The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-12-14
THE STEAM LINE.

the other day, says ia that paper of yesterday ::
Your correspondent did not say I" that there
is NOT enough produce in Virginia TO load seve-
raj sbips for Enrope,'' but he said that several
ships left James River in last year, and tins IN
ballast. because they could not procure
freights.
We certainly thought he meant the inference
which we drew ourselves from his remarks, TO
he drawn by others. We could not see, other
wise. any force in the remark. However, we
are glad to have the candid admission implied
in this extract. No man will hereafter deny
thu, there is produce enough in Virginia to
lad "seyeral vessels for Europe, or any
other part Of the world, and we shall regard
the failure on the occa aston alluded to, as mere
accident.
We are always glad TO stand corrected when
we are in error, and therefore admit the force Of
she annexed paragraph:
Your correspondent did not say "that New
York has become the regular channel through
which shippers send their goods to Europe,
which the editor says he knew before, but
which YOUR correspondent does not know now,
and he asserted directly the reverse, TO wit :
that we exported direct TO Europe 1880 hhds
tobacco, and 5000 hhds. stems, and only about
$500 hhds. tobacco coastwise 10 New York,
and all other domestic markets.
We would, however, ask one simple ques.
ton. How many of the vessels engaged in
this direct trade are owned in New York, or
rather, how many are owned out Of Virginia |?
We subjoin two more paragraphs:
Your correspondent did rot say THAT trade
had deserted us," but that we now manufactur-
cd IF at tn Al
that we had less than formerly to export to
Europe-ihat our -four was preferred in the
northern and eastern States to their own for
home consumption, and they exported theirs
and paid better price for ours, except what
was required for Brazil. to which country we
exported largely and direct: cleo 10 Australia
and California.
1t would be strange sort of free trade, that
should dictate the market to which we should
ship our produce, instead of permitting us to
send it where we could obtain the best p.ice.
Wereally cannot see that adding 100 100000
Of souls to the list OF hose who purchase our
poduets could, in any way, restrict the free
trade of which the writer speaks, and we are
vet to learn that tha offer of new market to
the producer, resembles dieia.!on; in the slight
est degree. We have always supposed AIls1ef-
10, that competition was the life Of trade. But
we are conscious that we have, like an ambi-
tious swimmer, yentured beyond our depth,
and we are warned by the "ne sutor ultra Gre
pidam'o the writer TO come ashore, which we
may. We shall, for the future, upon the strength
of the inference plainly deducible from the
last of the above paragraphs, regard every
attempt to increase the number OF our markets
as q species Of dictation 10 shippers. We shall
regard the conduct Of the British Government
in throwing open the ports of Australia to our
breadstuffs, as indicative of disposition TO lay
down the law to our producers, and designed
to compel them to send their flour to Au ,tralia,
and to sell il there for thirty or forty dollars
barrel. Indignant patriotism will, no doubt,
spurn this arrogant assumption, and will still
continue to sell five, six and seven dollars, as
it has done before. for Americans are not the
men to submit to diciaton. The impairment
dictation of the Emperor of Brazil who is
about, most nsolently, 10 throw open the Anna
2on river TO our commerce, will no doubt be
resented, in like spirit, by our producers.
The fact that SO large proportion Of our
tobacco is now manufactured ct home, is GER
tainly highly encouraging. la 1851, accord
ing TO the very luminous exposition made by
this very writer for there is no misaking him)
in the Southern Planter for this month, IS, 953
hhds. were manufactured and shipped coast
wise in this State, out Of total Of 43, BOG in
specled, leaving stock on hand Of IA 1853
hhds. During the same year, according to the
same report, there were shipped from the
whole United States 7,235,000 pounds of ma
nufactureu tobacco, or about 5000 hhds., leav-
ing the rest for home consumption. The pros.
pect is very encouraging to planters, as it
seems to be very certain from these statistics,
that the demand will always be large. Oh
course, the larger the quantity consumed here
the greater will be the price abroad, according
TO the rules of demand and supply. The fac,
that SO large quantity is consumed at home,
and that the demand continues undated
abroad, must and will stimulate production
Instead Of $1,000 hhds., the crop of last year
Virginia could, herself, supply three times the
amount, to say nothing of the immense re-
gons OF tobacco country with which her i'm
provements are designed TO put her in commu
nicaton. For this reason, Virginia owes ,
debt OF gratitude to the correspondent of the
Times, who has laid open to her, through the
columns OF the Planter, The mine of wealth
which invites her 10 come and take possession
HE fact that there was no freight even fors
few vessels last yeur, SO far from depressing
should stimulate the friends of this line. The
see the enormous wealth that is ready TO pc,
in upon them. They know what must be II
advantages Of supplying the tobacco use
among population composing tenth of Il
living souls on the whole globe. They kno
the rapidly with which the use OF tobac,
spreads. All that Virginia wants is An n,
let for her trade. Let it be known tn
it may be found here, and here her n,