The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-16
Ton,cCo EXCHANGE,

The attendance on Change To-Day WAS
cutie large some sales az auction by
Messrs II. b TaAaltrro d Co, and by
Messrs !. J. Wilson, Son 4 Co. Prizes
for DARK sun-cGreG tobsCcOs ranged ION
$500 $40 IS
Colonel Ed Daily, Ddrham, y. {
saws: In INV judgmen, in that n1e TO-
hacco belt around Granville and Durham
(which is the best We have IN the ycilOw
tobacco distri,ts) it Is the worst crop
ever saw, and from what ! can learn that
ia the lest there is, ent think II is
worse than the Common of any ordinary
wear. What little white there is is IA jrl
and rough; YOU seldom STE smooth
fine wrapper. an ! this rou ghness Is more
especially apparent in the cutting.
fully endorse what my friend Mt.
Sam. Watkins said in your issue of yes
terday, which have just read.
A prominent tobacco commission mef-
chant from Danville, Va, says he
character of the new growth Is com
moner than ever known before. There
are scarcely. any wrappers. Ihcre ~ IA
reasonable proportion OF medium en- -
tiers. with Ia: little in fine cutters, AID
tina, COnfntd 20 the August cutting, ic
fore the September rains In pounds u
will probably equal the crop 0i 1881
There was less tobacco cut IN Augu-i
This year than ever knew, and these cut
iincs were confined to The small plant,
and thin tobacco exposed on knobs and
where the soil Nas thin and 7, or The
rains commenced on the 2d OF Septem-
Der. and it rained continuously Tor eleven
consecutive DAYS, cleared up Tor s2ace
of three days, then rsined Tor three days
more. ard when iii. rain hcl up, not
withslgnding the tact that The tO1a' e.
was full Of sap they cut tObfCcO which
cured remarkah ABLY dark snd mean, ami on
the night Of Tie 20,h the frost came. To-
bacc0 cut teiwten the 22d and 18th cured
black and was scs'y and mean. There
are not I'VE pound, OF wrappers IN The
new growth row where there w re one
hundred pounds last year, and tn i1hac
COS selling on the upland markets are
cOmmoner than ever knew them 80 be.
but for The quality think the prices are
higher. Common working lugs bring
2la3c. II is hard u tel Were this mean
stun Nili 90 or what Will become o. /
unless some culerplising individual. WI
erect m rs and gT nd il up for fcit zing
purrO.es. On lie breaks il It d0'snl
bring 81 they Ike il in, as they say
il won't pay charges at that
figure Fully - per cent OF the
cioD Vas bitten by frost, and iHl y
twenty-five per cent was cut on tie
Sa'urdaY and sun lay following. The
effect - frost is to render tobaccos value
less. All the early cuttings weigh Eight
il hounds There Is not much old co'Ory
stock held in the j. nd markets Tor sale.
have some lines myself which have Mt
even opened nor ID | intend TO do so,
a, regard all old stock Of wrappers as
most desirable property. Wrappers al
the beginning of the year were so cheap
that manufacturers were not economical
or spsring 10 their rse ana there are many
brands upon which it is Impossible IN the
nature OF things for manufacturers To use
substitutes upon, and | am h:m'y al
opipion hat as early as January pres o
ing need of wrappers viii he len ahu
prices will rule very much higher tban
they now are.
a prominent tobacco commission meF-
chant of Richmond SAYS 81 have jas
returned from oxford, y. C., whtrr J
saw The largest sale Of new tobacco oi
this season at that point. From t"o.
thirds io three fOufths was what we ca /
dog taip-dark green stun selling al
$50 TO 81 30 The other thiId OF ioWlh
was short bright tobacco, mos, 81 ii
being bright filters, heavy bodied English
strippings and cutters
ii suppose POO To 1900 pounds OF
what might be ciassed As wrappers were
sold. some Of very fac color but very
shOrt-noLc of good size. Prices Tor
these ranged from $50 10 so. wrap
pers are 50 small that cutter men com
pete for them Cutters Tor the most
part are heavy bodied, The finest ranging
In price from $50 to S4j The sale lasted
All day with one full warehouse nnsold.
1t is the meanest crop ever raised, except
the frosted crop of 1881. As compared
with a similar occasion at the same Time
last year, the proportion OF wrappers Is
as one pound to twenty-five or thfly
pounds, and there is absolutely none oil
good navy size"
A prominent broker on the Richmond
market reports the sale of about one bun.
bred hogsheads Of burleys. Spot goods
at an average of IL cents.
Circular Of Messrs. Thomas +. Jose X
Sons of Liverpool aud Bristol, England,
dated Isl November, 1888, says: "Durlnt
the month Of October there was GOO
demand, more especially for the better
grades Of Virginia and North Carolina
brighls."
A prominent Richmond broker reports
quite good sale OF suncufed t0b &c a.
Yesterday at very satisfactory price.
Messrs Carr Il Dickerson say he