Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-01
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osncz or TEE RICHMOND WHO, jan 81, ise1.
TIE foBlcoo TRADE.


The accumulation Of Tobacco, Ia the pubic ware
houses ofh city has passage Ct the 70 lowing BILL BY
the Senate Of Virginia
ELL 70 prceide tmpordry uo1retoHssi for tobacco.
n, enacted etc. That whenever the tobacco ware.
houses Of The STATE shsl be filed with tbsecO he iripeeor Of
warehouses shall be Author Eed With roval and
seat Of he eO@niaCn.s pioyded Tor in .ee'n % chapter s.
such tobacco the rsnie nay ss7t to hem for
Inspection which may be srectsd BIZ them led that
paid to N pr prIsiers public pafehousts.
g. The insurance Of all tobacco thu, shall
chapter 81 ofths osde Of 1880.
s. Th, shall In Its passage and continue fr
three months afier the termination Of the blockade
This bill pending In the House OF Delegates, ard will
doubtless the sanction Of that body In apprehension,
however the adoption f sndent which operate
prtudcisy buyers sellers Of t,Saeeo fro the
sumption that suitable "bek hiuses esnnoi he obsined in
RchnoPj the tobacco dealers recently held meeting to take
thu subj into conideraian appointed COMMITTEES TO de-
wise sh fer af1rdag incelei storage for Tbseoo
TIE operations al the hIch4nse In tie last few days. Indicate
that speeulato disposed To Invest freely in the emmody,
and letters from the Interior represent that tae planters aye de
Gending their Tobacco this kt In that they
nay real upon H. But neither speeuators pan'e nor
iaernedArei Accommodated Wh,e deficiency OF sOrs-
age exists.
The committee appointed by the dealers impressed with
ponce speedy removal this distraction TO the Tobacco
trade applied Council Richmond the the
"od Fair Grounds" IN order that ey may submit to the LIE h
propos will prove acceptable that body ard
foesta the nded amendments The Council have refer
red the application TO a committee.
What the committee pfoioe do should the Cornell grant the
the Pair Grounds advised besve that the
ereesn OF temporary sheds emplae1 They have arrived
ue conclusion understand tht the plan proposed by the
se-ate ILL., imprActesble because suitable bci houses"
obtained heV have concluded tina, tie "od
Ground only locality adapted to the purposes ind
Gated, that be had In the city.
We surprise at both uson' and especially
the enc last msnt Our opnion had been and t Is that
gu warehouses "bck houses covered with sGte
ecr-vee now vacant In Iehuoi i'd that considerable
area be found any direction, at Convenient
daance nom IN, centre Of bun We certainly surps
sd proposition locate tobacco wlehouse tenn
porary at point the Old Fair Grounds and
Of the gentlemen composing the committee,
entitled respect have yet to be convinced that
their scheme u oss 10 busints point Of view the
distance veud 10 be serious oil e,'on Involving heavy
rges hauling and who might have
occasion to Wilt the warehouse oijsetoaB Of local NUM-
cp character do propose consider in this dep u
ment
There may be tdysnageIn the Sehes that do not present
themselves hut with the sh before ~ and believing taSt
other sus well not better adapted for the purp
uAehouA1g tobacco be oh slne would rug.
ge, the plan sihe committee Oh III d pressed until Ills
aceraoed that the snae bin nprIoeabls Aad that other
place than the Fair Grounds can be obtained.