The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-28
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

offerings or tObaccOS AT duNNlOu ~
Change by Mr.. George a. Haynes TO-
day. Is packages Of sun-cured. one pack
age Or r., 40. u sold at $40, one 70,
r., No. u at $l075, one Or. q. NJ, NO,
at s. one %. T. A., No. y at s., two N
d1o ~ r No and Nd r Ii at M Ms NO one a. n H. H.
H., No. - at S., one IT. W. G., NO 81 at
s. 50, one (B r., No p at $3.50, one Or. &
No p at $50. one ". NJ, NO; al s''
one e. NJ, No. u at $3.50 one Or. g. NJ,
No p at $40. one CB. b.. No y at $3.50.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day
Wrappers, u hogsheads. nlers, ~, smok-
ers, 10; leaf dark, S; Tugs dark Z.
Total. 70 hogsheads.
The tobacco inspector reports To-Day
Inspections-Brght % hogsheads and
tierces; dark. 50 hogsheads. kelnspec-
tions-BriSht, "a hogsheads; 49,. c,,o,
Myers, Davenports, Planters, shell
burne's Shockoe, Crenshaw's, and sea
brookes tobacco warehouses report To-
day: Receipts, 30 packages deliveries ~
packages.
United States internal revenue col
lections for the city Of Richmond va,
to-day. Cigars and cigarettes, @SSO; pug
tobaccos. s. 296.72. Total S,lio.O2.
fun break at the Planters warehouse
to-day, with unchanged prices.
A big sale of sun-cured toDaccos over
the hogsheads. also a bright loose break
at Shelburnes warehouse tomorrow
The following extracts from the western
Tobacco journal OF June ., 1891 VIII De
read with special interest by the growers
OF bright tODaccOs generally anu py our
| tobacco trade in particular;
St Louis MAY Soon Have Cigarette
| Factory.-It would seem from the folloW-
ing in the ST. Louis Correspondence OF the
Is something will develop out or the pur-
| chase of the cigarette machine by some or
| those connected with the Drummond To-
bacco Company. Of St. Louis:
The establishment Of cigarette rae
tory In St Louis is no longer proba-
! billy. but a certainty. So said James H.
! Drummond, president Of the Drummoho
Tobacco Company, 10 the Leaf CORE
| spondent to-day. of course salu VI, ,
/ DrummOnd I'VE will not incorporate witt
| a million dollars capital stock ana nave
only about $4,000 worth OF business
! There will be no watering OF stock IN oui
venture. The Drummond Tobacco com
| many will not operate the factory, but q
| number Of it's stockholders are ready and
! anxious 10 take stock We invited the
| other manufacturers Of the city, but they
were q little afraid Of the enterprise but
when we get under way l think they Will
! all fall in line.
"The cigarette machine which We ex-
| perimented with for two months was
| perfect success. II turns out 80 cigarettes
| a minute, with but about 10 per cent
| imperfect cigarettes. II IS totally free
| from infringement and II the patent IS
| brought 10 court We have no rear ABOUT
sustaining It. he inventor Of this new
! machine has gone on East, where SIX
are being made for the use OF tne coIli-
/ pany. which has a kind Of quasi organi-
! zation We contemplate opening up here
/ in September or OctOber-nOt before, as
! our machines will not be completed TOT
| some little time yet.
"The cigarette factory VIII be apart
! from our plug tobacco works. as this Is
required by law We VIII start in
slowly. place a splendid article on the
market, and gradually increase our STOCK
| and works as trade builds up
"By what name will you call your new
| cfrarette?" your correspondent inquired
| 'That we do not know, and II has peer
| puzZling us: SO we have adopted thi'
! method: When everything IS nearly IT
! shape we Will Offer a prize OF SlVV OF ~
! 10 the one who sends us name Wnlcl
! shall be selected by board OF JLube'
! as the most suitable. The contest VII
| be free 10 all. and any person can suB
gest as many names as he or she may
| deem appropriate.
The company as IT now stands IS proba
| biy composed Of James -. Drummond
| Harrison j. Drummond, John \. Drum
| mOnd and a. De Yong, all or the Drum
| mond Tobacco Company.
| The fact that the Liggett Il Myers To
! bacco Company obtained permit yester
day TO build a new factory ana boiler
house on Randolph street between
! Twentv-fhfrd street and jefferson avenue
ton OF a cigar or cigarette factory o
| their own. 49,. q,
| Would Cost s., go, 900 20 DO this Most Gen
erous Misunderstanding 10 statemen
printed I'm one OF the southern toDacc
papers. the syndicate OF ST LOUIS mo
! Mug manufacturers who are on the pom
| OF beginning the manufacture OF clsaI
cites I'm opposition 20 the American 10
| baccO COMPANY is going 70 distribute IL
product free gratis for nothing u m
American public. And all this accordin
to the allegation Of the authority Jus
! mentioned, 20 get even win tne Amer
can Tobacco Company Tor INJURIES
legged 20 have been committed by IL upo
the ST. Louis plug manufacturers, throuS
undertaking them in the matter OF plu
manufactured by II at it's Louisville fa'
tory-the National Tobacco Works
The American Tobacco Company man
features and sells each year about 3VV
OO0. 600 cigarettes.
Therefore. II the ST. Louis syndicai
means TO wipe the American Tobacc
| Company off Of the face or the earth
will have TO give away at least as man
thousand millions OF the paper wrappe
tobacco pastilles. H..
THE EXPENSE OF doing this would be Jus
100000 per year. for that is the esu
mated cost OF MANUFACTURING ana enn G, OF
tributing 1900 10000 cigarettes. ms ID
big price 70 pay for revenge.
| The following table shows the cost Q
manufacturing and distributing LOO cigar
| cites:
Leaf. pa pounds at 20 cents per- ~
Stripping and casing, cent Pe' a,
| pound ...s.....ssssss's',. 'i-,.tr0
Cutting. favoring, and dressihS' 40,
cent per pound. 49,, 49,, ,.,;,'''''''''' m
Driving for pa pounds OF ieai'''''''''' ' 05
paner for / 90 cigarettes '''''''''''''' 20
Roxes for 1000 cigarettes ..,,...'''''' ' aS
carton boxes for 800 clsafet'e''''''' ' 0S
fnsnecting and packing ....,..,....':.,,, 10
paclIng In cartons ana cutting OIL n,
rough ends 49,. ,ar,ons a,
xvranners for outside or cartons, '''' a. ~
COST OF case (for 5000 clgarettes)'''' ' -,
Carriage ............... Oh
pant OF factory "........... ,.....' 10
Power superintendence, ana cohtih- ~,
GENT expenses.......'.'''''' ''''''''''' ~
| - ........................ 10
| rahor .............s...''.'.' ''''''''''' va
Tne estimated cost OF offices, clerica
/ In Advertising, and sundry other. con
, negs expenses will bring the total COS
" Zach 900 cigarettes up 10 about sz.eo
muitiply s2.s5 BY 100000, and you nav