588 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [ Mar. 14,

ous supposition that it would impose additional trouble upon
them. If Senators will reflect that by the proposed improve-
ment all the tobacco is required to be inspected in the same
house, and that a suitable room is provided as an "Exchange
Room," where the samples can be safely deposited, and
where all the tobacco can be offered at public sale, by auction
or at private sale, it will be seen that the systems thus in-
augurated, would diminish the troubles or labors to both- the
Agents and purchasers.

The wisdom of this system is well illustrated by the ope-
ration of the Corn Exchange which is known to Senators.—
When this Corn Exchange was first proposed, it met with
the opposition of the Agents for the sale of grain and flour,
&c., for the same reasons which will be now urged against
this measure; but the wisdom oi that measure (the Corn Ex-
change,) has been vindicated by experience, and your Com-
mittee are confident that not one of those who opposed that
measure would consent to go back to the old system, where,
as with tobacc6, the Agent was obliged to take the samples
to the purchaser or the purchasers, or to the counting rooms
of the Agents. Now under the operation of this Corn Ex-
change, the price of all the commodities has a well ascertain-
ed fixed price, and the property of the owners is sold at an
ascertained and established price; your Committee are advised
that before the establishment of this great mart, grain was
properly sold by one Ageut, (without fault on his part,) at
prices differing some four or five cents per bushel from sales
made by others, and that this was the necessary consequence
of having no common mart when the same commodity would
be offered by all engaged in the sale, and to all engaged in
the purchase. Besides the loss to owner, because of his
Agent having less information than some others, the discrep-
ancy in price could but produce dissatisfaction; all its conse-
quent evils, both to the owner and their Agents. As the
sales of tobacco are now conducted precisely in the same man-
ner, difficulties would exist, and would be in like manner
remedied by the proposed public mart, for the sale of that ar-
ticle.

Your Committee have no doubt that under the present sys-
tem, tobacco of the same quality is now sold by the different
Agents at prices almost as variant as the number of Agents,
making the sales, and this enterprise would be entitled to
your support, if it did no more than apply the remedy for
this great evil. Tour Committee earnestly recommend the
bill to your favorable consideration.

Which was read and ordered to be entered on the Jour-
nal.
Mr. Henkle from the select Committee, reported a bill en-
titled, an Act to provide for the disposition of the Tobacco