The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-09
TOBACCO AWAITS
BETTER SEASONS
Breaks Comparatively Light
Owing to Prevailing
Dry Weather
NEW COMPANIES NOT
YET REPRESENTED
Break Up of Trust May
Cause Radical Change
in Methods on Small
Markets

With sales for the week in the
neishborhood of eight hundred thous-
and pounds and with an active mar
ket prevailing all through the week.
Richmonds leaf tobacco warehouses
rounded up with yesterdays sales
what was regarded ON all sides as
thoroughly satisfactory weeks bust
ness. Prices ruled high and grow
ers were pleased with the treatment
accorded them by the local ware
housemen.
The average price paid was 8 IL
cents. while the highest price was
81 cent?.
Big Receipts Just Ahead.
Owing to the lack OF seasons for
the past fortnight the receipts were
rather lighter for the week than they
would otherwise have been. With q
good season IN the course OF a Few
days the tobacco men say there would
be a greater rush of tobacco here
between now and Christmas.
Quality Good.
The crop as a whole in the terri
tory tributary to Richmond Is not
quite so large as 1t was last year.
but the quality Is fully as good. and,
some Of the buyers say. better.
At the Shockoe Warehouse yester-
day common Jugs sold from S. to
$3.50 per hundred; good Tugs. 81 SO
to s12. common leaf, 81 to 50; good
leaf. $40 to S14: common wrappers.
sl4 to SIG; fine wrappers, $26 to
$50. Walter CarneaI sold at this
warehouse 260 pounds At $12.75 per
hundred; 200 pounds at SEQ: ITO
pounds at SGT: Ss5 pounds at $3.50:
100 pounds at 1850: ITS pounds at
$12.75: ninety pounds at $3.50. Other
lots sold we'll also.
| At Hutcheson's Warehouse r.. A.
Harris. Of Hanover county. sold az
| high as SAL Between sixty and
| seventy wagons patronized this ware
house yesterday. and Crenshaw'A
| Shelburne's and the StonewaH also
had a good day. with large receipts
! and good prices.
Top Notch $3S at Danvflle.
| Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
DANvILLE, VA, Dec. S.-Saies Of
leaf tobacco aggregated in excess Of
750,00 this week, the breaks run
ming until 5 P. M. one or two days.
| While the tobacco from some locali-
ties Is Of fine quality and texture. the
bulk OF the offerings Is still rather
lacking In color and heavy-bodied.
Prices generally are ranging trifie
/ Al&u0 Win HAe CutNSIS III greater
demand Some extra dne cutters
brought $35 this week.
All the larger buyers are In. the
market for desirable tobaccos, but
the various companies into which
the American Tobacco Company has
been subdivided are not yet repre-
scented by separate buyers. II 10 un-
derstood. however. that they are all
| preparing to locate their separate
buyers on this market The impress
| sion prevails here that. in view OF the
necessity for having separate buyers
on the various markets and the ex-
pense incident thereto. the big to-
bacco companies will either have to
abandon many Of the small markets
or else purchase through dealers
thereon. Local warehousement ex-
pect that under the operation OF the
new plan sales here will be increased
in volume at the expense OF the
smaller markets contiguous hereto.
The following quotations are based
ON sales during the week:
Smoker,-Commo on, IS to $40: me-
dunn. $40 to s12.5o: nne. s1a.6o tc
SIS.
| CutterS-Common. SIS to $2e; mo.
dunn. $50 to 125; fne. $2s to $3s.
FillerB-Common, 50 to $l2: me-
dium. 3l2 to si7.so: good. SIS Il
$40.
| Wrappers-Commo SIS to S3o;
medium, $40 to $50: dne, $50 to $50
Million Pounds ut South Boston.
Especial to The Richmond virxfnian.
I HOUSTON, VA. Dec. 7.-Salel
upon the South Boston tobacco mar,
kst for the week past averaged vel
up to q million poundx The mar.
ket remains about the same a. las
week. with q slightly hardening ten,
dency to prices. Color and quality
showed the same extremes Of good
and bad a. heretofore II IL esti,
mated that about half Of crop hal
been sold. Z