Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-01
,us,re.. IN ,seS, but we have got to hustle

ter business last year tnhh w n,
years past. The outlook'is bright TOT AZ
lines in 1895. We favor loose saieS 40 -
sential 10 the market.
Messrs. L. VI. Mayo & Brother; our
business for 1897 was very satisfactory
and the 1898 outlook is also satisfactory;
The Gorman-Wright Company; we uiu
moro business last year than ever pelore'
our prospects for 1895 are still better We
strongly favor loose sales.
Mr.. J. n. Cullingworth: inc puik oi
our business was larger but the pron,S
were kept down by competition. we thinn
the outlook is by far better than at 'he
same time last year.
The Try-Angle Cigar and Cheroot oo'li-
pany: We did better business last year
than ever before. The prospects arc ca
ceedingly bright for 1898.
Mr.. f.. y. Wallace. rehandler anu
broker: I have had my hands full. am
I'm favor OF increased loose sales.
The ]. b. Pace Tobacco Company; we
have done well, but want and propose u
do better the coming year.
The Montgomery Tobacco Company
As new firm. we have exceeded oui
cancellations We want the loose marhes
enlarged. as the planter is the ldc'oi VI
RichmOpds prosperity. -.
Mr. L. l.. Strause, wrapper and export
dealer. | have 10 complaint or TRACE 10
make. / have more than cause LOT sduS
faction :,
Mr.. Silas Shelburne. warehouseman'
am a strong advocate OF loose SAFES as d
market upbuilder for Richmond, ana am
doing nicely. T..
MIR Alfred T. Harris the exporter IS
q strong Richmond loose-market sup
norter. a big buyer all round; but IS az
sent al the report Mr.. Gregory, MS
agent saws: Il have no complaint 10
Mr.. I. b. Vaughan, Of Crenshaw's
Warehouse: Ny business Is good.
MIR. George A. Haynes: 1 have had
good year and have no complaint 10
make whatever. The prospects are sun
better.
Messrs. Frazier & Tompkins, commits
sionmen: We had the best trade we nave
ever had.
Mr.. /. y. Vaughan: have had an eN-
cellent years business in leaf tobacco
and wish 7 could always do as well. Yes
we must build our loose market, as the
most needed thing.
Mr. w. G. Neal: Ny business has been
evcentionally good in 1897. l have been
busv all the time. Go ahead with the
loose sales; / will do my part by them.
IT is the greatest help Richmond can
have, to all. -,
Messrs. Z. X Victor & Co.: our pusl-
ness was very decidedly improved in 1871
very much better, in fact, than for many
,,ears I'm volume of trade and profitable
ness. We are fully in sympathy with the
loose trade. and are always buyers OF
loose here in dark and bright. Inc
Italian Reggie orders we hold for virginia
tobacco will help the planter and dealer
too. no.,o
Mr. louis Borchers, the Austrian Regle
buver: The better quality and gradine Oh
Austrian tobacco has enabled me TINS
wear to do a much larger business WIN
more satisfactory results. Better crops
makes better trade and higher prices ana
out life in the market and money IN the
nlanters and dealers pockets.
Dfossrs +. O. Noting & Sons: We are
very well satisfied with our years work
Ntossre y c. Morton & Co.: we have
had a satisfactory hogshead trade.
Nessrs. w. c. Bentley * Co.: We have
exceeded expectations by far in our 1897
business; largely extended OUTSIDE OF the
city. ~. A,,.,,,oss
&C hrolter was 1rst-rate during the past
year. 90. toof
NIessrs. z. T. Crump & Co.: our ieai
business was larger than ever oeIore.
We need a larger loose market Nnlch II !,
moro desirable for the tobacco trade ana
IN pichmond than anything else. Just
keep impressing that on eNeIyDou'' "''N
the market will grow.
Nfessrs. r. II. Mosby & Co.: have sue
ceeded well enough for a beginner, ana
have good prospects.
Messrs. j. d. Patton & Co.: our pusi-
ness was good, and but for less WUIK
being done by the country ana smaier
manufacturers. would have been better
The outlook is good.
AR d. NJ. Moon: | did a nice leaf busl-
ness I'm 1897; it might have been Tar
worse am satisfied with results.
Nessrs. ]. f. Jacobs & Co.: We nave
no right to complain.
Nessrs. Darlington & Co.: Our business
has increased; is very much Det'er th,'n
for several years. The outlook IS also
~, GOOD VIII help the loose market
all we can. Business generally improved
in 1897. ,-,.... bo q
Mr. lanes y. Boyd: My business mas
been very good, especially in the last SIX
months. The leaf men in virginia
North carolina. and the West made more
money i'm my opinion, In the last year
than in three previous years together'
| I am q strong advocate OF enlarfln8 oui
| loose sales as most essential to the pros
| perity of our market
Mr. Ruben J. Martin: l had muci
improved business in 1897, and am wei
satisfied with results. WI,
Mr.. ]. T. Parkinson, of the L. = VIZ
usms Co.: We have been doing an IN
creasing business for several years with
| cir nro7ts We did well during the
nast wear and it seems to me that we
are in the turning-point of more perma-
nent prosperity. c,-...
rho r a. Patterson Tobacco Company
business with us was very satisfactory
Tho outlook is promising in all sections
evcept the South, where the price Is sc
low for cotton. If this product advances
we expect TO do a good business through
ont the Southland.
The J. Wright Company: We dio apou'
the same business we have always done
and look for a steady business during the
coming year. -. -,
Messrs, Cameron e. Cameron: Our busi-
ness Increased over 1896, and we are hope
ful of a still larger increase the coming
year. AS It appears, from all sources
of information, our hopes Will be realized
and business will be very much i'm
proved. ..,ro.. ,,.a,
hetter man i'm 1896. and our prospects
arc for a better business during the yeai
1898.
Nessrs. w. A. Smith G. Co.: We have
had a satisfactory incI ease over 1876 We
think that the condition Of the tobacco
trade Is better than last year. Stocks
ON hand are much smaller. Desirable
Goods of all grades have been sold well.
NOTES on THE TRADE.
AZ compared with last years reports