The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09

ana mat tho growers Of the weed would
see hard times when they commenced
20 market the water-soaked STUFF
inese gloomy prognostications have
proven, so FAR. 70 have been the fore
casts OF false prophets. The reports from
al the markets in Virginia and the Car
oilnas show that the crop was not so short
as the seers said # would be. and that
their forecasts az to the quality ~ the
weed We're but the forebodings Of tha
veriest pessimists
Little If Any Shortage.
Tn Virginia. ar any rate. tho crop OF
tobacco Of 1906 is being shown to be very
nearly as large as was the crop OF fgoS.
and be the quality what il may the weed
is bringing the farmer as much money
as did the 1895 crop. possibly a Htta
more Such are the conclusions leeitf-
mately reached by a study OF the reports
from the principal leaf tobacco markets
OF the state
in this city tho warehouses sell in loose
piles on the noors only the dark tobaccoss
grown Within a small radius about Rich
mond All OF the famous suu-cured stock
tnat has made such reputation az
chewing tobacco is sold here. and IL has
become very profitable weed for tho
farmers, who own the lands peculiarly
adapted To its culture. to grow.
For tho first two months OF the tobacco
year. October and November. The saIes
.
60 f.s0iSoS pounds.
The sales for the same months OF last
year were L-62.Il5 pounds. Thus j. viii
be seen that there has been am incr.Ese
so FAR ~ 559, l9G pounds. and this in spite
of the fact that owing 10 unfavorable
weather conditions the deliveries and
sales In October were much smaller than
for the same month OF last year.
More Money for Farmers.
farmers marketing tho sun-cured and
dark tobaccos have put any OF their bot
ter grades on sale. but have been first
getting rid Of the commonest tobaccos
IN the crop. Practically no wrappers have
yet been marketed. and II is only within
the past few days that any OF the better
grades OF filters have been showing nm
Notwithstanding these facts the books OF
the warehousemen show that more money
has been paid out for the nearly two mill
non pounds marketed I'm October and No.
vemher than the farmers received for ths.
tooaccos marketed in the same two
months Of last year. The ware housenner,
here VIII not give the average prices paid.
as Is done in other markets. but the to-
tais show that the prices paid for the two
months named We're, on the whole better
than those paid last year, and certain IL
IL that tho growers have invariably left
the city better pleased with their sales
than they We're with those made a year
ago
Tho Inspections for the two months
named have been 1.S43 hogsheads against
1873 for the same two months OF Lass
year. an increase Of so hogsheads
It is impossible to get the figures show
ing the number OF hogsheads received
10y commission men. leaf dealers and
manufacturers and that were inspected in
other markets and bought by sample. buzz
inquiry among these men discIoses this
"a nF has
largely OF the ready inspected goods ia
the months Of October and November OF
this year than in tho some months of
last year. IL is true that the greater par6
of such purchases We're OF old t0baccoss
that is 20 say. OF the crop OF 1905 but ie
shows that there IS now a greater de-
mand for the weed than there was =
year ago. and that the tobacco business
Isl more active. 50 much for the Rich-
mOnd market ii might be added sinl-
ply that similar conditions prevail iu all
the other Virginia markets. but few
figures from some or them that hava
come from official sources 10 The Times
Dispatch may De given 10 substautlats
the statement.
Farmviie which is also q dark tobacco
market. sold n tia month OF NOveubeF
$50 go pounds. Tie sales I'm tho sans
market ia November of last year Were
69l 40 pounds. nearly 100 On pounds less
than this year. What the tobacco brought
in either year cannot bee told. ,or be it
remembered. they sell tobacco in Farm
Vile just as they dii hundred years
ago. 10 isl sold iu tro warehouses and
paid FOR ar the Office of the man who
buys &c. and tho warehousemen keen no
books to show tho aggregate OF days
or a months or "a years sales. Farm
vile is up-to-dlte and progressive in
other matters and 70 ought TO get az
least some nineteenth century ideas into
It's tobacco warehouse methods How
ever. dealer who has been on the mar
kct aU ilc time says tobacco Is selling
just as wen lg not higher than a. ala
% year ago ou the Farmville market
Bright Markets Heard From.
For the past month the news columns
OF ;his paper and other papers have been
telling of the rush Of bright tobacco 10
panvine tine town which Justly claims
% be the largest bright Tobacco market
iu thc entire world. During Tho month
of November the many warehoua.s IN
Danvilie have been daily crowded with
the weed. and. in order 20 sell a. frifle
sales we're conducted every dav in tha
week. and one week, in order t0 close OFT
the immense deliveries before tho dark
ness of saturday niSht came upon tho
town, these three sales we're going On az