Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-03-23

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moral Of The tobacco planters, and ac i4ons Of
The General lSSe@bfp Of hc STATE Of naluldad.
upon he subject otiieb rates of duty, and fasiie-
t,onS imposed BY lateign Governments upon lnctj.
leaP tobacco, report
That but little information /, afforded by the
archives OF the EoNemmcnt ofthc United States up
on the several subjects committed to then charge
| The principal exports of tobacco, from the United
States to foreign countries, have been to England
the ports oi France ON the Atlantic and Meditenanr-
an, Holland Belgium, and the lansc towns. lor the
! consumption OF Germany. And although II Is al-
United INTO Russia Sweden and Norway Denmark
Portugal, and some other parts of Europe vet it is
not TO those last named countries that the Ameiicau
planters can look with hopes oil much benefit At least
Al the present time, iof its consumption.
Anterior 10 the American revolution, the culture
of tobacco was almost entirely confined to the then
provinces OF VIRGINIA aud MARYLAND and IA early AZ
the Near 1858, the exports were 61 600 horshra,ls
neaf winch annual average IL continued untl 100 :;
the neecssar, dinmshing the cNpnflatioa
fut, IN The Yeats lsau 1871, aud l7a2 the avcrape
was II ,o30 hoeaheads benz larger uuaut,t, than
has been cspnrtrd from the ntcd States IN any one
/ Nea since. Tobacco is now grown. in addition 10
| MARYLAND aaH. Virginia, IN the States of Kentucky
Ohio Tcnue zee, Mi#soui Indiana aud North Ca,.
OHM aud in smdll quantities in Connecticut aud
! Pennsylvania Aud although The fteRaci Of the L.
nited States is much greater now than IN the wear
l790, still the tIP.H q that staple Is les at the PIE.
sent time thaa formerly the surplus produce hrug
consumed II home.
FROM 'ne yen l'2a To 'Soo inclusive the annual
average exports were 7o,30s hogsheads and OF manu-
lactnred about 100000 pounds.
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nnn,1 Inn ,lez.1 m ,h, NOV, ,o,, =, =, ~,
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| To ltss hln 10000 hoeshcads.
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w,s at ,>,,o,Js as go h,ngL.,l g,h , ~
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! ,h,, :, nnn boi.Lr ~ ,''s vs.
! Fran ls1, tho Gr4f ,r,r nj nr,,, ~, ia 1aa, ,h
export. with The cXenpt,on of the,rar4 19az and
! le32) have averaged about 10000 hogshcads, and
2,'oo,G0O pounds Of manufactured tobacco.
| he years oi - ad ~, the exports exceed
ed fhnsr at al o'el years sihee l192 10 the present
period he amounts brin9 lof the Seaf 1921 lo0,025
In 81 13.ll feaads and ior car c32,
l0G,so5 hogshradS, aud 3,i56,on pounds being
the lar2c.t number Of h"ssheadS exported from the
| lndea States since hat yeaf, which amounted to
l2,i22 hoe.helds.
In lH35, tl' eNros's were 9i,3j3 hogsheals aud
3,slG15i pounds winch may be taken - a tair ave
rag -, OF TIE pa ana pfe.'n, year
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! Inl5a0 and for sone years subsequent, the aver
age Wsighi al a hugshcld Wa about 900 pounds.
| At the present time, those from Kentucky arefagc a
bout l,3OO pounds and although ,ile finer qualities
do not exceed, ii equal tho .ormcr weights vet,
much HE LARGEST quantity exported being coarser aud
heavier IS estimated that the average weight Of all
! kinds. rom virginia, MARYLAND, Kentucky Ohio
! and Tennessee ~ about 200 pounds To The hogs
! head Tins IN addition to the increased quantity
of manufactured tobacco will show bnt little differ
encc III the amount oi exports between the former
and the pIeseHt periods
prje,s oy t,loeco
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90 ~ PEI iii'ii''', pp''''s '"'i' io'o 10 ,'"''
' ~ i''5'' 'o' ',pS' 'en !e''s' was @ps P'i
,,'i 81 %
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u,l.s po",i.' ''e 4''''''' 'N
f'''ep has 'os increment
'aiae q efPoftS.
Prior to the yea, s02, the value Of the exported
tobacco IN, not been ascertaned but IN that year
amour ed 20 st !20 00O IN lSI6 Just after the war,
10 ~l2~O9 GOO and in 1888, TO Ss,250,517 OF un-
manufacturers AMI ol manufactured, 1857 81 |, ma
King an aggregate value OF =, Cos s5 Thus, the
value of annual exports from the United StaieS Of
this article alone under all the Disadvantages o one
rous foreign imports and restrictions, may be put
! down nj near nine millions OF dollars.