The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-02
TOBACCO ]. ! R AD.E
OF BIG RICHMOND.
Figures That Show Increased
Business in All Branches
of the Business.
GREAT GROWTH IN DECADE
Richmond Home Of Sun Cured.
Headquarters for Brights
and WhiteSBurley Goods.

The annual meeting of the Tobacco
BOARD of Trade, which was held DUR
ing the past week, was attended large
Nv by the men who's handle leaf and
manufactured tobacco In this city, ana
n very interesting meeting 1t was, be-
cause Instructive statistics were
brought out, and just now, In these
days when census returns and bank
reports are all tho go. statistics are
proving to be more entertaining than
they ever were before. AS a general
rule. figures are dull, but perhaps there
never was time IN the history OF
Richmond when the people generally.
and the careful newspaper readers In
particular. took more interest in fig
ures.
For this reason, or rather this series-
of reasons the figures and fact.
brought out In the report of retiring
President Samuel w. Tompkins. of the
Tobacco Board of Trade, will prove
to be good reading matter, that is,
they will If they are properly con-
densed and summarized, as they will
be in this report.
big Increase Shown.
President Tompkins makes no pre-.
tense as a ford writer. and he de-.
clares with much emphasis that he
knows absolutely nothing Of the
hot air language. Hence he deals pure
ly IN figures and facts that he Is
willing to swear to If necessary. In.
the first place. his report shows that
the loose leaf tobacco sales in Rich
mond. exclusive of the new Virginia
Burley types were very much larger
last tobacco year than they ever were
before. Until the Burley got into the
mountain sections OF Virginia the
loose leaf sales on the Richmond mar
ket consisted almost entirely OF the
sun-cured stock grown In few coun
ties to the north of the CITY. Prom
october, 1907. to October. 1905. these
loose leaf sales footed up 7.9391.7
pounds.
The following tobacco year, that is
10 say. from October. 1908, to Sep
zen semoer, 80 1909, the sales were IL
f3S.f29 pounds. For the tobacco yaar
beginning October, 1909. and endinr
September so. 1910, the sales OF loose
zeal footed up 14,137,295 pounds, which
according to Mr.. Tompkins's figures
We're divided among the various tvnes
lows: 90 AoA-
sun-cured leaf. 11,472,ess pounos.
virginia grown Burleg, 1.6s5.3sa
pounds dark filters, 100000 pounds
ihese fgures show a general in.
-. VI loose 4eaf sales for the past
year over the previous year OF ., rer
cent " - pee
The average price paid for the v,r.
s ssaa Buriey was si2.9S per hundred
pounds. which Is little bigger aver
se than the Kentucky markets naia
Tor the same period.
- paid for sun cured ilr,atd ana
taark shipping stocks, was 5000 ..ner
.iundfed pounds In this connection n
IS IS worthyso remark tina the tcultivas-
.ion or Burley was commenced in yir-
sinla only two years ago, and the
farmers of the limestone sections Of
the State are so far only experiment
ing. All of the Burley that has been
grown crow In the State came sooner Or
, ,iae TO the Richmond market. and 1t
mas been fully demonstrated that Rich
mona lis Burley market, and win
continue 3 o to#be until the world burns
Other Good business.
PRESIDENT Tompkins's report has
some other interesting figures. REL