Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-09
FoR rHE ENQUIRER
To the Members Of the Legislature OF pLrsinia

To the Members OF the Legislature OF ptrsinia.
In the Enquirer OF the 24.h OF January, adj
dressed You on the subject OF establishing by law
Scale-houses in The city OF Richmond, Tor inc
purpose Of weighing corn and wheat SOFA W 'hd'
market. The plan proposed had reference 10 me
weighing of corn and wheat eIcinSlueig. Ohlul-
her reflection. it has occurred 10 the mina OF me
writer thai if the Legislature deem he subject al
all worthy ut consideration, the pan iai.ht o
extended; being made TO embrace Wllhin ~
scope OF lis operation other artlcics besides coih
and wheat. Flour is manufactured 10 large
onanlilies in the upper country, and carried down
+, Richmond. where II is ie-urishei and SOLD.
Rarun and lard. too, are a source ~ considerable
revenue 10 some, and, il appears ~ The writer, 20
oethpr with flou!, constitute very lar subjects lof
legislation, and in the adoption q! any pau
for the benefit Of the farming commnni'y, cia'h
a due share III your attention. oflrctinh has
heen started. as The writer has been informed, !"
he weighing vi Indian corn, particularly 'c"io-
ing 10 the plan he proposes, 10y q s"oi" ~.
ot The Common wealth, and IN scdieS =
BY law) on the ground oil inc"nSe""'"s ~.
,ronble attendant on The process OF weisnih" anu
.aaoo,an, aol;verv NJ The mills. lie is not so
NODDED IA IN, idea but that he would cheeriuly
snr,.nder !, for a bcrter. II h. shall succeed III
.wakeniny The attention OF the Legislature TO me
;mnnr,ancc OF action On The subject, one utlrct
| which he had in view will have been al'aineh.--
In a multitude Of council, there y wisdom
He knows there is something 'adicaliy wrong,
and il is 10 ferret out and cofrec, the evil, That he
would tain invoke legislative aid. AS to neon
v~enience or trouble, nothing that IS valuable III
| Lille can be accomplished without. Even !. lhe
| farmer were 10 gain but hall III what \ mas peen
shown he loses under the existing state OF lhin9s,
he might we'll afford 10 submit. But 10 Covia'e
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The writer would suggest as a modification 81 ms
plan. that wheat be weighed as i the universal
custom every where, and that corn be SOFA anu
delivered according 10 The running measure, tht
same hail bushel (say the Baltimore seal) Dein@
adopted by law as The Standard thIcusho'' 'e
Siale-in every instance a SWORN nisih'e,estn
measurer, or tally-kecper. The hall oushei can
moi get onl of order. Ii is something Inc pam
farmer CAN see, appreciate and VI. efsaha. ne
difference in the weight OF corn ior d seiies "
years is acknowledgements WIN lnai "a
wheat, TOO inconsideTable 10 afford a ioth'uaoe
barrier 10 The adoption OF The pan. Every m'n i
who makes corn can supply himSei' WIN q 10"
bushel. the use OF which, with a knowledge Oh me
f,c,tha,; il coreesnonds with The standard measure.
nuts his mind al resi-; Tor, in the event Oh a ia'i'
ing short. he knows at once Dhere 10 locate 'We
tamil and IN whom 10 look tor redress. Inc re-
sponsibilily attaches 10 The lnternedide dssn'
Who in view of The consequences, is stimulated 10
fidelity in The discharge of his every duty. There
is no good reason why corn should mol be re.
ceiyed 10 this way in Ricnmond-no objection
which would mol apply with equal iorce TO Bal
,imore. Norfolk and many OF the Eastern ports
sotere |, is now received, according to The run
ming measure. The writer's exrefi'Iss bear:
him out in the assertion, that corn STINT 10 Baiti
more, almost invariably over-runs; whereas, II
Richmond, according to The present Mode OF re-
ceiying il, it as invariably falls short. A gentle
man, an acquaintance Of The writer, in every
respect worthy Of credibility, informed him a
shorl TINT since, that Two friends This, residing IL
The same neighborhood, sent, the one, his crop
corn, two hundred barrels, 10 Ba'iimofe-the ON
or sen, his, precisely the same amount 10 NC e.
mond. in The one instance, ii over-ran some o,
bushels; in The other, he will not say Presise'5
but he thinks il Tell short the same amoshl.I
Now is moi this an astounding tacf 10 say nom
ing OF the diminution 10 the melt proceeus, oecd
stoned by the presen, enormous rates oil cnafslo!
in the civ of Richmond, which deer many met
chants on Underwater from sending lheir Sfa''
10 Richmond, as The writer Will proceed u
showl Having noticed some commnnlcaIlon
in the Enquirer abouttwelye mon'ns SINCE, 'ouch
ing he raies Of charging in Richmond, and sal
10 have emanated from the pen Of a very INTEL
gent gentleman and distinguished farmer IN WI