Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-19

"',, Wv, ,c'a,,'ssJ ,ohacco and snuff Taking
. o estimate for this item, and the de-
fc;encv NJ tbe SIMPLY 10 foreign markets is 3''9o
bhds-vet Tuckahoe uses Mr.. Dodge TO prove, II
| understand him correctly, that The low prices oi
1912 and 1913 were caused by an over supp!
Now. emitting Mr. Dodscs estimate VI uic
home consumption. and taking 'he Que siten ~
Tuckahoe, then estimating me european .e'i ,o,a
al the average quantity actually cTpo'tea III loio
and 1911 ,rbeu oooi pr3ccS iccre obtaiacd showing
that the forpion market lcdS not 0rcra0cAeo, ana
we have the following statement:
The produc, of the United States oo, ~.
(Mr. Dodge) ioi'oo' Mus
ConSullptlon VI VIZ 10000 "
Leaving for Export, i-i'o''
Foreign demand (arerase per lrea- ,.,,.c
sury Rcpor.)
DEFICIENCY in the supply, l2,loo
If "Tuckahoc' will look 10 the Treasury state
men,s he will find. that the average exporter To-
bacco from the United States for the ten years
next before 1872. was 1927 hhds. per annum,
bringing fair average into the country yet he
comes before the public 10 estimate the European
demand al $4,000 hhds.; in the face, too, OF his
own communication TO the Richmond Wing, that
the average export ot Tobacco for the last hrc
BcaYS was 100000 hhds al tie tcas And Will
add what he will not deny, that all oil TINS over
supply brough, better prices before the larIil
than since the Tariff of 1912 According 10
his estimate of $4,000 hogshcads for the foreign
demand. We have been pouring into Europe an
over supply OF 1,ll5 hhds. oiTobacco, annually,
for ten wears. If this be so, why is II, that the
price did moi materially decline until the Iarlli
act? In $50 and 1871. we exported an average
OF 1873 i56 10 Tuckahoc, an over
supply of IS l56 hhds. per annun; yet il did not
fan in price until the passage of the Tariff low
is this To BE- accounted for on 'Fuckahocs as>er-
ton that 100 900 hhdS. produced in America over
stock the foreign markets! In $50, the census
shows. that lS2 $50 hhds were produced; YET This
crop. exported in 1911, sold better than the crops
subsequent 10 TIA, time. The export OF ISL was
III i2S hhds, being an ovcrsupply of32, 12S hhcS.
according 10 TuckahocS estimate OF the foreign
demand;) yet the expectation OF that year brought
better prices than any expectations SINCE the pas
sage Of the Tariff. Admitting that the estimates
OF Tuckahoe. as 10 the foreign and domestic mar
kes, are both perfectly correct and we have the
demand Tor American tobacco estimated al 1885,
900 hids. The crop produced in 1910, the cen
snS informs us was lS26 $50 hhds. Here, then,
was an oversuppy oi 41636 hhds.: yet the price
OF the enormous export OF that year, was Sl23lb,-
703 What says Tuckahoe, and his trumpeler,
supply of 10000 hhds such wonderful effects,
since The passage Of the TARIFF
Alter saving 10 Tuckahoe, that in my humble
Judgment; he had better look 10 the actual exports
OF the United States, made al good prices, 10 as
certain the foreign demand. than trust 10 the evil
dcnce of a witness whom ne first introduces and
then discredits. | would add that il he had been
as DESTROYS Of giving The planters OF Virginia
correct information on the sublcc, on which ne
wrote, a he was 10 serve party, he would have
drawn little more upon Mr.. Van Buren'S >pe
cial agent" Had he examined into this matter
as he should have done, by referring 10 the Con
gressional Document above alluded 10, he would
have found that the only two estimates OF Nh
Dodge which he relies upon as approximalnS 10
the truth, were stalled 10 be incorrect: whilst lie
only estimate of Mr.. Dodge which he dScaIds
is precisely the very one which is not questioned.
This be will find upon the 2sth page.
While am abiding 10 this document will
say, that il contains letter from Tuckahoe TO the
Hon L. w Hubbard, enclosing one OF his for
mer articles 10 the Richmond Wing. saying of
this article: "Bv this YOU will see, that do not
think il would benefit Virginia 10 gel the Euro
pam markets. say England, France, Italy. and
Spain TO REDUCE THE DUTIES VERY Low oN TO-
Bacco: al any rate, would not regulate them by
relaliatorv duties" This same experienced mer-
chant, in his communication Of the 10th OF Octo-
har says
we admit the duty on our tobacco in Eng
land, of So per 100 lbs. in Russia, Of $40 &c
per 100 It's. in Germany, of So 81 per 100 lbs.
and the monopoies OF France Austria, Sardinia,
Naples &C., have the effect OF preventing our
coming into fair competition with the tobacco
growers Of Europe and prevent our supplying
some OF their neighbors on snch terms as would
enable US ultimately to supply them altogether"
Now, without meaning 10 cast any, the slight
est reflection on the merchants of our civ. must
l.. allowed 10 say, that one OF the fraternity who
seems 10 be vacillating in his opinions as these
extracts VOID make us believe Tuckahoc is, can
not lie considered as fully qualified 10 lead the
peopls'o Virginia, by virtue of his avocation;
however we'll he NAV be skilled in buying and
selling, on commission or Otherwise.
Having said thus much 10 Tuckahue, would
beg leave To state to the Editors Of the X. Wing,
that they seem to misunderstood an expression
in my letter 10 them OF the Nth October. | meant
10 saw that they had called me before the public
under my own name, and challenged me 10 dis
cussion Of the Tariff question | accepted the
challenge, provided their paper was open TO me.
| was unwilling, that my name should be used as
coupled with statements or arguments which
could not have The privilege OF answering bet~c
tic same audiencc. With this understanding,
am still ready for the discussion. anticipate no
attacks OF PERSONAL ehardctey, and il they are
made shall trust nv defence" 10 the columns OF
no paper, neither Wing nor Democratic.
HENRY.