The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-15

We thlnEChlrefs shOnll be uuiiOfm. and
regret any cuturg ID the charge i7 truc brt
a. the came slime ~ wareh usrs sire deIcuf-
cut upon patronage, and the start ont WITH
an agreement 20 divide losses aud profits
ia certain patrons. u becomes cJ-lart-
nenhip-like business that Il is ult our pc
rogatlyc o. interfere with. The Trade !egu-
laics such matters.
pIC1 HrDucI OEs.
II has been known for sometime that plug
was egiin bong cui il IS now reported that
Loril ard hast month iakeu aud cent?
a pound Of Of some brands Climax and
Coguac Cockia rema al old figures OF IL
ana 10 ehts respectively.
Tbs does not have the appearance Of fine
burieys liability 90 decline We have seen
leaf 90 up and plug down many line De.
fOre-thcrs are Causes and Causts fOJ IL
co REcTl0T.
Alessrs Carr & Dickinson are not cfollioa
Of Mes3Ti. ". \. blankenship 8 Co. for
over 500 but from statemeuts published ,he
SUM is made 20 appear about + uT times -
much Their loss resliy w0 learn vail be
nominal only.
WuY NOT SHIPS.
We make inquiry every year a. to the
probable amount Of strips uIt up hc-e for
ga INNN Af-I| N 40 lAfIliNfl IT. AiAAI AlAAH
exc ~ individual appeals and The We have
made. have been Dnayai ing ln the pact
our stemmer- should give tlis o. us as Of lu-
tegest t3 aI the trade ~ keeping proper
records
Statistic ore Nortl to-, uuie comet and
f~pre lr many q correction needed iu rur
Tobacco Trace il this line that must come
la tune We CAM at0Id 90 go IL blind any
longer SOFT j. with sieIas and such. Who
knows row much Is 81 stock now We
knew once only, and ihai by 0uI personal
count Of about 80 90 hogsheais
A QUESTION E0R WEsrEay slEINEr- 40 an
swEE.
RIcHMoSD, Va, ecemter 2.
Editor Western Tobacco Journal
II would be q yeTv Interesting aud iustyuc-
tive question o answer whose IOney IS be
Ing spent ~ the purchase OF tobacco By
siemmeIs. i 10 j. English money We can't
object tor the sake 81 tAe planters. But ( u
IS American money, note " warning
would not be amis., ilr the prices already
paid will insure no lack OF crop another
year, and what viii they DO with il then
when they are preparing make Of 25DVn
% 400 DO hOesne4ds Of strips this season.
something muse be rotten ia Denmark
Hold up, McDuh LOoKes-Og.
This may be intended f0r Richmond. bul
don't SAVIOR o. any sentiment expressed here
We have anumbeT Of tobacco men here ,ho
DO put Up strips regu nf.y g. ils west, and
Others who buy. II they can't find the
STRIPS a, home u suit them they may 20
aest, and much more could be said on this
subject j occurs % MS, hOWeve-, that re
saw z statement made while back that
Shippers would buy and "trip 20 prevent The
reg es from getting the Leaf a. their own
l-ures, which nee IS no cCumeut.-w. 7. l.l
NOTABLE REDUCTION Is STOCKS o! LEAF To-
RAc~C.
Ills o1couragin< 10 note substantial re-
dgCton during November IN the stocks of
.taf tobacco in the West and East. which
with the redlctiO e jl October make very
decided oitiereuCe between tae stocks bed
October Isl and December lst. For instance
ID the past month LOUSY lIe stocks were r--
dlced 2.j2i hOgsheads. Cincinnati s. 1887
hogs eals. tlarksviAe's, poi ~ head-'
Pacucah's, 90 hog reads VI yhe.ds' ~
hOgsheaQs NaslEle'4 IS, l0zsleals and
kichmOud's lNa.) l9ss h0g,Aeads "a total
OF g5lj hogsleads. ILfte same markets
December L. l5s-. held 1886 b IS
heads less than on Decc Der I.
1851 the reduction being distributed rs fol-
10 6. Louisville, s,3l5. incInuat. 6s4.
Clarksyile, go. Paducah. S.5t0, Nayteld
$50; Nashville 533. klchmO o. 1909. There
certainly Ousht 90 BE- encouragement !u
these figures 70 the leaf trade and planters
need not feel So blue oven the situati0n as
he facts here presented ought 10 operate in
favor OF far prices for the 1855 crop. par
tculariy the higher grades, which IN Viz
giuia and North Carolina seem scarce, anG
IN some of the Western districts are not
likely TO prove over-abundant -ArCen To-
bapcO Journal.
The above figures are good eyider &c. but
how much more signihcau they would be IL
We could bur tgure put also what class Yves
reduced IS well as what kinO was left be-
hind One grade or another would DO bene-
attcd by THIS knowledge surely and a.. may.
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