The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-18
Aithntond Dispatth.
ATURDAY.... ...DECEMbE TO- 1902
THO Insnncti0n Laws.

LINI al AAN al -"l.
r,,r1oa :, reason that It has the low grace
- s,,orsti;ion the fancying That nclhlhS
in co =, RIGHT. aud hat 4 hundred c'hs'
whnFn not,,rc cannot be defined. will como
r,,on society if everything i mol lhSp"ctc"'
The intelligent merchants OF TINS ''s'
-rro,,ch The two organ!zatlonso OF the ei'H'-
- r,murrca and the Tobacco IN
>T..,,.,c have lust adopted able reports
-,.,in-t the inspection laws and resolved l"
.,.,fr influence to accomplish their re-
peal. c,a
We pnbliShcd yesterday the report oil Tue
,.,,m;ttr, Of the Tobacco Exchange III
r,vor Of separating The State ana the To-
h,rro business. and leaving the whole mat
to~ IA the parties Interested, who VIII
manage il infinitely better than the state
:. va. . wc.!-rcas0nci paper, and met tne
vaanimou> approval ofthr trade me "O''
~,,,mrt presented = the Chamber OF Com
,.,&r,. i greatly more volumlnou>il'an that
IN .1D;ur. al tobacco, and Il large mum
1,.r If COPIES of il have been ordered 10 h'
,u.rtr1. Aswc stated above, 1t proposes
The .cncal Of all inspection AVS.
Ulr!nycr NAV have been the necessity
far ,ha~r l21v,-anl We do not think lhtic
,>rr W.. much-thcrc i none now. IAc
state doe. everything badly when il @or,t to
mcGdling with matters commercial tlAI cN''
he transacted far more efficiently ana sails
clrtnrily 10 Ill concerned by individual! ell
frrrrjs,. Rryond The general i&N, project
.nr rights and enforcing responsibilities, III
MI the transactions VI men, there s no pro-
rrje.v of state interference any more III one
article Of trade than in another. such H.
preference has no other effect than that OF
embarrassing and rctarding business and
creating charges and Offices which are "
hur,hcn without any advantage TO com
mcrcc.
In The former discussions OF the state
wavcnousinc and inspecting system Of TO-
@,arcu. there wa, always Il great merit
riaimed for the Insurance hy the state oi
III tobacco under the root of the ware
houses i'll tn" cities TO which il appointed
INSPECTORS. But the state lost heavily. ana
ltlau changed lis mind, and now does not
insure. This insurance was, IN the opinion
OF vcry practical men, all the advantage
.Ia3 tI'el - lDC INV tt.I't, b'Ih- Ii''i'-h1".
there is now no gain, no protection, NJ
tardcG hy il 10 either seller or buyer.
What trade wants i freedom. That i
best Tor producer and Tor buyer. II pro-
notes the rapidity Of transactions and the
movement Of commerce, and both arc fa-
vorablc to MI concerned. Quick sales, quick
returns. stimulate enterprise and keep the
plough in motion. 1t is your slow processes
and vour State r~outincis:ns that Cypress
trade IKE a nightmare, and, by imprc~sin3
il i"adcu infiucnc" upon the genius OF com
mcrcc. p2ralyZ"s it, energies and chains
down is spirit. Take OF The hand OF the
STATE, and both are imbued with new life.
in place Of the state agency comes in tn"
.uIomitahlc force of individual energy and
competition, which i tn" sure protector
81 the Interests Of the producer as well n
The dcal.r-compctition cnIcr~ more freely
tl@n ever into all branches 0 tradc. and the
producer is more thar ever assured that he
niii get the true value of the product of hi
industry. The lrcc>t and most direct com
mcrce is always the most Just, tho |tair.st.
- al men.
The inspection laws concerning tobacco
haveinilictcd upon the trade and revenues
OF thc1Statc great injury hy excluding the
sale Of western tobacco IN our markets.
The "hrandS' were required to be used
that were not ut all necessary 10 settle tho
question OF quality, and that were con-
tijcrcd rs pI,jiudicial by those who would
not submit 10 the law. The result has been
that W. we're restricting our own commerce
with no advantage 10 ourselves. IN plain
hpmcSpun parlancc, cutting off our nose
tospitc our face
The general principle involved in the
views OF the " reports above referred to
is entirely wise and congcnial with the
liberal spirit o( commerce. We all believe
that the latitude i'll which We live is that
most congenial with all the industries aud
enterprises ~ollnan, and that commerce may
here flourish with less interruption from
climate and other CAUSES than in any other
latitude Of our hemisphere. Shall these
advantages he shacklcd with antidciuvian
rc"uiations-with inspection laws-and use
't.s> forms that are not needed for the pro-
'.ri.on Of the citizen or Of trade, and which
lave 30 effect but 10 rctard commerce?
Il may bc said that some rules are needed
TN l"r which barter and trade shall be car
rcd on. The general laws, with some simple
rc@ulgtions of the commercial institutions
.! the cities, are all->tlllicicnt. lfthe men
who have passed their days III trade and
who have become familiar with all its inte-
rests and its ways cannot point out what i