Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
NF TOBACCO MARKETS
CURTA|L|NC SALE DAYS
5caty OF Labor Compels Buyers
s. 20 90 Slow I'm Purchasing-East-
ctn Carolina Acts Promptly.
'gmaNA MARKETS MOVING
tcsllrtond About Through Will:
Prtming Salcs-Farmers Market
ing Their Inferior Stock-Lynch
burg Breaks Record.

Printing Salcs-Farmers Market
| & ing Their Inferior Stock-Lynch
burg Breaks Record.
somethins over zoo 900 pounds OF
q spA-cured primings were offered on the
u Rit&tnond tobacco market last week.
~ In sthe, main the quality of the tobacco
AsNnps not near AS good as noted in the
ssaft&glngs heretofore. the farmers seem
SssthYSpy common consent to rush their
s ia1nrior goods to market last week.
s Aa&sRf the bettor stock in the deliveries
s hrsHEht high figures but the extreme
llQysKrades sold down, some as low AS
SS&sapd 81 per 100 The average for
s5th9sweek was sl2.05 per 100.
st.sR he .warehousemen think about half
ssfoti sthe priminEs saved by the growers
ssoI the sun-cured weed have now been
s. Merketed and the balance VIII be
&bfQaBht in in the next TWO weeks and
u yaAsbfing the total sales UP 10 about
s10eSs0o pounds
OF SALES DAYS
10 In EASTERN CAROLINA
49, The Eastern North Carolina markets
f4R6 Threatened with gut, which IN
view OF the shortage OF .ahor ncces-
q SAfy to handle the weed after 1t passes
frants the hands of the buyers. VIII be
n 6isastrous TO the farmers. For these
Il feasons those markets are curtaiiinS
Itheir sales days. The following letter
Efrom Rocky Noun; to, The Tines Dis
patch fully explains the situation:
t8.aas.By common consent all of the large
& markets in Eastern North Caroline
Gf0esl their sales on Thursday and
Friday OF this week, owing 10 the
occupied with the fact that it is i'm
Z poesibie TO get labor 10 handle the to-
lbA0co an fast ae 1t is being marketed.
ss4s"lf tho farmers will not rush their
@A 4 I,,t IL tItrNn
ssSa grade IT and sell more slowly they
Viii find II 10 their interest 10 do so.
b In this way the good prices possible
rill be maintained. otherwise the
y ~ the prices necessarily will decline If
the buyers are Unable TO handle the
d tobacco. 1t is hoped that all markets,
large and small, will cooperate in any
\ movement to spread the tobacco season
over longer period and thus insure
their customers good market and
EanoR RF' sMon nS ns'T w pTIau CAUSE
CHANGE IN VIRGINIA MARKETS
A.s Similar action will probably be taken
in the Virginia bright markets. which
Last week the Danvillc Tobacco Board
: of Trade took the matter up. but post
poneo action for the time being. AZ
the meeting OF the board 1t was shown
acute in that city that the buyers of
tobacco cannot get more than half ms
many hands as they require 10 pick,
order, prize and otherwise handle the
tobacco. il it ia rushed to the market
In the way that the growers seem dis
\ posed to bring it in. The panvills
leaf that has been grown, but with
astheir factory forces reduced SO per cent
& they can handle only so much per week
4 and get Il in the hoEshead and in stor-
age. When buyer has bought all
! that he can handle in his factory he
/ must OF necessity get on the market
The result OF half dozen or more
being thus forced to retire from the
s sales would necessarily cause de-
i cline in prices and the farmer would
y bepthe sufferer.
& GLUTTED MARKETS WILL
LOWER FARMERS CASH PILE
n 1t was also shown at this meeting
that by reducing the number OF sales
days TO four per week the market cou "a
easily sell 2,25o.000 pounds per week,
and under the present condition
shortage OF labor-that amount is all
that.the buyers can possibly take care
Of. THE only effect Of thus cutting
down the sales would be TO lcngthea
the aaenson for selling the crop and tina,
certainly would do no ono any harm.
/; for in these latter years the crop has
been sold out by or about the first of
4 May. 1t certainly would do no harm
+ TO extend the selling season month
or. even six weeks longer next spring
& On the other hand frequent g!uts. that
S would temporarily drive buyers Of the
nnaFket, can have hut one effect and
that is lower the price of the weed
3 &nd the farmer would he the sufferer
South Boston also has the subject OF
four. sales days per week under con-
sideration and other smaller bright
markets are also discussing IL and the
probability is thstt all 81 them will go
intoN the movement at an early date
when panrille sets the pace
Good Printing Sales Mt Lyn-hbure.
vs. LYNCH BUR VA, SeDtcmber IA
4 The receipts of leaf tobacco. altogeth-
er primings, on this market this week
amounted to 400 900 pounds. which run
the sales for the present season up
TO l,o22,9oe pounds.
week than were ever sold before in one
week on the LynchburE market and
a prices on the whole were consider ed
5 good for the quality OF the offerings.
large percentage OF the goods
were dirty and o! inferior quality
which kept down the general aver
II age, but all clean lcafy lots were ac-
tiyeiy sought after and brought SPLEEN
J did prices.
Prices ranged from IS TO .c7. ac-
The Lynchhurg Tobacco Warehouses
Company, Inc. will have an opening
! sale OF bright tobacco At PAGES ware
house on October 10.
Lighter saies MT Dnnvine.
DAkVILI-E. VA. September IL
r The sales OF leaf tobacco for the week
/. have been small, as the farmers ar.
+ in2tthe midst Of cutting and curing.
The weather has been favorable for
+ that the color and quality are above
average. The seasons sales to Sep
s. TENDER were e.lo0l35 pounds: aver
aga S24:5s per 100 pounds The weeks