Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-04

hundred dollars.
The great object now, is to provide for
the storage Of the present crop, by erecting
one house which ii is supposed will afford
ample accommodation for the same.
The planter can, when these arrange.
ments are perfected, ship his Tobacco di.
rec,ly 10 the warehouse, as careful and
men will be selected TO inspect
and attend in person to the reception and
storage of this article, and thus the commits.
sion which they now pay will be saved to
them, besides the advantage of having
good home market for their staple; the cost
of inspection and storage will, with the
slight incidental expenses thereunto attach
ed, be very light, in comparison with the
charges heretofore paid by them.
1t may here, perhaps, be said that the
city will be infringing upon the business Of
the commission merchants of this place,
and that the erection of the contemplated
warehouse will take more or less of that
business from them, because this establish.
ment will afford to the planter better facili
ties for the disposal of their tobacco, by al
once establishing a market which will com.
pare with any similar one IN any city in the
Union. This objection Gf objection it can
be called) can be met by glance at the in
crease Of business which will be derived
from the necessary presence Of both sellers
and buyers. Few, if any of the planters,
who have tobacco for sale and who will at
tend in person, if market is established,
will leave our city without taking with them
more or less of the various articles with
which our city abounds, and which they
need for home consumption. This, at
once, will greatly increase instead of di.
minishing the amount Of our city trade;
merchants will feel the beneficial effects OF
this measure, and indeed it will soon be ap.
parent throughout all the ramifcations OF
business.
This City will not only be benefited by
this operation, but the State at large, desti.
ned ere long to be one of the most impor-
tant Of the Union. With a soil not sur
passed by any on the globe, mineral resour-
ces unbounded, and navignbIe streams run
ming through the most wealthy portion OF
the State, there can be nothing to retard
the progress of Missouri onward to great.
ness, but the supineness of her citizens.
The tobacco trade of Virginia, as all &C.
quainted with that State will admit, is one
of the means by which she has arrived al
such an emlnence in agriculture. Her
Iands, at once sterile and unfruitiul, compar.
atlvely speaking, so far as other products
are concerned, well repays the husbandman
when the article OF tobacco is raised
Hence, it seems to be the chief aim of those
largely interested in lands to cultivate thi:
staple. The crop this year is between fifty
and sixty thousand hogs'd one half Of which
has been exported to foreign countries
bringing in return therefor, about nine mill
ions Of dollars. No other crop will so vel
repay the farmer for his toll as tobacco. Nc
other article raised by the Virginia farmer,
upon the same lands and with the same la.
Dor, would have compensated him as we'll as
this crop. Hence, we find them seeking a
home in the far West, bringing with them
their force and their tobacco growing
knowledge. adding rich stock to our alrea.
dy rich soil. A happy intermlngIing OF
such things must produce wealth to all
around, increasing our revenue, cultivating
our wild lands, and "causing the solitary
place to rejoice and blossom as the rose"
In accordance with the foregoing report.
the Committee submit the following ordi.
nance, and recommend that it be passed.
JNO. M. WIMER,
HIRAM SHAW.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
city Of st. Louis:
Sec. |. 1t shall be the duty of the City
Engineer, to advertise for sealed proposals
Tor 10 days to the lowest and best bidder
for the erection of a Tobacco warehouse
to be built of stone wi lhout mortar in the
manner and form as set forth IN a repor
accompanying this ordinance, the same tc
be completed on or before the 18th OF Feb
ruarv next; which contract when approved
by the City Council shall be binding on thu
city-and that the sum Of $4,000 be appro
prlated for that purpose.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the May
or in the month of---. in eacl
and every year TO nominate to the Boar,
oil Delegates for the confirmation or reiec
ton, three Inspectors OF Tobacco, VIII o shaI
be called LIST, end, 3rd Inspectors, and VIII,
I shall be OF fair fame and reputation, and re
puted to be good judges of the growth, man
agement and quality of Tobacco, who sha
before they enter upon the duties of thei
? office as Inspectors, each enter into bon
to the City Of ST. Louis, with sufficient ST
! curIty in penalty OF not less than fiv
hundred dollars, conditioned tor the faithf,
performance ofther duties according to O
dinances.
, Sec. 8. The bonds required by the for,
going section shall be filed IN the Register
e office, and any person considering himse
). aggrieved by the mlsmanagement ornegIec
of duty of the lnspectors NAV move f.