Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-12-06
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3s3G SIS 736, 900
OF hs amount /, is believed that no mote than
s. 50a 900 salue OF mc, bandisc. both fotcign and
domestic. were introduced into the state aiier the
manner of dlfcel trade; and therefore tribute was
pad 10 the indirect trade on The amount oi S3i 25o-
Uua winch amount of supplies, II received direct.
would not cost the merchants Of our ports NOR
than So. UOu.GoO. Bun ths Is not all the indirect
business inasnueh ~ VERY large amount ct me
ARTICLES putchasrd OF The consumers are purchased
other by rctdH to the neglect and inJutS OIL
the retail dealers WHO have pnd the siate l'r ihe
p,iulcge Of furnishing the c,lizens with goods by
retail.
Your COMMITTEE beg leave 10 suggest the enquiry
whether the citizens who thus act the part OF ulei-
chants 10 the INJURY oil our own markets. ana Tue
prosperity Ut tie SAFE. should not IN justice to The
rcal dealer and 10 the revenue, LAY some equivalent
the lorm OF a hccrse. II is manifest that the Il
ccuse law of tins state WIS enacted with the drstg1
that the rerail dealers should purchase Their supplies
from the wholesale dealers and anctoncers "iIllhthe
State; and were they TO do So, The revenue wou1 be
greatly improved, as not less ihan five hundred
wholesale dealers would be sustained n tins time
who now pay revenue other states. II by dsor m
mating Incense oul trade thus restored, the bu.
sincss OF the stsIr would command abundant sup
plies. and direct export aud import busln' IS anu
j trade wlih the country would establish sonhu 'oh-
duion OF domestic exchanges, aud save nsion pan
&c aud alarm, when commissions cn>ne consequent up
thr over tladiug Of other states. And nanudctn.
rcfs mechanics and atfzans would 6ud a prosperous
home among It's notorious however that our
retailers purchase nearly thcIr entire supplies IN 9th,
Ihcr stites. aud from dealers who conubnc nothing
10 the support 81 our governments nor does the prohl
+ OF the business add TO wealth on to the value oil
our Town property; but on the contrary. we are nm
povcflshed, nasmuch az the profits drawn from our
Labor aud added the capital Of our tvals increase
their strength III the ratio with which we become
weakened and exhausted.
Il Is obvlons lhat the liule trade which we now
joy from our smaller retail dealers, and from them
we derive bCnshts and they pay as large sum Ion u
license the largest class OF dealers tot example
/ those Who Pun, base hom Que 10 two thousand dol
las pr aunum pay from one TO two per cent on the
amount 81 then business Tor csnsc, and our lat-
ger leaders who purchase exclusively in other States,
pay only about fifteenth pait "l one per cent Tor
thcIts.-l our committee, therefore, deem II due 10
justice and patriotism 10 reduce the license OF the
smaller classes OF retailers, aud especially those WHO
purchase Their enlre supplies IN The STATE and Re
commend The enlargement OF the same paid 10y deal
ctS who purchase any portion Of thClr supplies IN
other States, To sum not less than two hundred dol
lars; aud the adoption oil new classification OF deal
cts IS recommended to be denomlnated the Domestic
/ Dealers, being such rs purchase exclusively within
the State, aud Foreign Dealers, those who Introduce
aud sell goods from other States; and III tins latter
( class we would embrace all Commission Merchants
Factors and tonsignccs, who are the acoessaries OF
the indirect introduction aud sale OF merchandise
/ our committee are deeply impressed with the OPP
MON, that tins small amendment OF our system
OF internal policy, will immediately restore to our
1 poIts export and import business, foreign and
coast"ise the amount OF $50 900 900 annually, and
! -four merchants found incompetent To supply the
! demand. those merchants Mo now cuJoy The bust
ness OF retailers, will come from other States
and compete for the rich boon winch SO supple a lie
! Glslilse remedy viii wfest tom them.- Make our
business worth competing Tor At home, and compel-
4 lion will soon. very soon, lie equal to the demand.
! Gour committee Incompetent to estimate all the
( advantages winch would speedily result 10 sea
ports and tie towns OF Winchester, Wheeling.
thalesfuwn Ne as they would command the trade
Of the retail dealer OF each respective vicinity; and
i II VIII soon be manifest that under all the evils 10
. whleh they might teel subjected from an enlarged IL
cense. that their larger operations would more than
| compensate, and the several small dealers in their
| aggregate would be saved the labor and expense OF
about eight thousand Journeys annually To Northern
cities to Obtain that which be obtained better
terms AT homc-lt is an axiom 10 he relied in all
operations hat subdivision OF labor facilitates per
ircuon. our committee will therefore add that our
retail business may be done with far less capital, as
the merchants who ale near the markets from which
lbeN obtain supplies may purchase more frequently
and not be subject to purchase nj any large
amounts, aud less loss viii be sustained To them by
/ change oI fashion damage, or nom the pecunary
pressure consequent upon The use OF credit beyond
the means OF payment This simple system (hum-
bic ASH s) once put IN operation, VIII enable the
people To unite their best exeItions with the great
can,e of internal improvements which viii soon rem
der the remote portions OF .rglnla and North Car
DINA as familiar IN nterco they friendly
! ~ sentiment.
Your committee will luther remark that a prospc
rous business will enable to accumulate capiIa
from our aborand enterprise and they latter them
selves that future legislation will extend such foster
ing privileges our best interests and Investments
may require.
y our committee. prompted by sentiments Of hlal
PATRIOTISM aud devotion 10 our tch0ie country, will
iuilher add, thai the restoration OF our trade aud
prosperity, through the exercise of our clearly
served lghis, giving our citz and all who become
SUCH great benefits, without infringing on their e
quail privileges, the Nights OF the OF 9TH
cr states. will be another patriotic example Of
the Old Dominion, which wall be followed by her SUIT
ierng sisters aud our equal prosperity and success
viii abate all sectional jealousy envy, and pre-
serve our UNION torerer.
Your commllee beg leave TO close their labois
with the following resolution.
HeSottcd, That this Convention appoint com
mute consisting Of twenty one, whose duly shall
be 10 menuralize the legislatures Of Virginia and
NORTH Carolina Oh the subject OF their internal mer-
cadille ponce and such uthcr matters directly
cohhetl lea with the restoration OF that trade which
4 is euliNed bV citizens OF other STATES