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In the rest of Germany, where a la rye proportion 

 of our tobacco is consumed, the revenue derived 

 from it may be estimated at about 81,200.000. Tiie 

 committee cannot (onclnde this repoit without cail- 

 intj the attention of'tiie convention to the important 

 iact that the averaije value oCihe lohacco exported 

 to various countries ol' Europe was, (roni 1st ol'Oc- 

 tober, 1835, to 30th September, 1S38, 87,267,794, 

 and that, durintj ihesame period, the average value 

 ol'our domestic produce exported nnnualiy (o the 

 same countries was 879,201,880. Hence it ap- 

 pears that the article of tobacco, the chief staple 

 of those represented by this convention, constitutes 

 in value about one-tenth of the whole export olour 

 domestic produce to Europe ; and it may be pre- 

 sumed that an equal proporiion of the population 

 of the country has a direct interest in, if not an 

 absolute dependence upon the cultivation and trade 

 of that important, and, hitherto, too much neglected 

 branch of American industry. 



In view of the (iictsand considerations here pre- 

 pented, the committee respectfully recommend the 

 adoption of the lollovving resolutions : 



Resolved, That this convention views with deep 

 regret, and sense ol' injury, the continued heavy 

 burdens imposed upon tobacco imported Irom the 

 United States into foreign countries v/hose products 

 and manufactures are admiUed info this country 

 entirely free of, or at nominal duty. That this ine- 

 quality is at war with that spirit of reciprocity by 

 which (iiendly commercial nations should be go- 

 verned, and that a longer submission to it by the 

 government of the United Stales would he unjust 

 to the tobacco planters, destructive of their interests, 

 and evince a gross want of attention to their just re- 

 monstrances. 



Resolved, That acommittee of'three be appoint- 

 ed by the president of iliis convention to drauirht a 

 /nemorial to the congress of the United Siaies, 

 urginir the adoption of such measures as may be 

 best calculated to effect a modification or repeal of 

 the high duties and restrictions in foreign countries 

 upon tobacco imported from the United Stales; and 

 that the senators and repres^intatives in congress 

 from the tobacco-growing states be, and they are 

 hereby requested to use their efforts to accomplish 

 these objects. 



Resolved, That a committee of five be appoint- 

 ed by the jiresident of this convention to draft an 

 address to the tobacco planters of the United 

 States, setting forth their grievances, and urging 

 them to lose no time in memorializing congress 

 to relieve them, so far as that may be done by na- 

 tional legislation, from oppressiotis already too 

 long endured — and which, when iliey are fuily un- 

 derstood, cannot be quietly submitted to. 



Resolved, That this convention recognize with 

 grateful satisfaction the measures which have al- 

 ready been employed, with auspicious effect, to 

 procure the adoption by foreign governments of 

 measures of just reciprocity in regard to the inter- 

 ests represented by tins convention, and that they 

 entertain and hereby respecilljlly express the hope 



that the government of the Uniied States will per- 

 severe in its exertions to accomplish the reduction 



or repeal of the heavy duties and restrictions of 



which we con] plain. 

 Resolved, Tiiat a copy oftbe proceedings of this 



convention be communicated to the president off he 



United Stales, and to each of the senators and repre- 

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sentatives in congress from the tobacco-growing 



states. 



The report and resolutions having been read, a 

 debate followed, in which Messrs. Dromgoole, 

 Jenifer, R. W. Bowie, Triplet!, Thomas F. Bowie, 

 Hamilton, Keeidi, and Duckitt, participated. 



Alter which, that portion of the report which 

 is within brackets, was stricken out. 



The resolutions were taken up seriatim and 

 adopted; and the question being then taken on the 

 whole, llie report, as amended, and the resolutions, 

 were unanimously adopted. 



The president thereupon appointed Messrs. Je- 

 nifer, Tripleti, and Benjamin Jones, of Virginia, a 

 committee to carry out the purposes of2d resolution. 



And Messrs. Triplett, R. \V. Bowie, Daniel 

 Jenilt^r, George C. Dromgoole, and John Mercer, 

 a committee to carry out the purposes of the third 

 resolution. 



On motion ofMr. Thos. F. Bowie, it was unani- 

 mously 



Resolved, That, in the opinion of this conven- 

 tion, the time has arrived when a journal devoted to 

 the great tobacco interest should be selected and 

 patronized by this convention and ail others en- 

 gaged in its cuhivation ; and that the American 

 Farmer (edited by J. S. Skinner, Esq.,) be seled- 

 ed as a suitable organ lor the difi'usion of inform- 

 ation on tills important branch of American in- 

 dustry. 



Afler some collateral proceedings — 



Mr. Triplett ofiered the following resolution, 

 which was unanimousi}' adopted: 



Resolved, That the president of this convention 

 have power, and he is requested, to call a tobacco 

 convention when, in his opinion, the interest ol" 

 the tobacco planters may require it. 



Mr. R. VV. Bowie oflered the following resolu- 

 tion, which was unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That it be recontinended to the tobac- 

 co planters, and all oihers coimecied with the to- 

 bacco business in the United States, to hold meet- 

 ings in their respective districts to respond to the 

 proceedings of this convention. 



And the business belbre the convention having 

 been now dis[)0sed of — 



On motion of Mr. R. W. Bowie, it was unani- 

 mously 



Resolved, That the thanks of this convention 

 be tendered to the president and vice piesident of" 

 this convention for their able and dignified dis- 

 charge of the duties of the chair. 



And then, on motion of Mr. Thos. F. Bowie, 

 the convention adjourned. 



HeIVRY GOfiFREY WhEELEU, 



Reporter to the convention. 



From tlie Fanners' Cabinet. 



Fromcareful.experiments and observations made 

 by Dr. Schubler, professor of chemistry applied to 

 agriculture, in the celebrated institution of Fellen- 

 burg, at Hofwyl, in Switzerland, he says, he I'ound 

 ihe morning's milk commonly to yield some hun- 

 dredths more cream than the evening's, at the 

 same temperature; and that in milking cov/s, this 

 singular phenomenon is observed, that the milk 

 obtained from one and the same milking, differs con- 

 siderably in quality: that, contrary to what might 



