Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-14
LEAF TOBACCO DEALERS
J NEAR LONG VACATION
lbopt All Dark Iobaccos Have
Pissed From First Hands.
Tight Sales Last Week

Z 4. Fhe ie5i- tobacco GcakerS OF Itich-
s hlond and the Warshousemen are get
Jug to their long vacation. 50 far "a
The buying and selling OF the raw leaf
fs tcpneerned. sooner than ever before
! Known. Al, OF tho long dark iire-cured
Sraf may be saiG to have been sold:
That IS. MI that VIII pass through The
BANDS or Rtchinond Warehouscmeu and
< commission merchants. a leading COM
stission merchant. Who perhaps han
dies more OF this class of the weed
thun any other one house in, richmond
exports that. so far AS Ee is able 10
IsScoNer, there Is no" less than luo.-
poo pounds OF long black remaining in
h,st hands IN the Richmond territory
l.snchburg aud Farmvillc report very
& tfttc fniurc 10 be sold. aud all agree
sha, The IirSt Of April viii SEQ the last
Tound out Of first hands
wa All Offerings Were SuR-Curcd.
The sua.cured stock is always some
ching Of an uncertain quantity. hut 1t
IL believed now that the handling sea-
ehn that cam. with the rains aud mild
Weather OF last week have enabled the
Farmers 20 strike down tho last bun
u!e hanging in the barns and that all
81 il VII. lie marketed. this week.
HowHNNS. the warehouses viii not close
FOR the season until April >.
- The offerings last week consisted
th,irely OF sun ,en Ge stock. as and
little more activity Was displayed. and
buyers seemed Il Bit more anxious for
iiie better grades. These were n shade
higher. and little better average was
made, ii being ahou, ST. per 100. How
hter there was no advance in the
lower grades, the activity being CON
good grades.
=, Unexpected Large Rccetpts
tlFARAiIlIlE VA, March t3.--The
Receipts OF dark leaf tonaccos on this
Markct have been uneNpectedly earge
fer the past two wecls; hat Is. much
larger than the buyers ana warehouse
mon looked for. Last week the sales
footed up 1fuh4S pounds. .nnd This week
Eaey were somrthinR over 10000
pounds. making the grand total tor
thc season so far close TO 60oo.Do0
Erie market was somewhat moro
active than Il has tbeeR. and this
stused the farmers TO discontinue their
srumoiine about The recent slump in
Frees However, mai s!ump NAG not
been entirely UNcrcome.- and probably
Smallcst.nf seaseh ut L. mchburE:
si.YNGHgURa VA Marcn is.--The
Isnchburg market thiE Week amounted
TO only 10000 pounds. making the
Total for this season N,!3O,oO0 pounds.
Week this season. and as there is
now a season for taking down tobacco,
IL is thought that the remainder OF
The crop VII bc murketeu right away.
fhc offerings were principally OF in
taricr grades. as is usually the case
mwards the wind up. and prices for
= SYCn elatcS NoIu iOOuI as HstN T. uecH
f5r several weeks.
.sAil desirable grades were in strong
demand and brought good prices. MAX
qs the genera average J ice higher
ihan the corresponding week last year.
RQuotaiions: Tugs. common, $40 To Sti;
Tugs good sl4 to So; leaf. short, $40
Is 500 leaf, good. SIS 10 Sii; leaf.
Wrappers. $40 10 500.
y Smaller Crop Irinss More Money.
.SRoCkN MOUNT. y. e., March h
The final auditing Of the tobacco books
sdr the season or t9t9-s0 shows that
IN. actual safes Of bright tobacco on
tRis market amounted TO ei,442,0lt
pounds. which brought the growers
s1o,9lSH2o.S2; or an average OF $5o.el
Ecr 100 Dounda.
"A comparison Of these Ngurcs with
those ,rsfortlcd in the previous season
OF laiS.lg shows that while the sales
Mr. thesssason Just closed were 20Ge.
$40 poundS;lcss than the previous sea-
.;on the money realized was $500
,S45.S6 moro than for the larger pro
tfuction, tho average for tho season of
laiS-la being S36.2i per 100. or sl4.67
ass than In i3iJ-30.