The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-23

total Of 62o.iS2 pounds handled here. y
notable feature of the trade was the re-
nla1kable way in which the market bore
!, up under the load From start to finish
tie tone of the market Was tirEn, anu
prices held up remarkably well. Feature
sales were made on Tugs and Wrappers,
which in some cases brought fancy fls--
:u1es The Highest for the week was
$500 received Thursday on q pile OF
sun cured.
AN EvENTEUL WEEK.
The week opened on Tuesday last with
ra Their small breaks, which decreased IN
SIZE on Wednesday, and on the day fol-
lowing trtp!ed themselves. Their began
tie rush, and by Friday It resembled q
stampede Wagons cosged the streets
ii a frantic effort to get into the ware
houses, that the tobacco in them might
be sold before the Saturday holiday m
teryened II seemed that TIE country ZOE
miles ard mics around had come TO
town prepared to do business on large
scale Inside the warehouses every avail
al,,. inch of space was utilized, and the
foors presented an unbroken line OF
ma ny piles OF the damp. Wet-sineiiinS
weed.
During Friday much of the tobacco
as could be handled before night was sott.
aud a special sale or the 'enaine.e, was
called for Yesterday. A sad inroad into
:Ee traditions of the local market, which
tri,.ks Saturday and Monday should be
I9as p wise providence intended to make
theu.-off-days in the tobacco Industry.
But. the sale was held nevertheless, ana
Saturday though it was. there was no
t:lninrtion of#the interest taken IN the
huge breaks. When the last pile Went
the bidding was almost as spirited as IT
I,.as u-,,en II began Friday. Farmers stood
around rubbing their. hands in high gree
MANY n one yelled: THANK you gentle
men. thank you. as his pile OF tobacco
brought about five times as much as ne
expected it to bring.
AMOUNTS AND PRICES.
When the last of the tobacco mao peeti
landed and tobacco men had Tune 70
breathe and think once more. they began
ia cast about for something which would
rive them some idea Of what they mad
| been doing during the past few days.
What they learned was that they had
b,ol5t.n all records for twenty-five years
| OF more past. The volume OF trade during
those few days was larger than It had
ever been before in the memory OF osu
members of the industry
The grand total for the week. as OH
ciallv stated by the supervisors Of sales.
was hard upon s50COo pounds. he exact
fe7,res are e3OI32 pounds, distributed
tI,ro,go,It the week as follows: Tuesday.
e. o.. pounds: Wednesday. ss.33a pounds;
l.rrnursday. 167. 600 pounds, Friday and sat
irrlay ST, 730 pounds. From this table II
| is seen that the sensational reports that
SEQ coo pounds were handled Friday OF
we're on the market are erroneous.
As INDICATED above. the prices held up
5wA,l throughout, the highest being $3.50
ron Thursday. In this connection the foi-
i.1owint, official quotations, issued BY Mr
W D. Crenshaw. supervisor OF safes, VIII
he of interest: 80.
| surcured Observation-Disclosures, So to III:
Jugs. common. 81 to s62a: lugs. good 10
nrin1e s. to $40; leaf. common +t.oo 20
soE0: leaf, medium to good. 1875 to ~,
isaf fine. So to SIS; wrappers. SIG to $3.50
| Fright tobacco-Smokers. common. St to
ss. smokers. medium. $50 10 $40; smokers.
f:5e5 $40 to 81: cutters, common, $40 TO Sis;
cutters medium, ST. to s,t; cutters. fine.
ia 10 SIT: cutters. fancy. Sls to So; filters.
common. Sc to IS: filters. medium. IS TO
SD: filters, fine. 81 to SIS; Wrappers, COM
mon. SIS to SIS; wrappers. medium, siS to
SIG: wrappers, fine. SIS to S22 wrappers,
fancy. none or market.
Smoked tobacco-Lugs. 81 to IS; leaf.
medium, s5.o5 to $50; leaf. good. 81 to
/! sS.5G.
SELL EVERY DAY
| Ono of the notable features OF the
| wea,> vas the fact that Saturday was
pressed into service as a sales day.
There was no help for it; 1t had to be
!! done. And what is more. it will in all
| probability be done again and again in
| the necessity demand. In fact. there
| IS developing among local warehouse
men a movement to make it the e:stab-
! lshed order to have sales every day In
| the week.
| This new proposition may appear a
mere detail without any particular sig
| uiacance, but it beliss its looks The arr
rargement would mean. If adopted, !:
considerable development OF the market
and would result in heavier and in
crsasinelv heavy receipts OF the weed
| here. The past few days have shown
| what can Be done if there is opportunity
| The warehouses have been congested
/ WITH the tobacco 1t had to handle and Il
as impossible to get through in one
day. There was a forced sale on Sat
! urdav a thing hitherto unheard Of The
situation. therefore, resolves itself into
4 proposition of getting moro room or
| more sales The latter seems to be the
! mere advisable course to pursue.
I'VE need to get out OF our old-fogy
notions, said Mr.. Z. B. Vaughan yester-
day morning. AIR. Vaughan is proprietor
Of Crenshaw's Warehouse. and is one OF
the Oldest and most experienced tobacco
nists in the city. ..Danville. LynchburS,