The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-13
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
TOBACCO.

RIcHNoND, October r.
.Nessrs Chas Watkins d. O..
\ letter from Caswell county, y. G.,
saws: The crop OF tobacco Is finished,
aud is undoubtedly the worst crop ever
made within the memory Of man 10 al
most every particular, and as TO guam
iiiy il will nor weigh out one half Of an
average crop in our section. Say 10 --
il is a uniform crop. with the rare eXcep-
ton Of bright piece Of leaf now and
then.
Ngjor w. " cary (Qf SV5idi d Cary ,:
| am decidedly OF opinion that the
crop is very much more seriously dam
aged as whole than We have been led 10
suppose up to this time, and that there
viii be, mparalively speaking, very
small proportion Of fine tobacco in the
new crop of dark tobaccOs
The character Of the new crop is IN
doubiedly very thin, papery and boHg
Damage by frost in some sections has
been very great. know Of one very
fine crop in Greene county, Va, which
was entirely destroyed. One.hslf Of the
tobacco standing AT the time Of the frost,
or within few days Of II, have been cut
green When the crop comes in and it Is
stripped out, the damage by frost will be
very much more apparent than now.
W. 4. B. Eddins:
Ia The P.e1mont region Nelson coun-
IS. Ya.,) the frost has done sad havoc. /
know OF crops up there which have been
entirely destroyed and Others that have
been materially damaged. The frost has
done less damage on the south side 10
much less extent. find from my CORES
pondence that the frost has been very par
iial, doing great damage in some lOcali-
lies while in others tue damage has been
very slight On the whole ] think It will
be very inferior crop, thin and dirty,
with very little fine tobacco, either bright
or dark
W. Il. C. Nortor (Qf r { N0rton g. Co..:
The market is more active and iirmer
than it vas last week, with very strong
undercurrent.
Mr. j. " Vaughan.
From all the information | get the
crop is very seriously injured By frost
and knife. When the crop is markt ted
il will show more damage than The trade
is now willing to admit
C0loHd IT, tpeHc1.
The crops 1cye seYi1Ustg daHgged 10 the
extent of one fourth by frost and from
one-sixth to une-half Of the remainder
has been damaged by rain and the rapid
handling TO save il from the frosts
Captain Nat,r1N T. Clarte (of tie firm Of
.sc0n d. Cirkel:
talked with very conservative man,
a planter from the country, this morning
who told me as far as his observation and
information enabled him 10 express an
opinion that all t0bacCOs on light soil
had been very seriously damaged, on
stiff land the damage had not been so
great. but most Of il had been prema-
turely cut, and that there would be az
abundance OF green tobacco in the new
crop which would be mixed in with the
ripe He had head several planters ex.
press their intention TO do so.
.Hr. /. " Gn6a (efAefrm cfLK Gjif
fu d Co..:
I think the knife has done equally as
much harm as the frOsts, and ! can see
no reason why All tobaccos with color
and character will not he In active de-
mand at much higher prices than they
are selling now. When the first grade Of
wrappers is exhausted the second grsde
is bound 10 follow. All classes are sell
ing better to-day, but the advance has
not been so great In the common stock
as it has been in the better grades.
NICOTINE.