Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-02-28

'hs OF al least stationary, We can easily see thai
~ we" years, so large \ quantity will DO distracted
""'n 'he pnblle warehouses;. that the balance will
"e'p'' suniee 10 femhneia,e the proprietor nor In.
SPeeloiS-and thus not only thcy will suffer, bur
'ne state alsoln the dimInntion Of its revenue from
aahes, whereas II BY 4 iudicrnus system of Icnisla
,''n' the entire crop shall be brought into the wnfe.
houses ior inspection, they will be sustained. nfo-
ptie'ors and inspectors be reasonably paid and no
moie' aodt the public interest p%tomotedh by an Increase
oi revenue.
That the interest Of the planter will be equally
promoted, seems also clear To ,out lnemniiallsts.-
~ 'nlelest Is to getlof ms product the largest pos.
s'oie piIce, and any arrangement, whieh sec trs tins.
Is OF course beneficial. p,ieo Is regulated by de-
tuand, aud a competition is Justly sad TO be :, the
ne oil trade When, therefore, The Planter cauies
h's loose or unpfiaed Tobacco 10 II public warehouse
ne meets there, the assembled capital aud demand OF
The whole maikrl, aud IN the an>Ie, +, nu,oh,se.
"hlel always distinguishes this uade, aud IN the
mu'a'ode oil btddets, hn Is sure OF far and leasona-
oe reward Ion his labor. And MOI only tins, but
when his Tobacco is ~paliicly Inspected aud weigh
eu' he has a certainty, that he will not be delrauded
III ihe q6hhtg. But when the sale is private aud un-
observed by the community, il is easy 10 see that the
ignorant will fall under the influence of the craft v,
ana The planter be detlaudcd, not only in price, but
III the quantity otlhe article spld-thal frauds Of this
character were committed To an extraordinary ex-
TEN, IS well known IN tins community, aud as before
stated 'eu 10 tue interference y the town council,
ana passage oi the ordinance referred 10, Again
your mcmurialists think the regulation of this trade
IN loose Tobacco, will be beneficial 10 public morals.
II Is a constant subject OF complaint with planters,
that then Tobacco Is stolen ltom their Tobacco hou
ses, IN the country, and elundcstlnelv brought To
market either by the ihel OF receiver. The quantity
thus taken Is believed IN he one prominent cause of The
rapid increase IN this trade. lfllis he so. detection
is almost imrracticable so long as the a,tlcle is sold
privately, and without public exhibition, but # by
law, II was provided, that loose Tobacco shall not
be sold, until It has been Carried TO the warehouse,
inspected, weighed aud listed rs aforesaid, detection
would not onl, be easy, but comparatively certain.
In every point oil view then, your memoilallsts, being
planters, buyers, consumers aud othets, are impressed
with the importance aud even necessity of Legislation
% thls subject. Aud they respectfully ask the lie
gislaturc 10 take II under consideration, aud to pass
such laws III relation To the trade IN loose on unprized
Tobacco, as efall provide a remedy against tho cx-
Isting evils, aud they beg leave, 20 recommend, as the
remedy, that it be provided by Law, that no loose To-
bacco shall tie sold IN tins market, without having
been first carried 10 some one oftllc warehouses, in
spectcd, weighed and the owners name and quantity
entered on the warehouse books, aud preserved. A 10
the duty 10 be paid 10 the state, your memoriaiists
leave that the WISDOM OF The Legislature.
And Is IN duty bound, &c.
We iusett the above memorial, al the request OF
several persons who feel (auJ as We think JUSTIFY The
Impoitanceol regulating the trade IN " loose OF un-
ptIzed Tobacco by law-nnd as there is not now,
time 10 circulate II extensively in the country, before
the probable rising of the Legislature, ~ take the
liberty 10 suggest to our country friends (lhe Plan
ters) whose interests seem to be deeply involved. 10
address letters ON the subject to then representatives
expressive other wishes. The change in the law
asked FOR, seems to us not only useful, but necessary.