The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-13
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

RICHMOND. September l2-No sales
at auction on Change to-day.
Pnvaic sales reported to tie secretary
to-day: Wrappers, II hogsheads: filters,
q hogsheads smokers. II hogsheads
dark tobacco. hogsheads. Total
sales reported TO dry to the Sec
rotary to-day. ~ hogsheads.
Office Of the tobacco inspector re-
ports 10 day: Inspections. bright, 81
hogshoads dark, 60 hogshcads: west
ern, ~ hogsheads. Reinspcctions,
bright. hogshcads.
Office Of The Collector of the United
States Internal Revenue reports collec-
tions for the city of Richmond today
as follows: Tax paid cigars and cigar
cites. 81. 1880; tobacco, S3G30 OF; spe-
cal, 50 90 Total collections for city
30 day. S7s41.0l
Shelburne's. Shcckoe. Davenpcrt's.
Blanchard's. Centre, Allegheny, Sea-
brook 5. Crershaw' and Myers ware.
houses report ll0 hogshcads and ,
tierccs delivered TODAY.
Registered nj the Tobacco Exchange:
}. NJ. Currin. W. ID. Currin. oxford,
y. c.: ] 4. Smith. J. A. Pinchback.
Blackstone; w. A. Branton. Amelia.
Mr.. W. \. Rabbit, of oxford. y. G.
arrived in the city this afternoon, and
in speaking of the new growth said:
Il have seen some Of the finest crops. as
far as color goes. that ever saw IN my
life. but have hot seen single. soil
tary good pile of pliers. A party wrote
to me to send him samples of filters.
end ! wrote bin word that | had not
seen any. or course there is some
green tobacco they c0H filters, but do
not consider such tobacco as of any
value at all-slmply green tips. with
no character or body. There are 10
DiohOyHics Of any account. | have
seen some tobacco of nlOhOguJiy color,
but then mahogany filters should have
b0dH. and when YOU see that cOiOr
they have no body. There is
good deal e low grade rOndescript to-
blccO in the crop. The breaks IN the
last week or ten days have not been 50
large as they were up to that time. with
a falling of as to color also. Prices
are higher than | Lave ever known
them. Prices are higher now than they
were the year Of the frost. IL IS just a
man, cJiOIB enter 0ad smoker crop. the
fancy wtHe Ur0ppcrs so c0Led. are
uOthing bit fDc cutters. Have plenty
of cOiOr and Si.e for wrappers, but have
no body.
The Richmond tobacco market was
quiet and dull to-day. There have
been, however, without doubt large
sales Of wrappers, but the figures are
not attainable, owing to the fact tina;
the purchaser bound the sellers to sc-
cIecy.
clio the following from the Durham
Globc
DURHAM. September live are
glad Co see the warehouses all have
good breaks TO day. The market is
quite active. The old tobacco offered
on the market has large per cent. of
damaged tobacco. and the new does not
show up quite so much color for the
past few days. which we regard as proof
that the later curings are not altogether
rs bright as the August curiDgs. al
though there seems to be a great deal
Of color in the late crriDgs. There
seems to be more body to the tobacco
cut and cured IN September, yet
we find very little Of the rich waXy
kinds usually found 10 The croi grown
in years when ihe crop had not been
flooded with 20 much wet weather We
expccl TO find very limited amount Of
good filters. even In the late caring. for
we have been informed that around
Henderson and the lower counties the
bull, Of the crop bls already been cut
and cured. but around Durham much
larger percent o. the crop is still IN the
field. G. Mol.