Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-23
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

Richmond, Va, AldIcu - 4oJt'
No auction sales to-day.
private sales: FILTERS, 3, wrappers. II;
cutters >: dark leaf "a; Jugs, Al; scrap,
3d. Total 8 hogsheads.
Revenue collections: Cigars ana cigar
cites. $l9SO7 tobacco, S2S'.SJ' lolal'
Dark loose sales will be light to-mor-
roy Int the bright sales Will be large.
Mr :. p. Carr was down town to-day,
after several weeks at home SICK.
MIR John r Ober left to-day Tor MS
home in baltimore. He has been here
TO see his brother, General k0Detl
Obcr. who is quite sick at the residence
OF Mrs Charles Watkins.
Colonel j. J.. Hte. the Cinclnnau rear
broker. is here to-day. and needs no NJ
PRODUCTION TO our Tobacco Trade. Ills
headauarters are at the Office or u /.
Crump & co. The line Of Burley he car
ries. fitted for our manufacturers ensures
him ready sale on this markct.
Nossrs r.. Cooper and Tom WASH
iugton. Of Wilson. y. c.; VI. ChaIie5
Hendley. Of Danville, ana Mt WHINE
ham. OF South Boston; Mr. Meade, OF -
T. organ x Co.. Danyille, va; W. a
DobtItt. of KinstOn, y. c., ana John -.
Tuckett. OF Freeport, H., were also mere
to-day. ,,., Sc .,,..
ss'rhe demand i'm February was spdsmOdlc'
hut bacamo dull towards the end or Inc
month. Sales comprised all grades
prices generally are very low. Inc cary
estimate OF the make Of strips predicts
beovv curtailment. The new warehouse
-. - buiit here is TO be 723 feet long and
1s5 feet wide with a basement ana WE'VE
fireproOf upper stories. Eleven nooIs VII
be used for storage, with cdpdCi2 -
55 90 casks while The top moor VII Dc
used for sampllng. Electricians iof ven,
tilating and electricity for Lighting VIII
he used This building Will Dc the Iloat
COMPLETE warehouse in every respect ever
DUH. an. INIT, 81 March Goth say:
.T.ar@e receipts and sales of new BurlCy;
octive demand az full prices, irrespective
of very soft condition; larger offerings Oh
and GOOD demand for dark TOBACCO Il.
Weather. were the leading features TINS
STRENGTHENING Of both red and
colorv. while large. were not near 20
plentiful as last week, atl' coh5lde i5Hs
tEe very soft condition, Oneruss OF Id'i
a. GOOD condition were light. The demand
as more urgent than at any time TINS
season. increased largely on account ol
speculation, as Wen as S 1does5',,ie0tiS,
manufacturing demand, consequence
sales ruled at full outside figures through
ONT the entire week. Bright only IN lar
SUNNY while the demand was Oh tuc
s9me active character when mas pre-,
,.tic9 throughout the season at Iuli
riree ,-ith more buyers in market tnan
formerly. OF old very few offered dull
and unchanged. 49,, Tech cor,-
"Filers QRed and Colory)-irdah CON-
,,on and mediums, We're in larger supply
MS week. but with a cOrrespondlngly ac-
,i,,o demand for all offered. Prices were
-, firm of good leaf very little offered,
M ali taken readily at outside hguIes'
Chile Of fine and select leaf none offered
~ otd fewer offered this week, mostly
co,rnon and medium, I'm good demand az
outside figures for all sweet o'uel"lSe
out of order neglected. -. do.
"Colory and Bright Cuttng-LoW SIaleS
nlentifui. i'm very strong demand az luH
p-ices. Of better grades, II ~ the CROP
yy.rv few have appeared so FAR.
..L,xpOrt buying checked Dy the very
soft condition of the offerings.
..Dorks-In new crop offerings We're
fouer with few hogsheads showing
t,ottsr quality and character which met
Lin eafes very satisfactory 20 sellers, as
,'ii be generally the case II pack
"a uniformly and not mixed, as
ga ,ood many have been all sea-
Com and only fit for rehanqling
In old crop 100 hogsheads more sold TINS
.raek At auction. Under a good demand
Gar All grades Of leaf and medium and
9ood mes. outside prices were realized
and very firm, with an upward tehdenCy'
zine black wrapper leaf sold az 10 l--c'
'N For darks ga hogsheads Of old crop, IS
boyshcads new sold privately this week
."rhe United States Government returns
chou, an IMPROVEMENT during Fcbruar.
ais wear of Sli6.0t.S2. compared with
February, 1896 on Manufactured tooaeco
alone