The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-10

q, toohsads. by simply raging the inspectors 7
Al ii ,,ar hocstead for opening, and getting
iii notes and samples, he can sell that 10 tae
. Mnot that pretty free tsadeif the planters
and farmers want to do their own selling and
don't want to.encourage d warehouse system
Ys,t, Is In the interest Of tobacco.rings,1 and
that. Zoe, sin total disregard of the wishes
and Interests OF planters ?0
The firm of Robert A. Martin % Cc. tof \
which I am senior partnery is, thi al, the
largest, or next.iargest, receiver of psantesS
and farmers tobacco In hogshf ads in the
city. and II we have had one. single yom-
plant this gear from any OF our customers
touching Che matters discu.. sed in the report
referred to nor my partner, Dir. Robert r.
Hill, whose trutbfulness no one " no knows,
him, will question, do not remember 1t, and
I am very free to say that I do not think the
great body Of tobacco planters and farmers
trading In Petersburg agree with that re.
port. n-,t .,s:a sssss.ss::s5 81 .',@ {ttt
The whole tenor and spirit Of the report
/ Is, think, we'll calculated, though uplustly,
TO prejudice the producers ct tobacco against
factors, manufacturers, and traders, and
without any benefit, as 1 can see, to the
farmers. r Tc7 81 -a1s ga4 tsfj.
/ so Gar as my information extends, the
great bulk of the planters and farmers
trading In Petershurgare In utter ignorance
]. thsa they have been by any sort Of" adroit 2
! ipsoaeemept of factors, manufacturers, or
waders, upiustiy dealt by. On the contrary,
:lSuring the past season have seen many OF
J them whose faces were (6guratively speak.
q ing) Wreathed ia smiles, so pleased were
. they at the prices they got for their tobacco,
and which, too had been sold. BY some In
spector or factor .,.,.......e-t4..l... .aFI
/ never heard Of one single planter tup to
: the meeting of the late Council who sold
i his tobacco 10 Petersburg giving utterance
T to any such language as this: The whole
f Observation-Disclosures system, with only q few
Ell honorable exceptions, has, been conducted
:. In the interest of tobacco rings and in total
disregard Of The ,sishes or interest Of
Il T any such abuse did exist, then the
planters have shown more softness and for.
bearance than the general public gave them
t | credit for, and cannot help thinking that if
> the paragraph last quoted was thoroughly
, investigated" by disinterested parties their
e verdict would be very different from the
report referred to.
Il I am perfectly satisfied that il the bona
E tide planters of Virginia and North Carolina
f (nol those given to politics and in favor of
making Offices for the Governor Of Virginia
!. to lilly will make good tobacco, prize it
!. neatly and 10 proper order, and send ii TO Pc
tersburg at the right time, that when it is
I sold sou will hear no complaint from them
, about {" tobaccc.riDgs." - Salt 90
J, No. sir: the real bone and sineao of the
planters and farmers ofVirginia and North
! Carolina are not the men TO complain unless
: they have better grounds for doing 1t than
nything that has yet been proven against
the factors, manufacturers, and Traders of
; Petersburg. s,a. a,4..s.... f.. T..
do not believe the place exists where the
sellers Of tobacco (which includes inspectors
here) have gone further to advance the inter.
est of planters than in Petersburg, and had
either of the warehouses lin Petersburg) un-
dertaken to do business sin total disregard
of the views or interest OF planters they
1.-THE selers) never would have quietly sub.
mitted TO it.
No manufacturer, trader, or factor, can
control one pound of planters tobacco with
out The consent of The owner.
To say nothing of factors, what good can
come of arraying planters against manulac.
turers and traders OF tobacco! If the latter
are cut off from buying, whom do the plant
ers expect to purchase? If the planters pro-
pose to have warehouses of their own land
to which no one can objeci), in order to get
rid OF the "adroit management or factors,
manufacturers, and traders" why not have
their own ships to send it abroad, with an
agent authorized to sell only to consumers?
This course, if planters could stand it long,
would soon kill off "factors. manufacturers,
! and traders" and then the Farmers Council
would doubtless be able to buy warehouses
i either here or in Richmond, and at less eek.
) ttravagant prices, provided they tried to do
lit, ROBERT A. MARTIN.