Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-04
LEAF TOBACCO.
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market indicate 1t IL done quietly, aud
outside ui buyer aud seller little is kuowu.
but tins much il known that prices have
Btil1ucd up very considerably aud holders
of all kinds Of old goods are feeling bcttcr
than they have for while. Tho slow
and gradual sales Of old stock hayc been
telling on tho amount held IN this county
aud We venture tO say that the total nov
owned is less than geuCrally supposed
Tho 50 crop is almost extinct, and that
which has been sold lately was at fair
prices. Tho 81 never had large guam
ttty i'll tho whole crop, not nearly as large
rs tho so or 81, and 1t is easy to SEQ that
thcre has been largo proportion oG it
sold. As to 'S2 there IL a very small
quantity Of 1t for sale, especially OF fiuc or
even fair, 80 ha upon the wholo this
market is IN 8bo 1t as good share as
usual, aud bette than 1t has beon for
aeveTal years.
Daring tho past week the sales in the
local market oi 81 Pennsylv luia aggrCga
tod between 200 and 800 cases, aud of the
crop Of 50 not less than 800 cases, at fair
figures.
Nevertheless the demand flr SO is not
as brisk as farmers would like to have il.
This is probably for reasons best known
to buyers, and one Is that packers have
not made much money during the last few
years 50 and 81, they claim, made
nOne :! some, but not u BONANZA" by
any means they claim So TO have many
imPcrtcctiOus, prefer buying 1t slowly and
with care. OF this, no good business man
can complain, as no other Glass would do
it.
The right thing for growers to do is 10
put NJ their crops right and make what
wrappers they havo good and they pN be
sold
There l. still some buying going on but
as ln old goods the transactions are only
known - buyer and seller.
From well informed dealer ws tiud
that OF 50 there has already been bought
from ) 600 to 10000 cases seed leaf, aud
probably 600 cases OF Havana seed the
latter is probably all that was raised in
the county. The demand for this will
Coou exhaust the supply in fact, we know
Of QUO packing of It that Is already sold
Dealers have been supplying growers
with seed, and au immense amount OF IL
has been sold, hut It is said to be getting
scarce. From what We hear now more
than the half ofthe acreage Tor the coming
season wi, be Havana seed.
Among recent sales OF 81, we note that
John Carnathan, Eden, TO Skiles Il Frey.
l aero at -, 1, / , Daniel Sehner, Eden,
10 s1mc, acr' at l6, 6, 1, , :, Henry
Phillips, Drumore, 10 Same, | acre, az Il,
., 1, , j. G.. Lefeyer DTumore, 20 same
/ acre, a. 10, t. >.
\ good deal moro 'S3 was sold at prices
ranging all .he way from 5 to g5 for wrlp
pers. \ number OF buyers are in tho city
and during the past week they made dally
pilgrImages 70 the country, coming home
with their buggios and themselves also
covered with mud which showed that they
had been among the tobacco growers, but
70 all Inquiries they declared they were
buying no tobacco.
Gans' Repurt
Following are tho sales OF sesi leaf
tobacco reported by J ). Cans Son II Co.,
tobacco brokers, No. l3l Water street,
New York, for the week ending Mar. 3,
1884
500 cases 1881 Pennsylvania, 6allc. 4:
$50 cases 81 do, 100000 100 cases $50
Wisconsin Havana seed, lS(g2jc.; 100 cases
lSe9 New EAgllnd, Havana seed lG,d2Jc. :
100 cases lSS! New England, llG2jc. (;
100 cases suudries, iHlS Total, $50
cases.
seed iesi, SunRifa aud Havana hr tue
week Ending saturday.
[. :. Tobacco journal.
There was no change In point Of sales
IN the market There will be no change
IL this respect, either, for good while to
como The only change that will take
place, and most assuredly so, will be
higher prices for what is labeled as fine
tobacco. But then call it what you will :
II 1t il better than tho bad, it will soil and
bring adequate COR inadcquate) figures
There is so little Of useful Sumatra now
left III the market that this bugaboo of
the leaf trade is at present exceedingly
harmless. The new Sumatra will be first
| offered in Amsteria at the end of April.
| We have seen samples Of it. They locke d
bad but as we have q faint suspicion that
the best, or even the good was not shown
70 u.s. any expression of opinion upon the
! evidence submitted would be out Of place.
Certain it is that tho new Sumatra will
not be sold for great deal less than
| present quotations at Amsterdam. II
| growers will really carry out the now
| generally adopted programme of raising
| Havana seed this year, the price of Suma
| ira will have very little bearing
upon tho market. What agtates the
minds now Of packers, dealers aud manu-
| factuTers is how to bridge over the
spring, summer and fall for fine toblcc1s
II stands To reason that whatever of the
| 'S3 crop turns out fine will be picked from
the market very rapidly, and as can be
imagined, at no little profit to packers.
If, as we said before, Havana seed is raised
this year almost exclusively, it will bi
bought when barely out of the ground.
| The sales OF the week showed more
| spirited inquiries Tor 'Sl Pennsylvania
and prices for the same, especially fol
more wrapper lots, improved considerably
We specify
Pennsylvania-Crop 49,: : 400 cases, al
u, IS, 10. 22t cents.
Crop 'sl 600 cases, at 8, II, IA asd /:
cents.
Conneeticut-Crop 'S2 s5 cases Ha
vana seed at "a cents.
Crop 'S2 : 200 cases native seed, mostly
wrappers, at lG to 80 cents.
New York State-Crop $500 cases
pit !.
Ohio-Crop 5000 cases, at 3, 7, anC
1lt cents.
sumatra- Sales 200 bales. at s115 t.
sl75.
Havana--salos 600 balos, at 80 cents t,
sl35.
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