Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-25
,o,,sv,r,p ronAcco MARKET.

LOUISVILLE. KY. December 2.-Thts
week was certainly the banner week "a
the history Of this or any other ,voacSv
market In the world, when the onetIhss
at auction amounted 10 5,ssv hogsnessns' ~
an average OF $50 hogsheads daily i9s SIX
DAYS. and winding up another remarNaps
years business TO date, fully tstaphsnink
the fact also OF this being the hrEsse
and best market for Burnley tobaecos aiohe
as we'll as showing quite an incIsase ns
the offerings OF dark tobaccos, which are
likely 20 BE- largely increased next year,,
Receipts on Monday amounted 70 Nearly
300 hogsheadn. and tapered on 10 aDous
800 to-day. the total being 80 nv.sniN'
The total sales In this market TOT tnis
year to date were 1850 hogsneaas,
against ~. Oss hogsheads last year--a gam
of 2i.5J2 hogsheads this year.
The total receipts for the year VIZ
I22. sel hogsheads. against f0e. iss hogsheads
last year. a gain OF 1882 hogsheads 'n'S
year. an. -, 49,
vious week were as follows: r.,.
This w'k. Last Wk
New crop s.-..........' s.g Sss
Old crop ......s....s.... iso
Tho most gratifying and extraordinary
feature OF the market for sellers this we.H
was Its strength. and how well prices VIZ
sustained under such enormous onelin,h ~.
which would have broken the market out
FOR the animation and keen compfu,tion
81 every buyer for domestic as well az
foreign account. All grades. from inc nav,
trashy green and mixed smoking iuss "
the very finest select cutting leai, W..
soId. and being sustained In manner
beyond expectation, or almost beyond -
lief by those at distance. Whether soen
nrices can be sustained after the turn OF
the new year II such large offerings arc
continued remains to be seen.
The character OF the offerings were. ON
the whole. better than last week, win Hiols
good to select red to clear req Iesti ~.
with no larger proportion or orign, ~ aus
Grade. which showed up quite small OUT OF
the large offerings. tending TO prove ,ne
correctness OF the opinion generaliy e nesi
taIned that bright will be much SCARF
in the 1891 crop than expected. Nnhf
good many hogsheads were IN wy sue ne
Condition, the order was allowed 10 De
better generally than last week
In the large offerings all styies nnu
qualities were fully representa- ~ ',,,,
| bright filters and cutters, which WIZ
| again scarce this week. ..,,,,,
| Prices for everything offered were fully
| sustained until yesterday afternoon, Wnsu
| the lower grades of reds became irregula,,
/ and somewhat lower. while All Ine 'sa
/ and bright leaf were quite az strohe 81
they had been all the week. with seyerai
| sold at the highest prices OF the VIZ;
| All grades OF bright were fuliy sus'aineo
up 10 the close. .,A,,,
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| many more hogshsads Of good 20 sel,s.
leaf which sold from IL 10 lS,sH-pc.-th"
highest so far this season; A.. ..,,,,,ors IN
The desire on the part OF the snlpP ,rsre
| sell All they could this week induced ware
| bousemen TO offer to-day over l,Vv9 noss
| heads sac OF which were new Burfy,
which proved a mistake, az the iea'iihs
buyers decline 10 attend sales on sntur
day: hence very large reflections the resul'
of to-day's sales, forming no correct pa
sis ON which 20 Judge the marhet pro-
perly. II. h,,s "A
last weeks and were all common 20 me ~
UNI red filters and smokers sho"ihs ~
cirssn Riyers-Very few offered at auc
ton, and only small scattering lots OF ol.
sold privately. the market for sueh o.,ni
| very quiet. Thlrty-four hoSSn'onS h-'
Darks-The offerings OF new crop I
largest Of the season, and consisted afro
| entirely OF long leaf for balets, AIttdi,
and black fats which reall nIn,, mn mn 20 !;
| nsr hundred Common leaf ana Tugs y
ilghter supply. and, being undesirable 70
| relatively low, with thin but cisan Tug
down 10. Mgltsc:, WIN no ,,r usn laay r.
present for any new, excepting iOhs !"
or old crop sOs hogsheads were. offered-
| taken for expert at unchanged ngufts
the short and poor crop or new not AZ
|
10 ssttle the question OF which Is IN
largest hurley tobacco market. l herewiu
give the official figures OF sales IN VI
louisville and Cincinnati markets 20 "a
| this wear: In Louisville, il5,V1 hogrnetus
in Cincinnati i0s,1Sf hogsheads. peih
u. s1 hogshsads In favor OF Louisville;
Of 1894 crop Burley alone from the pe
ginning Of this season 70 late the sac
were: In Louisville. s.SM h9ssnesns g,
Cincinnati, lao hogsheads, showing s'e'
hoggheads In favor OF Louisville.
sales this week OF new Burnley In LOUIS
| Vile. hsS hogsheads: I'm Cincinnati ~
hogsheads; In favor OF LOUISVILLE @''s
Reisctions were i.2l0. hogsheads Burley
!, mostly new crop. and ia hogsheads darb
against 4s5 hogsheads Buriey and ~ hogs
cions offerings SO largely to-day C5atuI
day). when the reflections were extreme
hsayy, the reflections OF Burnley THIS wee
would have been very light.