The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-03
:. Tne sDay eo F,,ss sess'

Mifors of e Dispdfcesf y .lss - 800 49,
IS ,,r.1gs nv grhgR satisfacs3en and pIeasNsg
IN sSs rpafiiny yDur Lender Of Esturnays !,
nv, ~ u subiect dysThe obacco iutereass
sTsc views therein expressed are broad, coM,
1,rcf,ensiye. abreast OF tho -a1s
sarie Of he times. yeu gracefully appIoa;fisn
ina yery centfet OF the snWect, aug w - =
caImness and moderation sc. lerIn y : IN ~
words the very gist OF tue llatsst ioi -. .no
consideration of aif interested. 9lsN - -.
For -g1sseH, I.ihave long been conuIcea
that The tobacco .iHspectia laws OF ~ ilg,n,a
arc useless relics sof q departeo era. 10y
we're enacted for pnrpose s 9ione esnsI .snr
,,ered imperative By time ano circunssans.s,
and are now retained for the 'emoarsasslns a.s
of trade. while the reasons WnicH iu'pen.u
their enactment have long since.oeen as no.
sivned I'd tue tomb OF the Capulela. -.
,Theafalss and harmful theory nrgen ps,
fIemasos ut and place kers upon.nep .as.,
ere GENERALLY for personaf or tpoiuGaL enus5
that tbe inspection laws afe OF were ever ia-
tended for their protection mas naa nus ua =,
The larger portion aof' tue proaus,ss n'
terest have learned the hilacy OF tnis Pre-,
fence, and already these DAVIS are'repnoiateo
in many Of; our best 9markets, nolaoty
Lynchburg and DanviIle. Neither Govern
:ment nor Governor has any interest," wnal-
ever ii, toBscco Or the trade, ana kne AVS.
al they stand, But operate to emoarrass otne
free Commercial relations which shouidexist'
no, wee a producers and dealers in1this great
stanla. Could truspass On your space
would furnish facts and figures. 10 so" tnas
these laws are prejudiclal to both classes.
/ But, Messrs.t Editors, i particularly con:
graduate, rotfupea your views IN REGARD 70
the law passed last April requiring, UNDER
penalty, all Western tobacco to bebranded as
SUCH when tits offered in our markets! ms
law was abolished by. the Legislature OF. ,61,
and reenacted last spring ,atlthe' instance OF
Mr.. Ragland, senator from Halifax county.
We must say that of all the: denominations
that of late years have marred statute BOOKS
this caps the climax. It is in the teeth OF
every principle and sentiment OF modern
commercial progress. Is Virginia to stul'
tfy herself after expending millions to form
western connections by railway and after
pleading for the completion Of our great
water.line, by branding osin her own
markets the very produce she struggled
TO- secure to her own marts? Is sne
by such narrow and hide-bound policy TO
rob her own sons Of thousands upon thou.
sands in brokerage and, commissions upon
the produce which; but fol. this law, would
seek our markets. Willsbe. continue TO force
her m ,nufacturerstoIm make their purchases
and pay commissions, brokerage DC, IN
Cincinnati, Louisville; and New York, in.
stead OF In free market at homer, Ii this
is good policy with tobacco it is good with
corn, wheat, and mules. Let all be branded
and stiymatized, that trade may be crushed,
and our great works rendered as useless
for the ends Of their construction as pos.
sible. Let the railroads be torn up and
Chinese wall erected around the old State,
and let the introduction OF all produce from
foreign States be interdicted, to protect the
poor Virginians from competition.
Truly, this. law goes bow-shot beyond
that miserable, ptiful slogan of the dema-
gogues and fossils, "Yirginia, for Virgin,
ians." But" quoth these interested aud
oily-tongued gentry, cit is for the protection
of our pIanters."-Howa I'VE ask. BY forcing
the manufacturers to 60 North and West to
spend their money for the raw material! BY
depressing that competition and enterprise
in trade which always come to large and
full market and bring with them the best
prices for produceS Truly, this is a most
wonderful haltucination that affiicts the
vision of some of our would.be wise men
The day is dawning when men will learn, we
trust, that "supply and demand" is the
great law of trade, and just competition Ia
free market is Its guardian angel.
You've VIRaN1AN.