acres at 81, 9
" and 3
y John Stimmel, of Eden, sold one acre t.
Il. II. Brubaker for 10, o, 4 2.
T Robert Montgomery has sold a sma
1t pacsing OF 81 to Skiles & Frey.
The old tobacco sold during the wee
will not exceed 300 cases.
Sales during the last week ). IL F. sol
ID 1877 cases 81 and Samuel Moore is said I
ID have bought over 400 cases about LOc
x Haven.
" Ola Tobacco Growers.
to We suppose the two oldest growers
r | tobacco in the lower end Of this count
are James Long aud J. J. Martin, of Lii
or erty Square, both of them men long pa
he three score and ten and yet hearty al
cir hale, aud who have helped TO handle u
crops grown on their farms this last se
son. In an interview with them they to
our representative that ii is twenty "
years since they began to cultivate q
'n' weed, aud their experience at it is wor
hearing. The improvements in quail
49, aud in the handling oft are wonderful a,
both of them seem TO have kept pace wi
ay the times, and their sons, John Long al
w. w Saml. Martin now have the reputation
W. raising and handling the finest crop
'aI their section, but the old gentlemen clai
he the credit for it. These farmers DO
,eu gave some attention to Havana last seas
u' and have made it success their yield b
been over 1900 lbs to the acre and The
seed leaf almost 2, 900 lbs. Next year tn
on intend planting the two varieties in abO
I'M equal quantities. The crop on both farl
1er have been purchased by Skies 6 Frey
nat this city.
vas Sew York Market.
ger L. ;. Tobacco journal.
to Lively times Ieigned in our market t
lat week. The buyers, manufacturers
INT pecially, have at least begun to see Il
ter the state of the market for fine goods
he exceedingly precariOps, and that to
ind clearing out of such stock within q ve
ear short time is an absolute certainty. '
vas pointed out the now prevailing situati
md many weeks ago, and urged our read
ase to take advantage Of a dull market to
ty cure whatever choice goods they CO.
hi fad. To day the market is so stiff a
ed. holders have become SO independent t
Try J is safe to quote a great advance
the prices for fine stock. Havana seed see
no, TO have vanished from the market entir
and 80 Pennsylvania wrappers are L
wn, taking the lead. Fine running lots Of
led. hundred cases, containing so to 80 ca
ices of wrappers, are quoted to-day at % TO
the cents. A great scarcity of fine bind
evi exists, which sell at Is to II cents. VI
cheap goods g 20 7 cents), Ohio espec
ly, can hardly be found. But in stocl
tau. medium grades, running from = tC
Who cents, there is a glut which seemingly
]. no end. Among these can be found v
w. useful '82 Connecticut wrappers at l.
Tar. 20 cents. Under these ciroumstanC
Sumatra is selling lively at figures rum
from 81 10 to Sl.70.
saIa The sales of the week amounted to o
nck 800 cases, pivided according to tho alb
resume.
Havana-Had an active market.
sales ran up to nearly 1000 bales, at Fl
90 cents to 81 80. Of new goods Rel
dIos sold the most lively.
heu sales of Seed Leaf IN New York Ia Janu
1an w. Tobacco Leaf.
4, January ended with a moderate tots
sales OF seed leaf, though the trans
cht, embraced all available growths and va
pen ties. 1t is probable that February
Eva make better exhibit in respect Of qu
'aoge tity than the month just past, and poss
HISS OF prices also, as the situation is such q
son, justify expansion in both.
kes, sa,.. ,or the mor,,
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