Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-02
To TgE EoIToRs Oh rnE WuiG.
TOBACCO INSPECTIONS.

the passage of bill which has recently passed the
,owGr tousc' aud = now before the Senate. So
hard his he labourcd himself ON this subject that he
mas even sacrificed truth To his idol interest or else
and wish tn be- civil aud charitu bic as possible
he ID most absolutely gnoran, of the facts connect
Oh with the sub"c; he undertakes to explain TO orr
Representative IN the Legislatures" Ills first bold
assertion Is, that 1.-The Public aud Scubrouhs Ware
houses have never been flied since the rst was ci-
tabllshcd MS an Inspecting Warehouse, and the whole
vi us inspection, Tor any year, II brought all
once, would not ill IT." In answer 10 this patt of
l.s statement need only request the gentlemen OF
the Senate, who wish to know the truth that they
may nc, nnderstandlngy, TO call the Inspectors
ISeabrooks g, not To ask them whc her this that
inc Tuc statement of facts but ask them for their
books, and then they will tia, hundred. and per
maps thousands of hhds OF tobacco have, within a
rev years pact been stored by hem for want OF
room, IN wha is called the Valley Market House
house situated about 100 yards from - abrook'r
which was mutt by Mr. Adams for Market House.
ont which has never been used such. This Ia
stubborn fucit not the invention Of IN interested
mind Brown i.umbrr-lIousc i.ow.-c used By
tie Public Warehouse in the same way.
The next remark of AN old Tobacco Dealer"
and here let me say that that writer have for
gotten himself little when he selected this sigma
ture, Tor II is clear proof Of itself that he is repre-.
senting an interest as opposite and distinct from that
of the Planters as can be- concrycd,) which | shall
notice Is this: Tint in proportion to the extent to
which you increase the number of inspecting Ware.
houses must you diminish rhc attendance OF buyer,
at the hours OF sale and then taking 1t for granted
mat the assertion would be believed without proof
or argument, he informs you that the consequence
VIII be, the introduction OF 'sCt of middle Dealers
whom he styles "Pln lookcrs" whose sole profit bv
the trade would be derived by taking advantage of
the ignorance of the Planters of the value of their
crops ana thinking, suppose, that he had not vet
made the picture horrd enough To shew the gentle
men of the Senate (tor Mcssrs Editors he was
aiming at effect with them, and not with you'll he
tells you that You will then have TWO three
inspections gong on at once, and either do away
altogether the public sales. or make each company
so small as TO place 1t i the power Of those attend
ing. to accommodate each other IN bidding and thus
10 prevent the article offered from PRODUCING lis fair
market price There Is as 1t lc truth IN this as
the former statement for while admit that were
the Inspections and sales TO 20 at the same time
NJ the several Warehouses; The purchasers uo belnn
omniprcsent, would neccs sari!y BE- divided: vet I
assert that no such course would be pursued but on
the contrary, tn" same alternate and fixed rules
now adopted and Prac'lscd on by he existing Ware
houses, would then be adj p;cd a0d hat the purcha
serE OF tobacco wolld then be cnah ed more convc-
ncny to attend the sales at four Warehouses than
a. present they can three; for, the Warehouse AT
which IT rs proposed 10 an Inspection 10 on the
direct way from the Public ShoCkue Warehouse
to Seabrooks, is not yard out OF the way
The Warehouses will, by their increased number be
less crowded, and consequently be enabled more con
vcnently to BE- ready ut the appointed hour to com.
mence their inspections, and viii also be enab ed
more eXpedItIousy to get through with them Be-
sides all this, Byrd's Warehouse is so conveniently
located, that by far the largest propor on of pucha
sers within few hundred Yards of it, and
can hear the horn when at their desks IN their
respective counting rooms, prOCiaImng the readiness
OF the inspectors 20 proceed with the inspection of
the day. So far, Messrs. Editors from the proposed
increase OF inspecting warehouses producing the
elect OF tavorng the pnhookIng interest (which |
agree with my opponent would b, evil to be dc
prccated by all fair dcalcrs) the establishment of
Byrds warehouse will have powerful tendency
TO the putting dozen and Keeping dozen of that class
of dealcars. For when and under what clrcum-
stances the pinhookcrs enabled 10 operate al-
yanageousy 1t is when your warehouses are
crowded, and when the PAINTER who comes to market
with one or two binds. Of Tobacco which when sold
fairly VII! not command more than 90 or 100 dollars,
told by the inspectors that If you wish TO see yout
tobacco sold you must wait ,, ,, i, or perhaps
s or days, before it be done; Is under these
circumstances that the pnhookcr meets with good
game and tat Carcasc. The planter Is here on OK
pense, and his farm and family suffering al home TOR
his presence; and under these circumstances he con-
Cudes land very reasonably tool that he had better
lose considerably by sale before his tobacco l.,
inspected, 10 pnheokcr, Tor more properly speak
ING to tobacco gambler than spend half the pro
ceeds of his years toll with tavern keeper and then
perhaps lose in the bargain half of his growing
crop through the negligence OF his hands during his
absence And besides all this. NJ Sis Editors du
ring those months in which the bulk of the tobacco
crop Is brought TO market, a much more Is paid
by the planters to the warehouse hands by way OF
brides, IN order to get their tobacco inspected even
after tedious wa!'lng, than The amount of LEGAL
charges on the planters for nsp"CtIun-l have INV
self srs, heard warehouse h nd w hin a few
years past say that he has received IN that way
at the Public warehou-c (Which IAN Old Tobac-
Dealer" says fcdJ the cuor-
NOUS sum of five dollars IN one day-and though a
black-man, did and do still believe his statement
for know him well, and therefore, repeat his state
mcnt though he is not Of our colour. Besides all IN G
whore tobacco is crowded on the inspectors as It is
every year. they cannot possibly secure Il against the
summer rains, which frequently fall upon LARGO mum
hers of hhds. before they can be secured aud Tim
considerable damage is sustained by he planter. |
could shy much more on this branch of he subject
for have heard much complaint from tho planters.
But | do not believe 1t necessary. Let the zen
tlcmcn OF the Senate converse with those tavern
keepers with whom the tobacco planters most IN
the habit OF stopping (and here permit me to point
them particularly rn The very worthy proprietor of
The Columbian Hotel; for fcnrlcssly refer to him,
notwithstanding his contiguous location to Shocloc
and the consequent INJURY which no will sustain
should the bill under consideration pass into law
because believe he will not on hat account with
hold the TRUTH and they will till them that ha has
lofb rcn told N nd