The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-01-24
Deliveries Past Week Have
Been Unusually Heavy;
100000 a Day.
PRICES AVERAGING
22 CENTS A ROUND
Prizing Plants Prepare For
Working All Screws Be-
ginning At Once.

Exciting prices have caused the To-
cal tobacco prizing plants to be flood
ed with the weed this week, and an
average of more than hundred
thousand pounds a day ave been
brought into Paris, following the ex-
cellent handling season of the past
ten days and the improved condition
of the roads.
The best estimate for the general
average on prices paid seem to figure
out about % cents round for the
entire crop that has been bought
thus far, and it is estimated that
more than rs percent of the crop of
between six and a half and seven
million poueds has now been contrac-
ted for by The hlyers In other
words, the total volume of money
that will come to the Henry county
tobacco planters for this seasons de-
livery of tobacco will be more than
$1,500,O00.00. ~
This year only two prizing plants
are receiving tobacco in Paris, M. 7.
Eaker & Co., and Crosswye Tobacco
Company. Each plant has 18 screws.
The Ezell plant at Puryear has %
screws, but it is understood Ezell is
shipping his tobacco loose in cars.
Mr.. Keaaedy's Report.
Mr.. Kennedy's report from Padu-
cab, which covers the situation in
general way throughout the black
patch, for the past week follows:
The offerings on the wagons at the
loose floor sales places have been
light during the past week. Loose
floor sales have also, but prices have
continued very firm on all grades,
and we might say they are some high
er than last week. Especially is this
true of the commoner grades, and
what sales have been made have been
very satisfactory to the sellers. Some
how the wagon sales at Paducah are
not taking in the same measure that
they are at Mayfield and Murray
where wagon markets were establish
ed early, but we expect heavier vol
ume of business as the season advan-
ces.
Quoting the market will say that
the highest prices so far for leaf has
been twenty-five cents per pound.
The general range of prices on leaf
is from 10 to % cents. At the same
time there is quite sprinkle of me-
dunn to good grades of leaf selling
from % to rs cents, while there is
good deal of low, common and nom
descript leaf selling at from 16 to 18
cents. Lugs were sold separate from
the leaf and brought from 10 to 16
cents. Very few of the better grades
selling above IL cents and very few
below IL cents and the quantity sold
this way on the loose floors is very
small.
The market in the country has
been more active that it has been
heretofore, and prices in the coun-
try range about the same as on the
wagon and loose leaf floor markets,
and are showing about the same ad-
vance as was shown on the loose leaf
floors. There has been such a stea-
dy advance in values since the mar
ket opened that farmers are getting
harder to trade with and will only
sell at out side prices.
Practically all of the large buy
ing interests are in the market, yet
some of the most important are buy
ing san1 believing evidently
that 1cTs1 too high, while others
mantes sieh eagerness for stock
at the, : b prices as they did be-
fore plvakaykere so high, and what
prices vs. finally be is only guess
Already they have passed far beyond
the expectations of everybody, and
whether they will continue to ad
vance or decline is question, but
certainly present values are the high
est we have ever seen for dark free
tobacco and are very remunerativs
to sellers.