The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-16
OUR TOBACCO MARKET,
w,rn NoRrH cARoLINIANs HERE
xx,,.t the Txcursioniste Saw in Oar Ware
houses, How They Were Treated and
What They Think of Richmond.

and we're up early yesterday morning
,,ondine their way 20 the warehouses; where
Gle piles Of the great staple OF Virginia
and North Carolina were arranged
Ten o'clock began the sale at the Davis 4
Gregory warehouse. Fifteenth and Cary
streets. with large attendance and salts
faelory sales There wero some $4,000
mounds disposed Of at prices which ranged
from s6 60 55l per hundred.
sales over at this warehouse all hands
VISITED next the Davenport Warehouse IN
tle next block. Captain John y hutche-
son proprietor. where excellent hguies
were gotten ior some l9,VuO pouhus O"eiou
t.ore. -.
~as Shelhurne's spacious warehouse was
fne next one on the programme. where
Shout 600 pounds OF tobacco we're sold.
The average price obtained at TINS WAL" ware
house was 90 $40 cents per pouhu. lpe
n.host price received was 80 per huuVlou.
ere was an entire absence OF anything
,..roachlp0 iunket. or any teasting or
sk,pq merry on this excursion. these
s.,3 and substantial farmers came, saw
s.t amending the saying OF the great
d sar. were conquered 10y the nne prices
obtained for their tobacco.
Tbe merchants among them were seen 10y
teentb MAN and other streets. and tho re-
srits ~ the days work cannot but lie salts
fsrt,rv and encouraging to merchants and
among the prominent BUYERS whom
t,ol -, tbe door of the different ware
b.,ses Yesterday were. Mr.. John fope OF
the Allen & Giuter branch OF the American
Tobacco Company, Mr.. hnney oi Sne
same company, Mr. james n. l DoS
Parkinson of the /. c. Wuilams SoluPH ~
Nj Yorbrouch Of Yarbrough ~ Sons, MI
7 II Cobb of Uanvile. the superlntenu-
en- ofthe buving department OF the Amer
loan Tobacco Company. Mr. y. /. Cayce'
NV Iroi.s Green Of Durham. n. g.. pr.
r5we-d Pace of Wilson, n. c., and Mr.
Bowman of LyncHourG, Va, ana many
otLols.
1HFIR OPINIONS.
obere vasconsiderable display OF color. the
brfk being made up OF cutters and smokers;
There were ri few pretty hEht-pTessea
wrappers. bit tho balance were cutters ana
suosers Of good color, with some eNcep-
tons. We took occasion 70 interview az
many IF the farmers present at the sale rs
Dossible aud let them speak Tor themselves:
Mr. Il. g.. Roberts. o. MecEienburg, Va,
said Il think we will have about three
furths of crop IN quantity. The color
Will be fair. but 10 is not good crop. The
treat damage and the late rains came too
late to do any good. 1t will be tolerably
mixed crop
AIr. j. d. Shearin. of Rocky Mount n.
c.. Il think the crop Is an average: was cut
short nightly By the rains aud drought ia
some places and IA others It was not. This
anplies 20 my own immediate neiehborhoOd.
] have not canvassed around ana can
speak of the crop generally"
Nh o. W. Ward If live about eight
miles from Rocky Mount. n. c. ! have
Travelled in the county night much and can
ray 10 ~ not al average crop In quantity.
but is over an average IA color. Inc toDac-
ca Is generally small and has nothing like
the weight of the crop Of two years ago. l
think tobacco Is selling well here. better
than on the Rocky Mount market es-
peciaily Oh the bright cOlors'
j. T. Hinnant Wilson n c.: The to-
bacco is short and very light, and don't
average 800 pounds 10 the acre. We have
generally been raising 800 b 1000 pounds to
the acre. Mine grew up large enough and
looked as pretty as anything yOn ever saw
on the stalk, and cured up very well. but
most of it is diseased and extremely hight.
Prices here are very good.
Mr.. :. w. kettrell. near Castalia. Nash
,t7urcy n. c.; The crop IN my part OF the
country was tolerablY good. think II ~
more than az average as TO color. but not as
90 quantity weighs light. / haven't seen
any real fine obaccO this yosr. Prices that
have noticed here arc tolerably good
Mr b. A. Anderson, Edgecombe county:
The crop is iust common. 1 call 1t. 1t Is
hardly an average crop as to quantity: the
color is not al average. / don't think. 1
haven't paid a great deal OF attention to
the sales to-day but what tobacco | have
looked at / think is selling tOlerably we'll"
Mr.J. II. Holhngsworth, of Nash county.
y. c.. 81 live within mile of Oakland. /
think Just about what Mr. Kettrell SAYS
there are some very fine crops and some
not so fine.
Mr.. J. b. Dicken, Halifax. n c.: Il made
splendid crop Of tobacco this year. My
tobacco Is mighty fine. but | had only six
acres / think the crop fine as TO color.
but not as to quantity. The proportion of
wrappers in my crop IS quite large-larger
than have been making for the past three
years. Prices here seem 10 be good. As a
general thing the tobacco III my neighbour
hood is short and chahy, but some have
crops that are very good
blr Lucus Green, Of Durham: i think
the prices here to-day are high"
Mr.. $. A. Ward, BattiebOrO. Nash county,
y. c.: Il think the acreage about the same
as last year. think the color il little In
ferior 10 what il was last year, but 1t Is hea-
vier tobacco. We have done cutting. The
first curings were very good. The latter
curings are not so good. but there is some
mighty fine tobacco. ] have Just cured
fifty-twO barns. and I think that is about
al average. About hat of 1t IS bright.
Later curinRs are not bright. The break
here to-day Is an average of the color in my
section. Several other parties IN my section
have fine tobacco but we haven't the per-
centage of wrappers We had last year, Cut
tors and lugs predominant in the crop. 1t
IL not as good as last years. and IN conse-
quence wrappers are scarce"
Mr. l.. l.. Newsom. Wilson county, n. g.:
81 think, taking it all around, we have got
IN average crop. but not full crop. |
think from what have noticed this sale is
fair representation of our crop. There
nre some fine Iobaccos here, but it is not
our best The tobacco IS far above last
years. but not as good as we have bad. We
haven't got as great proportion Of wrappers
as We have had. there are mole cutters and
smokers in the crop, is my notion"
Mr.. l.. +. Lucas, Wilson, n. c.. Speak
ing from my locality, our tobacco crop ID
light. but while it is light it
las pretty fair color. The pounds
won't be as MANY per acre Us last year.
nothing like it. but the crop will yield as
much money as last year. While the crop
IS light il has better color than it had last
wear and we are getting little better prices.
The tobacco market is looking upa little.
This break is above the average OF what the
tobacco will he from our section, and most
of this came from our section. The pro,
portion Of wrappers IS exceeding small ana
good filters will be consequently scarce.
We have a cutter crop"