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

the C0leSW00 CI revenue "Ol Vuc tuo oiSy VI
Lynchbuug for aSQ4; Senate bill to provide
fox uniform mode of cancellation Of certih.
Gates Of debt of the State, and coupons.
Adjourned. II - ELE .-G-.
a. - PETERSBURG, DecemberQ, 1874.
TO the Eaiaoas Of the Richmond iPispdtch !:
GentlemeD,-lm make the following extract
from q report. submitted TO the Farmers
Council lately held In Petersburg, and which
1t appears was adopted on Tuesday OF the
week of the meeting:
"Msjor e. l.. Raglaud, of Halifax, chair
man, presented the report of the Committee
to Garry into Effect the Recommend tlons OF
the Tobacco C Committee which was adopted:
"REPoKT OF SPECIAL CohBITTEE ON THE EsTAB'
LzsHxEgT OF PLANTERS TOBACCO WARE.
EeusEs. +: t',i5, .a' -
"Mr. President Your committee, charged
with the duty Of carrying into effect the
recommendations Of the Tobacco Committee
of 1873 looking to the establishment OF to-
bacco warehouses under the control OF plant.
erss beg leave to make the following report: :
ION thorough Investigation OF the man.
agement and presentcontTof OF tobacco ware
houses, your committee met with many OBJ
stacles to the establishment of planters
warehouses. Ia the frst place, the property
now used for the inspection and storage OF
tobacco has proved 80 highly remunerative
to the owners thereof that they are not dis.
posed to part with 1t except at extravaganza
prices" ..----...---,
AS mentioned by me in card published
since in the Ipder Appeal, was not at the
meeting of the Council on that day. On
Wednesday was, and arose with the pur-
pose of protesting against the report, so far
as Petersburg sDas concerned, but Tor rea-
sons named in the card referred to above I
did not speak. On Thursday, having OBJ
tanned an opportunity to be heard. pro-
tested against the report, and gave my rea-
sons for so doing. / stated that that very
morning before going to the meeting had
seen parties who were in part owners of
every warehouse in our. city Some of whom
were half interested 10 two of the ware.
houses, and aot one of them had ever heard
of any proposall directly or Indirectly having
been made by the Farmers Council or any
thereof to buy ang Of the said
warehouses.
Not being posted at that time about any
other place but Petersburg, all [ could do
was TO ask the Council to except Petersburg
from the sweeping declarations made in the
report. r..
This request of mine was, in point of fact,
refused. .,...,.,..... ,..s......, al.
] To-day I have 1t in my power to say land
/ have the evidence in Writing) that the
owners, lessees, or representatives OF the fol-
lowing warehouses in Richmondnever beard
of any proposal from the Farmers Council
to buy either of the following warehouses in
Richmond: Shockoe, Seabrook's, Mayors,
A DC
there ia any other warehouse In Richmond
besides those named above am not aware
oft Just hereI willsay that learn that the
Public Warehouse belongs to the State Of Viz
gaia, but was leased at public auction to the
Messrs. Archer, and whose lease, as under.
stand, is not yet out. Seabrook's ware
house, am Informed, belongs to the city of
Richmond, and Myers warehouse to the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Com
pany. @'''
: Now, the point wish to make is just this {:
Don't the facts stated by me show that the
report referred to is, to say the least Of it, a
most remarkable one? How could the COM
mittee say: ..... So
ION a thorough investigation of the man.
ageMeut and present control of the tobacco
warehouses your. committee met with many
obstacles to the establishment of planters
warehouses;. In the first place, the property
now used for the inspection and storage of
tobacco has proved so highly remuneratiyet
.toIthe owners thereof that they are not dis
posed to part with 1t except at extrayagant,
prices.7' d" "'' ~ -....<....,s. e,,r
Wheu Che facts stated show that " those
who ousht 80 know !" never heard of any
proposal from the Farmers Council to buy
opu Tho sfahnnoo uorahoYrooc off hor IN,
RichGsNnd or petersburg the language of
the report, =" after Observation-Disclosures"
is, Ifhtck, too broad fer any. one to have,
supposed that fhe information impaired to,
the C0gaGil YVES derived, from hearsay, 'or
Hhat the committee may have thought.
think q ihaee>said enough to satisfy any
man of the injustice of the re-
port SC. Tar as ,that,part Of it is concerned.
Governor Kemper may have taken it, en-.
dorsed as il was by the Farmers Council, as
=" gospel trnth",;; hIt i trust and hope that
the members .Of the Legislature will give q
fair hearing to the other side Of question
Before making thaE minds about the mat
ser, .x,.ra @f{ .r5&
The report goes ION to say: " Secondly,
by the a1roit and,nnited managemest. of fac
toEss mdRuf aetsasers, ald traders, the pro-
dueers OF tobacco control very small per.
centsae OF Inc Gaps annually placed upon
orr sPrinespal massets:a = ~ ~ ~ -
q ,Psotesqea asa4net that because knew It
ss s nnl IN ace9Iaace WIZ the facts seaaE
s NJ o saurg as conee s nee z, 80,
80 49, oa aui ~ e. atas' Wy
IA isrss- ~. ~ o ~ sha anmasy 70 coneSuS
g. ssti1 800 E.os,,,;s'o ao s susc., aDo ae-
uosss.s 7'asppssltaents OF iA.H