The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-01-10
Lessons 10 Political Economy.


Editor Herald-fn the year l6s2
there was great dissatisfaction among
the tobacco planters OF Virginia. An
act had been passed for the tablish-
ment Of towns which required vessels
10 be loaded at certain places. The
planters had up 10 this time been ac-
customed 10 the open door-every
man curing scafiold near every man &
wharf. The mule was not yet intro
duced and the requirement 10 ship
only at certain lonesome places called
by the legislature towns meant a
great deal Of inconvenience. The peo-
pie paid direct taxes for revenue at
that time, and many planters thought
that The best way out would be 20
damage the tax-gaihering, aci-passing
government. In Gloucester, New
Kent. a % Middlesex counties. plant
er, cut up the tobacco plants IN the
beds during May Of the year 1852,
especially the sweet scented which
was The highest priced aud was pro
duced nowhere else. The reasoning
wastes. tobacco, less revenue. TX
tremely poor reasoning no doubt.
The government. as has been lately
remarked. was trust iu those days
aud, so FAR a. Virginia was concerned.
tobacco was the commodity TO which
the trust looked for profits. The ring
leaders in the plant cutting were ar
rested and some Of them were hanged
upon the ch rye Of treason.
"Re,traiui of Trade" in 1862 did not
have the same meaning as il has now.
IN the Nirsinia tobacco trade there
was a.. producer ami the govern
ment-afier the tobacco got 10 Eng
land there was the consumer and the
government. 10 may not have been
quite 30 simple as that, bat that is the
WAY il looks 90 u- al this distance.
Certainly. il was that way on the Viz
ginia side. Today We have the gov
eminent. which for an that is seen Of
10. might be az work somewhere up IN
the air il has 300 difficulty in breath
ing up there then there D. the Big
Combination, after viii D. come, the
small combination, and then the SIM
gle-handed dealer. The producer is
somewhere and the consumer is all Of
il together. People still kick against
an Act-passiug government. but what
they think about most is a tax-gath-
ering. price-coutrolliug combination.
over In the hurley country the plant
en-. DO not care who the revenue oiii-
Ger is. but they care a lot about who
gets the heaviest tax they pay, and
/ ike their forefathers Of Gloucester aud
/ Middiesex. they take the matter into
heir own hands aud DO rash and SIM
/ pie things The recent burning of
stemmerles, etc, proves that 10 you
hit a man where he keeps hs money
I he will make sign, 90 show that he Is
the same animal he was 2D1 years ago.
Mutatis mutaudis-which may be
translated. "The Outside Doesn't Mat
ter"
How very interesting is everything
about tob eco. Ii is even said that d
young lady who writes novels was not
long ago given the freedom Of a ware
house town, she having -ignified that
she wanted 20 observe the business in
order 10 write it up for posteriiy
Many young ladies are required &c
teach agriculture now. Why not eX
tend the curriculem. and teach hue
curing. the arts Of the "break, ' and
above all trust busting. Education
we hear. must be more practical. In
-truct the youth in the dark methods
Of handling the bright weed and The
bright methods Of handling the darA
weed. Confer degrees in the diferen
grades. Il isa positive fact that th'
students in our schools and college
may learn more hard sense on th'
. floor Of a warehouse than anywhen
else loh the football or basket bal
fields. Tobacco j. teacher from th
! plaut-bed 90 the cigarette.
Learning begins at home. W
should not neglect the weed a naml
chosen like Pacific, because il isn't so
which is all history and hard sense
and rice paper po-try and solid pros
cigars.
GIVES 4 PERFECT SKIN.