The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-30
The Tobacco Market as Repcrted by sha EeR
80 York Tobacco Leaf. eyes ss.ss -

snd In facf for all the yart lies OF foaccS. Is afso
ilisly without nything Of q business nstse TO re-
Trade doing during the week than ever before for an
equal period OF time bnt may be ayefred aitI Ger.
than In the interim between tie astnn present re-
all aI the aspastRsss Of trade within tie
prices continue firm for all grades OF Virginia
ts0bacco but this Is due rather to anticipat!ons of
found In business circles calculated 10 sustain ,,riee
we mote sales OF IL hogsheads leaf and prinfnGs ut
a u oes The markets o. Richmond Petersburg
anu o,ner cues or virginia. are void os aniulation
ing in slowly and in sfaai volume me pravniins
improve the Quantity ana quality Of Tcssa
as II 10 to the proper handling aud pTixing Of To-
nnfasured-Du Dizziness prc,ractei an., profound !.
eaaracter!zed transactions In this department OF
TO report the weil-Sorn expression, have ieard
OF some small sales for consumption aud also for
shiLme9tn dealers being too fnic,. occupied the
work OF closing up the volume Of the year now
rapidly departing 10 frrlisheven THIS small item CT
intelligence It Is well tho record Of The past aords
te sin shsf Is can sssy ssS.
Ing snnul resulting In chronic dueiish for ssaige
prevails in the tsaand i, sr sas Sea
eone,r-thas III Congress win only do its duty ITO
merchants and manufacturers when the hooks Ara
made up on January /, 1879. Whether so much
nnr Is good can reasonably be expected OF
|
Seen For ouro own part we not ngune for we do
not feel sure tho requisite effort win DE made 10 I'm.
pressed at the Into Convention and elsewhere tt we
feel sure that with energetic exertlon the necessary
we informed declines to reply tirecty To- fI,ss
communications that have been sent TO him regard
Ing continuance Of the existing bonded warehouse
sSstcm ny the dealers In manufactured tobacco,
clectng, Instead, to refer those Interested to s
remarks IN the late annual report OF the ReSenus
Bureau, which, be 1t observed contains NOT q soii-
tary word OF reference to the reasons which iupeI
It's author to prefer its abolition The Com mis-
sioner, says one, in substance, who has well coz.
sidered the whole question, well knows that our
home &c trade has been almost entirely broken up,
pound Of manufactured tobacco Into bonded ware
houses, He also knows that all the Illicit traffic
there is In tobaceos IS due to tho CONVEYANCE OF ie-
Esponsible manufacturers and, therefore Cesiruus
the trade lie should seek to suppress unlawful prac
eGectiye TINT IS by continuing and extending wsre.
house facilities. Now, there Is point that may very
be 9 m 9usaa ponn ,s s or So
rally injured in his business by the warehousingl
Ss,Sm w mae De Is esssa. d5st that
patent that If the system be the entire mef.
camille interest would suffer Irreparablc injury.
| What worthy motive, then, can be assigned for
seeking the change? II Is Insufficient rs an Offset
to the Inevitable great ls1rin thai win esue, to urge
tSa @ WIS e sha safe can e
| bablc; and besides. by extending the bonded~afes
houses to sections of the country where Illegal prac-
l. tiCcS PaeSteSS pS lCi-y
dered impossible, rs they where warehouses now
exist and this without harming any one. s II &c be
emurred that to check illicit operations I'm the Lat.
ter way would cost more than the object Is worth, It
may be answered, and etnpliatically answered. that
TIE object to be gained Is not alone the suppression Of
L parcel of scoundrcls, but the saving. OF whole
brunch Of national Industry large, afluent, gsner
olls honorable branch of Industry Surely 10 ACCOM-
psh this cannot cost too much. cost what IL may.
Congress cannot 60 far asray II the question Is COL
sidered by 1t from this point Of view. =" 80"
S,noking--The smoking trade 10 neither dnller nor
vet more active than when last referred to- Dealers
Complain more Of the suspense they are lett In by not
knowing what future legislation Is going do to
for them than Of the hackwarnesS OF buyers, though
on the latter account there Is ample ground for ac-
cusatiye comment, though we know very well the
cause nf their atention from the Market and tiIr
| exclusivcness when there. hiss - siesS! tSests