The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-01-12 00:00:00, page 1

WHEREAS the United States, in
Congress assembled, did, by their
aft of the nineteenth of Novem
ber last, earneftJy recommend to
the several Rates, forthwith to
ena& laws for eftabliKing and carrying into execu
tion a general limitation of prices, throughout their
refpeftive jurifdidions, to commence, in their ope
rations, from the firft day of February next, on the
following principles; articles of domestic produce,
farming and common labour, the wages of tradel
men and mechanics, water and land carriage, not to
exceed twenty fold of the prices current through the
various seasons of the year one thousand seven hun
dred and seventy-sour; articles imported from fo
reign parts, to be in due proportion with labour and
the articles as above Rated, making a proper allow
ance for freight, insurance and other charges; salt
and military stores, whether of home manufacture
or imported from abroad, to be exempted from li
mitation of prices; also recommending to the several
states, to enaCt laws against withholding, and to
take the necessary measures for having the fame car
ried into full execution:—And the Legislature of
this Rate being desirous, in the most equitable and
effectual manner, to carry into effeCt the good in
tentions of Congress ; —therefore,
See. I. Be it enabled by the Council and Gene
ral Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted
by the Authority of the fame, That from and after
the said firft day of February next, the rates and
prices of labour, and of the following articles of
produce, manufacture and trade, Kall not exceed
the sums to them severally annexed: that is to fay,
the rates and prices of farming, and other common
labour, carting, and all kinds of land and water
carriage, and the wages of mechanics, tradesmen
and handicraftfmen, Kall not exceed twenty fold
the prices they were at in the fame places, through
the various seasons of the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seventy-sour.
The prices of hemp, flax, Keeps wool, and all
forts of woollen and linen cloths, hosiery of all
forts, and hats manufactured in America, bricks,
lime, shingles, boards, fcantling, and all other kinds
of lumber, smiths coal, firewood, tanners bark, ci
der, beer, apples, deer-flrins, venison, poultry of
all kinds, fifh of all kinds, roots, vegetables, eggs,
milk, and all other kinds of American produce and
manufacture, and every article of the like kind not
particularly mentioned and regulated by this aCt,
Kall not exceed twenty fold of the prices such arti
cles of the like quality were ufua'ly fold at, in the
several parts of this Rate, through the different sea
sons of the said year one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-sour: that the prices of all forts of goods,
wares and merchandize, imported from foreign
parts, or brought into this Rate by capture or other
wise, shall not exceed the rate of thirty-five fold the
prices at which such articles were usually fold for,
in the said year one thousand seven hundred and fe
,enty-four, including freight, insurance, and all o
ther charges; and that the prices of the following
articles, at the firft port of delivery, or place of
manufactory within this Rate, from and after the a
forefaid firft day of February, shall not exceed the
rates affixed to them refpeCtively, videlicet:
Good Weft-India rum by the hogshead, fix pounds
per gallon.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An AG for limiting the prices of various articles,
and to prevent the ^withholding from sale the
necessaries of life.
Good merchantable country-made rum by the
hogshead, four pounds per gallon.
The best Mufcovado sugar, one hundred pounds
per hundred weight.
All other sugars in proportion, according to
quality.
Merchantable molasses by the hogshead, four
pounds per gallon.
Good coffee by the hundred weight or greater
quantity, one pound fifteen fallings per pound.
[Vol. lII.]
WEDNESDAY, January 12, 1780.
That from and after the said firft day of February
next, no innholder or tavern-keeper be allowed
more than at the rate of—we^^five per cent, ad
vance on the wholesale price of any liquors, allow
ing as aforefaid for transportation; and for all other
articles of entertainment and refrefhment, and for
forage or horse provender, the price Kall not ex
ceed the rate of feventy-five per cent, more than at
the rate such articles are herein limited; which rates
and prices for innholders Kall be afeertained and
determined by the refpe&ive courts of general quar
ter sessions of the peace, at their next fitting, after
the publication of this ad: and in such counties,
where no such court Kall be held, before the said
firft day of February, any three or more of the jus
tices of said county shall meet together on the twen
ty-fifth day of January next, at the usual place of
holding such court, and affix the said rates in the
manner above directed, and a copy or lift thereof
delivered to every innholder or tavern-keeper, and
so from time to time thereafter, whenever such court
Kall think proper to make any alteration in the
fame, or as occasion shall require; and the lift of
rates, so fettled and delivered, shall be received and
treated by such innholder and tavern-keeper in the
fame manner, and fubjeCt them to twenty fold of
the penalties for neglecting or refuting to comply
therewith, as are mentioned and set forth in an ad,
intitled, “ An AG for the better regulating con
fables, vendues and taverns," palled in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fixty
eight:—And that from and after the said firft day
of February next, the,prices of the following arti
cles Kall not exceed the sums to them severally
affixed, videlicet:
Good clean wheat by the buffiel, weighing sixty
pounds, seven pounds ten Killings.
