The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-20
TOBACCO DEPARTM ENT.

RICHMOND. Va. April l9.-No Offering.
of tobaccos at auction on Change to-day.
Private sales reported 10 the secretary 10
day; Wrappers. ID hogsheads; filters.
hOgsheads; smokers. % hogsheads; darl
tobaccos. 64 hogsheads. Total. l0l hogs
heads
Private sales reported % tho secretary iol
| the week ending SATURDAY. April 10. 1900
Wrappers. gs hOgsheads: filters, los hogs
heads: cutters. 3 h0gsheads. smokers. y
heg-hoads. scrap. n h0gshc3ds: West \ir
ginia bright iobaccos. hogsheads. darn
tObaccOs. i>g hOgshoads: suu-curcd. = hogs
heads Western. 10 hogsheads: bright cut
ting lugs, ~ hOgsheads. Total. 80 hogs
heads.
Office of the tobacco inspector reports O..
day. Inspections. none. Reiusuectous-
bright, ls hogsheads: dark. hogsheads.
Inspections and rpiu>pNctl0ns for week
ending saturday. April 10, 1870: lnspcc
lions. bright. IS hOg-hold- dark. ili hug,
heads; Western. go hog,hcadS. Rein,pec
fiou-. bright. l6l hogshoad-; dark, 81 ho-.
heads; Western. 1 hogSheld. Total boz
-peciion- and reinspeciion, fcr the week
i9l h0gsheads
Farmers, Wilson'S Allegheny. ODD Do
mini0n. ceabr00k's ,reu,haWs, ~hockoe
Banchard's Da,enp0rt-. Planters and
Merchants. Centre, Sho'hume and Myers
warehouses report to-day: Receipts. n
hogsheads. box. Deliveries. 9s hogsheads
5 tierce,. OF the deliveries to-day. \ hogs
heads were stems.
For week ending Saturday. April no. 1900
Receipts. $50 h0gehoad-. $ tiorcp- boxes.
deliveries, COS hoghead~. - tierce-. g boxes
OF the receipts for the week. 20 ho--head.
were stems.
Office OF the collector Of the United states
Internal revenue reports collections for The
city OF Richmond to-day as follows: IaN
paid. cigars and cigarettes. S2Nj.O5; iaN
paid. t0baccos. Sf.3Ol2o: tax paid. special
329.l6. Total. Si.e32Ol.
Internal revenue collections for ihe Woeh
ending saturday April 49,. 1880. were a.
follows: Tax paid on cigars and cigarettes
fI.llN.lJ, tOhacco.. S2l.9l2.32; special
S3-0.l6. Total. S30.O20.Sl.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange Co.,
day Professor Morse. Philadelphia; g.. L.
Marshall New York.
The newspapers OF the border counties of
North Carolina and Virginia are maxim.
loud complaints US tO the scarcity of fn
bacc0 plants. and 40 the rlYagos On thf
plants by bugs. MS witness the following
clippings.
"While in RoXb0ro. n Tuesday. Wc mad,
inquiries of quite number uf farmers from
Granville. Durham. Orange. AlamHnoe
Person and Cnswell counties and from hor
deru- counties of Virginia. They lil agree
100 the belief that there will Doe 70 great scar
city of tobacco plants. and that 10 viii li
impossible for anything huf e. late crop O.
ba planted The bulk of ihe earliest plant.
were killed 10y the cold weather. about thl
ith of March. Much resolving WAS tlef
done and they hoped to gof plenty of plant.
% little late. hut the weather Of Date ln.
been iunialorahlc. and the lca bug is get
ting boz it- work in hurry. The cloth usp,
tO cover the beds this year b. -O thin that i
i- said the bugs destroy the plants on hed'
with covers just as though There were u'
cover, there. The tobacco farmers are Oh
nous for CRYING ont that failure of tIl
plants has resulted. and then going ahDaf
and planting their crops without trouble
This time. however. ihe complaints are .t
general and widespread thai they must
mean something g. Milton Advertiser o
April D., 1890.
I'VE mingled with the good farmers OF
Person and found them rather doWu-heurt
ed 900 account of ihr poor prospects for iu
hlcc0 plants. Report. ARE tD the effect chat
fhp distractions Of tobacco throughout iht
tobacco belt of this section i- becoming -e
r.Ou-. and Hs late u- 10 Rs. many farmer
are contemplating planting new crop cn.
t'rly. Many farmers boo ihe Raleigh -ec
ti0n will rplaui their tobacco. oxford
Public Ledger of April ls. $780,
Numerous letters from This section CON.
firm these reports, and b. now -eems u7 IL.
with the best seasons from thi, time forth.
tne crop must Dee "a late One. thereby lc.-DN-
n. The chance, pr color. even should fh.
quantity not Dee ourtailcd.
The Richmond Tobacco market was quite
active to-day for saturday market. with
good sales of bright wrappers and smoker,
and ALSO OF dark t0hacco-.
There were good sale. for the week Of
bright wrappers and filler, and farh iobac.
COS. Inspections and reIn-pectOn- to-day
light. and for ihe week moderate. Receipts
to-iay We're very li-ht Deliveries good
Receipts for the week moderate. Deliveries
for ihe week good. being double the receipts
very nearly. Internal revenue collections
for to-day were large. and for the week very
good. &. Mel.