The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-17
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND. VA. Aug. 10, 1874.
Offerings OF tobaccos AZ auction on
Change by Messrs. w Ben Palmer and
George a. Haynes. G2 packages sun
sod AT Sl3,I3, one %. II. L., No, y at
o. "a T., No. J. and T. 4. $" No. =
at $io25, three Is. H. p. 4 b.. No. 2.
T. & W. II. y. No. ]. and +. X. s., No.
y at $40. one CIV. W. c., No. - at 500.
FIVE Of; Il; r, No /; j. Il; T.. No. 2;
and r. H. s, No - at SO four our d. a.
T" No. ?; ). IA. T.. No. 3; Is. a. T., No.
?; and T: r. s., No. - at 50. two O.; II.
T., No, =, and r r.. s., No, 81 at $50.
G.. No. y at $500 four ID. \. T.. No. >;
W. W, g No !, and 7. w. b., No
and No: a at Ss.25, two %. a. IT,. No.
$, No. % at SI.75, one Cy. A.. NO u at
$50, one OF. Is. T., No. - at So, one
or. NJ. q W. NJ. c., No. y at s., one CP. ".
b.. No. > at SO. one CIV. l.. X. u g..
at iI0i $50. q" one e' a. NJ & ". NJ. G.. 30. :,
S4U. two %. \. T., No. .; and !. X.
j.. No. y at $40 two W. J.. X. *
c.. No. ,, and I. x w. K. y, No. y at
q. H. F.. No - at $3.50. one lW y. D.,
No. . at $500. one %. a. T., No. -
at $3.50. one a.. j. w, No. - taken IN
a. ,5S.2osonnee CT; r i No, ~ s So o9 at
(R. T. c.. No. b at S2S5, three q. =.
r.. No 3; r. r. $. 10. >, and II; NJ.
s, W; NJ & No - at at So $50, on one nN e.
No. y at 500, two (W. A., no. 3. and
r. II. L.. No 100 at $50, two CIV. \.
D.. 30 l. and G. j. c., No. - at $50
one g. !. c., No. y at $40 two e.. ".
B., No. and no. - at -, one C.. D. Co.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade today:
al.r.r,f &c
ters. / . smokers, 10; sun-cured, >; scrap
(briehD. /; leaf DARK. Il; lugs dark
u. Total. 80 hogsheads.
The tobacco inspector reports To-Day
nspectiOns-Bright, & hOgsheads' dark,
gO5 hogsheads and - tierces. Reinspec-
tions Bright, "A hogsheads.
The New York Journal Of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin, Of Thursday,
August rs. 1894. contains an article on
tobacco entitled, "Our Tobacco Trade
as follows:
outside of the members OF ne tobacco
trade themselves, but little attention Us
raid TO the extent and importance OF
this article OF American commerce, hot
so much in fact, as II deserves. an
examination Of the latest summary state
ment of the imports and exports OF NE
United States shows that the aggregate
value Of our total foreign trade IN To-
hacco exceeds S4OOOO.OOO year when
we consider that the growth OF tobacco
is limited to few sections OF me coun-
try it's importance 70 those sections Is
the more pronounced. DURING me last
TWO fiscal years our combined topacc"
trade was distributed as follows:
Year ending June 20, 1871; Imports
Loaf sIi.OOl 7gs: manufactured, -, lot
i46. Exports-Leaf, S2Los''2'+i lnanu-
featured. 81. SO 452.
Yetr ending June 80. 1893: lmports-
Loaf. Si4. roo. 40; manufactured. >-."lb-
100. Exports-Leaf, So $50; manu-
'' n nus nus appears That our aggregate to-
bacco trade. both import ana export, IN
leaf and manufactured tobacco ailU ,., ,1,,
10 S44.56l. 500 in lNB ana I'D Sii'u's,',s,| ~
during the latter year. when TRACE IN
other lines was much more SeilouSll
disturbed. Another. and perhaps
more important point that can De learn
rd from flrther analysis OF the loielsh
avhihft is that where there was ue-
crease Of nearly Si5uuoD IN our tolal
imports of leaf and manufactured 40. i@-
Iacrn I'm 1894. as compared with l>l",
there was an increase of almost Si''"''-
600 fin our exports. Thus
Year ending June 30 Imports. Exports
1904 .................$l3l5-, oH S2,,.nLoSp
ISM ........... l7.Gl9.li6 2G,942, iJt
Analyzng this statement sim more
deeply. We learn from the treasury I'e-
parftnent compilations that the decllhe
I'm imports of tobacco consisted oil s''''"'-
600 i'm leaf and only >'t2"" ln manu-
featured tobacco. our exports, on The
otnor hand. show an increase OF -, l'.',-
Ool I'm leaf stems and trimmings. with
n decline of S2OOWO In our shipments
of manufactured tobacco. II is thus evil
don't that our foreign trade i'm manufac-
tured tobacco has not kept pace with
' 'ui ! iorcien trade in many other Ameri-
can manufactures. which showed an IN
crease i'm 1894 over those of the proceed
II is of further interest TO note that
our aggregate export trade in tobacco
the last fiscal year was more than double
our import trade. As the exports OF
Anarir5n leaf stems. and trimmings
ronstitnte over S2i0o6OOo leaving less
than 100000 of exports of manufac-
tured tobacco. it is we'll 10 glance al
our markets. whore We sell tobacco ANA
i'm what quantities all Of which is con-
FAMED i'm the following statement for
the year ending June 30 1854:
Exports OF TOBACCO LEAF, srIMs, AND TENN
MINGS