The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-12-08
BETTER FEELING AMONG
TOBACCO MEN THIS WEEK
Papers Say That Good Grades
Are Bringing Good Prices But
Poor Weed Is Slow

Lincoln county tobacco growers
are watching the tobacco markets 1T
Danville and Lexington with the
keene,t sort of interest. Many We're
disappointed at the prices realized at
| the the opening of the various mar
| iets last week. but the papers say
that better feeling is now pre-
vailin., for it seems that the grade
of weed first offered was decided
ly not of the best and that better
prices are coming when better grades
get Oh the market. The DanvilIe Ad-
vOcate had this to say of the Cpeuing
sales ut the two Danville warehouses
early this week:
Tobacco sold higher ON the breaks
at the Peoples Tobacco Warehouse
Monday afternoon. One lot brought
80 per hundred and Walter Puliam
got an Average of $l3 per hundred
for his crop. This Is much higher
than the opening market and il very
encouraging t. the growers. All to-
bacco is In very high case and this
brought the prices down somewhat.
A good sized break OF tobacco was
offered at the Danville Tobacco
Warehouse on Walnut street Mon
day morning Prices showed con-
siderable advance over those Of last
week and growers were much better
pleased. The quality of the offerings
was also better and some very good
averages were made. On account of
the damp weather most of the to-
baccO is too heavily In ease and this
is IL disadvantage. Altogether the
sale was very satisfactory to all
concerned.
The Lexingtan Leader Monday
afternoon said this Of Mondays
sales there:
Greatly increased receipts charac-
terized the opening OF the second
week of the Lexington tobacco mar
ket Monday. The scale of prices that
ruled in the morning was about the
same as in the force the latter part
of last week, and the high point
reached before noon was $685. pei
hundred.
The highest price of the season
was reached in the afternoon when
twenty-five pound basket from the
crop grown by Luther Stivers. near
Athens. went for $3.50 hundred
at the Independent house. AT the
same house, another basket OF the
Stivers crop. weighing 40 pounds.
brought $3.50
The general quality OF the leaf
showed some improvement over hast
weeks offerings Much of 1T was
damp and hOuseburned, and did not
look attractive to the buyers.
A small amount of fair tobacco
was offered which brought $l2 To
$40. Many small lots were put on
floor. but several gOOd->ized crops
made their appearance.
Berry and Allender offered 1.O2o
pounds at the Growers house that
went for $3.50 and $l2.15, ayerag-
ing up well all the way through. Van
Brashear had 6.OOO-pOund consign
ment on sale at the same house. that
brought good prices. MIR. Brashear
has 10000 pounds more of the best
of his crop that he will bring to
Lexington in week or two.
The Winchester Democrat said OF
sales there last week:
The tobacco market opened III
Winchester last week when 10000
pounds of the weed was OF sale ut
the Planters House at prices rang
ing from 1890 to $17.25. The aver
age price for the total amount was
between $40 and $40. which Is some
little bit better than of the opening
of the Lexington market earlier in
the week.
One crop averaged $l4.25 and IL
number of crops held up well but
there were no real fine crops offer
ed.