The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-29
MONDAY 1901.

A representative of leading Chicago
firm, buying extensively in the Con
neeticut and Housatonic valleys, writes
the New England Homestead most OF
at least many Of the growers would
still reason that 1t was business to com
pei the buyer, If possible, to receive ev.
erything in the shape of tobacco they
chose to deliver. Packers are Obliged
to protect themselves, and to do in the
tobacco business the same that any
merchant is entitled to do, refuse to re-
ceive damaged and understandable
goods.
Suffer Brothers have received at their
warehouses in the Connecticut and
Housatonie valleys, this year, of the
1900 crop of Havana seed tobacco, near
| ly four hundred and fifty crops, and in
only a very few instances has there
been any difficulty to speak Of Pack
ers find there are many very honest, re-
liable men who grow tobacco, that they
have no difficulty In settling differences
with, but there Is also another class,
quite numerous, too, who, to say the
least, would be swindlers if they could
and force dealer to take from them
anything that resembled tobacco and
pay full price for 1t. Suffer Brothers
have done more for growers in sustain
ing prices and assisting in the sale of
tobacco in the two valleys, the past ten
years, than any other firm.
RECENT SALES
(New England Homestead)
East Hartford-For the past two
weeks buyers have been in the field Of
fering eighteen cents for wrappers and
long seconds and five cents for tops and
short seconds. In many instances these
prices do not average much over ten to
twelve cents through. Mr. Taylor, OF
Westfeld, has been the heaviest buyer
securing many lots. Mr.. Smith, of
Springfield, secured few lots last
week There have been many other
buyers in the field, but not willing to
pay the price. Some manufacturers
from Syracuse looked over some lots
last week and secured Henry Bakers
at reported price of twenty-five cents
through. Several growers expect to be-
gin packing at once, for they will not
entertain such low prices, for it is said
that probably manufacturers will look
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Buyers seem anxious to secure it, as
one buyer has asked party four times
in less than two weeks If he was ready
to sell at the going prices.
Ellngton-W. N. Pinney has sold and
delivered his last years crop to an En-
field buyer, after considerable contro-
versy and delay. Mr.. Marque, the
Hatfield buyer, who purchased several
crops early In the season, has taken
Tom Kellys crop, although not without
docking him several cents per pound.
Whose fault is it If early bought to-
bacco is not as good as the buyer antic-
ipated 1t would be, since he bought 1t
at his own risk Howard Mcknight, |
william Kibbe and Rufus Leonard have
sold their crops at low prices.
acknowledgements hold some Havana |
tobacco yet at Hazardville. Sylvester
Charter has two and one-half acres. /
Buyers have been looking over seed |
eaf crops, but not much has been sold
as yet; prices offered are low. w. H. |
Martin will raise two and one-half acres
If Havana on the Charter farm this
year More Havana will be raised this
season than In recent years.