Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-05
The Tobacco Crop.

A Richmond pap says that C hse been
decided by the planters of the South to raise
no tobacco during the coming year. Grant
iug-vhSs il much moie than the fact, vii
warrant Us IN granttng- --that all tie plant
era 10 the satsSnow under control Of the
OOnfedsrate arms Win acquisce in this deois-
lon for this year, We still have no cause for
Ter Of liberal supply Of this article for
the markets, In the Mornlng LEADRR Of
April lst We gave tabular statement Of the
amount of tobacco raised in ell the States 0 I
the Union in 1880, according to the census
retarns. From that table we learn that the
States OF Alabama Arkansas, kioriaa
GeorQiA Louisiana, Mississippi North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia
raised 60, ,OsO, 2ss pounds. These States we
have ASSUMED as being under control of the
Confederates, although large portions Of
Virginia, North Carolina and Florida are in
our hands, and in these States, part at least
-oi-thess planters will repudiate any such
mandate as this, when they can through the
Federal arms fpa market for their crops.
The free States Of Connecticut California,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mas
saehusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, New York, ohiO, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and
Wisoonslu raised 81, All, ,242 pounds. This
smount will be largely increased this year,
as much effort has been made to distribute
seed for use among our farmers and garden
ers. In Ohio, this effort Oa the part of our
public men to attractsttantiOn to this branch
Of agriculture has been met readily by the
farmers and a large inOreale will be the
result It is doubtless SO in all the other
Northern States and especially in Illinois,
where the subject has been thorougly agita-
ted.
Besides the States named above, there are
others which have hitherto been regarded
as being in ''the South" but watch are now
in possession Of the Federal armies, never
more TO be occupied by the rebels, These are
Delaware-loyal from the beginning-Ken.
lucky, Maryland, Missouri, Tsnnessss and the
District of Columbia. Four Of these States
are among the heaviest producers of tobacco,
Kentucky raising in 1850, over one hundred
and eight million pounds, Maryland over
thirty eight millions, Missouri twenty-six
millions, and Tennessee thirty-eight millions
The four States and the District together pro-
ducad al, sos, All pounds, more BY 61,s24, :
2s2 pounds than the rebelliOus States first
nsmsd. The desolation of war will neCessa ,
rily reduce the amount Of crops raised in q
part Of these States, and the subdued disaf-
lection in Maryland will perhaps cause some
falling of there, but the diminution which the
yield will suffer in those States will be made
up in the free States. There need be no fear,
therefore, of q tobacco famine.
We trust that whatever may be lost TO the
material wealth Of the country in the lessen
ed crop Of tobacco, will be made up by the
Government in the taxes put upon that
which is produced. Tobacco is luxury
which should be ons-of the first and heayiest
taxed, and the tax, however large it may be
in proportion to other articles, viii be col
lected easier and paid more certainly, than
upon anything else, excepting, perhaps, that
upon liquors. The lovers of tobacco will
not z We up its use from the increased price,
and even if e tax Of 6fty or seEenty-hve per
cent. were levied, the diminutiOn in demand
for 'ane cut and cigars would be hardly
peFcsptible.