Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-06

men think and s'ouy Contend that we should opplsc
TINS expenditure IN our midst OF million II dollars or
morn In enable tn Judge who frht in this mat
tor OF they, let Us try To- the question by reference
10 matters aud things with which the people OF lynch
burg ate prfactly familiar.
The Tobacco trade If this town for five years ending
3Oih September 1919 =was as follows;
1915 IN o0t Uhds
1916 S.505
1Si7 II GS2
1913 $50
- 1919 loi65 averaging o sos hbds.
To this add the loblecl packed in
llhds. by the planters, equal 10 a re.
eeiP annually OF 800
And il gives the tho total quantity II 3tlS IIhls
am informed that il would ba safe IN
place thus Tobacco al this value the
-, 9So5 5I lI9 I'd, s65 per HID Or s637 $50
Tho 500 llhdS. above at So 90 per
HID Is 7SoOn
! Making our trade with the growers of
'i3lacco stand at SI55eo
This trade is tho great basis Of the commerce of our
Town and our citizens fearing II might. In the proQo
ct events diminish rather than ncroasc have embarked
with liberaiy that deserves the highest commeudation
IN an effort to enlarge their commerce and diversity their
industry and 1t is proposed tat in the execution Of het
designs, Rolling Mill shall bo erected here To manutac
inte the rails or the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road
winch Is 10 open 10 us country larger than of the
States Of the Union that now oustip Virginia in com.
meicc and all the elements of wealth IN this estim,lo If
the country from which tonnage will come on our all
Road. do not look beyond East Tennessee. Let Us
see what addition the eTcvton of the proposed Rolling
Mil Will make 10 our aje. aud how that nddion III
stand with reference TO our Tobacco trade The frmof
has been shown 10 be worth $4,000 Rolling Mill
IN manufacture SIX thousand of rails annually viii
reqnlre an expenditure mon bly, In payment for Labor to
worhmen and managers. of 1920 90
In Pig Iron OF II O6p IA
lh1odl oil 1000 %
| Making monthly outlay Of S23, $50 90
or total yearly expenditure of $oS6, 800 which ia equal
to an increase in the business Of the town. of iracon
over tenlh3 our whole trade with the Tobacco MAN
tets of Virginia and North Carolina Yet "A S,ockhol
der, Another Stakeholder aud "A b. c." say that
IT Is not TO our interest that such augmentation OF our
trade should take place In considering this view of the
subject. beg you to reflect, that. while the trode Of
IynchbutG would be thus increased the lion interest OF
the South West would be iosorcd and cherished, the
farmers of the surrounding country would be benefited
furnishing every thing that would be consumed by the
Artz'ns who would come hero to receive and cxpend
the 22O 90 monthly dsbursed by the operations of the
Rolling Mil; hence this view is one which should
influence the Stockholders of Lynchbnre only but is Of
equal weight when considered by the Stoc kholders Of
South Western Virginia.
"Anoher Stakeholder" takes exception 30 tho action
OF Convention of Iron Masters held recently in Ioxno.
tom 1hlS Is matter between your correspondent aud
The members of that Convention they are nbnndanily
able To defend themselves, and will not be guilty OF the
presumption OF appearing as their champion; but will
venture to say that can nothing extraordinary in
what was done, nor In the obvious motives which must
have governed the action of those who composed that
Convention. hat Were the circumstances under which
/ TINT Convention assembled The gentlemen who com
posed II have embarked their frtunes ia branch OF in
dusty, which they believed about In be sacrificed To
benefit another aud foreign interest they meet and re-
specially TenonstaIe with those whom riuhully be
ongs the decision of the question: whether not foreign
iron shall come lnto the Country free Of TOLLS for transit
10 the exclusion Of American iron. This is the sum to
tai Of all that was done by the Convention of Iron mas
T tiers at Lexington. | commend them FIR their wnchfu
they express. that if the President and Directors of the
James River and Kanawha Company shall modify the
iaflii of tolls on their canal, 10 admit English Iron to
be transported on II AT less toll than they charge on
American iron, they do in effect offer botltg upon the
importation n that article, which the Congress of
/ the United States would not dare 10 do.
One word more aud | have done. "Anoiher Stock
hodct slys in his last communication: repeat thai
1t Is not my purpose 10 be dSrespccliu 10 any one
claim the privilege only OF Investigating question in
which the cltzfns of this place, of whom one arc
involved to the extent of half million of dollars"
claim the same privilege, and | assure "Another
StochhoIder' that am sensible Of the perfectly unexcep
sonaoe manner IN which he has conducted TIN, discus
sion, and that no more difference Of opinion ever has or
ever can induce TO violate the rule he has 81 care
fully observed, nor in the least affect my personal ela
lions with iii ,so who diiler in opinion with mo.
Il Friend 10 the Tnginm and
Tennessee Rail Eoad