Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-27
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BUYERS CANNOT HANDLE LOOSE LOOSE
TOBACCO RECEIPTS.
DOUBLE SALES YESTERDAY:
were Far Greater rhan Evere ne
fore in history OF the Local Mar
ket-price. Range Considerably
1over-rhc Congestion at shockoc
nc CANNOT HANDLE LOOSE
DOUBLE SALES YESTERDAY.
was a glut on the market yes

Tobacco was g. gut Oh 'Aie it
terday. -.
The enormous receipts of the last lew
aavs are more than the. buyers
arc prepared to handle. The result OF
this oyer-crowding is lower prices ana
tobacco sold yesterday 81 to 81 a nun
dred lower than last week. iuesoay
some Of the warehousemen were 81 "oI -,
at 80 in the morning and WORKED Until
the small hours of the following morning.
The sales Tuesday were unprecedented,
amounting to 355,So0 pounds, put the
planters continue to arrive.
To handle this great influx Of tobacco
meeting was called with the
result that double sales were DECIDED
upon. At 10 in the morning the buyers
and auctioneers split and there were safes
at the Crenshaw and at the Shelbourne
warehouses at the same time. II Is I'M
possible to estimate the sales for to-day,
as this new method Of selling is unpre-
cedented, but they will be far more than
was ever before known in the history or
this city.
There was an effort made to have the
farmers express opinion on the market
Some said that prices were much lower
some said 81 a hundred-but little com
plalnt was evident, as the planters reaiize
that there is glut. Ihey were ,apptecia-
tive Of the effort of the warehousemen
and the buyers to keep the market from
going to pieces.
Prohttng from the experience of Tues
day. when the planters and onlookers.
crowded the buyers from the tobacco
piles the .auctioneers yesterday had de-
tailed policeman to keep back the
crowd. which had the desired effect. Inc
piles, moreover, were larger than at pre-
vious sales, which facilitated the selling
NEGROES IN SORE PLIGHT.
The scenes about Shockoe Slip will long
be remembered. Many Of them were pitt
full, especially so among the negroes who
had driven many miles in the drenchlng
rain to wait outside with their wagons
unloaded while their more fortunate
white neighbours went in to the sales;
but Virginia planters must be cheerful
lot, as no complaint was heard.
A rough count Of the wagons, many OF
which were still loaded, was made be-
tween 10 and II o'clock yesterday. In all
there about 800 and they represented
queer spectacle with their wtip-pole-can-
wheeled schooners, although many were
on two wheels; the others making up the
assortment were Of all Kinds and style.
SHOCKOE contested.
The greatest congestion was in Shockoe
Slip, where there were 11S vehicles; there
were 119 along Canal street, but there
was more room there; on Twelfth street
.
Shockoe Lane, TO- Within the Shockoe
warehouse there were about 80, and with
in the Stonewall, Is. The other two
warehouses had been cleared Of the con-
gestion.
How many vehicles were about the
warehouses early in the morning It is be-
yond the possibility of estimation. Tues
day within the Shelbourne warehouse,
where none were seen late yesterday morn
ing, there were seventy-two wagons, but
these had gone home. About in the
morning when the police 4.rst ar
rived, some of the streets were impassi-
BILE and the police say the number was
double the count made late in the morn
ing; from the police statement there were
probably between 700 and 800 wagons be-
fore breakfast.
Tuesday night in the downpour nearly all
thoroughfares leading towards the ware
houses were disturbed by the occasional!
rumbling of wagons, and often there
were eight or ten of these "schooners" in
a string. All night they were moving and
as the many came in with loads these
passed others bound homeward carrying
back their tobacco for a mother day. One
planter said that he started from
home Tuesday, and all night kept NOV
ing towards the city, he arrived in the.
morning, having travelled forty miles in
the rain. With no prospect OF getting his
wagon unloaded before Friday he was
about determined to drive to the nearby
home of a relative and await until the
farmers thinned out.
Warehousemen are doing everything
within their power to make the planters
comfortable Sam Miller. the restaurant
teur, was ordered to serve lunch, at
one of the warehouses and besides sand
witches, meat and fruit, the many jugs
dangling from the wagons were filled
with good cheer" There was hearty APP
prevail Of this latter course as most of
the men were wet and needed a tonic