The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-01
TOBACCO CROP
IS SUFFERING
Mr.. SheIburae Says it Will Be
Reduced Ten Per Cent.
YEARS SUCCESSFUL TRADE.
Annual Meeting Held Yesterday An
other Effort 10 Stir Up the Bright
Tobacco Men Still Guss-
ing About English Dial.
YEARS SUCCESSFUL TRADE
Trade-Tobacco Men Still Guss-
ing About English Dial.

After a trip through Hanover county
and the Southside, MIR. Silas Shalburne
has returned to the city. bringing with
him the news that from ten to fifteen
per cent. of the stin.cured crop will b
lost to Richmond on account OF the u1-
favorable weather which has prevailed
during the past Week.
In view OF the great demand for to-
bacco at this time. this dinl!eution III
the crop is a matter for serious consid-
Grafton 1t is not that the tobacco will
be entirely lost but that it Will rot
be sun or air-cured as is desired By
the trade at large This is true at least
OF the SouthsIde. which expected TO send
a large quantity of tobacco into Rich
mond this season. The farmers We're
preparing to cure a considerable portion
of the crop when the bad weather came
on and forced them to stop Unabie TO-
wait, they fred it TO keep it from spoil
ing. and instead OF the sweet cum cured.
it will show up on the market as tho
smoked tobacco. Mr. S1efburne says al
most ten per cent. OF the crop IN the
Southside suffered this fate In Hanover
the farmers wouldn't fire such as they
had cut, ana it began to rot. and is now
a total loss. They We're mucn discouF-
ged over the situation.
Sales of new and dark tobacco will be-
Sin here about the 10Th of October. To-
bacco will probably be coming in in large
quantities by November 1st.
According to reports submitted yester-
day at the annual nesting o. the To-
bacco Trade the past year on the Rich
mond market has been an eminentiy
successful one The receipts of loos-:
tobacco ware a good half million pounds
heavier than during the year preceding
The exceptionally small stock shown ro=
be on hand at the present time is one of
the most noticeable features OF the re-
ports
Mr.. t. VI. Darlington was elected presi-
dent of the Trade to succeed Mr.. O. y.
I.arus. who under the bylaws could not
be chosen a gain. Mr. Alex. Cameron
was elected vice president. and Captain
W. w. Bridges. secretary and treasurer,
and INSPECTOR Mr.. r. A. Trice was
elected autioueer again. The Board OF
Directors and the Committee or Arbt
tration will be appointed by the prest-
dent. After an animated discussion. it
was decided to have a supervisor OF sales,
who shall exercise competent supervision
over all loose breaks, see that all rules
are observed. and report all violation of
such rules to the Board OF Directors.
Et6SDEullcflS were adopted authorizing the
employment of such a man, and instruct
ing the Board of Directors to assess each
member OF tho Trade his pro rata share
of the salary to be paid the supervisor.
me annual report of the secretary, Cap
tain Bridges, was as follows:
Your secretary reports that from the
most reItah bic information he has been
able to procure the following summary OF
the quantity OF tobacco handled in fac
tories and warehouses in Richmond dur
ing the nscaf year ending this day Is rs
follows: Bright. 100000 pounds, dark.
Austrian. italian and French. 9,2l0GG0
pounds; dark. stemming and other sorts.
s. $50 GO pounds: sun-cured. !. so coo: loose
tcbacco, 7.lI6.G19; total receipts not in
GUIDED in the foregoing enumeration APP
proxtma telys z5,tcO.C Coo pounds. total, az.
$50, tNa; total stock on hand in inspection
warehouse ABOUT $40 hosshsads and $50
tferceS an boxes.
Mr. Addison Maupin appeared heore the
rrada IN the interests OF the Richmond
Telephone Company. of which he Is the
president.
A final test OF the capa bility of the
Richmond market TO handle bright tobac-
co Will be made In about week A big
sale will be held and IL It turns cut we'll
further receipts may Ise SApsStsAit ~ itpI
the bright season will be practically over
T.e safe VIII be held at Shelourne's
warenousa on October sth. and every
preparation IS being made to make IL an
event SIR. sneibucne said yesterday
that IL h. co:,id n1c.star Up a good turn
out OF buyers on this sale and some pretty
fair prices he had strong hopes toe the
future. The tobacco he viii have upon
the floor will come mostly from South
west virginia
There is hut one thing which is keeping
the local trade alive ina.at this tiF.e. but
rnas one .t:Ing IS we'll calculated to fur
nish a theme for discussion for days TO
come. Everybody is guessing at the Eng
Iish sleuation and no two men guess ex-
actly alike The consensus OF opinion SO
far as it mas been heard expressed seems
TO be that MIR. DuEe has at last met de-
reat and Is just now trying to ret-ss
from tie 1e..- 81 good order There AHe
others. however. who are utterly unwtll-