The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-16
RICHMOND, VA, TOBACCO
q S&&5 MARKER.
Under the Management of w. T..
Dibrell.
Special to durham Recorder,

The new year has been rather en-
couraging thus far in our trade.
Messrs. Hanewiuckle 4 Brother
is a new firm of young tobacco
men elected to memberships our
Trade. Their father was one OF
Richmond's noblest tobacconists,
was Consul and Reggie buyer for
II long term OF years, and we have
no doubt his sons will prove
worthy successors to such n sire.
West Virginia tobacco from
planters is coming in freely and
breaks are from % to 30 pack
ages of such per day. Putnam
and Fayette counties raise among
the best crops. The cutters VT
have seen sold are white, silky
and leafy, but still are distin
guished by a peculiar flavor from
the fiue-cured North Caroline
sorts. Prices have been well
maintained by Messrs. Allen X
Ginter's buying very literally
through Mr.. Walter Casey, and
90 to 30 cents was paid for the
good and 35 to so cents for the
finer grades. One crop has av.
eraged A cents round. Wrap,
pers have gone to 6S cents,
for heavy weights too. The body
is lacking, and frequently greelI
tinge spoils the leafiest wrappers.
Order is generally high in wrap.
pers and prices are pretty stiff at
20 to 80 cents for good medium
and 30 to Al for good and 80 tC
IS for fine yellow. The size o
leaf is hardly up to last year,
crop. The common leaf and luz,
are being held back, while the fe"
low grades appearing are gener
ally taken in at auction, but can.
not be kept long on account o
bad order.
There is a decided movement II
old common bright grades, anC
we note large shipments North
West and Northwest at ~ to g.
cents. Home buyers are taking
hold OF the brighter filters an,
are investing in some colory OLD
wrappers. Prices are firm an'
are not altogether uniform
Brokers are at last doing some
thing, though we are sorry t
hear OF the assignment OF on
old firm in this line. There ha
been so little doing in brokerag
that all merchants have turnc,
brokers, and all brokers nearly
dealers. and so the cOlnDptitiOI
leads the trade to one class praC
ticaliy. The outside buyer vii
hardly find more than one ortw,
or three buyers strictly agentsfo
purchase. This was brough
about by ignoring the claims {
the brokers here by the seller,
In Louisville the Tobacco Ex
change protects every buyer. y
one can buy there unless purchas
es are paid for with brokerage
The rule ought to be uniform
however, in all markets. Loos
tobacco sales have been SINAI
this week and prices fully as lo'
as any time for ) years. Only
cents was the highest price 10
dark all the week since Januar,
LIST. Planters cannot live at thes
prices, and X il the cheap western
tobacco that is cutting into GU
tobacco planters profits. Gu
crops have been large and poor
The western large and better thal
ours and in better demand.
Now we have advised about thi
matter and facts for years. LES
ser and better crops. The far
mers must look to it. profit h.,
experience at least and at last o
suffer further the consequences
No amount Of complaint or abus'
Of the grade in demand will sui
flee to make the matter any bet
ter. Curtail and make better il
the only remedy We SEQ.
What no one wants can't b.