The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-29
TO BA eco SALES
THE PAST WEEK
Talk on the Breaks Concerning
Court Affairs of Ameri-
can Tobacco Company.
WHAT DEAR PEOPLE THINK
Prices for the Good Leaf Higher
Than for Many Years
Past.

The leaf tobacco market has not
been more active an twenty years than
during the past week. The loose leaf
warehouses have been well filled from
day to day with the weed direct from
the barns. The loose leaf warehouses
of Richmond sell mainly the sun-cured
leaf. and they sold the past week
somewhere from 10000 to 100000
pounds of sun-Cured stock.
On the breaks there has been much
discussion the past week of the court
affairs of the American Tobacco Com
pany, and the plan of dissolution AMI
reorganization OF that company as re-
quired, by the highest court in .he
land. Attorneys General and some
othe~ people have been butting into
the controversy. and all claim to lie
acting In the interest of the dear pep
pie. In tho meantime the dear people
are having very little to say Those
dear people who belong to the farm
ing element. or that portion OF the
farming element which grows tobacco
for money crop are more than well
sa tisfed with the high prices the weed
is bringing, being the highest they
have known for twenty years at this
end of the season.
When these dear people do speak
out however. they express the wish
that the demagogues and the politi-
clans would hold hands of and let tie
whole thing be settled on business
principles and settled quick 1t is the
unsettled condition of things that wor.
ries the tobacco grower and the to-
oacco buyer alike. They want quick
settlement so that all parties coz
cerhed may know where they are
at" 1t is somewhat of a Significant
fact that in all this talk about the
reorganization of the trust not a sim
gle tobacco board of trade or other
organization pertaining to the trade
In Virginia or North Carolina has
joined in with the politicians and others
TO try to monkey with the court
proceedings. They seem to be Will
ing enough to leave the whole matter
TO the courts where the matter really
is. and where ii properly belongs Only
hoping that whatever may be the inal
acton OF the courts that action may
be taken quickly to the end that bus
mess may no longer be disturbed and
the present high prices OF the weed
may not be interferred with until tho
':ll crop gets into the hands of til.
buyers.
The local market the past week wac
very active. VIII L. Hazell of Shucko.
Warehouse. reports unusual activii:
Ter the season. with prices very strong,
letter in fact, than FOR many years
ioi the opening sales He estimates
the weeks sales at the four wac
houses at about 100000 pounds These
be big offerings for the time OF ycnr,
The quality is showing up very vel
quite "A good deal OF nice worki:;,
stock being sold. Mr.. HAZEL reports
the entire sales of Friday last 1T an
average of fraction over $40 per
go pounds, including everything from
the high grades down to primings.
The high water mark for the season
u" far was scored on lot of un-
cured wrappers which were grown ana
sold 10y w. u. Sweet. OF Etna Mills.
King William county. for s31 per 10.
The reports from the interior mar
kets of Virginia and North Carolina
show enlarged activity and strong
demand for good stocks