Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-03-19
Cincinnati.
OFFICE WESTERN TOBACCO JobRNAL(

OFFICE WESTERN TOBACCO JoURNAL)
March s, 1856.
misunderstanding the week end.
ing Saturday, March &, were 1884
llhds. and 20 boxes, against 1902
llhds. and 81 boxes the previous
week, and 2,l53 lIhds. aud % boxes
the corresponding week of last year.
Total for year to date, 1881 Hhds.
and III boxes, against l3,4ll Hhds.
and l35 boxes same time last year.
REcEIPTs-For the week were GG7
llhds. and for year 10 date 1852 lIhds.
against 1895 Hhds. for the cores
ponding period of last year.
The past week was the best Of the
year in this market as regards the
character of offerings and prices.
The large proportion of Old in the
oilerings,-65 per cont,-much of
which ranged from Medium TO Fine
Leaf, gave turn to the market that
was much welcomed, and also in
dictated that manufacturers are not
10th to compete for the better grades
even when offered in large Quanli-
ties, as they were on Wednesday and
Thursday. or course, the special
sale of Wednesday had much to do
with this apparent Improvement, but
the large Offering on Thursday and
fair prices obtained indicate a gcncr-
al improvement in the demand for
the better grades Of Old Leaf.
EXTRAORDINARY SALE.
The most phenomenal sale of To-
bacco ever occurring at one ware
house, in this or any other market,
was the result of last Wednesdays
transactions at the Globe Tobacco
Warehouse of this city. This House
had, Il few weeks previous, issued
circulars to manufacturers and other
wise announced u sale of Fine Old
Tobacco at their warehouse on the
date above mentioned. But, besides
this special offering, amounting to
1876 hogsheads, the regular patrons of
tho House ordered up literally,
enough to swell the total offerings of
the day, at this one House, to 1902
liogsheads. While the new House
offers very ample facilities, it was
hardly equal to this extraordinary
occasion, and the salesroom of the
old building was brought into requi-
sition, and bore share of the offer
ings that contributed to make this
sale and date memorable epoch in
the history of the Leaf Tobacco
Trade Of the West, and the whole
world, in fact.
The Offering of Old comprised 1876
llhds. of Owen County Cutting and
Filters, ranging from Stripping Leaf
TO the Finest Gutter, and SO satisfac-
tory were price to the owner that
only four of the 1876 Hhds. were re-
iected, or about two per cent, some
thing never before heard of in the
history of Tobacco selling at auc-
tion. The average of the 1872 Ilhds.
sold was $ll 80 per hundred, and the
following will give an idea of prices
and bidding, which was kept active
by the corps of home buyers, assisted
by number of visitors.
The aggregate value OF these 1872
hogsheads was $27, 1910, or an aver
age of $l4l.00 per hogshead. The
aggregate quantity sold in this lot
was about 23S, 800 pounds.
OF the 302 hogsheads offered, 265
were sold, the reflections amounting
TO but II per cent. In the 302 hogs
heads offered were comprised about
$4,000 pounds of Tobacco, and in the
265 hogsheads actually sold were
comprised about 100000 pounds,
which brought an average of $500
an average not likely to be ordmari-
ly reached at the present day with
such a large offering, good proper
ton of which was New, and much of
it low grades.