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

eales Of loose tobacco December IA. lass
5hoekoe warehouse s,id....,A, - pounds
Highest lIice. IS So
CTeushaw's Planters warehouse
sold to-da. y.,...... ........ 6f,4lO pounds
Highest pglce. 1915.
TOBACCO ExcHy0E, December a.
40 auction sales to-day, but private trad
iug wa iaitly sctiye.
a prominent broker reports sale 90 yes
terdsy Of thiriy-o4d hoosheSds medium cut
ters.
Mr silas ahsbrrne reports sale Of Ia Of
wrappers To-Day also lot OF cutters ~ AL
out cf-town buyer.
Messrs. r \ Norris q co gspo!t .s.s Of q
lsrgs lot Of wrappers.
Mes3rs Darlington q Co. report sails u =
lot Of wrappers to-day.
Messrs. Maurice ! Smith & Co. report
sale q a loI u Wrappers today
Messrs Maurice T. Smith 8 60. are 10 W
ceipt Of letter to-day from correspondent
IN Oxford. y c., 10 which ne says 1t
seems that everybody has a clear case Of
mania Oh colory tobscoos-competition
sIrcpg Oh all such "
a prominent broker says There ia on
undercurIent ma he trade which IS very Z J.
Csptlble indicative Of the good feeling exist
ing i'm tObaccOs and M improvement ~
prices for all grades Of tObaccos from COM
m0n 50 fine wrapper goods, IS almost ~
suied
Mr.. 10. Friend of williamson { uend)
returned 10 Dany!!le to-day
Registered ct Tobacco Exchange Deem
Der Ia. 1883. D. L. Lee LuneLbugg 4.
Bledsoe, " D., Hanover Courthouse.
Ar. I'd. A. Jonas vac al the Tobacco TX
change to-day lie said lie lad been I'M Ken
lucky f0r the past L II OF SIX weeks. Was In
Clarssvllie short ume, buf / was pUncl-
uallv la the stemming districts Of KENTUCKY, .
OwensDorO etc. The crop out there is very
large one. rs large rs the 1886 crop perhaps F.
larger The character IS not as good ~ was /
al Ir,t expected IL Is leaiy aud long but I
10 is lacking IN color. and lacking In body. /
Prices opened up al fist aud are rather high I
in the ste ming districts, but have since I
been on the decilne-steady IN that ClreC
tioa. | expect 90 leave tomorrow f0I the T
West Indies. ! may be back here bat don't
expect 20. The cigar trade IN England Is a. /
present very &C i've. Our house does ii very
large cigar trade, larger than any on else IN .
England. ! link your market here Oh good
tObaccOs is high, but haven BEEN enough
on the market to form all independent opiu.
ion.
Mr. Thomas B Jo' nson says: Il am from
Louisa county, md dou't think the crOplu
the county Is heavy; 10 IS not eighing 3.
thing Ike they thought IL would Tie fact
Il people were not able 10 buy fe tiliEers aud
didn't plant "A crop. ! think wiS,s here To-
day awinl low, but I think there was mAuy
d 1 Of mean tobacco sold here this morn
INK ! didn't see nOrs tnau one or two piles
OF good tobacco, aud believe the majority
OF the tobacco made vas inca -
Mr.. T.. w Jackson says: ~ am from the
upper End OF Hanover county. There Is
light smart Of loose tobacco 10 come la vet,
but / don't think it will come In before
Christmas. Prices here to-day was low
terribly low. think we had better 20 70
raising cora and let tobacco alone"
Mr.. Uriah A. Wiltshire says: IL am from
doOchlaDd cou'iy' Inefe was more TO-
oaccp made this year than there was last:
Ny tobacco is as good as il was last year,
don't know about the average throughout
TIE unity - don't 90 about very much.
frices here tots moruing were very poor
fr m our standpoint, considering the con-
tinu US sales Of wrappers and cutters, We be-
lieve e stock Of colOry and desira bic goods
has been greatly decreased ON this msrk.t.
and In our opinion good wrappers and cut.
ters occupy very strong pozlion, and were
there can b. little doubt " . great advance