The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-11

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TOBACCO EXCHANGE
Richmond Va Feb. 3D. 1896.
| Private sales reported 10 the secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade To-Day
| The tobacco inspector reports to-day:
! Inspections bright. - hogsheads DARK
4 hOgsheads western. ! hogsheads Ike
/ Inspections Bright ~ hOgsheads.
Mycr's Neals Planters. Farmers.
} Stonewall. Allegheny. Old Dominion. Shei-
burne's. shockoe. and seahrooke's TO-
| baccO Warehouses report to-day Receipts
| 90 packages, deliveries. 60 packages
United states internal revenue collec-
| lions on tobaccOs for the city OF klch-
| moud Va. to-day. cigars ana elsalr' le-'
| 81 SOS O. plug tobaccos, Sl,e0i.tt- Ao'al'
a break Of bright tobaccos viii bee of
| fered at inc stonewah watehouse TO-
! morrow. Tuesday. February II. $50.
good bright break VIII be offered
al Shelburne's warehouse tomorrow. Inc
/ break Includes some very nice iohacco7.
| The PETERSBURG Record of Saturday,
February s. 1896. says.
/ The following will show the movement
ot tobacco during the past week at the
various warehouses. fafineia i diisl .,,.,
lions. 10. receipts, l5'. loose @O-'"uV.
/ oaks Inspections, 20. receipts. l3s' loose,
1 la1 400 Centre Inspections, .. receipts
ia. loose l7g, 40. Moore Receipts W.
/ loose. 1Gl. $40. West Hill-Receipts, JOS.
loose l-5305 Votal-inspectlOns. 20. rec
| ceipts. G09. loose N.,G3i0 Total insDec-
tiOns from The Isl OF october. lN''. 10
October sth, 3l4 same tlmee, iast year.
300. ). y. MCo LisO1i,
Alessrs Charles ". BONNER q co. re-
port tho Lynchbure (Na) tobacco mar
ket for the week ending Saturday Feb
ruary :. 1896 as follows.
sales for week ending February ]. 1906
l OO1 100 pounds. sales for week ending
February =. 1896. "t 100 pounds. Ile-
crease week ending February = le9u' '''-
lIU UOnUGe
saies from October 1880. to February
s. 1876. 7.lJ9.9UO pounds sales from OctO-
Der J. 1894. to- February =. 1870. b,hiZ on
pounds. Increase for 1870 40. -"'sW
our offerings This week contained a
large proportion Of good 90 me shipping
lear. and as there ls am active demand
for such just at present prices proved
very satisfactory 10 sellers. Medium grade
also had many friends, ana the bollNR
al times was quite spirited on same. Com
mon brown Tugs were somewhat easier
but no material change in prices was
noticeable Dark. heaVy-hodied Tugs were
closely watched by several exporters. ana
towards The end of the week showed
M Alexander Iarihm reports tne
Louisville (KyJ tobacco market FOR ihr
week ending Saturday February 5, lN"'
Almost never n the annals OF the toe
bacco trade has the volume of business
done iu this market cor any other mar
ket. for That pdrD e4ualieu lhc salea
0f this week .n new crop hurley, which
is AN the more remarkable after the inn
mense sales of last week, that they should
be nearly 800 hOgsheads more this week
being nearly 900 Auesnfads more than
during same week last ycdr-and, more
over. that prices should not have declined
under such largely increased sales. Last
week prices advanced an along the line
excepting for most inferior trash. and
while the 500 hogshcads more this week
caused some not surprising irrceularity
at times On Thursday prices We're well
sustained This week. being nrWer all
round Yesterday up 90 thc last sale of tle
day. closing same az last week, with
nothing uu0taDlF lower
The record TINS week was nearly l.t0D
b0gsheads average daily for four days. am
this again bearing testimony 90 the uu-
Anching hold which this market has
Iuuu sellers and buyers. where the latter
haug on from day 90 day until they are
like 90 drop from sheer exhaustion. See
ing every hOENnfai sold, WiDlOnt AN IN
PERMISSION from the start in the morning
to the finish I'm the evening. showing a
tenacitv and demand which looks as Do
buyers would continue 10 stand mp Zoo ine
racket until Gabriel blows his horn. so
long as there Is anything offered for sale.
The demand and buying was again al
most exclusively home trade mauufactur-
ing and eXpOrt-al the more legitimate
and healthy-Wlth little on no speculation,
as X often seen under heavy offerings
and low prices which feature has not
existed lately nor at present
Indications point 90 large sales again
next week. bat N the offerings continue
90 show a. much good 20 fine color a.
they have done 30 is expected that prices
viii be sustained. as there appears TO
be no end 10 the demand for such.
The offerings This week showed an UNI
mistakable increase of low grades OF an
kinds, with a corresponding scarcity OF
good and fine leaf
3y careful selecting. more good weights
and with better condition this week, eX-
port buyers made more satisfactory as
sortments. bat still the buying was great
ly limited hy the high prices prevailing
Tor all above trash.
Original hogsheads sold this week We're
4.OlD. against 3437 LAST week reviews.
3>s hogsheads, against Cos hoesheads last
week.
offerings Of hurley for the week:
New crop-l'his week. 4.l3O hogsheads.
last week, 3.i9S hogsheads. week in 1898.
a.OG7 hogsheads. week ia 1894. $40 hogs
heads.
week. 22j hogshcads. week I'm 1880 15S
hogsheads; week I'm 1894. 1G6 hogsheads
And give the following Louisville quota
tons. February :, 1850.
Dark crop of lSW-Planters' trash. 81 -
10 s., common Tugs, s. 10 81, medium
Tugs. S3.25 TO $50. good Tugs 1915 10 -. |
common leaf. $40 TO Sf.15 medium leaf
So 10 $3.50. good leaf, nominal. line. !
nominal
hurley crop Of lsoi-Fulcrs. red-Trash. |
- - 10 -. common. 81 10 81. medium |
= TO 800; good medium. - 10 3d. good, /
$40 10 So
Filters. coiory-Trash. s. 80 to -: COM |
mon. 81 20 s. -. medium, $ TO $40. coed /
medium. 81 10 SIS.
Cuttings cOlory 10 brlght-Trash 81 10 |
81 80. common. $50 TO -. medium. ~. 80 |
to Si2. good medium, nominal good |
nominal
Smokers OF -Rcd-Trash, ST % to /
s.. common. s. 10 s. 90.
ColOry to bright Trash. s. TO So: COM
mon 500 10 Ss.
Green. mixed and very soft hogsheads /
and light weights. lie to ic. on Tugs |
and 1c To &C. on leaf lower
hurley crop Of 1S'5-fillers. rel-Trash,
81 90 10 50 30. common, 81 10 So medium. |
81. 10 10 s.. good medium, s. 10 $40. good, |
sIl.to SIS. fne. sl4 10 az.