Peas and white beans, seven pounds ten Killings
per buKel.
Good clean buckwheat, three pounds per bufliel.
Good clean oats, two pounds ten Killings per
buKel.
The best imported Geneva, fix pounds ten Kil
lings per gallon.
The belt imported brandy, fix pounds ten Kil
lings per gallon.
That all other distilled spirits, not herein men
tioned, Kall be twenty fold the prices they were
fold at in the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-sour.
That from and after the said firft day of February
next, no trader, retailer, or vender of goods, wares,
or merchandize, shall be allowed to ask, demand or
receive, any higher or greater price than at the rate
of twenty-five per cent, advance on the price or
prices such goods, wares or merchandize, shall and
lawfully may be fold at by the importer, captor or
manufacturer, agreeably to the regulations in this
aCt mentioned, with the addition only of the charges
of land and water carriage, at the rate herein li
mited from the firft port or place of delivery, to the
place of sale.
Good merchantable rye or rye-meal, four pounds
ten Killings per buffiel.
Good merchantable Indian corn or meal, four
pounds per buKel.
Merchantable wheat-flour, twenty-one pounds
per hundred weight.
Superfine flour, middlings and cornel, in the usual
proportion, according to quality.
Shorts, ftrid measure, two pounds five Killings
per buKel.
Bran, ftrid measure, fifteen Killings per buKel,
Rye-flour, thirteen pounds per hundred weight.
Merchantable pork by the carcase, fix Killings
and eight-pence per pound.
Well cured pickled pork, thirteen Killings and
fix-pence per pound.
The best grafs-fed beef, five Killings and six
pence per pound.
I he best Rall-fed beef, during the month of Ja
nuary, fix Killings and fix-pence per pound ; During
the month of February, seven Killings and fix-pence
per pound; during the month of March, eight Kil
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lings and fix-pence per pound; during the month of
April, nine Killings and fix-pence per pound; dur
ing the month of May, ten Killings and fix-pence
per pound; during the month of June, eleven Kil
lings per pound.
1 he best mutton or lamb, five Killings and six
pence per pound.
Winter-fed mutton to be the fame price as Rall
fed beef, from the firft of January to the firft of
April.
I he best veal, five Killings per pound.
Rendered tallow, fifteen Killings per pound.
Rendered hogs lard, eleven Killings and fix-pence
per pound.
Raw hides green, fix Killings and eight-pence
per pound, and in the usual proportion, when dried.
Calf skins green, ten Killings per pound.
Good well-tanned foal leather, one pound ten
Killings per pound.
Good well-drefled upper leather, two pounds teh
Killings per pound, and well-dressed calf-ficins in
the usual proportion.
I he various kinds of fiddlers and harness leather
not to exceed twenty fold of the usual price of such
leather in the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-sour.
Mens best neats leather shoes, nine pounds ten
Killings per pair.
Mens best calf skin Koes, ten pounds ten Kil
lings per pair.
Boots not to exceed twenty fold of the usual
price of such boots in the fame place, in the said
year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-sour.
Womens neat leather shoes of the best quality,
seven pounds per pair.
Womens calf skin shoes of the best quality, eight
pounds ten shillings per pair.
Childrens Koes in due proportion, according to
size and quality.
Home-made cheese of the best quality, eleven
Killings per pound.
Good fieK butter, twenty Killings per pound.
Good firkin or potted butter, sixteen Killings and
eight-pence per pound.
Bloomary bar-iron, at the place of manufacture,
thirty pounds per hundred weight.
Refined bar-iron, at the place of manufacture,
thirty-seven pounds ten Killings per hundred weight.
Pig iron, at the place of manufacture, two hun
dred pounds per ton.
The best American-made Reel for edge tools,
thirty Killings per pound.
Common American-made Reel, twenty Killings
per pound.
Iron pots, kettles, and other light castings, seven
Killings per pound.
Large cast iron kettles and pans for boiling salt,
twenty-two pounds ten Killings per hundred weight.
Nail rods of flit iron, fifty pounds per hundred
weight.
Nails of American manufacture, per pound, as
follows:
' J wenty-penny, twenty-two Killings and fix-pence.
Twelve-penny, twenty-five Killings.
Ten-penny, twenty-seven Killings and fix-pence.
Eight-penny, thirty Killings.
Other nails in the usual proportion.
Good new scythes, eight pounds each.
Sickles, and all kinds of cutlery, of American
manufacture, shall not exceed the rate of twenty
fold of the price such articles refpeCtively were usu
ally fold at in the said year one thousand seven hun
dred and seventy-sour.
Good merchantable pork by the barrel, one hun
dred and twenty-five pounds.
Good merchantable beef by the barrel, ninety
five pounds.
Gammons and other bacon well cured, fifteen
Killings per pound.
Hay of the firft crop and best quality, feventy-five
pounds per ton.
Hay of the second crop and best quality, fifty
five pounds per ton, and other hay in proportion to
its quality. (See the fourth page.)
[Numb. 107.]