The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-25
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

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Private sales reported to the secretary
to day: Wrappers. , hogsheads. filters,
% hOgsheads: smokers. 3 hOgsheads:
Western hogsheads: dark tobaccos,
/ - hogsheads. Total sales reported to-
daV. 80 hogsheads.
Private sales reported to the secretary
/ for week ending August 81. 1850: Wrap
pors. - hcgsheads: filters. 3l6 hogs
| heads: cutters. 81 hogsheads; smokers
| = hogsheads: scrap. g hogsheads. sun
cured. - hOgsheads: Western. : hogs
| heads: dark tobaccos. - hogshead'.
Total sales reported for the week 633
/ hOg-heads.
Farmers. Wilson :. ShockOe. Banch-
ard s. Davenport +. Centre, Allegheny.
/ Crenshaw 5 Seabrook and Myer 3
warehouses report IS hcgsheais and .
| tieices delivered to-day.
ID iiveries for week ending Saturday.
August 2lih. 1889, amounted 90 sos
| 10 gsheads and tierces.
Office Of Tie tobacco inspector reports
inspections to day as follows: lnspec-
{ ons. Bright. A. hogsheads: dark. 20
hogsheads: Western. - hogsheads. Re-
inspections: Bright. g hOgsheads.
Inspections for week ending Satur-
| Il ~, August 9th. 1889. Inspections :
Bright. 43J fOgsheads; dark, 2ji hogs
heads: Western. ~ hogsheads. Rein
spections: Bright, j3 hogsheads; dark,
II hOgsheads. Western, / hOgshead.
Total number Of h0gsheads inspected,
$50.
Office Of the Collector of United
States internal Revenue reports collec-
tions for Richmond city to-day as fol-
lows: Tax paid on cigars and cigar
cites. Sl.090.l0: tobaccOs, 5000 -.
rotal collections to-day, s4.142.s2.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange:
James II. Gray. Petersburg; b. c. Wat
klns. Powhatan.
\ letter received to-day from Hen
der. on. y. c., says: The town is chOck
full of tobacco. Warehouses are so
full that it is being stored in easements.
Could not get around though sales con-
tnued all day. and the tobacco is bring
ing big prices.
This letter is confirmed by letters to
other merchants on Richmond market.
Messrs. John VI. Taylor and X. Tur-
ner Arlington left on the 1910 O'Clock
train OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way Company. this morning. for the
Rockbridge Alum Springs. They ex-
pect to be absent about a week. We
Lope taey will have a pleasant time, as
D O doubt they will.
The Louisville COurler-JOuTRdl Of Fri
dav morning, August D. 1889, has the
IOllO wing on that leaf tobacco market
Beginning Friday, the 23d instant, the
sales Will be held at the warehouses in
the following order Enterprise, Green
RIVER. Falls City, Ninth street. Ker-
lucky and Tennessee. Pickett, Given.
Hcadley * Co.. Sawyer. Wallace * Co.,
Louisville. Farmers Globe, Planters
Cr-scent. Central.
The market 10 day was again charac-
terized by large sales and a strong feel
ing. The offerings were fair in quality
and embraced some good selections.
Burleys were very firm, sweet colory
goods IN good condition selling AZ high
prices. The lower grades were also in
good demand and strong. There was
very good feeling in darks. Any
thing with bit of color and in first
class keeping order did not lack for
good market Dark Tugs were firm,
and number Of reflections sold to-day
al good advance. Fine dark wrap
pers were mueh sought, with few hogs
heads Offering. In fact, to-day's mar
kat was repetition of yesterday 5, and
the criticisms which were applied to
the former will iit the latter. Prices
are fully sustI ned. and are gradually
stiifenlng IN sp te Of the heavy offer
ings.
The continued heavy offerings here
are attracting much attention and are
drawing new buyers. When this week
shall have elapsed IL is probable that
the sales for it and last week combined
will amount to nearly 5000 hogsheads.
representing almost a million dollars
distributed among the farmers of Ken
lucky.
With the exceptions of those fields
suffering from the lack of rain, the
crop is making fairly good progress
There is now. however, no doubt that
it will be poor in quality, whatever it
may be in quantity. As last year 5
crop was below the average IN quality,
two such coming together will make
good tobacco very scarce and high.
For the same reason there viii be "A
large quantity Of low-grade tobacco,
whose prices will he kept down. Thus
the market will be inclined to run 20 ex
tremes. either 'very high or very low.
To-day 5 sales. while not SO numerous
as those of yesterday, reach the great
total of Dos hogsheads. which has been
excelled by but few breaks on record.
= he total of 1910 hogsheads for the two
days is larger than for any other two
con. ecutiye days. OF to-day 5 sales II
hogsheads were old, 500 new, 14S sold
privately, G94 original inspections; yes
terday S reflections. 200.
We have had an active week, with
large sales, especially of Filters, for
" hich the demand seems steadily in
creasing, as reports from the new
growth come in confirming the earlier
predictions of reyy bright but thin and
c.hd6y crop Of tobacco, and the almost
tJtal lack of good, touqh PLIERS and
stout nary lcrdppers. {. Mel.