The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-26
B R E AkDO w N TO-DAY
Some Think the Marke; Cannot
Stand Strain Longer.
rOUGHTT0s SECURE ENTRANCE.
Mite Men Bar Out Negroes Wagons
Stand in Street All Nightmare
housenaen Get More Than hey
Wan,-Double Sales To-
Day--Mr. carrington's
Opinion Notes.

Opinion = Notes.
al dusk last zceening the Board OF 'i-
nectors Of the Richmond Tobacco trade
Ms sitting in special called session. re-
,,ia,,,,,,, tbe 1.or,k OF. the renla rkabie day,
sns, nonrladed, and attempting to devise
,yo,,a. means Tor relieving the market oi
81, b,sar.be congestion. The problem
was serious one. and the best the board
cagl,, do was 10 establish a precedent,
sna order double sales for to-day.
Itis the opinion Of many, including the
supervisor of sales, that unless saving
circumstances develop, the market Will
20 down under the strain to-day. Others.
among Whom is the president OF the
14adg take more hopeful view and be-.
li,.t.a that price will continue STEADY. All
,..s agreed that there is something phe-&
noinenaI In the way the bidding mas
borne Up thus far under the burden. anu
feeI that if there must be smash To-
dan it will have been forced after a re-
eo.d winch few other markets can ex-s
liibit-
BREAKS EVERY RECORD.
The business on the market yesterday
breaks every known record in the local
to6ecCo world. and Is believed 10 bel liai sei
than that OF any day since Richmond llsas
been dealing in the weed. Last week was
ol,oehai In It's way. establishing q liew
,eeotd np TO that time but what ast
week was, was lost and forgotten yester-
1sarly Monday evening the muddy
wheeled canvaS-topped wagons began 10
anii,le in. and in an hour or two an un-.
broken siraaig1 OF them coming out ef
tlle distance. a f.l'st Il was thought the
receipts would be somewhat under those
of last week. but the warehousemen
soon .isabused their minds of this pre-
mature opinon@ For on the wagons came
and the break of day saw mo stePpins;
of# them, At o'clock in the morning
hey we're stiii rolling In and oft and
m during yesterday morning. afternoon
and night. The country for radius
of many miles around seemed TO have
suddenly conceived the idea Of coming
Ia town and men and women. white and
black. we're there iofting along on top
the raeling weed
Nobody counted the wagons, but 1t was
possible last night TO get Very Just and
conservative estimate OF the number
here a prominent officer of the trade
was seen and after careful deliberation
tween 100 and l,0po Of these wagons In
Richmond. The responsibility Of ,eentur-
ing such an litterance was considerable.
bat this gentleman was Willing to- take
tile risk He would probably have been
accurate had he said there We're 80 and
aG3 wagons with odds on the latter figure.
A thousand sound rather large.
THE SALES
The bidding began about 10 % clock and
under most exceptional conditions From
enc to end the four large warehouses
were filled to the bursting point and in
tile streets outside stood atleast seventy-
five wagons. utterly unable TO get inside
and Unoad-Stood in a drenchinS rain,
which despite all efforts. penetrated TO
tho tobacco carefully covered and which
scaled the 5wagoneers through and through
rhtlling some of them to the hone. As
tas1 as the piles Were sold on the inside
they We're rushed out to make room for
t!ts wagons outside. as fast as one wagon
gained entrance some otlaer8drore up from
The country and took its place. Some few
n.nt back home but the vast majority
STAYED and at ilightfall they We're still
standing.
M, effort whatsoever was made TO COM
mass the round Of the warehouses About
p9.aab pounds on the floor OF CrenshaW $
n4re#sola, and then the buyers hustled on
10 Shockae. where over 100000 pounds We're
The limit and was. then called off. Seventy
thousand pounds hsd been sold; a,po1 re.-
T,aiiled untouched. The third sale was a {
StanewalI. and amounted to 1O5oa pounds.
When Ii WAS over the shadows OF evening"
had begun TO fail, and nothing more could
be dune this day. .Shelburne Wa1ehonse,
The fourth warehouse, With l2o,tNeu pouias
OH .he tiooi, Was not even visited.
Al first the market opened weakly, but
sot,n regaine,, its wonted strength. The
prices held up wonderfully and to the Very
Vast stuck high into the air Many eA-
pecled a break, but no break came. and
the many have transferred their eSpecta-
itelgs until to-day They declare. il to be
Impossible for the market to hold up un-
tei the strain, and they say the break
ncwn Will come this morning. Whether
then predictions are to be verified and
appearances are to he borne out remains
get TO be seen.
OVER HALF a MILLION
Al, soon as The sales were over the
warehouse SET TO work paying of tho
farmers who. had crowded the market
during the day. and getting things in
readiness for loading up for this morn
.ng. Careful estimates showed a total
ios S55..op pounds of tobacco on the ware
house floors and over a hundred thou
sand on The streets In wagons which had
not been unloaded. This latter amount
with what other came in yesterday eve
ming will run up TO 100000 pounds thereby
making a grand total of considerably
over half million pounds in liichmond
Yesterday.
When the farmers had been paid and
many OF them had started for home
with jnsling coin warming their pocket
and their hearts the warehouse men got
down to the next big task of housing
what was stu in the street. One or two
of tl,em announced a determination of.
working straight through the night.
And they doubtless had the pleasure OF
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