Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-17
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
Richmond. Va. August &c. 1887.
No auction saies to-day.

No auction sales to-day
Private seles: Filters. IL; cutters 3:
wrappers, 2; dark leaf. ~; Tugs, -; scrap.
l. Total. % hogsheads.
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar
cites. sC,3i2S5; tobacco, 3,i5042 Total,
s9.fo327.
The week opened with seemingly bet
ter demand for old bright tobaccos.
though sales reported are not large. No
sales listed on Change for tomorrow
Tuesday.
Messrs W. H. smoot. Durham. n C.:
y. W. Smith. Rocky Mount. y. c.; O. 4.
smith: Greenville. y. c.. and c. G. Dula,
Danville. Va. were here to-day.
Louisville KyD reports OF August II.
1891. says:
From the fact OF large receipts during
the ten-days' holiday. when there were
no sales. which increased stocks on hand,
and with fair receipts this week. buyers
were much surprised 10 find the offerings
this week were curtailed to such a great
extent. being 74i hogsheads less than last
week. showing strong disposition at
present on the part OF holders to keep
what they have and wait for still higher
prices. which from reliable reports from
the country. as well as from interviews
with private friends. who travelled over
the entire upper Burley District. and see
ing the poor prospect OF the growing crop
confirm this. and say that prices are
bound TO go higher.
The character OF the offerings was very
Door during the entire week with the
exception OF Wednesday, when several
nicely Tehandled lots of good and select
filters were offered. and brought prices
very satisfactory TO sellers.
The demand was much better than at
any time this year for all Burnley offered.
excepting old trash filters out OF condition.
which were dull and neglected. All grades
Of red filters, from the cOmmOnest trash
upwards. were exceptionally active and
strong. The same may be said OF all
grades OF colory and bright cutting. al
though Of the latter seldom anything APP
| Deared better than good Tugs.
SmOkers.-Red were in large supply, ac-
tive but unchanged. Brights were very
scarce: in strong demand at full outside
figures.
Red and Colory Filters Trash and
! common were I'm large supply exceeding
" active at outside figures. Mediums We're
also in fair supply. and I'm strong de-
Uand. Good. fine. and select were very
scarce. in active demand at full outside
figures - lie. being paid for best Of
fered.
Colory and Bright Cutting.-With the
exception Of the lowest grades the offer
ings were very light scarcely a hogshead
10 be met with which could be called
bright. The demand was very active.
with prices gradually getting stronger
although quotations remained unchanged.
Old Burley.-The offerings were eX-
tremely light and consisted almost en-
I D
which were duh and neglected.
Darks.-The total offerings were 2C6
| hogsheads, which showed no change
whatever from last week. either in price
or quality. Holders were not at all pleased
with bids. consequently a very large per
| cent. were rejected.
The Growing Crop.-AccOunts received
| since the following reports were made up
! on the lst and 9Th instants. show no i'm
nrovement whatever In the light-bodied
| dark and Greensboro tobaccos. and in
the Burley country as well. The prospect
ct present for crop, either in qualty
or quantity. compared with this time last
wear IS decidedly worse excepting i'm the
dark stemming district i'm Kentucky and
! Tennessee. where the prospect is at pres
eut for better quality. but p per cent.
less quantity than at that time.
The Agricultural Commissioner for the.
State Of Kentucky reports as follows on
lst August:
The condition OF the tobacco crop still
continues to be the one obstacle to a uni
form. prosperous condition Of crops, the
one speck on the horizon OF the agricul-
turist: and even this may prove bless
ing in disguise. The large production Tor
the past several years together with gen.
eral stagnation OF business had so de-
messed the market that no grade of to-
hacco was yielding a profit To the pro-
Queer. With a certainty Of n shortage I'm
the crop of 1897. the price of all grades
has advanced TO a point where satisfac-
tory prices are being obtained. IL is Sdle
to assume that the present scale OF prices
will be obtained FOR the present crop, and
growers should now turn their attention
10 avoiding the condition from which we
have lust emerged. To grow less tobacco,
and TO grow it better should be the
maxim of every producer. Absolutely no
favorable reports on condition are re-
ceiyed. though the past ten days has been
all that could be desired i'm the way or
weather conditions. and has, no doubt,
ftr Ion col HA dot Tina m
the period of ten days ago; but the ave-
rage condition shows a falling of from 6S,
condition July 1st to g. condition Au-
aust LIST. on August /, 1896. the condition
was S. The poor stand has been made
worse during July, thereby further re-
ducing the actual acreage. Worms are re-
ported very bad in Shelby (BurleD War
rem. and Graham dark counties. Damage
bv frenching has occurred I'm McCracken
dark and adjoining counties. In Wood
ford county Burley) the crop has received
great damage from hail-storms.