Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-20
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Encouragement and progrss u 5AHer TA' 8
manufactures, qrab az attempf 10 esi
mate their value.
Its very much 10 be regretted, that i
is ilnpofible to actor write 10 as to avoid
many errors Of our own, and fome miicons
ceptions Of Others. The late papers on
manufactures, have been underfood by
perions friendly TO Them, as holding Out
.deluGye ideas to foreigners. Il has been
thought, that the alledged exploration OF
manufactures, as JuJjs7 Of ar b0lifiral
ee0uomy, was intended 20 be called an ex7 =
ploratiion of The t,aa51sdtmoass anS 1'sa1 e
&c carrying az The m9f complete mqsatae-
,sxres If Great Britain. II has been er-
roneouily conceived, that it was only de-
fired to attach foreigners to them, though
we find capital branches long and fucceh.
fully conducted by natives. Citizens and
foreigners hold the 6rA refpeetability, and
are emineutly fuccefsful in various branch
~es. The charge. Of importation, includ-
ing cur port duties, are explicitly held up
as principal encouragement. They a.
!. mount to thirty per cent. or more, on the
much greater part Of the articles OF
importation and ccnfumption. The toll
loving paper is republiihed TO prove the
particular encouragenents which have
been explicitly and fairly held forth:
g Ciyeumfaaees liz the Uaited States
.favoraJle 10 CIR efa6l55ed maa1faftares'
and 10 tbele erbicb are daily arilfsg, 9y
means of Ameyieeu and foreign iasfry,
Kill, AID capital.
1. The principal articles Of razv mate
riaks, which are not produced in our coun-
Try, are capable Of importation free from
duty.
q. The principle raw material, eatabls
ef quater Ipinnixg, Cotton, is rallied in
the country to the amount Of twenty -one
millions fpounds per annum, and encreai-
ing by agricultural exertions, ieyeral mil
lions annually! !
Innumeraole mill feats, and immenie
bodies of wood for fuel, and as iource OF
{ charcoal, and great quantities OF pit coal.
4. Iron orc, without limit, and OF eve
~ qaality for feel, for caaings, ard for
$ the hammer.
(. Dates on all rival foreign manufac-
lures, from | to 20 per cent. On grain
ipirits a8 cents per gallon. On beer and
porter ; cents per gallon. Nails cents
rer r,onnd carpets IL per cent. Sc.
s.. Great quantities of hides, lkins, and
fur and foreign hides and ikins capable
of importation free from duty.
7. Many millions of acres Of land ca
pable OF producing lrdigo, Madaer, and
other dyes-the former Of which is extern
iively raiied. Foreign dyes free from du-
fy.
s. No excite on beer, ale, porter, fpi-
7iss, leather, foap, candles, fugar, or any
other articles, foreign or domeaic.
"a. A univsrial difpodtion in the legiaa-
lures, the executives and the propristors OF
the foil TO encourage manafactures, as The
{ureR and mott efettual fupport agricul-
ture, and as auxiliary TO foreign trade.
20. A iarplus Of 100000 barrels of
wheat -four for expectation, heGdes -indi-
an and rye meal, .all which might be de-
fained in America to feed hew nlanufac-
furers here, infead Of being hippel of, az
a heavy lois tothe farmer, to feed foreign
manufacturers ~ Ear2ps: alto an export
oftwo millions of pounds Of bacon ard
hams. nsarly three millions Of pounds Of
butter, 10000 pounds of cheeie, and
xs4s,ooo barrels OF beef and pork for the
lame purpofes, befdes many other excel
lent and wholefonie articles of proYiaon
and fupply,
II. The fubjea Of manufactures is
well explored, explained, conGdered and
approved, by the people at large of the
United States who deem them indiipen
fibiy neceaary to ther. complete inaspen-
denee and PROPERTY.