Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-04
TIE TOBACCO NfARKErs.
Business In Old and New Leaf Dull Here
and in New York.

Business in old and New Leaf Dull Here
and in New York.
The local tobacco market the past week
was very duh. The total sales amounted
TO All casos, nearly all of which were sold
TO small dealers, except one packing Of 30
cases Of filters, which were disposed of for
export.
The Lancaster dealers have done nothing
rs yet In the way Of purchasing the new
crop. They allege that II is not good
crop TO buy at the prices asked and will
not touch 1t until the farmers como down
In their prices. Country packers have
been buying little of the crop, but they
are not paying very high prices.
New York Tobacco Market.
From the U. s. Tobacco journal.
Activity In our market seems 10 have re.
vived at last. Operations In seed leaf be-
came quite animated the past week, and
transactions in Wisconsin leaf were almost
booming. About 200 cases of Wisconsin
changed hands at prices ranging from l0i
to 12 cents. Housatonic Havana seed
moved also into considerable quantities, one
Water street house alone selling $50 cases
at rs cents running. And the onondaga
came also In for good share. AS we
pointed out last week. the 'SS seed leaf Is
destined TO become more desirable tho
further the year advances, because tho de-
fects Of the 's9 crops are becoming too ap-
parent TO whet tho appetite of the market
for the new loaf, This IL the reason why
the tobacco fields which usually swarm
with buyers this time are almost deserted
this year.
The Sumntra Is, of course, in demand
because 1t Is recognized as the principal
wrapper leaf But there Is so much OF II
at present In stock that the holders are on
gagged in a break neck race TO dispose of IL.
One importer Is reported TO have closed
contract with buyer to sell him third of
every lot of his entire importations at an
advance ofSll bale; another one to have
offered manufacturer quantity of bales
the pick of his importations mt . cents a
pound advance on the actual cost - True,
much of the Sumatra which IL in tl4e mar
ket does give anything but satisfaction.
Its burning IL not perfect and its as
sortment as Kaleidoscope rs any seed leaf
could be. Complaints are heard frequently
that bales can be ransacked from top to
bottom and not another hand found In 1t
like the sample submitted for examination.
IfSunatra will ever play out in this coun-
try 1t will not DO due to any tariff rate, but
to the reckless carelessness with which the
asserting is done now. If the carelessness
be intentional, In order to pass the tobacco
under the lower rate, II utterly misses
its purpose. For II would appear that
the heavier tho tobacco the higher
rises tho percentage of the higher rate
Of duty. From 81 per cent. two years ago,
when the equal assortment of the Sumatra
| was still its chief recommendation, 1t has
risen to 42l pcr cent. in the first three
| months of the present fiscal year, when to-
| baccos were imported which are offered for
disposal now at but margin profit But
| there IL no cause whatsoever for any undue
haste In disposing of the Suniatra at any
price. The cigar industry Of the country
is in an exceedingly prosperous condition.
| The output last year touched nearly
| the four thousand million line.
| And thore were hundreds of million
cigars more manufactured on which no
| tax was returned, as the smok ers
consumed In factories by workingmen and
employers. The increase last year was
ninety five millions and the prospects are
| that this years increase will bo still larger.
Consequently more and more leaf is needed
| every year aud as the domestic fields can
| not supply it, the foreign mark cts have TO
do IL. Particularly during the current
year, as the domestic leaf coming In the
market tho present year will not be of
| much account.
Havana sales are going on steadily. The
| new crops at Havana promise but scanty
| returns owing to the continuous drought,
Consequently the holders of both 'SS and
$50 stock are in the happiest mood. Prices
instead of being lowered are rising grad
| ually and firmly.
| From the Tobacco Leaf.
The market for the past week was not a
| brilliant one. All in ALL the sales did not
amount TO over 900 case. There has
been quite an inquiry for Pennsylvania
seed leaf, filters and binders. and little of
| this tobacco sold mt fair prices. In the
country it Is about the same rs in our mar
ket. very quiet. We think that business
will pick up shortly.
| Cans Report.
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by j.
s. Cans Son, tobacco broker, No. l3l
Water street, New York, for the week end
ing February 3, 1870:
$50 cases 1883 Wisconsin Havana, 10 Ia
l3c.; $50 1858 cases state Havana l2l 10 1ic
800 cases 1888 New England Havana II to
40c.; 200 lSS7-'SS Pennsylvania seed leaf, 81
to l0lc. $50 cases lSSS Ohio 81 to l0c.; 15t
cases sundres, 8 to soc. Total, 400 cases
Tho Philadelphia Market.
From the Tobacco Leaf
Dealers in cigar leaf tobacco the pas
week admit that they are not thronged
with customers and yet sales in moderate
amounts are steady, and are in the aggre
gate fully up to this time last year bu
they are confined principally to binder.
and filters. A No. domestic wrappers dc
and will sell, but the trouble is to get suit.
able goods. Prices are not held firmly.
Sumatra moves freely.
Hayana--Sales are now confined largely
to old Nueltas, which have the preference
and are likely to advance.
Receipts for the week-2l5 cases Connec.
ticut, 396 cases Pennsylvania. 50 cases Ohio
IS cases Little Dutch, 229 cases Wisconsin,
II cases York state, l05 bales Sumatra, 26,
bales Havana and los hhds Virginia anG
Western leaf tobacco.
Sales foot UPS cases Connecticut, 20,
cases Pennsylvania, 81 cases Ohio, ~ case.
Little Dutch, 93 cases Wisconsin, SIS case
York state, 81 bales Sumatra, 2o5 bale,
| Havana