The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-05-06
Leal Tobacco Association Report.

| LeaI Tobacco ASSOCIATION Report.
The annual meeting of the Leaf Tobac-
co Association of Baltimore was held
Monday at the salesrooms of William H.
Moore & Co., 3O7 South Charles street,
Baltimore.
The report of the board of directors
was submitted and showed that the crop
of Maryland tobacco which came to the
market during the year 1908 aggregated
81, O35 hogsheads, being 37S hogsheads
more than was received in 1909. The
quality was of much firmer leaf and no.
ticeable lacking in the fine Holland
grades of color, 80 that there were COM
paratively few sales above ~ cents
pound, while IA cents was the outside
| price, On the other hand the common
grades were active and few sales were
reported below cents.
Continuing the report says:
"The French Reggie let a contract last
year for about 6, 800 hogsheads as against
no contract for 1909, but during the term
of the contract shipped to France about
Is, 4O5 hogsheads. Though exceptionally
spasmodic and uncertain, the market has
been satisfactory except for fine grades in
which there was decline, the buyers for
one of the French contractors retiring
| from the French market in the early fall.
The other grades of the crop ruled firm
throughout the year with stock in first
hands December 3lst, 1908, Of 351 hogs
heads, mostly better grades.
"The Ground Leaf crop appropriated
| 1000 hogsheads, which were lacking in
color compared with the previous crop.
but the quality and condition we're very
good with prices ruling from 3 to ~
cents
"The crop raised in 1908 is estimated
to be somewhat larger in number of hogs
beads than the previous one. The grow
ing and curing seasons were favorable
but unusually cold winter weather has
impeded stripping aud receipts of early
shipment are behind last year. The color
of the new crop is superior to the one
just marketed and much lighter handling,
in consequence of which we expect an
active and satisfactory market to both
buyer and seller
THE receipts of Upper County Tobac-
CO amounted to about 1900, about two
thirds of which was air cured, the balance
fired. The fired portion sold at very fan
cy prices. The new crop is somewhat
larger than the preceding one, of good
quality and about the same proportion of
the fired and air cured.
"A special committee of your associa.
ton has prepared types for exhibition at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and
has shipped types and other tobacco for
use in special exhibit. We are striving
to make comprehensive and creditable
display, and looking to that end are. in
correspondence with Mr.. W. L. Amos, in
charge of same.
"Our community received on February
7th and Sth the greatest shock of its his
tory, in the disastrous fire which con-
sumed the business center Of our city,
trade suffered the loss of two tobacco
warehouses, Nos. and 2, and 462 hogs
heads of tobacco were consumed. A
special committee of your association was
in conference with the Governor, Edwin
Warfeld, seeking the restoration of the
warehouse and wharf facilities to our
trade, but without any definite result. 1t
also learns that the Legislature passed an
Act empowering the Government to dis.
pose of the sites of these warehouses and
urgently recommends that the associa
ton take some radical action in these i'm
portant matters looking toward securing
the same or equal facilities on the water
front, where our trade would not be at
the hazard of wharf and other traffic
congestion, nor of another unfortunate
fire, as owing to the warehouses now in
service, being virtually contiguous, fire
in any one would seriously jeopardize the
whole system and paralyze our trade