The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-25
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT

Rrcuvoxp. Va. October 2!.-No sales OF
tobacco at auction on Change to-day.
Private sales reported TO the secretar, TO-
day: Wrappers. If hoysheads: hllers. l'd
hogshcads: cutters. ] hogshead SMOKER
- hogsheads: dark tobaccos, hog.heaus'
Total sales reported 20 the secretary today
| l9S hogsheads.
Office of the tobacco inspector reports
to-day: Inspections. bright. ~ hogsneads;
dark. hogshcad,: Western, ! hog,heaus'
Reinspections, bright, II ho.sheads; uarh'
: h0gshcads.
! Farmers. Wilson's. Shockoc. Blanchard's :.
| pavenport's. Centre Seabrooks. Myers ana
Old Dominion warehouses report 100 hos'-
heads and boxes delivered today.
Registered At the Tobacco Exchange
| Il. u. Bradshaw. Henderson, n.y.; :. l.. Ed
munds. Louisville. Ky; X. {. >elden.
Goochland. Va: VI. jenkins. Henderson. y.
| C.: \. \. Roadway. Boston. Mass; Il. {.
stokes. Lynchburg, Va; ). W. knight, Mil
| ford. Va.
Office Of the Collector Of the United States
Internal Revenue reports collections for
the city Of Richmond to-day ~ follows:
Tax paid cigars and cigarettes. $io3.lO;
tobacco, St.33s. 30; special. $40. Total col
lccions for city to-day, Si,i@.id.
THE ~tRTH CAROLINA CROP 80 TO 40 PER
CENT. SHORT.
Mr.. Alex. Walker. the editor of the To-
bacc0 department Of the Durham q. CO.
Giobe. thus refers TO the 1889 North Caro-
lima crop:
I'VE are still Of the opinion that the 1889
crop will be marketed much earlier than
any crop we have had for the past ten
years.
1--WE have conyersed with a number Of
Winston men. and from the best infOrma-
tiOn we can reach the goods sold on That
market will nearer approximate an average
crop I'm quantity and quality than any sec
ton in Middle North Carolina. Nash
county will take the palm in color, while IT
Will be- Rockingham county that VIII give
more body than any county IN the STATE,
while Ashe,lie and her surrounding sec
ton will put in fine color and mOrs body
than any crop that section has OVcrproduccd
Chatham. Wake. and Granville viii all
sell some fine tobacco. while. at the same
time. in some portions of these counties the
crop suffered very much from rain and want
OF work. which was unaN Oidablc.
'Ihc North Carolina tobacco crop. when
brought 10 the scales. Will not reach IN
average crop by 30 % 30 per cent. and il
may be possible that the crop viii fail below
these figures. Not altogether, however.
owing TO the thin light growth Of the crop.
but i'm part owing 10 the shortage in plant
mg. There has been "A combination of cir
cumrtances that has worked together very
enecfually 10 cut OH the crop i'm North Caro-
lima. vet we are satisfied i'm our mind that
the 1859 crop of tobacco Will put moro
money I'm the farmers pocket 10y at least -
per cent. than the crop Of lNS~. ANA one
other thing must be kept in mind. new helds
have been opened and will very much help
10 swell the crop
II clip the following from the Western
1obiccO Jouyu0i on the 1883 Virginia and
North Carolina tobacco crop:
"FrOm all reports and information 10
hand Western North Carolina has produced
much of the best part of the l>>j bright
crop. although other sections Of that state
and Virginia report good bright tobacco,
much of 10 thin, but a small proportion iair
% good body. The product Of Western
N0rih Carolina more uniformity possesses
fair 10 GOOD body with line color, hence,
with such a bright thin crop in general, II
will be looked forward 10 for a large part Of
the supply Of wrappers. and prices are
likely 10 be-. and. in fact. are. very sails
factory 10 the planters of that section. But
other sections are realizing very good prices
for their BRIGHT tobacco. much Of which l.
the finest i'm this particular seen for years
and Of which cigarette manufacturers are
willing 10 stock themselves with. even AT
what seems fancy prices. is they know well
enough that N may DC some years again Hf-
fore they get crop as adaptable TO their
needs (hence economical. even AT the high
prices being paid a. the 1879 crop. Be
sides. while the quantity suitable 10 their
wants j. apparently large. yet II weighs so
light. that i'm the aggregate of pounds they
may not get much more than in less iorlu-
nate years.
There has been no year for lon- time
when Sd much Of the crop was marketed 10y
November lst as will be the Case TIN, year
I'm fact. i'm former years start was not
much more than made. while this year
quite a good percentage has already been
marketed. and unless there should bee ma
t.ral decline i'm values (Which is not looked
iOrl a very good proportion Of the crop VIII
be- marketed by January lst.
"lt j. put down as a certainty 10y the
trade that wrappers. either bright or ma
hOgany. are 10 be a scarce commodity.
hence AN packages of old command high
prices though holders are not anxious to
dispose of them at present.
Filters. too. where good body is so rare,
will naturally hc hard 10 obtain in any
treat quantities, hence the old stock Is IN
good demand
The Richmond tobacco market is strong
and active ON wrappers. filters and mok-
as. I. Mel