Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-24

Latter crora The Secretary IF The Treasury, transmitting
S,a,emcntS ShOtci0g tie experts and imports ~ To-
dacco, ,ch tie import into Grtat Brttain Sc. May
=, lci2.
Read, and laid upon The table,
TRrA>; Er DEPARTMENT, ]
Nav -, lci2
Sir. herewith transmit set Of tabular statements
showing the Export aud import Of tobacco taken from
official returns together with the import INTO Great
Britain, as furnished by BRITISH documents; LIKEWISE,
estimates OF the consumption "i tobacco IN Inc Y D,
made nv sundry individuals and other statements con.
nscted with the growth and consumption OF tobacco III
Europe all oil which have been prepared in answer to
the resolution of the House Of Representatives, dated
sd February, directing ;he Secretary ot The Treasury
,oransmit all the information he can obtain, showing
the progress the cultivation, manufacture anu con
Sumption oi tobacco in the L. =, Nc
lan SIR, your oh, servt
w. FORWARD,
Secretary If tic Treasury.
Hon !. Wurc,
Spraier If Hoasc IF Representatives..
Statement reaf;re Tojacco, "ndcr call # Mc H. Of
Representatives. dated fchrnary %, LIZ
BIZ 4 resolution OF the House, the Secretary OF the
Treasury directed transmit call the information
Ie Obtain, showing the progress IN te cultivation,
mlnutIcturc and consumption OF tobacco IN the u
and IN other countries: also showing the comparative
quantity aud value Of exports and imports n tobacco,
and OF manufactured tobacco, IN the l.. States and
other countries as we'll the rate and amount oil din
ties collected the same both here and elsewhere;
also Dustin gushing between lnteign and domestic and
between cigars aud twiSt tobacco manufactured IN r
L. States and the quantity and value OF the tobacco
grown IN each OF the tohacco@rowng States OF tins
Lnion.
II wall BE- percrir2d from tie comprehensive charac
Tor Of the cal, "f louS that the repression existed
tina, the records of the Treasury Department contained
extensive Information The Su pct "a" staple o: deep
aud growing importance :" the l. :. Perhaps there
IS no domestic product Il the u.sgn;!ude o The one no"
under cnns ,rration 10 winch 50 ltile attention has
II. Iltgr ~ n lis
growth at home, 10y c"un;eactng foreign restr'csions
the preparation o such details as would BE- neces.
sary to exIh lis cnliya,ion growth, manufacture and
consumption III the |. states.
The tohIcc" Erow,ay States themselves have omit
ted 10 Gll chasm rotation 10 the quantitY grown IN
each State ;h. date III rs introduction, the variety
cultivated and Tie Effects o cita@.e and sol upon Ms
qualities; and 1t not f'F the periodicals oil tue
country, edited bv cp;ernrlstng ana ta'encd hoNau
ais We would have bot the barren returns oi ia" Gus
tom houses 10 cn!I htan US ~ regard 10 product
Which alone, IN Europe, y'o;dS revenue superior Ia
receipts from all the mppriacHS INTO the Inised
States.
Having, them no source Of information oi an Off
c,al nature except the annual statene Mt Of co"nerc
aud navigatio:, prepared hy the Register of the rca
snry, which gives The export at crude and manniac-
tured tobacco and The import q. the same have been
compelled draw upon others for such details As their
particular pursuits justified the belief they could inT'
nisir and IN addition, have addressed letters Ia the
Governors Of scv"ral OF The tobacc".growing States,
asking their ai reference 10 the resolution OF The
House with of supplying such information,
which, ~ the absence of oirial data, together with
the pressure Of official Gitics, | ain preo!uded from
ewing.
Ey reference to the annexed tables, the growth Of
tobacco this country, appears hy the quantity eX
tofed, can only b. matter OF Inference aud conlec-
,nte. Sotic approach 10 certainty rs to the quantity
crown niaht Lr made, # could obtain the precise
amount inspe ctcd, aad iie amount exported The dit
ference between these quantities, together with that
portion OF the products which IS not subjected to III
specoi, nigh: be fairly charIcab!c 10 the home con
sumption What proportion entered into the home
consumption during c"loaia condition, and since
we became independent, taking into consideration the
pop ulaion a; different periods, am unable 10 gay.
Ii is well known that tobacco has been the great sta
la of Vrrnil and Mary land from their FIRST settlement,
and to from the date of lis earliest cal'va
the present time; It's introduction INTO Europe
aud the which led to lis cultivation there; and
III. extensive demand for IL, growing out OF the nccoS
sites Of all addicted TO its use has become al
mos, necessary Of l(e, would only be TO give his
,orca outline, in leu of aScetaining the quantity
grown based upon authentic data, tending To show Ms
great commercial staple, ard The immense
interests lnvolvcd ~ rs cultivation III the L. s.
1t appears from ".lacphcrsons Annals Of Com
merce" that the average quautiy imported from the
North American colonies into England for ten years
preceding the 1909, was - 80 Coo pounds From
the same authority aud returns made Ia the Treasury
the export of crude and manufactured tobacco from
1861 TO $40, ,2l7,,~ hh.lS.-tle annual average
,6}7 hogsheais allowing d cents per pound as the
average pr,cc, would Yield S37s, .2o;hc annual
average, S1,l13,~I'.
For - years preceding l7o, the ave.
rage export oh,--l haIs
From 1870 10 leU0 The average export
was ,13 "
From ls00 to l520 the average export
was CLIPS
From 1920 10 $40 tho average export
was $1,000 g
What would have been the expor, for the same
period had not been tor royal monopoes aud heavy
duties, may be inferred from the estimate made by sir
Dodge the tobacco agent, who, upon given ratio,
makes the possible annual consumption of American
tobacco in Europe Si4,Goo hogshcads
The consumption of one-hali the quantity csma
ted hy MIR Dodge, say i-2 81 hogsileass, beng
more than four times present export ri iobac.
CO. would annually introduce twenty millions Of dol
lars, thereby increasing our revenue by enatginr
our importationS add 10 the shipping interests hy
curing extra tonnage, rem@nerate the planters for
their investments, and give new life TO the crippled
condition of the tobacco growing States.
The effect of foreign prohibitions and monopolies on
The tobacco interests may be the smalness Of
the quantity Of tobacco exported, as compared with
The capacity Of the L. S. 10 produce it. The
Of 1910 shows that tobacco grown in every State
and Territory: aud allowing million of square
,nles 10 that portion winch is organized and settled,
we would have 6t9,000,O00 q! acres; and taking The
low estimate of und,eth part capable Of yielding
tobacco, and only ho-shead 10 the acre. the guam
tiiy would be 10000 hog>heads, taking the thou
sandth part the produce at the rate would be
10000 hog.heads.
I'm relation TO the cultivation manufacture, and con.
sumption Of tobacco IN Europe, the able report by MIR
DodGe late special agent Of The u 5. to Germany is
submitted as containing the most recent and aaien'
lie information on the subject and as part Of !s re
port The minute detail given hy MIR. Dodge as 10