Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-28
MEETING OF PLANTERS IN p1rrsYIvAN1A,

At q meeting Of portion Of the farmers and
planters Of ~Pittsylvania county, held at then
Courthouse, on motion Of Mr.. Vim. l.. Pannlli,
Mr.. Samuel Fitzgerald was called to the Char,
and George W.. Jones appointed Secretary.
Mr.. W. L. Pannill then explained the object
of the meeting, which WAS to offer our protest
N the late meeting Of commission merchants
and citizens Of L%.ynchburs as regards the sale
of Tobacco.
Mr. pannill then moved that the Chairman
annoint . Corunittc of Five TO draft up rcSolu-
tons expressing the feelings of this meeting;
When the Chairman appointed Vim. l.. Pannill,
Esq. Richard Jones, Col. Vincent Dickinson,
! Col Sherrard Mustain and John Younger,
| ESD. as said Committee; and, on motion, Wal
ter Coles, .Ir., was added. The Committee
then retired. and during their absence, Mr.
Joseph NJ. Terry was called upon and al
dressed the meeting. The Committee then,
through their Chairman. Mr.. Paanill, made the
following report:
Your committee reports that Tor more than
so years n large number Of the citizens OF tins
county have been in the habit Of selling the
productions OF their farms and purchasing tncir
supplies of goods in the city OF Lync..D!rs'-
That for many years the tobacco witch ther
carried to Lynchburg, when not sold privately
by themselves was sold by the inspectors oi To-
bacco at the different warehouses free O, charge
to the planter. That subsequently, most oi the
tobacco was sold by commission merchants nj
\ charge Of fifty cents per hog>licad, AMI wheat
at 4 charge Of one per cent except when ad.
yances of money were made by the farmer ar
planter, and then the charges were two and 4
| half per cent. That their charge was remit
! n%erative, is evinced by the fact that the com.
mission merchants increased in number. were
s~olicitous to obtain custom and some of them
became wealthy. Since tho advances in prices
Of produce and other property, Tn" commission
! merchants have advanced their charges for
selling and collecting 70 one dollar per
hogshead on tobacco. In this the planters
readily acluicsced, As rents had advanced and
other expenses Of living in the city had in.
creased. But this acqulc>c:ncc on the part OF
the planters appears now 10 he construed by
portion of the commission merchants AMI otner
citizens Of I.ynchburg into 4 willingness Oh
the part of planters and farmers to submit II
any charges and restrictions which may be I'M.
posed on them. Acting, nS We believe, oh this
assumption, Il portion Of the commission mer-
! chants and citizens of L.ynchburg have recently
entered into n combination which they style
The Board Of Trade" one and II leading "1-
iect of which board appears TO lie to impose
higher charges for the selling OF the produc-
tious of the country, and other restrictions
which your Committee dccm detrilacntal to
the interests Of the planter and farncr.-
This Board DEGREES that all commission me-
chants shall charge twoand-a.halr per cent.
commissions, and woe unto the commission nrcr-
chant who refuses to comply with its mana;,c.
We know ofsonc commission merchants whoarc
satisfied with the present prices for selling pro.
ducc. We hear Of others who say chat the
increase in the number of commission mcr-
chants has been so great that all cannot live =;
present rates" We say to the latter cla>S. io
as others do in the various associations Of lie
which may be over-crowdcd; that is, 20 ,osomc
other business which will pay better. There
is n vast demand throughout the length and
breadth Of this land for Inca Of industry anl
talent. Don't try to live on the toll and sweat
Of the husbandman, by forming combinations
to exact high charges. We To not object To
the institution Of q Board Of Trade for the par
pose Of making regulations for facilitating hg,i-
ness among the citizens Of L.ynchbirg; but 80
do protest against said Boards making re
g~ulations and imposing restrictions that operate
injuriouSly to the interest Of the farmer am
planter, who comprise much the larger portion
Of the community who have not been consult
ed, and who have no Voice III t.ic >cll-Stylcd
Board of Trade.
Many Of the citizens of the county are now
looking to 4 close conneNion with L%.:nchburg
by the means Of 4 railroad from that city 10 tie
North Carolina line, and it is much to be re-
GREETED that any subject should now be agitatcl
calculated to impair the good feeling and unity
of action which should exist between the two
sections of country.
Your Committee could adducc many more
arguments and facts calculated to bear on the
subject, hit will now close its report by recon-
mcnding to this meeting the passage Of the fol-
lowing resolutions:
lSt. Resolved, That all combinations that have
for their object the increase Of the charge on the
productions of the soil, are wron-, and should
be resisted by the farmers and planters.
2nd. Resolved, That we regard the combina.
ton of certain commission merchants and Others
of the city Of %Lynchburg TO advance the price
of selling the farmers and planters produce az
highly improper.
Bird. Resolved, That We think it highly pro-
bable that should the cultiyators Of the soil
quietly submit to the proposed increase of
charges for selling their produce, the time
is not FIR distant when an additional tax will
be imposed upon them by the same colnbina-
ton, and to be increased from year to year.
ith. Resolved, That we recommend 10 all
planters and farmers to employ no one TO sell
their produce who eXacts an advance on
previous rates. for selling, and to purchase no
goods or supplies Of any merchant who has
aided, or abets, said combination Of commits
sion merchants. to advance the charge for sell
ing produce.
9TH. Resolved, That should the commission
merchants Of Lynchburg persist in charging
the planters and farmers the proposed increased
commissions. that they, the planters and farin-
ers, will then send their produce to some other
market, where they cannot beinjured, and may
be benefited.
9th. Resolved, That this meeting hereby re-
commend 10 the citizens Of other counties who
have been in the habit of selling their produce
in %I.ynchburg, the propricty OF holding meet
ings and adopting resolutions expressive of
their opinions on this subject.
9TH. Resolved, That the proceedings Of this
meeting be published in tie newspapers Of
L~ynchburg and Danvillc, with the request that
those published in the towns of Salem and
Liberty copy; also the Richmond Wing, En-
quirer and Examiner; which, on motion of
Major X. b. Gregory, was unanimously adopted.
On motion. the meeting then adjourned.
SAML FITZGERALD, Chmiu.
Gro. W. JONES, Sec'y.
THE IRON CROWN OF L0MBARDY.
Republican hands threaten to grasp the Iron
Crown Of C~harlcmagne. Garibaldi, at the head
Of the insurgent Italians, has pursued the Aus
trian General Durham into Monza. In the
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