The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
TOBACCO DEPARrM ENT.

RICHMOND, Va, January ga large
dealer and order buyer in Danyille writes
that the continuation Of common break'
has lead TO comparisons of all the mean
crops. of which accurate accounts have
been kept. The conclusion Is that the
trade generally agree that the present
receipts are the mcanesi and poorest
with less bright tobacco than any crop
handled within twenty years. The nat
uml question then occurs. why are mol
old bright wrappers. the highest grades
of leaf selling much higher We can
only mrmisc The stock was a biz one
ON hand, larger than generally calculated
the demand has been running on low
f grades mostly. the decline in all common
leaf has rendered 10 necessary for the
manufacturer 80 compete for lowest
prices. and hence finer wrappers have
been used lately on the total output.
Again hurley wrappers were used more
OF less extensively year or two ago, and
/ the effect of that item may be felt some
now. though 10 was not a success by any
means Consumers having no other
guide, will lake that which pleascs the
eve FIRST and hence the fine bright pre-
walls today, 10 say nothing of other
qualities OF our bright wrappers
L. is said, and no doubt truly shown by
statistics, that the several European
countries are combinediy raising more
than enough common for home use, but
whether this is the case or not, and
whether they may continue to DO so here
after or not. 10 is sure that our dark u.
haccos are Disseminated against with
high taxation 40 home and abroad. and as
long as the status is such as 10 cause
present stagnation 10 Is the only and best
policy of home producers 10 stop raising
it and thus retain the credit and strength
0f soil and labor and worry till matters
change for The better We are personal
ly not believers in The internal revenue
TAX removal being so great q boon as 20
Immediately advance prices and making
"a big demand anywhere. however desira-
bic this much prayed for measure may
Doe in many other respects. but
wc DO believe the source OF supply should
De materially curtailed as q main factor
in advancing prices 90 paying basis in
dark tobacco for the planter fully as
well as for the dealer and manufacturer.
Every device has been used tO consume
OBJ put upon the markets al home, and 90
thc uttemOst ends of the habItablc globe.
ali The tobacco in los various forms from
thc raw material mp 90 the most clahO-
utclv manufactured stock. and vet,
with This enterprise more than worthy
the cause. our prices decline Then
where is the cause If not 0verproduc-
zion III 0yef-pr0ductiOn. where is the
remedy bat curtailmcnts In the Vest 10
has become q mere matter of cXpedicncy
on practicahilitv. and while few have seem
ing faith in the outcome Of the resOlu-
ti0ns of the Brackon and Mason county,
KY hurley planters, yet f this one
movement does not succeed. and unless
natural causes curtails the crop. such or
similar plans. or perhaps q tobacco trust
must follow, just as such much-desplscd
and heroic measures have been adopted
elsewhere I'm other productions TO render
profitable various products and manu-
features IT has become necessity, and
that necessity has loo q regular way be-
come the mother of inventions and as
much dospiscd and dcrided as trusts
may Doe in the eyes of the general
public. and while not 40 all an adyo-
cate of such extremes. we may yet see
something of such combination, per
haps under some euphoneous nomencla-
turc Already the warehouses are sup
porting the big planters, and 10 Will have /
To- be q pull altogether and "a hard long
one tO get common tobacco out of the /
rat that has been wearing deeper and +
deeper very insidiously So, year by year
II worst comes 90 the worst 10 would /
only Doe Chat buyers cease 20 be buyers az I
all of common, unavailable, unmerchanta-
bic stuff Not an unwise law was that
of our early loreiathers to burn up such
stuff
LYNCHBURG.
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