Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-04-28
EAGER TOBACCO BUYERS.
THEY FIND rHE 80 CROP LIGHTER
THAN was EXPECTED.
Since the Fears Of an Over-stocked Market are
Aliayed tho Purchasers are Busy.in se-
curing the weed-Iarge Quantities
Hcccived at the warehouses.

Heavy deliveries ofnew tobacco continue 20 |
be made at the city warehouses, which prove |
that buying has been going ON actively, |
though the buyers have not been trumpeting |
their purchases. Since it has become evil |
dent that the Pennsylvania crop of 's4 will |
not aggregate by many thousand cases as |
Eluch as was supposed earlier in the season,
buyers who held aloof for fear cf an over
stocked market have taken heart, and for
week or two past have been gathering in all
they could get while those who were earlier
In the field have continued purchasing. The
result Is that the crop which so long remained
In the hands of the growers is rapidly dis
appearing, and will soon be entirely lifted.
Prices for good leaf remain firm, while trash,
or paintings affected by white vein, sell low.
Following are some recent sales Of Havana
seed
To Becker Bros. Abraham Eby, ~ acres
at 20, ., and 3; Abraham Kaufman, 1 acre
at u, 5, M. ID. Kendig, 8 acres at II, ".
TO Ilederman B. ID. Rohrer, East Lam
peter, acres at 10, 4, 2; G. Kendig of Manor,
across at %, o, 2 TX acres at 70, s, 2; Ist
acres at ls, ., 2; acre at IL, 8, 2 and IL
acres at 16, 8, 2 II. l.. Lefevre, OF West Lam.
peter, 2 acres at l2cents through.
To Bunzl: Amos Buckwalter, of Leacock,
| acre Q, A, 2; j. b. Singer, acre 8, 3, 2;
Israel Doerstler, of Manor, 1acre 8, 3, 2; John
| Schoch, acres 8, 81 David Killian, West
Earl, z acres 9, 81.
A. S; Kendig,, Of soudersburg, n acres
| 91E, 3, 2; John q. CARRIER, acre o, 2; John
X. Bachman, acre 10, 4, 2; John M. Rhoads,
~ acres 8, 2; Martin Helm, y acre 7, 3, 2
benjamin CARRIER, acre 7, 3; Daniel Esben-
shade, acres 7, 8, 2; Elam Mooney acre 10,
| AZ
Lancaster packers who find that desirable
| leaf Is getting scarce I'm our own county are
buying freely i'm York and Chester counties
at prices q shade lower than they have been
paying here.
New York Market.
From the columns of the Tobacco Leaf
we CLEAN the following:
| Western leaf-The sales for the past week
have been, according to report, about 100
hogsheads, including 90 for export-some
going to Gibraltar.
Virginia leaf Nothing doing i'm Virginia leaf
this week worth mentioning. There is a fine
stock here of all grades, but very little en-
couragement to Keep it here.
| Seed leaf-The market continues dull and
dreary. A few small parcels OF new tobacco
have changed hands Jobbers are inclined
| to "look before they leap" and 1t Is doubtful
| il the new tobacco will be purchased i'm as
large lots as in previous years. A Water street
| jobber said to us a day or two since -" am
not going to buy any d the new tobacco
| until i see my way clear To sell II. In pre-
vious years l have bought packings of several
, hundred cases at so much through, and have
. taken my chances. sometimes would
make, and then again would lose, but it is
hand i'm the bag business, and this year
am going to buy tire new tobacco as / need
it." This Is all very fine in its way, but will
packers sell piecemeal at the same rates that
D they sell whole packings? 1t is to be pre-
| sumed not. If they dispose OF their tobacco
in jobbing way they will charge jobbers'
| prices undoubtedly. good quantity of 1881
| Pennsylvania was taken in fact, more of IL
was sold thsn OF any one particular kind and
| growth u is in a fairy way TO redeem its good
| ol6 nj holds W
probably do so.
Spaiish-Havana filters have been taken
| to .Ae extent Of 300 bales, at from 6S to Sll5.
/ The market remains quiet and a steady run.
1 ming trade is being DONE Some parcels OF
the new vuelta have been received in
Havana, and previous statements regarding
its unfitness for the United States market
seem to be verified. Quotations are, com.
mon, 65@15; fine, SL05@Ll0; superior,
| 81. l5(1L25.
Sumatra--2O0 bales were disposed of al
from 81. 13 to SLIGO. Business was rather i'm.
proved this week. Considerable was sold te
Western buyer, some placing the number
OF bales taken by him at l30 Fine dark
goods are wanted, and this class of Sumatra
is becoming very scarce. Prices ruled high
very little being gold for less than sL4o, and
, some as high as Sl.6S.
| Plug-The demand for this variety of to-
bacco has been fair, though not as brisk as IL
ought to he at this season of the year. The
, exports were l29,7E pounds
/
been rather more inquiry the past week, and
sales of some magnitude are reported.
Clgars-Both manufacturers and importers
announce slightly increased activity.
From the u. s. Tobacco Journal we learn
that .'the monotony of the market was broken
this week by numerous inquiries from abroad
as to 'S4 tobaccos. 1t seems that tho tobacco
crops OF Germany have proved a failure, and
that substitutes must be had. The inquiries
came principally from England and Germany.
The effect here has been increased activity In
the purchases of new, especially low grades
OF tobacco in the growers district. In Penn.
| sylvania, the prices of such grades being
especially low, purchases are now being
made with. energy and haste. Our ,si
Havana Seeds are to great extent, better
tobaccos than we have had for years. The
absence of such tobaccOs caused a larger
demand and consumption of Sumatra than
would have otherwise occurred. 1t, there.
fore, stands to reason that this country will not
use more Sumatra this year than it. did last
year. There having been raised about 35, 900
bales of Sumatra In excess of the previous
year, the influence of this can only tend to a
downward move in prices and force iInpor-
tiers and manufacturers to purchase leisurely
and cautiously. Our leaf market may fairly
be divided into two factions. One is the
packers of 'Si Wisconsin, the other the pack
ers of 'S4 Pennsylvania. In former years
packers of leaf divided their finances among
various crops This year they have in the
main, so to say, placed their eggs i'm one bas-
ket; and as finances in general have met
with modification and contractions from the
several years Of depression in trade and
values, an extended spread in that direction
cannot be indulged in exactly with ease and
| comfort. So then each Of these factions
Is blowing its own instrument and
often the arguments and alterations
in this direction are, if not alto
gether elevating and Instructive, very
amusing indeed. Especially edifying
| are the antics of the Pennsylvania packers,
Nearly every one is emphatic in the state
ment that there is very little fine and veinless
tobacco in the crop, but of the little there is,
| he has been fortunate enough to secure a lit
tie. May all this be as it is, the fact cannot
be disputed that there has been tobacco
raised last year that is unusually fine, adapted
| to form, II not a strong, at least a balancing
| competitor to Sumatra- The transactions in
| old tobaccos were of a routine character, ap-
| gregating about 1,505 cases at former figures
Binders continue to be the favorite article of
inquiry with manufacturers
Sumatra-The sales were about 200 bales
at sl.20 to sL65. There is no perceptble rise
in prices.
Havana-Very active Out-of-town buyers
invested unusually heavy, the sales footing
up nearly 800 bales. Prices remain un.
changed quoted at 20 cents to SL2O
Cans Weekly Report.
Sales OF seed leaf tobacco reported for the
INTELLIGENCER by j. s. Cans Son Il Co,
tobacco brOk M I21 Wafar atraat No,.,,