THE SOITTHERN PLANTER. 



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©pinion of yours, and we place them in the 

 scale ngainst both. And we would suo;ge8t, if 

 you are not well informed on the subject, to 

 consult with these gentlemen, and learn and 

 report their preferences for seeing all tobacco 

 broke before it is sold — their reasons for buy- 

 ing plaiiier's tobacco rather than reviews — the 

 advantage of care and honest prizing — nice ex- 

 exteriors, and good light casks. 



We have not contended "that the law has 

 ever appointed a place ivhen and where only to- 

 bacco shall be sold.^^ The policy of the law is 

 "freedom of trade — of action and opinion." 

 But we do contend that the law has established 

 the warehouse as a place of inspection and sale 

 — free to all — where the planter has rights, and 

 that the attempt on the part of a self-consti- 

 tuted tribunal to break down the warehouse 

 sales, is an invasion of these rights. If they 

 succeed in this attempt, we. do contend that 

 the establishment of this Exchange will, ac- 

 cording to your own precedents," result in the 

 restriction of all sales of tobacco thereat — in 

 the transfer of the sales of all tobacco from the 

 planter to the commission merchant; and that 

 this will be a tyranny. Aye, sir! " the very 

 essence of tyranny.'^ We "thank thee Jew for 

 that word.'' 



You also ask, "what motive could influence 

 the buyers to enter into a conspiracy to com- 

 pel the planter to pay commissions on his 

 sales?" It is hard to judge men's motives; 

 and we have only to refer you again to one of 

 the results of the establishment of Exchanges 

 according to your precedents. You must know 

 that you, an outsider, cannot buy a share of 

 stock at the Exchange in New York, and that 

 if you desire t* purchase cotton in New Or- 

 leans, you must employ a broker to trade with 

 the factor. There has ever been a considerable 

 speculative trade in tobacco between Peters- 

 burg and Richmond, and sometimes upland 

 dealers make a handsome operation by slip- 

 ping in on a crowded market in Richmond, 

 Such has been the amount of this kind of 

 trade, that already there are buyers in Rich 

 mond who tender their services as tobacco 

 brokers, to he employed at the option (jf out- 

 siders, (as they are termed.) We have no 

 doubt that many manufacturers, and other 

 dealers, are actuated by motives of "economy 

 of tune, as well as to conduce to the comfort 

 ami convenience to all," but at the same time 

 we can see an ''inducement" in the •'trade" to 

 exclude these outsiders, or levy a contribution 

 on tliern for the privilege of coming in. And 

 this will be in C(»nformity to your pre(iedents. 



Your arguments touching the Iiis]->e(^tor, and 

 the objections brought a;i;aiiist him, we do not 

 notice, as we <io not appear as the especial 

 frietids of the Inspector. Wo are fully aware 

 that they have been '' fillibustcrinr/." as well as 

 others, in raising their charges Ihv selling, col- 

 lecting, &c,, and we desire to see them prvved 

 a little, and made to know that they are rrten 



under autliority. We must say, however, that 

 youv fling — that we advocate a policy which 

 offers an inducement, or rather bribe, "to him 

 to neglect his legitimate business," and that 

 " we hold this alternative, either that a useless 

 office shall be continued that we may have the 

 advantage of sales at less than the regular 

 commissions, or that they shall have, for a 

 small consideration, the benefit of services 

 already pledged to the pul^lic for a very large 

 one'' — we regard as special pleadings, and not 

 pertinent to the question at issue. 



In accordance with your example, and "in 

 conclusion, we have to congratulate that large 

 majority of planters who do ' not' acquiesce in, 

 or approve the reform ;" that whatever be its 

 temporary success, we have our relief from a 

 tribunal rather higher than a self-constituted 

 board, and that we are not yet sold to The To- 

 bacco Exchange, though bequeatlied to it by 

 the late Editor of the Planter, by his "last 

 will and testament," 



Bush and Briery. 



From the Germantown Telegraph. 



A Few Words to Young Farmers. 



We find the following hints to young far- 

 mers in the Conntry Gentleman, and lay the 

 article, at the earliest moment, before the 

 readers of the Telegraph. It contains sound 

 sense, drawn, doubtless, from many years' ob- 

 servation, and it should be regarded by those 

 whom it is especially intended to benefit, as 

 valuable information, which they should store 

 up in their minds and make use of. 



" There seems to be a prevailing sentiment 

 of aversion, not to say contempt, for their call- 

 ing, among old practical farmers. Their idea 

 seems to be that a farmer can have no position 

 in society, no influence among men — that their 

 sons who follow in their footsteps, are doomed 

 to endless plowing or pig-feeding, with no in- 

 centives to mental culture, for which, indeed, 

 they conceive there is no necessity if a man is 

 to be a farmer. "Only a fiirmer" — "nothing 

 but a common farmer," ari;; expressions con- 

 stantly in the mouths of such men when speak- 

 itig of themselves or their class. No man can 

 be happy who entertains such a feeling towards 

 his business in life, or harbors contempt for 

 the class of men among whom his lot is cast. 

 To be successful in any avocation of life, be- 

 tokens fidelity in its pursuit; but to be e?w?V<e/2^ 

 — to be celebrated fur conducting a business 

 better than others have done or can do it, be- 

 speaks an enthusiastic study ybr the sake of the 

 thing itself It is to "take a pride" in one's 

 (?al!ing, be it what it may. 



"There are many farmers who deem their 

 calling inglorious and humble, who have an 

 ambition U, see their sons elevated (as they con- 

 ceive) to some profession, and their djiuuhters 

 idle ladies, forsooth. Accordingly, nothing is 

 more common than to see young men, tlirut,t by 



