The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-11
TIE A TRADE.
Important Meeting of the Richmond
aa tobacco Association. 'Sa
view REGULATIONS rs 70 Saniplina and fnspsetc.
tons "A Contention Called. b.

-, ahcCo'iiGS VI tue RICHMOND
iooaeco Association was held at the Elk.
change yesterday. noon, to take action in
reference to certain complaints as to sam.
ping and inspections, and to consider tho
propr1ety Of holding a convention of gen.
I,eHlen IN the tobacco Interest in Virginia.
west Virginia, and North Carolina, at an
early day-Mr. Walter X. Martin, vice
president, In the chair Mr.. r. A. Mills,
The object of the meeting having been
stated, Colonel Peyten Wise presented tho
following report on behalf of the COMMITTEES
appointed ut the previous meeting:
"Your committee to whom was referred
the subject presented by q communication
Of the Danville Board Of Trade, which is
filed herewith, beg leave to report that thew
have had the same under earnest advise
ment at several meetings, and that thew
have e~ndeavored to view 1t in every light in
which it would affect the various Interests
represented, and to come to q conclusion
which will bring those interests into harmo.
NOUS operation on q common and proper
basis. It will be observed that great care
was taken, in the selection Of the commit
tee, to place upon it n representation in due
TO trade /; and when, under this condition,
it is. observed that the recommendations
! which are hereinafter made arc the unani-
! nous verdict of the committee, and
not only so, but of "a considerable num-
| Der of some of the most intelligent and
experienced members of the trade, who
| were called on to assist in the deliberations
| of the committee, IL is hoped that the trade
will give its unanimous sanction to the
measures proposed to be adopted. J
Your committee are Of opinion that those
measures, if taken, will enure to the last
ing advantage of every class represented
here. because they involve the observance,
| under appropriate and effective penalties,
of the only principle which consists with
proper morals or q sound business policy
the principle of honesty. And they believe,
| in addition, that the result Of their mea-
sures, if adopted, will be to place Virginia
inspections on that high basis occupied by
other inspections, and which our own have
long since ceased to occupy, or even to ap-
proach. The influence Of such a result
cannot be too highly estimated, whether
we view it as affecting the buyer, the seller,
or the Inspector.
Your committee would beg leave to offer
as the conclusion Of their labors the follow.
ing resolutions:
May, 1871, it shall be the duty of the in
spectors of tobacco Of The various ware.
houses Of this city to sample, when re-
quired so to do by owners or their agents,
any tobacco in their warehouses in the fol,
lowing manner To break each hogshead
or package in such places-not less than
two-as in the opinion of the Inspector may
best enable him to obtain a correct sample
of the same, placing each fake as drawn in
the order in which it was drawn, tying up
the sample. when so completed, with suit.
able twiue, and placing thereon q label with
printed name and number of warehouse.
upon which shall be stated the initials oil
planters or packers name, date of sam
ping, and the number of times sampled
/. also, to seal said sample with wax, stamp
ing the seal with the name Of the warehouse
and inspector sampling, the fakes in the
sample to contain each not less thar foul
bundles of the tobacco drawn from the
packag &c.
RESOLVED. That no person other than the
Inspector or his sworn assistant be allowed
10 prepare and seal the samples; and the
said inspector shall be liable for all damages
that may accrue from want of correspond.
enc between the sample and the package
whence drawn: Provided, ho1eper, That
nothing in this resolution shall be construed
to prevent the owner or agent Of tobacco
being present at the sampling thereof.
RESOLVED, That should any sample be mu.
tllated or the seal be violently broken, all
responsibility for the correspondence he.
tween the sample and the package shall
cease.
ReSoLued, That in the event any hogshead
or package belonging to a planter or packer
shall be found to be "nested"-in the case
of a planter, his name shalt lie published
and conspicuously posted in this Exchange
and, in the case Of a packer, the same pro.
ceediDgs shall be had, and the fact shall
likewise be published to the trade to which
he belongs.
We recommend, additionally, the estab-
lishment Of a State Tobacco Association,
which shall meet at least once Il year, and
at such other periods as circumstances may
require, tor the purpose Of taking such ac-
tion as may eonduce to the interests of per-
sons engaged in planting or in dealing in
tobacco, and as a practical method Of effect.
uating this recommendation, that the presi.
dent of this association issue a call in its
name for a Tobacco Convention of the plan
tiers and dealers Of Virginia, West Virginia,
and North Carolina, to be held OH,
and to be composed of delegates regularly
: appointed by the various trades Of these
, respective States, and of such planters resi-.
! dent therein as may choose to attend the
convention.
1t is earnestly hoped by your committee
that the adoption OF this recommendation
will result not only in giving additional
efficiency to the action OF the resolution
proposed by your committee, but in estab.
fishing such a harmony of views among
those having an interest in tobacco as can.
not fail to rebound TO the advantage of all,
Respectfully submitted,
[Signedl PEYyoN WISE,
W. z. MARTIN,
c.. r. BARKsDALE,
j. 3. PACE.
Mr.. Alex. Cameron moved the adoption
of the report and accompanying resolu.