Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-12
The PhiIadeIphta Market.

Seed Leai-Handlng of Leaf suitable for
cigars has so far this year been very encour-
aging and satisfactory, with the exception OF
margins The business weekly accomplished
in amount of sales il not confined to any
special state growth. Buyers are in the mar
keL willing to purchase ifhgures meet their
views, hence stocks have decreased consid-
erably. In fact a number OF the packers
have sold their entire packing OF 's5 crop,
and are now in the market picking up odd
lots. The leaf business has a very promising
outlook.
Sumatra sells we'll
Havana moves of with the usual activity
Receipts for the week-g2 cases Connecti-
cut 6S7 cases Pennsylvania, ll3 cases Ohio,
S0I cases Wisconsin, 1872 cases York state ll6
bales Sumatra, 2O1 bales Havana and 3yS hhds.
OF Virginia and Western leaf tobacco.
Sales foot up 90 cases Connecticut, 72S cases
Pennsylvania, IS cases Ohio, 81 cases Little
Dutch, 400 cases Wisconsin, 80 cases York
state, l23 bales Sumatra, l9S bales Havana
and II hhds. Western Leaf in transit direct TO
manufacturers
Exported of Leaf Tubacco-To Liverpool,
per str. British Prince, 266,56l pounds to
Barbados, per schooner Mary r., lsl6
pounds Total, 26s, 3g7 pounds.
Baltimore Market
Receipts of Maryland tobacco were small
the past week and the demand for desirable
and prices stiff. The common grades are in
little better demand. Sales during the week
were fair for Belgium and France. Frost has
injured about s, 600 or II, 900 hogsheads of the
's6 crop. The crop was shortened by dry
weather, and was allowed to stand later than
usual to get the benefit OF expected rains.
5000 hogsheads Of it are utterly ruined and
will be plowed under.
The Virginia Markets.
The tobacco statistics OF the cities OF Dan.
vile and Lynchburg, Va, for the year ended
September 80 exhibit an enormous trade in
the weed. In Danyille the sales OF Leaf
tobacco in the eleven public warehouses az
gregated over 10000, 900 pounds, at an aver
age of So Al per hundred pounds. In addl-
tlon, more than 100000 pounds changed
hands outside OF the warehouses so that at
least 81, 100000 was paid out for the leaf in
Danville during the year. In Lynchburg
the sales aggregated nearly so, 00O, 600 pounds,
with perhaps slightly lower average. II
will thus be seen that in the two cities at least
Ss,OO0OO0 was paid for the leaf during the
year. The great bulk Of this was raised in
the twenty or twenty-five counties tributary
| to those cities. The figures show a large In.
crease over all previous years. In both cities
additional warehouse room Is being pro-
| vided, whilst the facilities for an Increased
manufacture OF tobacco are also being pro.
yided.
All reports concur In stating that about
| one-half of the Virginia tobacco crop has
been ruined by frost
Wisconsin Tobacco
A letter from Janesyille, Wis, says the
| first severe frost Of the season occurred
| October l, thus enabling the growers to secure
almost all OF their tobacco crop, which at the
best was not over 30 per cent. OF the acreage
| OF the '65 crop and will require fine October
| and part OF November To permit il to cur,
down without fat stems. activity In the g
| crop still continues, and holders are sell
| ing at very close profit and manu- factureri
| are taking hold OF 1t in good earnest, becom
| log aware OF the tact that II makes the fines
| binder goods in the market owing 10 n,
soundness aud thin leaf. Prices are ranginI
from 81 10 l2c, an occasional lot bringing a.
| high as l2c through.
| Concerning the frost a Pea Ridge, Tenn.
correspondent says: ~ had a talk October
| with twenty-five farmers and found that 8
| per cent of their tobacco had been frosted
| One-hslf Of my crop is so badly frosted tina
| / will not cut it. Ishould say about one-thir,
| of the crop--the whole crops badly frosted
Where the crop was protected by timber tn
| damage was slight"
Australian Tobacco.
| In Australia, especially in New Sout
Wales, the cultivation OF tobacco has prove
an unmistakable success. In the colony Las
year about COB acres were devoted to grow
ipg tooacco, the quantity obtained being %