Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-09

LOUISVILLE. Ky, April Ga grea'
| change from summer 20 winter weather
| lei 10 fewer receipts this week, vt tn
sales at auction ~ f1N hogsheads. 81
! only 363 hogsheads less than last week
| or average daily sales Of i,WS hOgsdeads
| against LILO last week. was the best cVI
| donce OF another large weeks business
and testing the huyus capacity of the
Sine this day week the weather alter
nPt'd between summer and winter, =
| wind up today With warm weather an
| probability Of rain.
| OF 111SS h0esheads during March were tn
! largest eyer known. leaving the stock ON
! rand ArriI 1T s.l0} hOgshci1s, or 5.l&
| more than March ls'.
| crop this week. }13, last week, 4,sl
| hosshcads; Old crop. this week. l6l: last
wesk. l13 hOssheals
! Smokers.-rhe aggregate offerings Of red
were much larger. myticlLtry OF tn
lowest grade which sold ~ So. 10 $50
against 81 20 3 Per lpp pounds last week
affected. however. by softer condition
which may he sail to have caused lower
| agals I'm great abundance. ana Wh-n gool
! weights ana IN good order Wer" IN
| changed. although irregular a. tim g. an'
| more so near the close OF thc week
| Coiorv was in good supply. active an,
unchanged when dry. l5r-at was eX
,remey scarce, very firm. ana active.
| Red Fillers-Tr1sh AMI common wer,
| I'm very large supply. and whom IN good
order prices were maintained NJ chang.
| in mediums. All the better grades Were
! again I'm good demand at fun outsid,
| figures. with no select leaf offered.
CllOrv Ilcrs.-Dffnrines were agar
| comparatively Light. with the better quail
| tbs in Vry active demand ~ the highest
| prices of the season for Well-ha ndle1 and
straight packing. The. best onered sol,
at Il - and Pc. and Ike last week
| best. We're again taken by LOUISVILLE
manufacturers. All the lower grades wer'
In good demand ~ fun prces. with III.
supply not up tO the demand this week.
Cuturg-Both colory ami bright Of al
! grades wore in comparatively small sup
| ply. and In active demand with the prices
| OF good and fine well sustained a. tn.
advance noted last week. All the lower
! grades are firm at quotations. Twenty
| hoRsneads sold privately.
on -Oterings rather Wor. and
| nearly all common smokers which werf
| dun at l-2c. lower for both trash AMI com
mon rod with no colory or bright ouered
SaVcnty-fVe hosshea3s sold priyHt H.
The condition of much cf The on rings
this week being not az good a7 l1felv le|
To lower prices for inferior grades, NOR
apparent than real, however. as all Gry
and good weights wera generally slS
tanned. and when otherwise. due 70 cOnii-
| ton alone. The continued strength OF The
market Of late brought ont this week
nearly 1000 hogsheads OF former rejec-
tions of common and medium Bureys
but in most cases only - lead holders
to regret they did not accept prices when
first offered With over 100 original
hOesheads this week 10 other result could
have been expected.
In the aggregate offerings or BUR- 8 this
week more common was offered than
during any week this season. and more
than enough To- swamp any other market
only for the large and widespread de-
manl from dom and foreign buyers
I'm this H. rket could prices have been SO
la a. 4 SOL
are not slow 10 appreciate when they sea
the unquestionable popularity Of this mar
kct i'm its immense receipts ana sales,
when compared with Cincinnati market
The official figures OF It's transactions
given elsewhere compared with those Of
Louisville proves rather interesting read
ing
It is not only in selling low-erale .Burley
that Louisville fXrel@. bur Tho highest
prices are realized for tho better grades.
Of which the supply is too often not equal
10 the demand. owing this year TO the
scarcity OF such In the new crop.
In the terse expression OF Cinclnna-
tiin. who vas on the Louisville breaks
this week. when he saw how tOh1cco was
selling. he Tlt1lully remarked; "Cincin-
natl is not IN IT," which tells the story.
\ few hogsheads Of uniform light red
leaf were quickly disposed of at prices
satisfactory 10 sellers. otherwise the
market for new darHs was without ami
nation, and likely to continue 30 until
more desirable lear Uniform i'm color and
better quality and condition appears. Of
dark wrappers few more were off red.
and sold at satisfactory prices 10 Hers.
Very few old were disposed OF. and with
out change Twenty-Five hOgshelds new
and ~ hogsheads old sold privately.
Reflections were l.ly hogsheads Burey.
and 80 hogsheads dark. against LOS hogs
heads hurley. and pa hcssheads dark
iast week
Percentage this week, 2s. against % last
week