Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-30

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her imports t. double the present amount. II vessels
f,eiohed from the United States, with tobacco for The
no, on the North sea- could get inward cargoes in ad
dtion 10 steerage passengers instead OF returning IN
ballast they could afford TO carry their outward reghs
al lower rate than they are now obliged TO charge.-
Sire we should be doubly benefited by changing
our policy We would make the consumer aoe u buy,
and the staple would be transported on more adSan-
lapeous terms TO ali interested
Rv increasing our imports from Germany, Franee
aud G,.af Britan aoo,d be forced 10 rtiaz an thar
gid sustain If monopoIy aHd taIatton on bbaeco-so
sons As THEIR ExcHrQuERs COULD gE PLACED Is A
coxp,rt,s RI ADMIT OF suCH A sTgP! In Eng land u
d,mDu,Ion of duty on this article IS beginning 10 be
loudly ca led for late number oil the "Nlorning
Chronicle" says: The Tobucco duties, spirits and
six duties all in the same team, and afford ex
:. i.nsiye facilities TO fraud aud corruption. Of the
:. whole three however, the Crown duty upon tobac
co has the foul pre.emInence OF being the heaviest
$ in comparison with the actual price
The wealthy consumer oil cigars s taxed only from
80 TO 100 per cent-the poor consumer OF snuff and
tobacco from 800 to 1000 per cent Yes, from l2Uo
to 1910 per cent :! A writer IN the same paper, OF
the o.i instant, says that the quantity OF tobacco
smurned is nearly as large as that which pays du-
,y and asks the transformations, then, IS The evil
TO be remedied' Very easily 1t IS comprised IN
three words-reduee the duty. II The present un-
reasonably high duty was reduced 10 IS 0, 's , "a
per 10, it would have the desired effect. THIS
i" reduction in the duty would DE attended WIN more
advantages than one it would be three-'old II would
not only put eeclua stop TO the nelari"uS tfaie'
" and the evils and the vices 10 which u gives o''."'
and which follow in lis tram, bul IL "ouiu Ill 'he
same time render unnecessary the perncous sys1h III
g of the adu,era,ion of the article, which It IS 10 be
feared at present, is extensively pracsed The re-
:. ductlon of the duty the amount above mentioned,
would ALSO sat siied, III the end repen'sh ra'hef
than diminish the National Exchcquer; 'nasmuch, rs
50 MI the Tobacco then consumed, would have paio
az OF
of II ms at present, some assert one-aa IL the
alt calculation be correct then the amount yielded
e b the article ut even this reduced duty, would very
nearly up t, the sum Tesi'zed oy Tue eHistng
duty; but when we take into consideration the iact
IS that n reduction in the duty an article OF 1ca,Tm
usc increases TO a extent, the consumption Of
that article cannot fail to arrive Of The conclusion,
that the revenue would Of no, Immediately yet very
Is shor,y0 be gamer by the change.
These opinions show that ihere is disposition in En-
cland favorable to reduction of duty, but 1t will be
utterly unatle to accomplish any thing unless with the
co.Dpc rat on of the PEOPLE OF the United Stats Ii
John Bull perceives that he is losing the sale oil his
broad cloths and calicoes account OF The obstacles
winch he has raised TO the consumption OF our staple,
he NAV be sh,ewd enough devise some ether plan
or supplying his Treasury, if there should be any ma
ter,al dnnu,ion in the receipts of the customs, by
change of from three sbilngs TO one shilling per pound;
and also overcome his prejudice against It's general
use in consequence of ,s being the product OF SLAVE
Is the reader aware, by the by, that ihr
high contracting parties TO the celebrated "uintuPle
Treaty." (Which originated in British hunbuggery0
raise annually in the aggregate, no less sum IMAM
$50 900 900 by imposs on Tobacco land this too os-
tensibly measure OF Finance
By reference to a statement, which transmitted t.
you by the last Ste amer you will observe that, IN 1855
the receipts of Pirgna Tobacco at the ports on me
North Sea were only 800 hogsheads and that, IN loi2
they reached 90 25 ahibtng an increase
IN five years OF 10 05 hogsheads. The quantity I'M
ported this year, OF Ibis description, Will PROBABLY
amount to % coo This is enough 10 freight fo'iy
ships OF ordinary s'z. No", VITA srch exports .'on'
Richmond she should be benefited by the inward voy-
ages Of these vessels There abundance Of treeh,
here load ship every week TO the Notta oea, nine
months in the year. and thus regular line OF Packets
might he established il! they could be filed with enl
grants for their return trips This can be elected u
Virginia has her true interests property al hearl y"
that is necessary accomplish IT is the comptto o.
the "Jarnes River and Kanawha improvement ANY
one who will examine The map OF the United States
will be struck with The drectEcss OF the route between
the sea-board and the Western States via kchmono,
Lynchburg, Charleston on Tue kanawha, ~c'-ano
of the advantages IL possesses, IN heng uut e"poai
ly obs,ructed by ice, Canal communication NORM
of it, You have then but to finish this Work, ana pun
the prices of passage fair rate, and each snip 10
which YOU give a cargo wIll bring you in return Two
passepgers 10 convey lie Ohio r,ver for every five
tons of her measurement The emlgrants wll, fee
quite confident Gail for Richmond preference to other
ports they ascertain that they can be e1pe
dt,ousy conveyed from thence onward: tecaus they
reach their place of destination at less expense
with more certainty-and by travelling shorter dis
lance than if they were to land elsewhere.
Iuohirds Of all the Emgrants To the United States
from Germany, embark at Bremen, and feel author
lied in saying. from what witness, that tco thirds oil
all the Tobacco imported from the United Stltes, tor
German consumption, wl. when the railroads and ca
mails Intended To connect the Weser with The interior
are completed, he imported into Bremen. Bremen IS
empha,ically The Tobacco market of Europe. With oil
the of Antwerp and the Duch Ports TO divert
the trade in this article from there 80 lar from lis being
diminish d. il: has steadily and rapidly grown 1t has
been perfectly systemazed by The merchants who re-
gard the commerce in it their i'gttadte branch oil
buslness-undersandi i, more thoroughly, II posi-
be than those of New Bedford do the whale trade
As Bremen, the rpre, Will continue 10 purchase heav
" our Tobacco, and embark vas, number OF Eini
grants 10 our sorrs why should not vessels be cleared
from there drsct Richmond, instead OF taking Their
New York aud other ports, and then SAIL
ing TO Richmond for their outward cargo: For no other
reason than that there suitable outlet through the
bosom OF Virginia to the West. Let such com:nnni-
be opened, and you will at once secure the car
rying of emigrants by 1t in proportion to your exports
n Tobacco. Yours, truly, AGRlCOLA.