Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-15


featured tobacco are actually striped to thes''
Northern ports. purchased either here or ihere,
no. Tor home consumption bot -or r1-sa'"a"h' 10
FOREIGN countries.
In relation 10 tho peculiar trade .: jamcs' mr.
already referred 10, we're any additional proof FL
the existence of this STATE nf ;:rSs :aeess";' i
wcul;! be furnished by the io..ov ns iacis: y r.
liiioa was presented 10 our Legislature IN l'h''i-
ary last, signed BY nearly all Of the "htIcnan's
manufacturers, agents anl ship oWne!> ~ ''i'S
CITY, or The subject oilhe :'rc"ois ana alo>' 10
hibitory pilot tax, imposed hy our State Jaw, ui',
on all vessels, foreign OF Gomcs.c, Whlch Saii
hence 10 foreign porLs. This AK 1ohe, accIf'''l'9
70 the testimony Of in,elliccn, Wing mere RAM,
both here ami in New York, makes II cheaper 10
ship flour and other produce even 10 ne W e>l IN
dic. hy way of New YORK, Than cirec.!y from
James river We have seen the letters oi TWO
CAPTAINS Of vessels. complaining that this lax IN
their small vessels amounted TO S.'- anu
Sll0 or one-scvcn'h ol lhelr cross rel9h'S;-
and one Of hem states that, when he sallca nom
Cuba. more than ten vessels refused 10 prins cal
goes here, on account of This oppressive ana uhe-
oual tax on registered vc>."lS. 80 snicidai 10 ou
commerce. The petition just alluded To- eS'i-
mates This lax Ill from "SS,l 10 2oo on re- 'N,.e"
vessels: whilst vessels tr.,in" coastWlse go i'sc
Of charge" I, adds: I'VE he,ic:e that mere 'hah
60O0 hhds of tobacco and stems, ana iuiy or more
Than 10000 bids. of -four Intended Tor iorei.n
markets have taken such indirect course III 1913,
by reason of the excessive charges IN JAMES IL
yer" an
The correctness of this opinion as 10 Hour; WIN
appear by the table marked \, in the appendix 10
this report. and compiled from the nusi atthen.ic
sources. This table shows that oil Inc Hour snip
ned from This port coasiwi>c, in The years ending:
Both June lSi0-;ll-i2- the scverai
amounts of s.. IS9 barrels 1465i barrels. NV
barrels 1898 barrels, and 7l,3Sl b2rrels-or;
5S-I00hs. 39-l00;hs, 35-lO0ihs, 6-lolhs, ana
G11-lO0ths of the whole were certainly 'ecfL"f'r"
from the Northern ports 10 iorelSn eo',h're.-
How much more follows the same destination,
we have no means Of asccraninG, ana can 1'''s
infer. from the commercial considerations area
dy mentioned. We perceive, too, from IN u
he. that whilst the quantity OF flour le-eXpo.t"';
and the number Of barrels exported to th9.aiu
and her dependencies have increased S'nce 'oiV;
The former from ii.G3l barrels in leil, I, -
3Sll barrels in 1911: and the latter, iron ''-@"l
barrels in 1911. to l2,52S barrels in ISL; i.e
quantity consumed. even on This cs;iina'c, III me
Northern States, has steadily decreased "uri'S
The same rcriod from G9,l.1 barrels IN isil, -
81; .3:3 barrels in ISL notwithstanding me ttttt-
c.ai effects u. the Tariff of II. III crea.n" h"mf
asariet for our l!ead,iuli> The ycal $50. when
chr inspections here were ID per cent. greater
than the average of The ether ye;.rs quoted, can
not be fairly taken into line calculation. IhI>
table also shows, that 81 tue lib3-l carers
which. on the authority ct an o"c.cd qao'aton
from Hunts Merchants Magazine, ii vas al
lened went to The North ccastEisc n III" Iea!'
lSi2-43, 1898 barrel - ers', ;;cre ceitaiaiy re-
exported.
-. Of in al. fltIS
Civ Those of oihey Nrg;rir Towns i va>
impossible 10 obtain. Blu, al tie causes 81 r.
ing the former equally nacnce III. lait":. eNccpl
the pilot tax upon ships lIadir; 10 ioiesn potts
No ships sail from Mn<e Towns 10 !orci.;.. ;o:.s-
consequently. ali Me'r fceos IN '1l"r'a'e's ni"' ~
cayred on tadiyrctip, bg mcaHS If ne toaA,a@ croh
10 Northern sra pc,!s The supposilioA. lac-e!o:"
tina, all shipped from ihem u The Moth COAST
wise" was consumed in The Northern States
would I've tanlamounl 10 lie assertion, lhati,cy
er25ried aoiiing al al! We need Dwell 40 long
er on hijS point
Your Committee is aware, !Iata iavoriic az.
