The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-29
PROSPECTS
VERY BRICH (.
Demand for s.un-Curcd lob a Geo
Greatly in Excess Of the
Supply.

supply.
1'he Justly celebrated dark brown sun
cured tobacco. peculiar to Virginia soil
and TO q very limited portion OF III at
that Is Just now In great r demand nan
1t has ever been and the day OF great
things for the Virginia farmers VINO gro.
duce this peculiar leaf seems TO be az
hand All they have TO do Is to take
advantage Of the situation and m axe
hay While the sun shines. or to be e s~act
in Language, make tobacco while the Ride
is turned their way.
This tobacco or the best OF II is OF
the .,ttle Oronoko type. Is dark and
h,avy and Is raised In Its highest Ger
lection only on the lands Of Louisa. Car
Uline. and Henrco counties and in uIop per
King and Queen. lower Goochland ana
lower Fluvanna. Confined to this sec-
ton OF Virginia. necessarily the totul
production Is comparatively small
BEST CHEW in THE WORLD
This dark brown tobacco, when s<n-
cured. as all Of 1t Is or should be. Is
very tough and sweet and when properly
manufactured into small plugs "a nd
"ngs'. and 'pancakcs." makes the oest
chewing tobacco In the world, Many oil
the most famous brands known to the
trade and to consumers have LOT cry
many years been made ofithis sun CT red
leaf.
The taste OF tobacco chewcrs sorEae-
tines undergoes changes. but the TO nd
ness Of the chewer for the Virginia an
cured never has been and never can be
Grad icated & neraton or more ago
bright twist was all tile rage with the
average chewer Then his taste cha ned
and the twelve- inch flat plug ragged fof
n while. Then the heavily sw ets0ed
sixteen-ou plug made of the Kent u ssky
and Missouri white hurley tobacco lad
its little day.
HELD THEIR OWN.
All. the while however, the "Old LCt'isa
sun.cured brands held thsir own and not
a single one Of them went to. the vail y
cannot be denied that In the chang ns
and rechanging Of the chewers taSle
they lost ground and the demand for he
sun curad leaf was greatly dlminished-
Abou, ten years agu there came u n
other change In the taste Of the chew ez's,
and they began to come back to the $ u n
cured tobacco The demand for II n as
heen growing rapidly ever since, and taae
result or this is that the farmers OF tsle
terri DRY mentioned above are now get
ting on the Richmond market abo at
twice as much for their leaf as they oid
u decade ago.
OTHER BUYERS
The time was when all OF this s1 n
cured tobacco was manufactured m
Richmond. where every pound Of the Leaf
Is marketed So rap has been the sIl-
crease In the demand for the plug ma sc
OF III leaf that manufacturers at oth-sr
points In Virginia and IN North CaSo-
Ina have been forced to put out bra n ds
made of the sun-cured leaf, The result
is that factories n all the manufacturiIg
towns In Virginia and North CaroitIia
have buyers on the Richmond market IN
search IF the sun-cured leaf. This fully
explains the Increased demand for these
tobaccos and n addition, It Is worthy of
mention that the United States govern
ment in placing It's order for this che w.
ing tobacco to supply the navy for aEl-
other wear nearly doubled the order IN
size.
MANUFACTURERS ALARMED
one result of this marvellous increase
the demand for tn particular style
81 tobacco Is that the manufacturers
have become alarmed They see the de-
mani tncreas ng so rapidly that they
greatly fear that the supply OF ear VII
not be anywhere near an equality with
the demand, and that they will it'd
Themselves another year turning 40 W
orders simply because they cannot KY
the stock to II them.
"A representative OF The Times-DispatGh
was on the sales in the Tobacco ES-
change a few days a so and sn" with is
own eyes the eagerness OF the buyers 10
secure sun-cured stock.
In interviews with the representatives.
OF n number of establishments. held d.
ing and after the sales, he learned th3t
tha manufactures are actually uneasy
lest~they " u not be able to obtain the
stock to meet the rapidly growing d.
=mard for these tobaccos Tney aEe
unanimous in the opinion that the t.
,,acco PRODUCERS of Louisa, Carc'in e
Herrico. King and Queen. Goochlara
--,nd Fluvnnna COUNTIES have before then
he opportunity of lifetime and that
-rey ought by all means to largely in
-,rease their acreage this year. Thee
men saw there can be no doubt OF TIE
<aot that the present high prices fol
r.rvt- class sun-cured lenf Will no
-on,y be maintained. but increased eve T
the crop be doubled tn s. year.
EAGER FOR STOCK.
Every factory In Richmond ard cvery
.ne outside of Richmond represented Q
he market is eager for stock. and or
he exchange they allow no sample -
.eal'y neritorious goods to be neglect e6
They want stock and lot OF It. Anon f
hose interv ewed were w. I. Har1'
.ock. Continental Tobacco ComrnnSS
g. Bosher Company. r j. Key
.olds Tobacco Comnnny. r. a. PattersoT
-z-oracco Company, Thornton Co. Ia LE
-; Brothers Company. Gallaher Co1lPaH
..imlted and others
These men were not talking for oun :
ami hit they were In earnest an6
what they said.
THE NEW METHOD.
n NAV be mentioned in this connec-
ON that the method OF selma tobacco
- tbe Exchange from boxes by samples
- mcetinc with the general approval OF
-,th buyers md sellers. The a'es are
AIDE in much less time. and as q conse-
=,erce they nre much more lnrsely rt-
Under the new method the sales