Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-27
=aaha..a-.Inlrfnal luproYeInsnt.

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,;;n,, q our recent remarks on the pro-
1880 " an farmers sending their Tsbac-
81 c.on. \, Rfchnond instead Of Cincin-
NH from the ! Lyaeatarg Tirginian. n
Tbs Viirtqiianlisas, (barrins its politics, is
ona sc he most yaltable papers in the
an. s,ron9iv devoted to 81 Interbal Inn
nrovemept system that win develop the
resources df Virginia. without reference
j sssctionalism, and ably advocating ev-
tery project that pertains to the interest q
the Commonwealth.
/ While on this subject, We wish tomake
ct,rrectiou Of an error in our former ar
lticle. We there stated that the cost d
traasporting9a hogshead Of Tobacco from
lpc;pt Pleasant to Parkersburg, wac
"a, 10 We have since been Informed. by
reliable authority, that arrangements
.Ibave. been made, BY which the freight Il
! reduced 70 800. making the arguments
still stronger in favor 81 Richnon I'D. -
Our river now presents the highest tariff
oslfreight on the route.
\. The Kanawha Va. Star has a long
article, urging the planters IN that DIS lts
ttrict. to send their tobacco to Richmond,
Eby way II BALTIMORE, instead q TO Gin
cinnati. Notwithstanding the freight TO
Cincinnati IL IS per hhd., and that to
Richmond Stf.75, yet the higher prices
1reeeiyed AZ The latter place exceed BY far
{the digererloe in freight--the tobacco
selling at frttn 90 to 81 more per bun
Edred. Last year, it says, the entire crop
4 Of lhe Kanawha Valley--about 4O0 hhds
-was.shippe(l.to Cincinnati and Louis
Vile, from, whence il was actually re.
1 shipped To Richmonl At large pro6t,Y 5
| We find the above paragraph going the
roands Of the papers, and we have copied
ii for the purpose Of makingit the tezt Of
few comments.
First of all is developed the TACT. that
ltheI tobacco IL the Kauawha Valley 10 all
| sepa to the Cincinnati market. L is true,
1--WE have Tie best tobacco market in the
world inJ Eastern Virginia. But. rpt-
/ vittstahdins this. we sec the tobacco Of
lourl6Nh State4carried eli TO enlarge the
Itrade qf 6lherl cities. Why is5this =
Mould }no, the tobacco planters Of the IA
tna.ha prefer ii market ID their own State,
land, particularly, market better than
any |otbefin the Union Undoubtedly
thdy.would. But, unless they have the
mesns of reaching our Virginia markets,
howfis ii possible for them 10 avail them
selves of ils advantages
+ But itIappeafs that the RichuSofd mar
ket il SO much better thauthe Cincinnati,
that the planters Of Kanawha are advised
10 send their crops Ito Richmond gid Ball
ItinIore | Notwithstanding the enormous
difference ID the freight-Ss3 only 70 Gin
cinnati. while il IS Sll.75Ito Richmond
notwithstanding ibis extraordinary diff
fefencsy they Sare advised that il IS cheap
Ter In the end II send their tobacco I'd
Richmond. 5AndEWe have no manner Of
doubt tof tile truth ofthe assertion. The
market ofHRichmond is 80 much better
than that of Cincinnati, that the planters
Of Kanawhs can make money BY paying
an additional freight of nearly nine dol.
lars per hogshead .--54
Now, tile question arises. WY is it
that it y - much cheaper to send freight
from KanaRhaito Cincinnati, than to send
il East-2 The answer Is evident. The
route frpmE Kanawha to Cincinnati is a
mater liae-the route from Kanawha TO
the East. at present, is by railroad -
Thus does Cincinnati. by reason OF her
having direct ,oatsr communication with
Western Virginia, draw of annually D
large and yalaableIportion Of tho trade Of
the State. III MET
Is not this fact suggestive one 10 the
people Of Virginia? Suppose our water
line were established through to the Ka-
nawha river !? Does any one suppose
that KanawhaI Tobacco would then 90 to
Cincinnati |? Would il not, inevitably,
seek market in Eastern Virginia? If
it be cheaper aop to send it to Richmond
by Baltimore, at al expense Of $il.75
per hogshead, how would Il be If it could
be brought directly through the centre of
the State On ; water line Of transit? /.
\ OF the one HUNDRED and fifty counties
in the State Of Virginia, there is not less
than tifty,the trade of which is wholly
lost to us. The large and populous
counties bordering Hon the Ohio river,
trade with Cincinnati-the counties Of
the Northwest, and those adjoining Mary
land, and several in the Valley, trade
with Baltimore. The Eastern Shore
counties, the Northern Neck counties.
and several of those on lower tide water,
also trade with Baltimore. Why is thisa
The reason is obvious. People always
consult their own interests and il it be
cheaper for the Western Virginia farmer
to go to Cincinnati BY water, be will do
tit. lit Be cheaper for the farmer Of ex-
treme Eastern Virginia to 60 to Balti-
more by water, he will do it. Expert
ence,s as well as reason, teaches that
communication between distant points BY
trater is the cheapest that can be estab-
lished. Does this circumstances teach
US no lesson Z Does itnot impress upon
us the absolute importance and necessity
|of completing the water line to the Ohio
river, il We would retain Virginia trade
within Virrinsa tiin,its A