The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-12-13
WHAT IS DOING
IN TOBACCO TRADE
Prices of And Farmers
Protest-Will Wait
On Market.

GLASGOW KY, Dec. 10.-Glasgow's
tobacco market opened to-day and
closed almost Immediately afterward,
as the result of a mass meeting at
tended by approximately 1000 farm
ers and growers, who protested vigor-
ously against what they called the I'M
reasonably low prices.
Meanwhile committees which were
appointed by the mass meeting will
call upon X. II. Barton, head of the
Planters tobacco warehouse, and
other warehousemen, and ask that
the growers he given an advance i'm
mediately of one half of the fair value
of their offerings, so that they may
be prepared to hold their product for
better prices.
1t was the unanimous opinion of
the mass meeting apparently, that
the current crop should bring 20
cents hundred
Frank Jordon was cheered again
and again when he declared that the
growers should wait for that price.
Although the first basket of dark
tobacco presented to-day brought sl9
nothing higher than Sl4.50 was, re-
allied afterward, and before the sales
had proceeded half an hour the grow
ers were in an uproar Of protest
Last years average price was $16.-
40-Sl.90 more than to-days average.
The growers insist that $50 is a
fair price for this years crop, which
they say has cost more to produce
than any crop for several years.
Demand And Prices Strong.
Hopkinsville. Ky. Dec. 10-Every-
thing went OF auspiciously at the
opening sales OF dark tobacco here
to-day.
A big crowd was in attendance,
composed of buyers from other mar
kets. farmers and citizens generally.
The demand was keen and prices
proportionately strong, and every
body seemingly went home thoroughly
satisfied especially the farmers.
Offerings to-day were 100000
pounds well distributed among the
eight sales houses.
Prices ranged from $40 to $2S for
trash to good leaf The S2S is $3.50
above any previous high mark.
Trash and low grades were about
So off from last seasons close, but
the better grades more than made up
30 that as a whole quotations showed
an advance.
The days average could not be as
certained, but those houses reporting
ranged from $3.50 to s17.35. Last
seasons opening sale was $4,000
punds; prices ranged $40 to $20.50
and the average for the day was s13.-
35. Last seasons average was $14.-
rs.
Record Again Broken.
greensboro, KY, Dec. lot is
getting to be a daily occurrence to
the Greensboro market. To-day Ha-
gan & Hamilton, of Henderson coun-
ty sold $50 pounds of dark leaf at an
average of $40 hundred pounds the
highest ever paid for like type of
weed.
The load of 1926 pounds brought
S3S0.12 at an average of $2S.65. The
trash sold for $15.25, Tugs .s2S.5O and
leaf at $40,
There was a sale of 391.965 pounds
of dark tobacco to-day at a general
average of $16.36 the growers being
paid $64.15S.44.
The American Tobacco Company
buyers were on the floors for the first
time to-day and there was a noticea-
BILE jump in the prices paid.
There will be a sale of nearly a
million pounds on the Greensboro
market Tomorrow
Lexington Opening Success.
Lexington, Ky, Dec. 10.-Exceed-
ing all previous first days in attend
ance. the amount of tobacco sold by
one set of buyers and prices the open
ing day of the Lexington market was
considered a success by tobacco men.
Two hundred thousand pounds
were sold to-day, clearing the floors
of the Shelburn warehouse No. l
and two rows. on the floor of Peo-
pies warehouse, next door.
n The highest price basket at Shell
burn sold at SCI a 100 and at the
Peoples at S4S.
Bowling Green.
Bowling Green, KY, Dec 10
Three hundred and fifty thousand
pounds of tobacco sold to-day at
prices averaging around l6 cents.