The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-24

port. tobacco warehouses reported. Receipts.

ports tobacco warehousesreported: Receipts.
"a packages deliveries. 202 packages.
The collector Of thu United States internal
revenue reported collect ons September 70.
1891: Tax paid on cigars and cigarettes.
q. osa 60; tax paid on plug tobaccos, <2.s1o.93.
Total. s',Ol0.53.
we heard n gentleman say today that he
knew and had known Mr.. Ben Thorpe long
and intimately. and that if ever Ben Thorpe
had made wrappers enough to fill the condal
volute Of his nethermost garment 1t must
have been by accident, and IN no other way
that in his own country and among his own
people Ben Thorpe enjoys a greater reputa-
ton as coon-hunter than as tobacco
raiser. and that he could verify this statement
by the concurrent testimony of DR.. J.. i.
White and Mr.. George w. Knott. Of Oxford.
Mr.. John X. West general manager OF the
Equitable Life Assurance Company. was duiy
elected 10 membership of the Richmond 10
bacco Trade on the 18th instant.
The Western Tobacco Journal Of Septem-
Der Is 1891 says # the 1891 tobacco crop.
TIE planters of the Western states conld
not have had finer weather had they ordered
it specially than they have had through sep
TENDER and now much OF the fear or any
early frost and It's consequent damage TO the
tobacco crop has vanished from the
minds of growers. as considerable
portion of the crop has already been cut. and
the work is going on rapidly from day "a
dav and in another week the great Dodv OF
the crop will be out Of the field. though 1t Is
a question If much Of 1t will not DO num- ont
! In the air for want Of barn room, as otner
crops have been so plentiful as 10 require all
! the spare room possible. and even the tobacco
| barns had 20 be encroached upon. The crop
| is turning out much better than was antici-
/ pated at the beginning of the month when
| ID was feared the rains then falling
| would green up the tobacco and delay us
ripening but the hot weather Of the past few
weeks has assisted in the early ripenlng OF
| the tobacco aud it Is safe 60 say that Ken
lucky. Tennessee. Ohio. Indiana and Nes'
Virginia will have larger crops than last year.
| OF course there are districts that Will not Fare
as well as others, but take the states through
! and the crop promises larger yield than III
] 1890.
I'm North Carolina and Virginia the situa
tiou il different The bright crop OF these
! states will 10 smaller and inferior as com
pared with the l8 crop. which was superior
| crop in both yield and character. Ihe early
cut of North and South Carolina promise
some superior brights. but IL seems 70 be the
| common opinion that the LATER Sc
will DO very poor IN filters or wrap
pers Of body, and these are nov
the best selling and most pronta0i
Grades for the planters. The crop general,
! Is STYLED thin and curing poor In color, ans
will weigh mp much less than the ls9O crop
The dark crop OF Virginia VIII probaDL
he the finest they have had IL ascoreo OF years
the heavy rains seeming rather u have Dene
flied this type, and good values are expected
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange to-day
!. A. Long. ROKborO n c.; DR.. +. J. White
| Oxford \. c.: ). S. Brown. Oxford, \. G.. &
w. Knott Oxford n. c.. G.. w Smith, Dur
ham. n. c.: William BOyken. Henderson, n
c.; H. j. Bass, Durham. \. t.