The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-03


ines .. Tugs dark. $40. Total. 1865
Private sales reported to the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade for the
month ending Tuesday: July 81 80:
| Warmers PSI hOgsheads: filters. lois.
cutters G.. smokers. III, scrap (briRht.
1g5. SCRAP dark. 100. leaf dark. 1850;
| sun-curod 7. burleys. -: leaf ired). l.;
Tugs dark. 239. Total 3.Tll hogsheads.
| Private sales reported 10 tho secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade for the
month ending Monday. July 81 1892:
Wrappers. 126 hogsheads. filters. 172. cut
tiers. So: smokers 50: scrap bright. 81;
! scrap dark. o.. leaf dark. III; Tugs
dark. 5l4 Total. 32i3 hogsheads
| Private sales reported 20 the secretary
| Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade for the
| month ending Saturday. July 30 1872:
| Wrappers 2U2 hogsheads. filters. ~. cut
| tiers ~: smokers. SIG scrap (hrighD. 1j9.
| leaf dark. 2993. sun-cured o; burleys,
! 70. lugs dark T. Total. 4 O97 hogsheads
Private sales reported 10 the secretary
| Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade for the
| month ending saturday. July 81. 1871:
! Wrappers. 20 hOcsheads. filters go. cut
tiers 4G7. smokers 800. scrap (brighU,
! 1Cs. lcaf dark. SIS. sun-cured, !. bur
lows ST. Total. 4.l54 hogsheads.
The tobacco Inspector reports to-day:
| nspectiOns-Brieht. IL hogsheads: dark.
] hoeshead. Reinspectons-Brght 80
and for tho week ending to-day: In
! spectiOus-Brlehf. 100 hogShoacs, dark.
| GO hoe~heads and 100 tierces; western. Is
! hOeshCads. nspecuOls-bright, IV'
| hogsheads. dark hogsheads
| Total inspections for the week ending
! to-day. 136 hOesheads and 100 tierces' re-
| inspections 1873 hogsheade. Total sam
! ping $40 hogshcads aId 80 tierccs.
! Myers SfOncWall. Farmers, Cren-
shaw's. Soabrook's Allegheny. Naughan's'
! Old Dominion. and ShOekOo tobacco ware
houses report to-day. Receipts, - pack
ages; deliveries. 1872 packages.
! The same tobacco warehouses. with
! Jones. Meals Davenport Planters and
/ Williams Il Rchhng's added report for
| the week ending to-day: Receipts. 30
packages; deliveries. eos packages.
AIR. Alex. IIarthni reports tho Louisville.
! Ky. tobacco market for the week ending
| Saturday July 81. 1871. rs follows.
Offerings Of burIey for the week at
| auction.
! heads. last week 27lG hogshcads week
| in 1896. 1909 hos heads week IN lSs''
| 2,51o hogshc1df.
Original hogsheads sold this week were
! 2.33S. against 2123 last week. Reviews,
| 90. against go last week.
Total sales at auction All kinds TINS
! week % ESQ hOcrEcads. against 3..4J hogs
heads last week and 2.C53 hogsheads IN
/ 1896
Reflections 80 hocsheads hurley,
| heads. against 2l5 hogsheads last week.
Percentage % against - last week.
Total receipts were 3.GS2 hocshe1ds.
against 3g2j ho-sheads Last week ana
. 1J1 last year.
Burley offerings were 2.'Il hogsheads' OF
1Gl hOgeheads less than last week
The market opened ON Tuesday at about
last weeks closing figures. but later ma
| the week gradually became irmcr. anu
while quotations remain unchanged. the
b.. mol
the close
The offerings Of new hurley We're some
what smaller than last week but contain
ed mere e00d 20 fine and select leaf than
for some time past. The great pulk 'i me
offerings however. We're common smokers
and filters. an of which met with very
strong and active demand throughout the
entire week particular strength beng
shown on ail grades OF red hllers from
the cOmmOne-t up 10 mediums the lat
ter being firm but not so strong as the
trash and common grades. Good. line ana
select leaf mot with very strong de-
mand. and I'm nearly every instance were
disnOecd OF az prices very satisfactory 10
sellers All tho leading manufacturers as
well as the buyers OF hurley Tor FRANCE
have been very active bidders throughout
the week. Highest price this week was
22isc for bst hOeshoad offered.
Colory and Bright Cutting.-Al grades
were extremely scarce and very actNe'
with demand ahead Of supply
old Burley-What few We're offered M
auction consisted almost entirely Of very
common smokers and trash hhers. Al
most every hocshoad was IN very bad
condition. still it seemed 10 have no ei-
facf whatever ON the strong competition
for the same. and prices ruled l2c. 10 lc.
HIGHER on everything that would STRIP.
Quotations ] now revise.
OF 1895 crop hurley hoesheaus. ana OF
1896 crop - hogsheads were sold privately
The United states Government Depart
rnent Of Agriculture I'm Kentucky reports
on July Goth. rs follows ,.,-..
General Review GENERALLY speaking:
precipitation has been we'll distributed
throughout the state In the past seven
Western Section (stemmins). In Ger
tain low lands where rain has been heaFy
and the temperatale sgiNoIlapls. OF w
er both corn and tobacco have become
fou1 and a smell OF dry weather would
seriously DAMAGE them" says CORE
gnordcnt I'm Marshall county out or
thing 10 find one that says tobacco Is
Goods" or words Of similar import To
haccO is no good" Us more frequent re-
mark in Hancock county 1T IS running
To- bloom and spread. q condition from
which IL seldom roCOyors.' Worms have
t,l.C.y,,e numerous though owing 10 the
rlauts being unusually small they are casl-
be- caught. Tho extent Of damage by
worms Is not So great as that due 20 un-
usual climatic conditions. The general
growth is irregular and Indifferent.
Central section BurleU. From the
southern countics come reports that to-
bacco is frcnchine. and worms are nu-
rnerous and hard 90 combat The general
crop Is uneven and poor. The plants are
Eastern sections Buriey). Tobacco is
improved and is generally better In this
than i'm the other sections, though still not
up 10 the average crop.
GAINESVILLE. TENN. July 2a-Our
rooofDfe this week were S33 hOgsheads.
offerings ON the breaks. $50 hogsheads:
sales. 5l3 horshoads Tho quality Of the
offerings continue poor. consisting largely
of common short greeuiSh leaf much Of
h i'm mad order There were larger offer
inps OF low grade oia crop.
Tho market opened quiet. became irrcg-
tifar and generally hNHc. lower on all
SORTS of Leaf and poor lugs. but closed
frmcr. Useful Tugs from medium up
wards were firm 10 strong. Our receipts
are san running ahead Of sales. but the
stocks i'm the country are reported nearly
exhausted and receipts VIII soon fall off
Complaints come in from the country Of
TOO much rain in some places. and not
enolrh i'm others. but on the whole the
weather certainly has been favorable for
the crop which has missed the frequent
Tufy drourbts Tho shOWcry weather
oc1y,s 40 nave ceased and we may have |
5r,. weather now. Worms are only re-
norted had here and there We quote:
Common Tugs ...... .........S 1.2JdS . ~ |
Good Tugs 49,. ............. 8.759 4.75
Low leaf ...... ...'......... 42ll1 $50
Common leaf ...... ......... 6.OOfD $50
Medium leaf ..... '..'....... S.5Off 1870
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