Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-18
Lsnf Tohacen Assoeiation.

The rnnpal report Of 'he ted I"iwc"
Assertion Of Baltimore, composed OF IT, 10
btr,5 baters aud tobacco COMMISSION mri
chants. aud pussibly few Others. hns uce
made
The past wear has been CIV 81 ,u-a So fiou
depression in every branci. Of business. th'
we feel the Leaf Tob,cro Trade Of 5iliiinor
m-a congratulate itself that no disrsie' ha
happened amung It's menu etship Hni nnt
willie there Has hceu q decline upu- ruuiu
and medium grades ut tuhaccO from ~" eNtr
ordinarily high prizes witch prevaned durln.
the FIRST halt Of las wear sill the Vstagr de
cline ia tobacco is less uian UPON nearly ever
ether article Of domestic produce
General estimates had pla ed the Mar, lane
crop Of 1913 about the same size rs the preyI
ons one, viz. IS. 900 hhds and ne there VII
hut a nihing stock of old tobacco in factors
hands. and as France contracted for 1eilyer'
Of about 1900 hhds., tire year opened viii
prices at about the same range Us IN 1892 anr
so continued vita variation until August
when it became apparent thar the crop h1C
been considerably uudrres iinated
Measured by huds. il was 4, 900 larger thar
the previous year, but in weight it was nbou
80 per cent larger, being one Of the heavies
weighing crops seen here 10 MANY years
surplus would naturally exert WIS increased j,
the early fall by the Withdrawal from ou
market OF all orders from German,, owing {,
the consideration by the German Parllamen
Of a new tariff bill which would greatly ailec
tobacco; the fualcial stringeucy, which hst
prevailed all summer, added its weight to tn,
above causes, and the result was heavy de
cline ia prices OF common and medium grade
while better grades which were 10 rattle
small proportion were only slightly affected
There was some accumulation OF stock it
factors hands AZ the close Of the year, bu
since then most Of it has oeen disposed OF a
weakening prices.
The crop Of ground leaves, numbering l.
SOC hhds. was the commonest seen here il
many years and was only disposed of through
heavy concessions on the part OF sellers
The crop coming to market this year is es
tinated at 30, 900 hhds Of light character, unt
and a large proportion Of common grades; i
will probably severely test the ability Of III,
three State TOoacco Warehouse to properly
handle and care for an averaged sized crop, -
the first we have had since the tobacco trad,
was deprived OF waIehoues Nos / ] and ".
The trade in Ohio Tobacco moved along
quietly at firm prices until towards the clos,
OF the year, when holders made slight conces
sions IN order to close out stock. The recepts
we're 7,7l9 hhds., of which France took / SOC
bids.
During the year elevators Nos and Ill
(house CT which greatly facilitate the storing
and delivering of the recei,ts; we strongly
recommend that Warehouse No. Ill House
Al should also be provided With such an ele-
vator.
| The distance of warehouse No | from the
market causes much delay ad loss of time in
obtaining necessary lnformahn there, and we
| think telephone should be laced there and
maintained by the State.
The exhibit made by this ISOLATION at the
4 Worlds Fair in Chicago di not receive the
recognition from the jury edwards, at we
! had hoped for; after comparing our exhibits
with those OF other markets, * would recon-
mend that any fd,ure occasm only the best
grades from this market shod be displayed
In consequence Of Experience as to
the injury to Maryland tohcco caused by
heavy packing the buyers | November last
notified the association that fer January /,
1891, they w,.uld not buy ~ hid weighing
over $50 lbs. ret, and at leeting OF the u.s.
ISOLATION held to take actio upon this com
municston it was lnanimsliy resolved maj
it is to the best interest q Ruwers OF tobacco,
AS well as of every one ase connected with the
trade that Maryland tobaeb should not be
packed to weigh nTe than $50 lbs. CIR
eular in accordaur With the above was sent
to farmers and peers throughout the State,
and also to The aewspapers published IN Tue
counties.