Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-18

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+ The fourth Resolution proposed for your adop,,o,
by the Committee Of Agriculture and manufacturers
} is ip these words:
Resoiced, That it is eXpe,,ent so to amend Tho
law" as to provide more distinctly, that owner OF
occupie OF Mill shall be allowed to use more thar
one brand marx, to indicate the Mill in which ar
miller by whom the -four was manufactured"
Tins branch OF the enquiry appears to have occu-
pied the attention of the Committee more than an "
ether, if may judge from the space the examination,
oi 1t occupies In their printed Rcpor. ut larre a
t"at space is. regret that the COmurie. did not
iuke 1t still larger by Introducing dIi,lomal facts
winch were III proof before them hu. ycli fr some
) cause they have thought proper t, withhold They
begin by stating thatt Ia proof to .hem that
some OF The City .tfa'eyS the habit OF Using
Two brand marks, one ot their superior, and the other
''ier INTERIOR, thus leaving you 10 iucr that the
practice is confined exclusively % the CIV Millers
3 "nca IN tact 1t wasa;so -roo:o heEI thar some
VI t'e most e%fe nsive County silers practice rs
regularly as the Allers of Richmond. This suppress
sion OF most important fact the very outset shows
: TIE spirit with which the Report is drawn III, and
leads almost aonc!usivo to the opinion That far
ana impartial decision Is not to u expected The
Committee have singled out two of these brands
used by City Mil,er8 for their inferior ou. one of
then they have particularly distinguished by calling
| II Dy name Canal Tins BRAID is used by gen
tIehan who !lTs to ccvate and brlng into
repute the Richmond .iDur, tnaE any Miller in Viz
glni, and by doing has been OF signal benefit to
his native State He has reused the other G!llers q,
extraordinary cXcrtios, and cup9u!a red the farmers
10 fcdouOle their energies III cUhva:Eg tactc farms
oy Frightening heir prnsFcca Of good market.
Ana yet this man s held up as CURLY OF !rtlrn- MS
brother lnlere and requiring IL" strong arm OF the
law TO stop HIM IN his career The Cum,n'ttec how
ever, acqult HIM OF any evil Intentions. The brand
thus used by him for his inferior -four is tile name
| ny which his mills tofuerlv X own and has
continued N use since. though for many YEARS
not used except on flour nj interior grade am m
Guced to believe, that had been for tbs unfor-
tusate word Canal this 81, p,seI irfcton fn,,r
inspection laws with all its imaginary INJURIES To
! wheat growers and country n.llcrs would never
nave SecA brought u the notice of your honourable
BODY. Let Us then examine wherein this injury CON
slats The ReP37: furnishes US with general asser-
tons, but no facts nor proofs shall therefore sap
pose 1t to be this In IoregM narteGs hou, bearing
t'"' 0Fan" OeinS alt asTtdr passes Of its
OrdhG jor iElchpond Country Flour and thus injures
The reputation gf Richmond Country -Four geaeratiy
wish to meet the question fairly. II this is not
! l&ir statement of the coInplanants case, | would
thank one of themselves to put il IN stronger point
OF view. Until that Is done, Unjust suppose that
an! DONG their side OF the quest nn Justice What is
tnat establishes the character of the flour of any
miller or OF the miIiers of any section CT the coun-
Try: Let any flour merchant or an, miller answer
! the question II is their auperfae Gour If that is
uniformly OF coed quality, the repu alton OF tie mi
Ter or mlcrs Will stand high Daea the fine Aour or
;nuuhngs they manufacture affect their reputation
again would submit The quea ION c any one con.
Vetsant with the busc9s Ihe-cnsvger mat b, thar
they have 10 bcarSg the character of mill pro-
Viued, 1t Is not attempted to pass them of for super
Iii4C Inc nllCGulrS are variable
!ty they are bought generally by bakers for ship
hread and other Interior purposes, and are seldom
purchased without being previously examined But
no nun pre'ends to pronounce upOn the character OF
mill from the quality Of the inferior grades. As
have already said their superfine flour Is the standard
RI by "hlch they are fudgtd. Surprising then that
THIS Inferior -four, branded Canal" does pass for
Richmond Country Flour, fwh:ch however / 10 not
ny any means GSmIi 1t Is attempted to be PASSED
eli As Richmond inspected superfne: it bears on it,
SIDE tie Inspectors brand, Fine or AIid,!;ins''
rs the case may be- and IS such sold. and rs such
injuries not the repu'at OF the Richmond nsDec-
ton In own marke., when this brand apDears
on the Dosln Bank. which it only does two or three
times year, 1t Is well kno where il came from
rs 1t 1t had the makers usual brand its head
! from what have stated above the only Inference
that can be drawn, Is tha; neither here nor abroad is
the use OF this brand an nIry 20 Country Mil'ers
or Wheat growers.
with regard to tho other brand used by Cry
miller on his interior IlouG, and denounced bv the
COMMITTEE on account of its possible Injurious effects
on the reputation 81 aIFp-countcy MIll, very few
f'marhs VIII suite" place the real state Of that
case before you. The brand referred - il stated in
the report to be the nainc of Mil I'D the River
from THIS you would nG uraliy infer that the two
oand marks are the same. and purchasers could not
Distinguish the one from. fhc other, commemorative
that they might buy tins Civ Nil! inferior Flour
surprising 1t to be from the nil Of that uanc I'D the
River, and proving OF bad qualify thew would ever
alter sfun Flour barring that brand This believe
Is the extent OF injury attributed to this brand
The
l!lJ up the l'Wet Is put with hot iron and con.
s!ss OF two words, that used by the City Miller Is
pat on with ink and is only ono word. This differ
encc may appear small, nut with merchants who are
Inc habit OF observing slight differences in tic dis
ungushlng marks Oh the articles in which hey trade
Is sufficient for The protection Of the up-country
Miller. know not which of these two rncrs first
used this brand but. whether the miIlers u-e Que or
two brands they viii always be liable to interfere
with each Others rights IN this particular merely
through ignorance that the distinguishing brand they
are adopting IL already in use at some other mill
. was III hopes tbs would be the last tlu, should
lind 1t necessary 70 trcspass or your attention. bu
the calls OF business must DC attended to- and he
balance Of this subject must lay over for another
nuiD0cf QBSERT Err.
NO. N-AND LAST.
The Committee Of Agriculture and Manufactures,
after bringing forward two bruds u,cd by CITY Nil
cr5 their inferior flour, as striking in tanccs OF
the abuses TO Which the liberty OF using Two brand
marks is liable, and the injurious effects that priv
cEc may have on Country MIXERS and Wheat grow.
cTs, tJui which in ny last number have shown 10
DC IN every point of view imaginary thus proceed
" 10 was also proven, that in one case. few wears
past The brand Of country mill was erased. and TINT
Of city MI" marked Oh parcel Of -four purchased
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