Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-08-05
(PROPRIETORS.
DOMESTIC.
Meeting Of Tobacc . 1nnufac,urers.

Meeting Of Tobacco M Mnnufn G turers.
An adjourned meeting of the Tobacco man
ufscturers Of Lynchburg was held at Friends
Warehouse on Tuesday evening the goth inst.
On motion made and seconded, Col Lang
horne was appointed Chairman, and A. D.
Read Secretary
lhe chairman then stated that at q meeting Of
the Tobacco Manufacturers which as held at
the same place on the Goth inst. committee
had been appointed to prepare apreamble and
resolutions to be submitted to this meeting.
and that the first business in order would be
the reading of the report.
MIR. A. d. Read, one of the committee then
arose and stated, that onthe day appointed for
the committee TO meet. Mr. Spence, the chair
man, stated to him that his business engage
ments were very pressing. and requested him
to prepare a preamble and resolution. He
accordingly prepared preamble, which he
read TO the committee, but prepared no resolu-
tions. At the request ofthe committee Mr.
VIM. NJ. Davis read to them paper which he
had prepared, and also series Of resolutions
The resolutions read by Mr. Davis were adop-
ted by the committee without any modification
They made some alterations in the preamble
which he read to them, and requested him TO
engraft into II one passage from the paper read
TO them, and to append to it Mr.. Davis reso.
lutions In the preparation of the paper which
he was about to read TO them he had not only
obeyed their Instructions. but had also intro
duced lntoit some other passages from the pa.
per ofMr. Davis, altering though, somewhat,
their phraseology.
He then proceeded to read the following
preamble and resolutions:
| We. the committee appointed to prepare a
preamble and resolutions, TO be submitted 10
the meeting which was adjourned to this even
ing from Tuesday evening, the Goth inst, beg
leave 10 submit the following as the result Of
our deliberations:
| Before adver,ing though, directly, TO the
object for which the last meeting was called
we deem 1t not improper upon the present oc
caslon, to devote a few remarks to the origin
and progress of the Tobacco Manufacture o
Virginia, and to offer at the same time few
reflections upon that subject which cannot fail
to press themselves upon the attention of any
one who will devote to it moderate amour,
of time and labour.
The origin of the Tobacco Manufacture OF
Virginia may be said to be almost coeval with
its origin in the United States. Her manufac.
turers by their skill, energy and inventive ge-
MUS. by the liberality which they have always
displayed In patronIzlng every new discovery,
calculated to improve and advance this inter
est. and by the advantage which they enjoyed,
IN beng located in the region of country in
which the raw material was grown, early at.
tanned pre- emlnence in reputation which they
have to the present time maintained. This
manufacture originated in, and has always been
prosecuted entirely by the enterprise ofprvatc
individuals. Unlike some other manufactur.
ing interests which have been gotten up in this
State. it was not heralded into existence BY the
labors Of public meetings or by puffs from the
editorial corps. Butt was silently and almost
lnperceptibly commenced by the quiet and
patient labors of few unobtrusve and unpre
tending individuals. 1t has increased in con.
sequence. with rapidly more than commen.
surate with the growth of our country, and has
now attained an importance which, whether
viewed in respect to the amount Of labor and
capital employed in its prosecution, or the a.
mount of money which its export annually
brings into Virginia, may be said almost to over
shadow that ofevery other manufacturing in
terests in our State. The raw material which
1t consumes is grown almost entirely within
our own border. 1t gives employment to a.
bout twelve thousand operatives. and the val.
ue ofits annual export is not worth less than
eight millions of dollars. 1t is cmphatically
Virginla's great manufacturing interest.
There are some strklngpolnts ofresemblance
between the origin and present condition OF
the Tobacco Manufacture in Virginia. and tha,
Of other branches Of manufacture in other
countries which still retain high pre-cminence
England early took the lead in the manufac-
turc Of Cotton Fabrics and Iron, and France
in that Of Silks and Cassimers; and having
once taken that position other nations have
never been able to surpass or even 10 equal
them. A remarkable proof of the advantage
which the having early established high re
putaton in any branch Of manufacturing in.
dustry gives to any people, is exhibited in the
pre-emnence which England now enjoys in
the manufacture Of Cotton fabricks. She does
not grow upon her own soil pound of the
raw material which her manufacturers con-
sumo. She has to encounter the expense ol
transporting it to her own shores from Aneri
ca, Egypt and India. But notwithstanding
these disadvantages. her cotton fabrics not only
enjoy the almost exclusive monopoly Gf the
free markets of the world, but they are re-
transported to those countries whence the raw
material is taken, and come into successful
competition,w other manufacturers of simi.
lar article. although her fabrics are in many in.
stances burthened with heavy duties.
In the Tobacco Manufacture. Virginia en-.
, joys the advantage, not only ofhaving been the
first to acquire high reputation, but also ol
possessing a soil. and climate admirably a.
daptcd to the growth of the raw material. In
I the production of the finer kinds Of manufac-
! turing leaf lands have been found to be adapt
ed to it. and have been put into profitable cul-
tivation which otherwise would hardly have
been deemed worth the labor Of clearing.
The stimulus also which our manufacturers
have offered 10 planters to improve the quail
. ,y of their crops by high prices paid by them
for superior descriptions of leaf tobacco. ha.
: contributed much towards the superiority
which her manufacturing leaf now possesses
over that grown in any other State. If we
r look through hout the length and breadth of the
, Old Dominion, we will see manifest and vari
ed evidences ofimprovementin her agriculture
but in no one branch Of it will we witness q
more pleasing change than is exhibited in hel
planting interest. From a state Of feeble ant
sickly dependence upon foreign demand, i
has been elevated to certain and profitable
pursuit, having always at home steady anc
reliable demand at remunerative prices. il
the place ofpoverty and debt among our plan
ters, has come comfort and independence, thu
land oftheir birth has been rendered attractive
> and if eui uiorafop n pof haen totally arrasta,