The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-03
OUR TOBACCO TRADE.
EXPRESSIONS or oUR LEADING
MERCHANTS REGARDING 1s3e.
Upon the Whole a Prosperous and satis-
factory Year The New Year Opens
AuspiciousIy-Large Sales OF Loose.

port as follows:
Messrs. Allen & Gintcr say: I'VE thinl
business has been all w could lock fol
during the past year, but OF course w
r,nnot tell definitely until our balance
sheets are made UP. Business for the pas
year has been very satisfactory, and w
hone business Tor 1893 will be more So"
Messrs. Cameron & Cameron: 'The 10
pacco business during the past year, cor
slering the depressed state Of genel
business. has been very satisfactory. al
al, prospects foT business next year are
Nrry good
Ncssrs. Carter & Ryland: 1--WE had sfne,
A. not the finest. manufacturing cup OF
srn-cured tobacco this year we hav ever
isd. which sold at reasonable prizes The
Incoming crop IS inferior 10 that OF last
wear. hut prices. so far. have ben saus-
f.ctovy. The outlook for the coalng year
A. very encouraging
Ncssrs. Butler x Kosher: ~ has been
3 very satisfactory year with Us and the
prospects for 1898 are very good, except
that business may be somcshat anected
d. the high price Of Western Tobacco.
J. J. UickCk: "While w haven't done
s., much more business in pounds than we
iMA ANMA NNAAf w AANt
at better prices. and ourprospeets for the
next year are most encsnraging.
J.. y. C~uningwcrth: FWe have done a
third more bushes. tuk year than in any
previous year. and w are all good Demo
Gratis. We look fcrfa greatly increased
business for 1867
Mcssrs. p. II. Myo & Bro: "t has been
= very good year with us, and tie outlook
for business nexfyear IS good
n ra.Ef.M- T,IaaaA Cry..on-.
"Bnsinoss has Ven fairly good fer the past
year. though Got So large In volume as
fhc wear BETTE. owing 10 the depression
in the priccfof cotton In the South. The
business outlook for 1898 is very good"
N.sSrs. John Wright q Co. Business
has been Very good and the prospects for
the coming year ara very good"
NIeSsr. Hardgrove & Co: Business for
Tie past year has been pretty fair Pros
poets ~ the new year are very good. and
we omit see why we should not have a
good business during the coming year.
O.. T.. Mayo: The first part Of the pres
cpf wear business was very cool. but In
L. latter part there has been some falling
quite bare Of manufactured stock for ex-
port tobacccs particularly, AMI If prices
a. ieaf don't cut Us of altogether, We
ought t0 have n very fair trade
Mes,rs. William j. Narbr)ugh's Sons:
eve have had a very busy year and a very
gratifying increase in tohaccCS of the finer
gralcs-a line of tobaccOs which are stead
fly advancing in popularity from time TO
time. and. as far as We ean judge, the
business outlook Tor 1898 is most encour-
aging"
Messrs. r. C.. Morton * Co.: Business
I'm 1892. though not as large as usual with
ain. -...r ~rt,. ~ f1a trade aS "A General
proposition. has been very satisfactory.
and the outlook for tie future is very good,
especially ON %wrapptls.'
Messrs. Sublett DC Cary: "Our tobacco
year has been a very satisfactory one
more So than for several years past. The
1ss2 dark crop Of tObaccos is not a large
one in Virginia. and we look for good prices
and more activity in the market
Nie,srs. l.. l.. Norris 4 Co: 1T has been
q fair average year, with considerable &C
uvity in the last sixty days, and the out
look for the coming year IS very good"
Messrs. Arlington d Rose: Eve think it
has been n successful year, and business
has Increased. The outlook is very encour-
aging for a good trade. We have never
seen "a wear when the outlook was more
hopeful FOR every line Of business"
III John VI. Taylor: Il think business
for lie past year has been fairly s~atisfac-
tory. and the outlook for next year is very
bright brighter than for many years past
indeed. / think we viii have a better bust
Ioss next year than we have had for the
past ten years
Dir. r. u. Neal, Jr.: Taking everything
ir-o confederation. business has been fairly
l..i for tle year. and can see no reason
rIv. ua should not have a very success
business year in 1898. l believe stocks
0f "a ttbacc0s will be more reduced next
tlan for years past
As. Darlington < Co: I'VE think the
fu Hooks generally brighter for tobacco
tIu 1 las for many years. The success
sl. S@tortace Of the crops in the West
s.l -lo interchange Of tho different grades
ol Nriuia and North Carolina tcbaccos
fr bal years past have put all grades
81 taIrxo on d good. substantial footing.
Coin. nfo The new year with Cleveland
elected Resident, the higher price for cot
Ton lu ia South. and with everything seem
iag g.. l,hon a sound basis, there is no rea-
slu % pet anything but a good demand
for to.aop."
Tl. = Pace Tobacco Company: "Busi-
ness la, Men satisfactory with Us, consid-
s-lug creything politically, and we hope
nc1t year VIII show n large Increase
SIR. Euis Noon: 1T has been a fair year,
and prosp,rs fer 1898 arc very encourage
FIX iuaeei'
Nessrs. a. W. spicer, Son & Co: "Our
business in.reased about 40 per cent. dur
ing the pa year, and we are of opinion
that business VIII be good for 1893. Lear
tobacco is lieh and prices viii nave 10
i, ~raised-crainly on export tooaccos.
Messrs. TaEec IL Tompkins: "frcm all
the inf0rmaf0l We get we are lea 10 De
levc that thel Virginia crop will be about
One-fourth of a. average. Business for the
past year Waslyery satisfactory, exceeding
the year heile considerably. The cut
look for the coming year IS very Halter
iur."
Nessrs. i. q Melting & Co: ''This has
been "a very gtel year; quick sales ana no
stocks OF any consequence on hand. We
hope 1893 will D. more satisfactory even
than -S32."
Mcssrs. !. VI. Conrad's Sons: "The past
year was rather d sluggish one In virginia
tohaccos up 10 the housing Of the 1917
crop, which eYioa ced a shortage or wrap
pefs. Since ills evidence In chewing the
pudding. the gcnral condition or the mar
lct for bright toiac.os have been favorable
10 the sellers. ami the indications point 10
higher wales for ~ grades Of desirable to-
baccos. ard cspcEiy wrappers, fCr the
year 1893
Mr.. George A.. Haynes: ~ have had a
mighty good year iand have handled the
best sur-cured oroi J ever saw, and have
been selling To- 10 past twenty years. 1
think the present mp In some sections Is
very poor. In Carolha SOM of my people
have very fine crops but, taken as a whole
the crop W II be q Aert one. The Carolina
people are better q than they lave been
since the war; they are working hard ana
ec0nOmiziDg The C5lpok for 1893 Is first
rate. Cleveland Is dected and everybody
is happy"