Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-02
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To he Edtofs n He R,eh0,ood Wig:

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re he Filters he R,e1D,ood Wig
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The petition 10 which No alluded was re
ltueI 10 the committee OF revision, who re.
ported fl orabl upon il, granting us all the
| privileges Wc asked, by removing the colnpat
sorry feature from The old hw. When tho bill
cane up, upon is tina paeagc.it was opposoc
| by III delegate Gom Rielmoad, who intro
duce an amendment, restoring 1.-the obnox.
lou. features Of the old Las and compelling all
-four To undergo an inspection before leaving
The STATE.
This created some debote-the valley re.
. onandthelorlcr coumie, upon the Roanoke
all Ohio m1uilcsrine determination sus.
tain b. committee, alleging that II world be
Ipreposteroos o suppose tncy should 90 miles
oa OF th,ir way 10 conlorn to so ridiculous a
requirement The dclcgtc from Richmond,
n tie discussion which cnsuad, stated That he
was legislafas for no section Oft stare, but
for the ,nfCrcaf Of the State Vt large; that ho
n presented the largest milling interest n the
STAY, Ihat would i've thousands for The priv
irgc asked ior-lhat il wasof vital importance
to then; ba; that such VAS lis con, teton of
duty, that lie would oppo. he lil1. 4 do not
pretend 10 giye the exact words Of tie dele.
gate, bat the SUI stance the report of the dis.
eus#ian will show He then amended his
amendment, hy requiring inspections to be
compulsory, when an inspection Wns cony eu-
eut. This Was most adj oily dooc The val
ley egion, The border counties upor The Ohio
and Bomolle. by his co slIuciion, were OK.
cmpte d--aId tie whole operation of the law
saddlcd upon tie james River Valley. the
only Porjuuo lhc State pciidanng Tor us re-
ps.5.
We 10 not dcsirrlo b. particularly per-
$ nal 10 the representative fom Richmond,
Ilhoueh be held us up 10 pub ic exccrarion MS
II thavlnE, chcotinI community, whose appli-
cali m was bortomed upon fraud, hut we must
say lhat he argued ibis question more in the
sprit OF feed advocate than an enlightened
rcrrc en- atlvc We heard that the Richmond
millers manl, sled great deal of interest in
he mater, bn not III the way their delegate
would have us believe. W. know it Is not To
their interest to have tina; law repealed and
we know II is not TO the interest of The civ
trade to have our flour pass jhroughher hout
giving them ell. They have commissions,
storage. wharfage aud ayagc. d pcIh ,ps
some oth1r items of expense which hey desire
| to fob, We perfectly understand Inc crirc2ae
! dysn e"esfcdness Of her representative.
We DO not moan to complain Of or assail
! tie city niIlers, but We must say that The whole
! legislation upon inspection imrcs solely to
Their benefit aud to the prejudice 81 the whole
farming and milling interest along the Valley
OF James River. We safe hat the milling
and brnng interest are identical: place the
miller IN better pos Ton tlnn he now is,
aud he can afford to pay the farmer more for
It's wheat. Ii any one vii contrast the prices
OF wheat and -four III tie Northern market.
with those obtained in the IGchm"nl market.
he vii find there Is great Discrepancy be-
tween the two. Take of or absurd nspcc-
ton laws give the upland miller this 30lb5. of
wheat which we contend he is row losing by
this operation, or the privilege Of shipping his
! liotr free of inspection, and Wc Will warrant
you better prices for your wheat. As your
laws now are we are over, hadowcd by these
mammoth establishments OF Richmond With
the advance which thpir -four commands oven
tie upland flour. end The protection which The
high inspection gives them the upland miller
IS entirely a their mercy, aud 1t is an accident
# he makes dime
Tie repre-. sentative from Richmond urged
that some cheat Or adulteration was intended,
aud hence the desire Of the upland miller to cs-
i cape an examination. from an inspection and
't'5 VAS necessary to sustain the character
- southern flour abroad. He appears uiucl,
,'he sohcilous for his Northern neigh. ours,
"'' 'ot his mm. date constituents; for there l..
~ s'"'a'' Compelling an inspection ia oui.
Z. - y oh,E applies 10 that hch vesiip our
% o. IT, as ior sustaining the character of ou1
hour, tlat Mould do vety well, provided ",
eou 90 = without ,oJury 10 ourselves. We
would prefer gofg there without any charac