Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-04
INTERESTING TO THE TOBACCO cuLTrvA-
TOR.
TOBACCO INSPECTION IN ST. LOUIS.

recting said committee to enquire into the
expedency of procuring or erecting a to-
bacco warehouse, and provide for the in.
specton thereof, and also communication
from the Mayor, dated the Sd inst, calling
the attention of the City Council to the
same subject, submit that they have had the
same under consideration, and have exam
ined several locations, with view to erect
house sufficiently large for the storage OF
all Tobacco which may be brought to this
market, and thus insure to the Tobacco
Planters safe repository for that article,
and at the same time inviting the attention
of dealers TO this point, with an earnest
that their wants can be supplied.
The committee, after mature elaboration
and reflection on this subject, as they be-
lieve important subject to the city, have
come to the conclusion that the block OF
ground on which the Water Works engine
house stands, would be the most suitable
site, and better adapted to that purpose
than any one which has been presented.
they are Of the opinion that warehouse
should be built fronting on Main street
eighty feet, and running through the block
to the river two hundred and thirty feet.
adjoining the old Water Works engine
house. The house to be one story high.
say ten feet, to be built of stone with or
without mortar; the walls to be eighteen
inches thick, and covered with good shin
gled roof, with all the necessary fixtures
for removing tobacco from wagons, DC.
A floor will be unnecessary, as the rock
which lies near the surface of the earth.
can easily be made to answer that purpose.
At trifling expense the wharf can be gra-
ded So as to make good landing, and by
means of a railway constructed on cheap
scale, the tobacco, or other articles design
ed to be stored in the warehouse, could
thus be drawn up, requiring very little pow.
err, and at very small price-a mode far
preferable to that of drayage as now prac-
ticed.
The committee are Of the opinion that it
will only be necessary to erect one house
this year, believing that it will be sufficient
for the present crop, and that the utility Of
this project will have developed itself in the
intermediate time, so as to convince the
most sceptical and confirm the most ardent
advocates.
The importance of tobacco warehouse
in this city is unquestionable, and in the
opinion Of this committee calls for lmme.
date action. This and the adjoining States
will, in few years, produce more tobacco
than any States in the Union; hence the
question arises, have the planters home
market for this stapIe2 II not, they mus,
seek a market elsewhere, thereby divertng
from us an amount of trade almost incacu-
liable.
The City Council and the citizens of ST..
LOUIS interested, have it in their power to
make it one of the largest markets in the
United States, by establishing large and
conmodous warehouses in which TO concen.
trate the Tobacco of this and the adjoining
States, East and North.
1t is notorious fact that the trade and
commerce Of all States have flourished and
advanced rapidly, where the land was adap-
ted and attention paid to the growing of
this staple. The success which has attend.
ed the effort to cultivate Tobacco in this
State, Iowa, Wisconsin and the north part
Illinois, demonstrate the fitness Of the eli.
mate for its profitable culture. This point
settled, it is now evident that the west will
take the Tobacco growing business into its
own hands, as the south has the Cotton bu-
siness. 1t is pleasant to contemplate the
beneficial effects this already immense bust
ness will have upon the prosperity of 81.
Louis.
The crop of Missouri tobacco in l841,
although the business of growing that sta.
plei yet in its infancy, is estimated bv
gentlemen well versed in this matter. at not
less than twelve thousand hogsheads; the
crop of 1912 is estimated at 10000 hogs.
heads; and should one third only of this
quantity be inspected here, the storage on
the same, at seventy-fve cents a hogshead
the price fixed by an act of the legislature
will amount to five thousand dollars, TO say
nothing Of the quantity which will b.
brought from the other States and Terrific
ries. If viewed only in the li!ht of reve
nue., with reason it might be urged upor
the City Council to adopt this measure, bu
il presents itself in another form more en-
larged and benevolent: that Of benefittin!
the entire population Of the great valley o
the upper Mississippi, more particularly ou
own State. The planter if we act wisely
will find here maket for his tobacco; car
attend in person, and dispose OF it to hi
own satisfaction, and return home convin
ced that the citizens of ST. LOUIS feel al
interest in his welfare, and are willing t.
lend he ping hand in advancing not onl,
her own prosperity, but that OF the entir
State-that she knows no difference be
tween honorable and valuable customers OF
her frontier, and her own immediate citizens
The day is not far distant, when a ware
house as large as the one now proposed t
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