Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-29

towinr srpn,ies. would fail down :" mere title
THIS contingency raj rbt very VEL GArpeh ohaii we
lose si..ht OF our Ptcs' nj cehlt""h' ana " %
,.,s .r,. not cxac,ly to krg abroad, run The
hazard Of teriei;ing - much : lie SATISFY The com
,p,t,cc ha: tobacco trade is gaming groond AND
that there ISc8EAsin demand tor the asuc'e ana
at lMrRov prccs, (uneSs, Inceea 'ae present very
low prices .or tbs year aGiuced 10 GanSay me
.ssartouA a,an invite their attention 10 Il statement
prepared from the document Just ine niioned. bn u
present prices dwc!t upon, Il - easy 20 see ha'
The general deranrem @! commerce and money mat
ers can more satisfactorily! be made 10 account Tor ",
than the hirh dates abroad IL tobacco IS now sell
ing at moderate prices, all OF the great staples
each one being operated upon, more or less, by the
same general causes Just indicated.
From ne 7cbdtco Document, Ma. *i'.l
Tie average number OF hogsheads shp-
ped annually, ifom l-2i 10 i-'9, IS 'i,ooi
The average annual number OF pounds
I-sl to ISIS, $ 2,23G492
The average annual value of tobacco
shipped including Leaf sad n''nn-
faclured tobacco, from -9i 10 lc3', -
IS ;sG,563,7Si 90
The average number of hogshesds shp-
ped annually, from 1886 70 loii, IS l'i ''V|
The average annual number OF pounds
81 on, "I ,S@r ~ l:'lI Is 4l3o $50
The average annual value OF tobacco
shipped, including Leaf aud manufac- 40
tured tobacco, from $50 TO ISL, is l,bJooil w
Increase " '"f "''''' " lIhds
England increase in the last ten years of 4O,eo2
r,ancs pc,,,se IN the last ten wears Of I5,l90
Germany increase in the last ten years OF "i,ooo
'rhc average prce OF tobacco per hogs
head from ls2l to 1881, 80 ~
Aud from 1854 10 ISL, 80 ="
Increase ,ss !" price !" the last It" ''"''' re
y,r,eo r ,ot,cco cxpor,e5 in l-:i, Sl3lo9,l1G 60
Nn iHt '' mus IL, 793
nhds Value
Quantity and value 81 tobacco
exported in 1880 and l-3l, l'o'-o Sii'o''''''
9u1nti,v and value oi tobacco 80 100 co.,
exported m 1910 and lctl, 2o1 "a >",o0'''o~'
Increase OF exports of I-i0 and
l3il over those Of 1880 and go
1891, "o,''' i-''' 30
'Cb;s table prasen,s vastly interesting summary OF
our tobacco trade II exhibits astonishing increase
IN the quantity exported in the last ten years over any
ntber ten wears since the foundation O! the Government
'rhe fact is also established, that, WITH greatly "cieas
ed exports in the last ten years, we nave 4, ''e ',c
time been receiving quite handsome advance per
hopshead It proves that production does not keep
pace with the demand Besides, yet more remark
able fact is s;aed-taat the gross raa oil our exports
IN the last few years has neatly a""0te" ""I' !,
.red from, S2I To ISL 1t further sets iort! that the
entire value Of the xport l-30 and ISL was -
or go while the value OF the export IN $40 and ISL
was SD 645 hus showing an excess q ''e ia''ef
Ieriod over the former OF &i2,O1i ,O'0.
Under this Imposing array OF facts, with traue IN
cnsing v,h EVIDENCES Of increased cons umption, and
with rules and regulations governing the trade, now
ever defective they may be, at least stationary anu I'M
ders,ood by ali pates, /; Is proposed 10 institute "s
i;ne or nclcv designed, may readily cohceoe, 10
,onIish salrtary alterations: but which may, II
,,op,cd dsapponl the expectations OF ITS advocates,
and precp,e the great tobacco interest from IT'S pre-
sent position into Of TepaEatle 'uFy II not oil To-
Ia desperation
ii the policy olfogegn powers IN imposing hish Ia
rii on our tobacco injurious - U.s. GO we menu 'e
matter by re;aalory Gu;ies: tbs idea seems TO be
founded in the belief tina. duty imposed On our To-
bacco in England falls not on the Brtt'sh consumer
but on the American producer aHd mat therefore We
will burl back the injury imposed on oar Planters, ny
t,y;ng IA. Goods made in their manufactures. But
- the proposition true, that tax on importation a!!s
on :he i1reon produce. u the a-c!e taxed .Nu o'
on the consumer, Were sc sure 'ha'' ny aa"PI'h2
the retaatory policy, could o5tain IN sioii Nsi,
,.dnc,ion OF DATES en- our tobacco that might oPe-
rate on some 10 GcQGeSce. Bot 1t seems very clear
that any re,al.atory duty must, 50 log as IL exists
bea- pecuarly haId upon Tie planters io II Is '"'
ra,e aded that hev wIi! be ben. :ed ny II uh'css 10
rs,-, Governments lover G. remit thc,r duties on to.
,otsrco S, If ther OBTAIN their end ia's way, u
viii cost item good deal; and ii ihey do not 'hey
,nay not only lose all the extra price 'hey may nave
mad for their goods under the re,a!iaiory 'a'f OUT
MAJ perhaps b. pursuing that course, 'ndnc' "Ee'2
era To cultivate what they necdec, and eIcin"e the
American tobacco entirely. There - WIDE difference
between retallory dnty 10 protect wcoiie ana oie
10 protect tosaccoio in the former case, me ou
,iI Increase 0,,ecIlv the value Of the domestic wool
lens-hu, i, does not add, directly, anything TO The
value Of tc5acco-un!ess, indeed, you s"ccefd III ee'
limo foreign powers remove i'e'! dates, ana Inc "e
,nand should ou;s;fip the supply. IT. clear mere
fore 40 onr Is the reuliaory cniy lasts that u aug
merits those articles the planter has to pGr
chase, while II does not increase his ability 10 buy
tbur tobacco is superior HAT grown anywhere else
We can prodace greater quantities than any other
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