Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-23
.sUN-CURED TOBACCO ON
THE RICHMOND MARKET
Product OF Nearby Counties on
North Side OF James Sold in
Warehouses Here.
SEASONS BUSINESS UP TO DATE
Epidemic and Labor Shortage Inter
fcrc with Leaf Transactions-But
Per Cent of Crop Sold-I5ig
BUSINESS After Holidays.

With the close OF the calendar year.
the tobacco year. as Richmond and most
other Virginia tobacco dealers reckon
IL. is but a little more than half gone.
However, all the dealers in and man
uIacturers of the weed have had time
TO take their bearings, and they know
pretty well what the tobacco year viii
tell. even though !; DC but half gone.
Richmond does not soil as much Of
thc weed i'll the loose leaf state as some
other Virginia markets, confirming its
business IN this respect TO the sun
cured crop and TO Il small part of the
nrc-curcd. heavy dark iobaccos.
All OF the sun cured. which is grown
in counties on the north side OF the
James contiS uouS TO Richmond. and is
used altogether in the manufacture Of
chewing tobacco. is sold IN the ware
houses III the loose state y small part
OF the dark shipping, cured stoch
grown in Sou;hsidc Virginia. is also
sold on this market III loose piles. The
larger part of tins type OF tobacco
which reaches Richmond comes from
the smaller markets packed III hogs
hcuGs and is sold by sample.
In like manner, the bright tobacco
grown in Piedmont Virginia and in the
m kentucky and Nest Virginia that
comes 10 tins market is sold by sample
ana privately, the business being trans
acted through brokers and leaf Spccu-
!ators. No records OF these sales are
made by the Richmond Tobacco Board
81 Trade, and hence it is impossible To
get exact figures for publication.
1t is likely that during the past cal
rnda: year from 50,O0e.tU0 to 70, J0o,0Q0
pounds OF leaf tobacco have been
handled by the brokers. spectators and
manufacturers OF This city, and this
aces not include the enormous amounts
the bis companies OF the country nave
bought in Virginia and Carolina mar
sets and shipped mere for safckccpinS
h.Ntr 1Ft, ttHsI .lN..ls.
the loose leaf selling season opens in
isichmond about the first of October.
ana gets well under way in November.
December is generally a big Scllin.
month for the sun cured and the darkud
nrcd iOb3cCOS. but this year the in
nncnaa epidemic and tho shortage Of
iahor nave :nterfcrcd not a little with
The business OF Tho leaf warehouses;
and sales have been curtailcd. leaving
something like 20 per cent OF the cron
OF 1918 yet in the farmers hands. ami
to he sold after the holidays. 1t is
probable that all OF the crop Will be
disposed of by May !. SO far but very
little of the dark shipping or fire.
cured iobaccos have reached the Rich
mat type that is TO be sold in the
loose leaf state on this market is We,
TO show up. These facts indicate that
Immediately after the holidays, weather
conditions permitting. the loose leaf
sales in Richmond Viii be very heavy
The offerings OF sun-cured loose leaf
from the opening OF the market in Dc-
tober np 10 December |. as officially
rcported TO the Tobacco Board OF
Trade. amounted to 2.44l.9S5 pounds
The December sales have not Vet been
oihc!nlly reported, but they amounted
10 about 100000 pounds possibly a
i'it IL" more The average value for the
season up to date. including the carly
oiicrlnrs Of prsmings, has been around
So pc. 10 pounds
ihc Richmond warehouses arc nov
closed for the holiday season and nc
their transactions are altorcthcr wi,h
iirhcrS VINO have not gotten oiil OF
nc OLD Nirr MIA custom OF malling the
' NJ tniaS time long holiday they
IT, and sales will begin tho next