The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-27

TOBACCO DEPARTM ENT.


RICHMOND. August 26.-No Offering
of tobacco at auction on Change today.
Office Of the tobacco inspector reports
to-day as follows: Inspections: Bright.
So hogsheads: dark, 56 hogsheads. Re-
inspections. Bright, hogsbeads: dark,
1 hOgshead.
Farmers. Wilson S. ShOckoe, Blanch-
ard +. Dayenport's, Centre, Crenshaw IS
Allegheny. SeabroOk. Old Dominion,
and MYer 5 warehouses report 1874 hogs-
heads and tierces delivered to-day.
Office Of the Collector of United
States internal Revenue reports collec-
tons for Richmond city to-day S5.574 Sc.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange:
=. III. Gary, Henderson. y. c.; +. J.
Boggs, Suffolk; w. l.. Nenable. Peters
burg.
A leaf tobacco dealer who has just
returned from an extended t-ip 60 tho
North Carolina tobacco districts, says
d" l went tho round of the tobacco mar
kets. and / was very much impressed
with the smallness of the stocks Of
1888 tobaCcOs of all classes held on the
upland markets for sale. in fact / have
been travelling down there for from
twelve to fifteen years, and / have never
seen the stocks lighter than az this time:
no wrappers on any of the markets.
either OF the 1857 or 1883 crops. and |
cannot account for over four hundred
hogsheads of strictly iirst-ciass wrap
pers for sale, including the Richmond
and the upland marke.s THAT IS of the
1887 or 1888 cropsl there are certainly
none in the 1889 crop, and | have seen
samples of a great many Of them.
Around Oxford and Durham they
claim 10 have cut twO-iiftns 10 three
iifths Of the crop some say four-ilth'.
They are curing the first three days of
the week. and marketing was the same
on THURSDAY and Friday. as prices ace
ruling SO high for all grades, and the
planters are anxious for cash. / have
never seen low grade cutters or smokers
sell as high in my life. while the better
grades of cutters, with deciiedly more
color and character, are lower than
they were in January. Down there.
they tell me. they have reyor seen a
brighter crop. nor have they ever seen
crop curing az rapidly or as early. The
crop seems 70 have unusual color with
no body aud is exceedingly chaiiy.
There is a small percentage Of wrappers.
vet that percentage will be- very flee as
to color. but will be wanting in body.
While in oxford / visited the Two
plantations Of Mr.. Matt Currlu the
we'll known leaf dealer. whore / saw
the brightest curings l ever witnessed.
and he was kind enough 20 give nae
samples of each of his grades, which !
have shown on Change here 90 day.
and an BUYERS agree with me chat IL is
the brightest, or as bright tobacco as
they have ever seen. yet all grades are
decidedly deficient IN body. Mr. Cur
rim seems % think that De Will have "a
fair percentage of very fine Wrappers
i'm his cunngs. yet on the road 90 De-
plantation saw Other fields of tobacco
that were 50 indifferent that aid not
think it would pay TO cut them.
At Danville the curing nave lecn
lighter. vet the tCbaccOls ready for the
knife, the people are allowing ~ 10 re-
main in the fields hoping 10 viii gain
ia body. with occasional rains and "A
late season. and reckon they will have
some fine. tough tobacco down there.
The breaks in Danyille were mostly Of
the 1855 crop. with a contemporaries
Of wral pers than have ever seen iu
Danville. with sales Of double b-eiks
that lasted until > o'clock | did moi
see but three piles that sold for $50 and
over. which goes 10 show that the of
ferinks are very Indifferent and infer
ior. certainly i'm the wrapper line
some few good filters are being offered
which are being taken at first class
prices by home manufactured WHO ai
seem to be exceedingly busy. having
done in the past SIX months. more work
than they have done in the same space
of time IN the past five years.
Mr.. W. G.. Neal, Of T. Cd. Neal. Jr..
who vas in Durham on Friday last
says: They had very good breaks Of
tobaccos. with g00d Color but the TO-
bacco was mostly thm dd chQDy
though it was bringing rery fdacy prices.
Scarcely any old t0baccOs were offered.
There were no pliers in the uew tObIc-
COS offered, and the general impression
seemed to be- that the best color Is LOW
being brought ia, as some of the later
CuIlIES are Il lLtlt huihtA IMAM lNFf
were two weeks ago. found scarcely
any old tobaccos there in dealer S hands
for sale"
Mr.. Neal said further 81 got to
Henderson after the breaks were over,
but in talking with dealers there. they
said that they had the biggest break ON
Friday-so large that 1t was carried
over and lasted until Saturday evening
that they bad ever had. with higher
average price than ever known before
at this season of the year. And 1t s.said
that if the crop continues to come ia as
it is coming IN now it will all be in by
the LIST Of January. There were scarcely
any new filters on the market, and
scarcely any old stock in Henderson
held by dealers: and what little there
was, was in active demand for supply
ing orders.
The Richmond tobacco market was
quiet to-day. Breaks and deliveries
good. Private trading small.
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