Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-04-16

they would find in this direct and rapft
transmission of mails sufficient mo
tive for keeping up correspondence
; with their friends through that channel
instead of subjecting theirletters to thu
: delays and uncertainties 10 which they
are exposed when sent by sailing yes
sells, or the increased and excessive
charges which they must pay ifsent by
the Cunard line, through England
From January, 1882, up to January
| 1916, ISL, 919 emigrants embarked
| from Bremen for the U. S. The i'm.
portance ofthis fact will at once be per-
celved upon examining statement OF
emigrants who embarked from Bremen,
compared with the number who embar-
led from the ports Of the North sea in
the year 1915. 24saa
! From Hamburg, the number of emf
grants sailing for the U. States was,
within that year, 1900. From Rotter-
dam, abont 5000. From Amsterdam,
1,600. From .Rntwerp, 5,041; while
from Bremen it amounted to 81 ,016.-
1t may fairly be supposed that the am
cunt of correspondence will bear some
ratio with the number of emigrants -
and if this should prove to be true,
Bremen, in this single view, possesses
advantages, as point of communica-
| ton. which are not to be found IN 9TH
err ports. -..-. .....
There are, however, other consider
atoms connected with this subject, that
ought not to be overlooked. Nothing
can be regarded as unimportant which
tends TO develope our resources, and
increase the facilities of commercial in
tercourse between the thirty millions Of
Germany, demanding every year larg-
er supply Of our products, and the
twenty millions of our own industrious
and enterprising people, engaged in
producing the articles which they re-
quire. The trade which we at present
enjoy with that country yields the most
important advantages. Some of our
products, which are burdened with hea-
Wy duties in England and in FRANCE,
enter Germany under light charges,
and in some Of the coast States they
pass almost free. Our tobacco pays,
upon entering the British ports, duty
Of 70 cents per pound: in France the
article passes at once into the hands OF
the government, which monopolizes
the trade; while at Bremen it is charg-
ed with mere nominal duty Of two
thirds Of one per cent. ad valorum.-
The tobacco trade with France is fur
ther embarrassed by regulation re-
Gently adopted by the French govern
ment, which restricts the importation OF
that article in French ships; thus ex-
Guiding American vessels from all bene
fits of carryingil. This regulation not
only embarrasses the trade in tobacco,
but subjects the article to increased
! charges, by diminishing competition
for its transportation, and of course les
sens the profits of the producer. The
quantity Of tobacco entering all the
ports of France annually amounts to a.
bout 10000 hogsheads, while the sin
i gle port Of Bremen received last yeal
AZ, 551 hogsbeaGs. More than one
third of all the tobacco exported from
{ the United States within the last twelve
years, was imported into Bremen.
r 1t appears, too, from an examination
of the ta5les,recently prepared, thatit:
importation into that port steadilyin
creasing, for the quantity receive,
there in 1845 exceeded by 5 1892 hogs
heads the importation of the preceding
year.
The importance of the trade in to
: bacco will be seen more clearly by loo
king to the increased production Of tina
: article in the u. States. afr
t In 1910, it appears, by tables whicl
accompany the census, that the tobac
t co crop Of Ohio amounted to 5,942 81!
pounds, and that of Florida to rs, 274
pounds, nl845.the crop of Ohio in
, creased, as it appears by actual inspec
, ton at Baltimore, to 26, ZIG, 0O0pounds
. while that of Florida, sold in Bremen
alone reached $4,000; some of i
+ comparing with the Havana tobacco
E and bringing as high as dollar pc
pound. ,sae 9a
! In some other States the proportion
ate increase has been still greater.
: Nor are the advantages of our trad
] with that port confined to tobacco, 70
y Bremen receives nearly as much whal
: oil as is imported into all the othe
v ports of the North sea; and its importa
i tion of rice, exceeding that of any 9
s these ports, is about equal to that 9
n Hayre. While we enjoy, under exist
n ing arrangements, this advantageou
/ trade with the North Of Germany, it