The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-10-28
Tobacco Sales in Three Cities.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Z The auction sale of the Burley To-
bacco Society's pooled crop Tuesday
brought such low prices that the
officials present to supervise the sale
were Utterly Disguised. The prices
obtained ranged from 63c to Tie.
At the Globe warehouse Is hogs
heads were sold at Sb.6 to SO, 13 hogs
heads at So. 60 to S12.25, 10 hOgsheads
at S13,25 to SIG. At the Farmers and
Shippers warehouse Is hogsheads
brought from SIS to So. 70, II hogsheads
from $40 to Sl2.7J and z hOgsheads
from $l3 TO S7.25.
The bidding was quiet and spiritless
and there did not seem much anxiety
to purchase. From the beginning the
sales were disappointment to those
in charge. After completing the sales
at the Globe the entire crowd adjourn
ed to the Farmers and Shippers where
the auctioning was resumed.
The lack of interest was saidlto be
due to the fact that there are but few
buying orders in the market just now.
Tn. tobacco sold yesterday came from
Switzerland county, Ind. Nicholas
vile, KY, and Cynthiana, KY.
LOUISVlLLE-TUESDAY.
Tuesday marked the first days sale
in the Falls City. The price realized
was slightly less than IL cents pound
The greater part of the Burley sold
at Louisvills was taken in. by buyers
of the American Tobacco Company.
Of the 1909 Burley, sales aggregating
3OS hogsheads were reported. One
hundred and three hogsheads of 1910
Burley were also sod, and the fact
that this was thrown on the market
sooner than expected is said to have
accounted for disappointing prices on
the pooled crop of 1909.
expectations are that at least 49,
900. 900 pounds of the 1909 Burley pool
will be sold on the Louisville auction
breaks.
LEXINGTON-TUESDAY.
The first days sale in Lexington was
held at four warehouses.
ed and prices ranged from $40 to $19
hundred, with the average at about
8 cents. There was considerable low
grade st" If and very little of the color
ed grades on the market. Many far
mers sent their tobacco to market in
an unfit condition and the buyers
were slow about taking those at any
prices.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The second days selling Of the Bur-
ley Tobacco Snciety's pooled crop re-
suited in better prices and more lively
competition among the bidders. It al
so marked the first purchase by the
American Tobacco Company. W. D.
Spalding, representing the American,
purchased one hogshead at S18.
The sale was marked by livelier and
faster bidding than was in order on
the opening day and many times the
bidders became highly excited and
called off their bids in fast and furios
order The tobacco offered brought
fairly good prices and showed signs of
booming later in the week when the
higher grade of tobacco is placed on
sale.
LOUISVILLE-WE WEDNESDAY,.
A total of 1875 hogsheads were offer
ed on the Louisville market, and
prices realized on the whole appeared
to show improvement over the sales of
Tuesday but they remained far froal
the liking of the Burley Society.
The tobacco sold came from Scott,
Franklin, Mercer and Shelby counties
and was distributed among number
of warehouses. The finer grades of
bright tobacco were the hest sellers
aud these were generally about cent
higher than on Tuesday. Common and
medium red leaf showed no change,
while low grades were inclined to be
easier. Low grades, however, were
commoner than the day before, which
in a measure account for the the east
er tone Of the market.
The highest price realized was
$1S.25, while the average was some
where between Sill and $12. Receipts
of the pooled tobacco are increasing
and prospects are for larger Offering
tomorrow.
New 1910 hurley was in more liberal
supply, POI hogsheads being offered.
1t was very poor in quality in fact
the poorest offered on the breaks since
the season opened.
The American Tobacco Company
took good share Of the old Burley
offered and good percentage of the
better class of new tobacco.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The additional biddres on the floor
bidding was spirited in the second
days sale at Lexington, Wednesday.
The crop of Mr.. H. S. HALEY of Fay.
cite, brought the highest prices. The
crop ranged in price from to 2(
cents, the average for the entire crop
of more than five thousand pounds be-
ing Sis. IS per hundred.
Only three houses had sales. The
t'ayette Warehouse sold 1890 pounds
ranging in price from to 20 cents
with an average of 1884 per hundred
the Growers Warehouse disposed Of
1900 pounds at an average of 103
cents. the prices running from to 17]
cents and the Lexington Warehouse