The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-09
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

RICHMOND, VA, MAY S.-Oforings of To-
baccos AT auction on Change, Thursday,
May :, 1890. Total offerings, - packages. Of
which one package was West Virginia
bright tohaccos, and b packages were sun
cured iobaccos. OF the West Virginia bright
| tobacc0s. one package was taken in $3.50.
OF the sun-cured tobaccos; one package
sold at $1,000, one at Sl3.25, one at $l2.3;
ono az $i2. one al 5000. one ut so, four at
j.Ho, one at $40, one at S5.21, one at 500,
one at s., one az $40 one AT Si.2o, one AT
| 81, one at $50. one at $500. one ~ Sd"'
one az $50. one at s.. 50. two at 500 one at
$3.50. four at 500. two at 3, one at Sl.Nl,
one at $40. three ~ 81. one AT soc.
Private sales reported Ia the secretary
to-day: Wrappers, 90 hogshcads; hilers, y
hOcshcads: cutters, h0gshcads; smokers.
hogshoad: scrap (hrigbD hogsheads:
dark tobaccos, 1 hogshead. Total, - hogs
heads.
I'm addition 10 the above 6,o0O pounds of
fine bright wrappers, were sold as loose
tobacco AT top prices.
Office Of the collector Of the United States
internal revenue reports to-day collect
ions for the city of Richmond as follows:
Tax paid. cigars and cigarettes, SG3S.l5;
tobaccos, $i.49Ll6; special, S}j2.OO. Total,
$j.4aj5l.
Office Of the tobacco inspector reports to-
day. Inspections Bright. - hogShcads;
dark. 7, hog~hcads; Western, ! hogshead.
ReinspectiOns Dark. h0gshcad.
Farmers. Wilson's, Virginia, Allegheny,
Old Dominion. ShOckoc, CrenshaW's.
Wanchard's. Dayeuports, Myers ana
Planters ana Merchants warehouses report
to-day: Receipts. i6 hogshcads, and T.
ticrcc~. Deliveries, % hOgshcads, 10 ticrccs
and 8 boxes.
Registered atthe Tobacco Exchange To-
day. j. W. Sorrcll, Caroline; Il. u. Lewis.
~. Louis. Mo-: Gu. Gailly. Paris; Il. i.
smith. j. y. Day. oxford.
The Italian bpe tobacco samples were
placed ON Change to-day for the inspection
Of prospective bidders, but as The terms Of
the contract are i'm Italian. and no English
translation thereof has been furnished the
matter is as vet sealed book TO most of us.
4 gentleman fully conNcrsant with the
tobacco interests Of Hanover, Louisa. caro-
line and NpousyNania says; "Ihe bulk OF
The labor OF those counties has gone to the
railroads and furnaces
some farmers have plants i'm abundance
and carly enough 10 plant now, while
others have no plants 40 all. The flies are
very bad and playing havoc with the plants.
My man, who works my farm for me, said
''that bee didn't know whether the people !
were in earnest or not. bui that if be gave !
plants 20 everybody that asked for them he
would have o. have acres in plants
The great bulk of the tobacco raised i'm |
the counties abON C-namcd.l~ made 10y small |
farmers Cwhitc people,, and as far As have |
seen there has not been az much preparation |
made for crop this year as there was in |
ISIS and think the crop viii necessarily |
Dec 70 small one"
The Richmond Tobacco Market was quite |
active to-day. with heavy sales of bright !
wrappers and fair sales Of bright filters. !
Internal Revenue collections very good. |
Inspections and re-in-peciions. GOOD. Re |
ccipt-. li.ht; deliveries, moderate moarly !
double the rcceipts). {. VI. l..