Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-24
THE TOBACCO OUTLOOK
REPORTS FROM CENTERs SHOW
CROP ALL IN NOW.

Sales of loose leaf tobacco on the DAM
vile, Va, market during the past week
exceeded those Of recent weeks Il is esti-
mated that something like 100000 pounds
were sold during Tuesday OF last week
The offerings have consisted mainly of to-
paccos from the wagon circuit in Tie old
belt. Interviews with farmers who were
on the market during the week lead ID
the impression that fully - per cent have
sold out clean and that the holdings of those
who have any Of the 1904 crop left are velv
light II IS estimated that a few more weeks
OF receipts ike those of the recent past
VIII close out the tobacco in the hands oc
the producers. Prices remain unghansed
the demand for all grades, except medium,
goods, being active. Some few lots of mack
age tobacco, consisting of wra ppers s.rtr5
and cutters, have changed hands during tile
week.
Receipts at Lynchburg Increased.
At Lynchburg, Va, the receipts for the
past week We're 511,6O0 pounds. an increase
Of 1900 pounds over the previous week.
The condition of the offerings has been
fairly good but the quality of a large rro-
portion was q little off with but little Of
fine leaf and wrappers being offered. Prices
are about as follows:
Dark lugs common. $3.50 to 500. dark
rugs. meQlun, S4p TO 500 dark Jugs
good $40 to $500; dark leaf common s. IN,
to $500 dark leaf, medium 50 80 To x 40
dark leaf, good. $50 to SLIGO: dark I.sf'
tine, SlLOJ TO $500; dark wrappers. $lGoo
10 5000.
Lack of Labor May Affect Next Crop.
Breaks Of leaf tobacco last week at SoyfF,
Boston, Va, have been light. with the ex-
ception Of one or two days, when the sales
amounted to 225,oO0 pounds. The total fig
ures for the week hardly aggregated 10000
pounds. and by the end of the month there
Will have been sold on the market there
about 100000 pounds OF the 1904 erop.
Prices recently have been about the same.
with an average OF 50 cents. although nor
few piles Of wrappers sold during the mast
week at 40 and 80 cents. Not more than
10 or ID per cent of the crop remains nm
sold, consequently light breaks may be
expected from now on. Plenty Of plants
are growing in the Canvas-coVered beds for.
the coming crop but the unfavorable
weather for outdoor work continues which
will make the farmers several weeks late
in planting. About the usual croD viii ba
planted. The falling off, if any, VIII ia
due to lack OF labor. as the exodus of negro
l&porers west and northward continues
North Carolina Outlook Average
Light breaks of leaf tobacco continue ON
the Durham IN. c. market for the reason
that little remains unsold in the hands OF
the farmers, while. IN addition they are
now very busy preparing for the coming
crop, which Will probably be about the
same in acreage in this belt as for several
years past. The recent cold snap injured
few, if any, Of the young plants growing in
the beds, but did retard their growth some
what This will be more of an advantage
than otherwise, for very few farmers are
as far advanced with outdoor work as they
should be at this season.
Poor Market at Richmond.
There was little or nothing doing in the
tobacco market during last week at Rich
mond, such of tine weed as reached there
being sent in by rail. The high winds and
the cold wave cut off the supply expected
from the barns, which would have been
small had the best of conditions prevailed.
The sales lasted four days. Good Friday
forcing a suspension. The prices obtained
and the quality OF the offerings were not
notable.
w. 7. Sheets, forty-five years of age,
shot and killed his son, Claude Sheets near
Montgomery, Ala, yesterday. The young
man was foreman of a gang of laborers. IN
which his father worked, and when the
old man discharged he blamed his son.