sument with the Wings, IL ja>t.!: "a enormou,
tax on foreign manufactures. i. ;h., Hr.l VIZ
take from Us none Of cGr proGacc, eXcCii cotton
and. therefore we must create Il iaarkct l1r llen
81 home Now, were hi, irnc ana The alcumcL
sound, i, could apply with justice only 20 tlic ma
tions of many nations, ON wnic.. lac Tlf: il lad
Bu; the fact IS that although England. tQ re>,r I
ner landed ari>iocracv. keeps ur, hy laws pas, =,
hy that very aristocracy,a heavy 'fariii on broad
Stalls. which is relaxed Only whea ihe a"S"'ulC
necessities Of the people require il 10 preserve
them from starvation; yet this restriction docs ao
extend to expectations 10 her coioa.os. -! from
he! colonies 10 England. bv which mn2n>, 4 "a
amount OF breadstuis. exported from tbs country
in The form of grain, reaches England ,lcrs.; II
lie form Of flour and meal In he report # the
Wing Committee of the House oi Representa-
tivcs on commerce and navigation, made May
18th 1872, tabular statement is given Of our ex.
ports from The year 1926 10 1910, inclusive, uror
which the Committee remark
at shows tina, the trade with Great Britain anc
her dependencies has maintained. !or III. las
fifteen years, ratio of very Ecafiy one-hali @
I" our whole foreign commerce, increasing aEc
declining with remarkable correspondence Ii
the general aggregate Of oar Trade with In,
world
The Annual Report OF The Secretary of tho
Treasury. on commerce and ra"i.aiion, for ~,
wear ending Both of September, 1872 shows, lha
Great Britain and her dependencies, that wear
took SIS, 5s33 81 OF our donesic ?. ,dncc, cr -,
1870 more than all the rest o. the weird he
sides; and the same Report, 10! The nine mohlh'
ending Goth June 1913, shows nat ui .:I,. 49, -.
Of domestic produce exported, Grea, Rita n a.
her dependencies took S:i5, i2S 81, or Sl3. 's3!
more than the rest oil the world-ncafly Tour
scvcnths Of the whole amount
The report OF September Both, 1872, (the las
which has been yet published in 1a'ail,( ahou :
too that Great Britain and hrr dependencies Il ie
nom us nearly four-icnths of all the iobacco, aat
siy,v-iour-h undrcGihs OF all The mannfaciEfcd 10
-, ,,t Ill ia,
wheat, sx;v-iourlu OF llnc ilcur, cisni-
teGlhs OF all the corn, neatly iive->cvcnlhs oi al
The corn and rye meal. more than two-hlrds o
all The biscuit and ship bread, and oi al The
apples exported from this country, computed hy
their value. From printed statement oi the
quantities OF tobacco exported from tlis poii an
nually, made by mercantile house o. this CITY
most extensively engaged in this trade, we Learn
that, during the eleven years ending October lst
1913, England. Scotland and Ireland have taSer
always more Than onc-hall, and, in 1899, over
lwo-thi.tlS OF the tobacco exported from This pJt
But, we are told that the 1rh0lc amount OF our or
ports Of agricultural produce compose but a com
parativcly small portion OF what is P.D,iuccd in
The country; and, after allowing to each indiyiu.
al in The country as much as ticy think he car
consume, they assert, that all the balance is q
surplus which muA be exported, or rot On ouT
hands. In reply 10 this, we would only say, hal
over-produclion Of the fruits Of the soil has ne.
yer We, been known 10 be iel, as an evil in an
county. 1t canno, he denied, too, that Tie pro
portion of our agricultural products 10 our nopu-
la,ion and our domestic consumers was as great
if not much greater, in former periods of our his.
tory than il is at present. And yet, no orc ever
heard OF our produce roltng in our scre-ho,.gc>
for want OF consumers. The fact, that The fruits
OF The soil have continued 10 be pro,rcct aGd lie
be sold, too, at prices which have afor cd I; !a:l
remuneration 10 sriculiuralisS, prove tie ~;
nifty of any such apprehensions OF over pr 'iuc-
ton Those who entertain them. seem Ia s,orl
thai The population OF the country is engaged N
any other occupations than those of agriculture
and manufactures that, of . population o. IL
OG2, 56G only 3,7l1,775G in this county ar" en-
poycd in agriculture; and that, even among
that number, those engaged in The cultivation OF
one kind Of product afford a aarl;c, io; The Tro-
ductions OF the rest Thus, according 70 Mr..
McDuilie's statement in his speech made The
30th of May last "So.:h Carolina a,one had
consumed -sl Am r00 If WpStrru nGyl. in ono