Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-08
THE TOBACCO ACREAGE
LIkELr 10 BE kOMEWHaT LABGER
THAN THE L,srS SEASON.
A Preference Given to seed Leat Plants by
Many Growers - Tho Local Packers
at Present Making But Few sales
The Trade at op,er Points,

The tobacco trade in Lancaster remains
ia Std'U quo. The warehouses are all closed
up tight as jails, and most ofthem are packed
fuller of big boxes of tobacco than the county
prison is of convicts The dealers are selling
a little now and then, but they all confess
they haven't got great deal to dispose OF.
Old tobacco is scarce, and they are quietly
waiting till they can ma e their "white alley
| on the crop of lsS5.
| But the farmers Aye, they are at work
| up To their ankles. The past week has been
| a yery favorable one for setting out plants,
| and many thousand acres have been set out
| during the past week. The farmers seem to
have taken our advice given a week ago to
| plant largely, and from present appearance
| the acreage devoted to the weed this year
will be larger than last year. But it is
| little remarkable that the proportion of seed
| leaf being planted this year is greatly in ex-
cess of that planted last year Inquiry re-
vesls the fact that those who planted seed
| leaf last year and raised good crops, received
| rs high or higher prices than those who
planted Havana seed. Hence the farmers
| say, il seed leaf brings as high price per
| pound as Havana seed, ana at the same time
| weighs 200 or more pounds TO the acre than
the Havana, the seed leaf is the more prCfita-
| BILE That seems to be logic, il the premises
are good, but we fear they are not and our
| advice is Stick to Havana seed. 1t will be
| wanted to take the place of the decaying
| Sumatra
| The New York Market.
Hammerstein, of the L. s. Tobacco Tour.
| mai, whose sayings must sometimes be
| seasoned with good deal OF salt thus reports
| the market for the past week:
| The market has been without any note
| worthy feature during the week. In old
tobaccos 81 Wisconsin plays the most
| prominent part it is so cheap when COM
| pared with the figures it was held at this
| time last year, ii almost seems If il i'm
| parts special pleasure to buyers to secure
| some on which the seller lose so much.
| The interest in new tobacco is very promi-
| nent Connecticut seconds are receiving
| much attention but contrary to expectations
| prospective buyers do more thinking than
leaping and sales $50 cases only on private
terms are openly reported. The asking
figures are from ii TO l2ig.
| The present verdict by experts who have
inspected s5 crops place the individual crops
| into the following rotation ], New York
state ,, Housatonic, Conn; 3, Pennsylvania;
| I, Connecticut; ), Illinois; i, Wisconsin and
| :, Ohio.
Sumatra-Active about 100 bales of new
| arrived a few days ago, showing neither i'm
| provement nor deterioration when compared
with previous crops. Sales 200 bales at SL20
| to SL72
Havana--Very active; prices continue with
| an upward tendency; very few importers
have any suitable stock lett several large
importers have sold out completely. Prices
| 90 cents to SL30.
The Tobacco Leaf gives Pennsylvania a
rather better showing. 1t says: This being
! a holiday week a large business was not ex-
| pected, and expectations were realized
| There was a dearth of outOf-tOwn buyers
and the bulk of that which was taken was
| purchased by uptown manufacturers. Some
samples Of lsS5 Pennsylvania have been re-
| ceived and show up very promisingly. 1t
is thought six weeks more will see this to-
bacco through the sweat. There is an entire
| abseuce OF demand for export, buyers across
the water being determined, apparently, to
wait until the new goods pass through fer
mentation.
Just before going to press we were in.
| formed that j. $ Cans Son & Co. had sold
Basch Il Fischer's packing of lsS4 Wisconsin
Havana seed, consisting I2G cases. This, OF
course, gives the sales OF the week a very re-
spectacle showing. What the price was we
| were not informed.
| Cans Weekly Report.
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J. s.
Cans Son & Co, tobacco brokers, No. l3l
Water street. New York, for the week end
ing June !, 1856
632 cases 1854 Wisconsin Havana, sGllrsc.;
$50 cases lSsl Pennsylvania, llls9l4c. A;
200 cases loSJ State Havana p. {. 4; 100 cases
| Wisconsin Havana p. l. ; % cases lSSi Ohio
Spanish, sl4c. 200 cases sundries, 5(G3Oc. ;
Total, l,i93 cases.
The Philadelphia Market.
| Manufactured fine cuts and smoking
tobaccos, together with snuff, cigars and
| cigarettes all have a fine trade.
| Dealers in leaf suitable for cigar purposes
| feel encouraged from the past weeks desire
| of manufacturers to examine new leaf. 1t is
| now believed manufacturers would prefer to
| work domestic leaf If it will show up fair
| color and texture. Already some of the
| packers have sold 80 leaf, guaranteeing the
| condition when sampled. Old leaf Is being
| sold yxh A
| the price of all kinds of stock is very low and
| entirely in the hands of buyers.
Sumatra still sells but in smaller Quantities
Havana-Old stock Is sought after.
Receipt for the week-J9 cases Connecticut,
399 cases Pennsylvania, 100 cases Ohio, 6Sl
| cases Wisconsin, 100 cases York state, 81 bales
Sumatra, 10 bales Havana, and 5l7 hhds
| Virginia and Western leaf tobacco.
| Sales show 6S cases Connecticut, 40 cases
| Pennsylvania, y cases Little Dutch, 30 cases
| Ohio, l96 cases Wisconsin, ll6 cases York
| state, 40 bales Sumatra, l20 bales Havana and
hhds II Western leaf in transit direct 10
| manufacturers.
| Exported OF Leaf tobacco-To Glasgow, per
str Grecian, 33, s2l lbs to Liverpool, per str
| British Prince l9O,567 lbs; to Cardenas, per
bark George Treat, 1880 lbs total 225, 0ls lbs.
| baltimore Market.
| Receipts liberal and market attracting
more attention of buyers, though sales are
| still limited to filling small orders IN hands
| of shippers. Some complaints are heard Of
the quality of late receipts Of Maryland being
| disappointing, some OF which, however, NAV
be due TO the greater care in inspection
| under the new law making the state respon-
| sible. or Ohio we note sales OF $50 hhds,
chiefly for export The market for both
Maryland and Ohio is held steady, with anti
cipations Of an active early demand.
| Inspected this week. $50 hhds MARYLAND,
$50 OHIO, Virginia. II Kentucky total,
| 2, III hhds.