The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-08
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THE ToBAccoEs OF MACEDONIA.


being our exetyfve and itapie production. Eu-
rope will ieem to them 70 have neglected or TO
have abandoned in defpair, this profitable weed.
To Virginia, will belong all the honour and the
profit of its Production. To fome therefore it
NAV he matter of no little afloniihment, when
they are informed, that this American weed has
found its way into the extremity of Europe,
confirming principal part of the exports of
one. though not fure'y its mott Civilized
country. Tnfome TOO, though it is to be hop
ed they confitute fmaller number OF planters,
it m y he fource uf ridiculous modification,
that cur own tobaccoes are not acknowledged
TO he the beR in the world and that Europe,
after having borrowed from us the feds, has
fometines given them foil or tiage, far
more genial than our own. Such at leaf was
lightly our own 'mprefhon, when We happened
few days fnceto caa our eye upon Bsauiour's
" View of the Commerce of Greece, formed af. |
ter An annual average from 1887 to 1872"
Beaujour was French confnl' at Salonichi and
his book peeieuts the mott intereifing detail,
which has yet been given, of the productions of
that celebrated country; country on which Be-
naparte feems to have cat many wifhfu, look
and productions, which as much as its iituation,
have terved to excite his cup;dity. =
This infruetiVe volume contains much ufeful
Z information on the article of tobacco:'
? The different qualities of the tobacco are de- |
rived from the difrids in which they are Guilt
waited. The difricts are all eo,ntriIc1 within a |
iemi-crele, about 25 leagues in its grea,eft
length which extends wet to eaft from the river
Verdar to the river Meao. The difference
which exits among our own obacco is fcarcely
to he conidered, when computed with the pro- |
duetons OF this tnall tract; alowingat the fame
time FOR the greater extent of ground, which i
% we devote to the cultivation. The highett |
price of the P6trich, for rHance, is 40 A fDers
the ok: that IS Pence tering. for 3 IN. > o. |
while an cke of Jenidgs- K1ra-S Sou is worth from,
20 piahers; that is, fro ~ go to ga billings
fterl'ng. The latter when mixed with the
leaves of The PGG, another fpecies Is hich grows
IN the ne'ghhonrhood, exbifits perfume firni-
ri v','Irts. Us aimoit- wnoiry con-
veysd 30 Cpr.tintinople, where II is fet apart
TOR the ute OF the great men and of the fersp-
lio.
After enurerating the various fpecies, pro-
duced in iheie d'itrtts BeaGiour concludes
with oatrrv'ng. that there are only three gere-
raj denominations known in the European
commerce: the Peri h, the Jsndee and The
Kara-daSh. The firf has large leaves and is
mot common. The fecond has very fina.l and |
irreeul,r leaves, and is The mildeif and hen. |
The Ka-a-dagh, Ivy The Gize and quality of it's
leaves, holds medium between thefc two ex-
tremes.
Let The fun total of each fpecies of produc-
ton be taken into the account, and the pre
fent annual harysf OF Macedon NAV he eftimat
ed at one hsndred thoutand ba'ee, of hundred
cles ea;h.s
European Turkey confu;res 2o.ooo
Egypt 10000
barnary 10000
Italy formerly received 10000
Eat parts of Germany from
10 to 90 600
But fnce tobacco has been franfolanted in
To Hungary. the expcrtations Of Msce9o
nianfol'acco into Italy and Germany have
diminin,ed.
Thefe tobaccoes, on being exported, pay
duty of 9 afpers per oke. The mean price OF
the oke may be valued at SO a(Ders from
which it follows. that the cultivation of tnhac
co yields annually to Macedonia revenue OF
four millions Of piafers or SIS SIS SO dollars
one-third of which enters into the Golfers oil
the Sultan.
An attempt was made by Jofeph tointroduce
the cultivation of tobacco into Hungary. but
without complete fuceefs. The rich 6a of
that country, and climate continually fertliz
ed by mits, which defend from the Krapac
mountains, have indeed concurret to give il a
vigour not inferior to the finen toiaccoes of
Macedonia. But the ,gOOd,ieG of the leaves DOES
not corTefpond with their 6caufy. Whether If
be owing to the quality Of The waters or that Of
the foils, they without that fveet freero1reI
and favour, which difinerifll thofs Of Mace
don. Ii was st 6rf fupPofed that This quality
fh'gnt te improved ~ mixing the feeds & the
fneft feeds Of the Jsnidge were accordingly oh I
tanned from Salonicli. Bot here new pboe. l
nomenon prcfented itfeIf. Thefe different f.eds,
not meeting with The fame varieties of foil or #
climate, TO WHICH they had owed tEeir own va r
risty in Macedonia, were found 10 produce the I
1doIe qualities or fpeciss. Bcauiorr therefore c
concludes, that the Tohaccoesof Hung arv will a
continue. AZ they are, ola verv naiferent qua {
hty, and much inferior 70 T'iofe Of GI-yiaiQ I
In delivering MS views on this branch of com. /
merce, the French Comm has nes faiIet, 70 no.
tee the interefts of his own country H- gives a
II as his opinion, that the Importation into
France of Macedonian tobacco, and in general.
that of Leyant, ought to be more favonred y
by his government, than that Of the tnbaccoes a
OF Virginia. The principal re4f1n Argued is, I
that every piece of Legantjnc tobacco which :
entered into Marfeilles might be r,aid for Nv = !
piece OF cloth or foIne other production of
French isdnRrg; whereas The American tobac. ]
Goes are paid for IN cab.-'The ir1,5refion Of :
inch opinions upon Bonapaife's n1indis eafy TO
be calculated. Whiia they fiirnill .hia With
motive To extend hi5 power into tie Eat, they t
will determine him in the event of his fuccefs. c
to encourage the produ6lious and the com-I
merce OF this IuxiIfiant lcrritory. The broief
OF BeaujOur NAV tbrH he ferioufy adopted s.
the planters of Virginia may Zee heir favo,irite
tobacco fnppIan'ed in the French mArket-by
the more favouted' productions of Macedon. =
EH1airer.