Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-29
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET:

Richmond. Va. January IS. 1896.
40 auction offerings on Change to-day.
Private sales: Filters. Sc; smokers. -,
wrappers. II; dark leaf. q. Total, l3s
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar
cites. 81, $50; tobacco, 2,2vsS9. Total,
Si0eS2i
Dark loose sales to-day so9sO pounds,
and CSC. highest Sales were larger to-
day than any day previously this year.
Quality was fair and prices good through
out. Very little stemming tobacco was OH
sales Good sales tomorrow.
The premium sale Of loose bright tobsc-
COS was most successful in every particu-
lar. and brought many planters here from
Eastern North Carolina and Virginia with
their best tobacco, competing Tor preml-
ums offered by the Richmond Tobacco
Trade and its friends. which I'm every re-
spect has been successful, in quantity
so much so that IL will require tomorrow
10 finish up sales OF the great quantity
OF tobacco shipped here, put not untii
which can the premiums be awarded.
Sales to-day were made only at Shell
burnes and StoneWall warehouses, and
lasted until after o'clock. without inter-
mission for dinner but light lunch was
served ~ Shelburne's.
The highest price reached to-day was
500 The general average Will be very
high. but also we'll justified by the quail
~ OF tobacco offered.
The following are the expressions OF
the market to-day regarding sales:
W. l.. Walker, the American Tobacco
COMPANY buyer. says. Tobacco L. very
high: never saw it sell better. Quality
excellent"
Jack Gregory. buyer for Alfred r. Har-
ris: NO grades overlooked. Unusually
good break. and prices unusually good
and full on everything.
Excellent tobacco. No fictitious values.
Fine prices; no neglected piles. No fancy
James y. Boyd: All grades selling very
G. w. Ward. planter: A very good sale,
indeed Am well pleased with what J
sold. being two hogsheads, which Will net
$50. and four more 10 sell tomorrow.
w C. Reed. buyer: Tobacco was beau
tiful all the way through. and everything
sold at high prices,
{. ID. I.arus: Whole sales was an extra
ordinarily good one.
". A. Smith, OF the Virginia Tobacco
Company: Sold first rate, especially wrap
r. T. Crump: Quality excellent. Sale
very satisfactory to everybody.
l. w. Bass, planter: Am as wei pleased
as possible. and have faith In the Rich
" w Lsnd. Whitakers, y. C.: Tobacco
out OF sight. Everybody satisfied.
Alexander Green, agent Acme "ua ii.
Company, Wilmington, y. G.: It's eXcit-
ing. Prices beyond expectation;
A. Whitaker. Gold Rock, y. c.: Am
ALWAYS satisfied with Richmond prices,
and much more so than usual to-day.
J. p. George: 1t IL the highest sale /
ever saw in my life
ID. +. Yancey. Lynchburg, Va; Best
break Of the season anywhere. Prices
more than full up TO any other market.
Major +. NJ Boykin: There Is nowhere
I'm Virginia or North Carolina. on any
sale or market. that averages nave beei
so high as here to-day, ~ my candid
opinion. ,,.,s,. .to..a,
r. :. McDearman: Everybody pleased
with tobacco, prices, and treatment.
r p. Wallace: High sale, buyers paying
fulI attention TO sale. Great success Tor
farmers. Good sales all around, ana
everybody pleased.
". A. Bobbitt. buyer, oxford. y. G:
Big sale and averages and qusity ABOVE
all regular sales. -
r. NJ. Rawlings. Battleboro. y. G.;
Prices very much more satisfactory man
/ have ever seen them before. All your
buyers have to do Is 10 attend the sales
REGULARLY as they have done to-day.
The Committee OF Sampllng are Nen
Winfree. John NJ. Taylor, n a. Gregory
and u. 7. Hancey. -, NJ,
Judges Of Awards-W. III. Jones, Dahiei
LYONS. aud 4. NJ. Darlington.
First sale tomorrow AT Davenport
Warehouse.