Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-05
F,0m the ". Toyk EVENING PosT.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
No. III.
No. III.
(SGme MbieR conhxned. J

IT was complained Of by MIR. Giles,
thar " the Britifh are allowed 10 lay coun-
tervailing duties, while we are bound not
TO lay countervailing duties in return, 4"
A eeuuterVailing dufy III ret9ru as here ufed
is nonfenfe, but il is fuppoied the fpeaker
meant t.lat Great Britain had a right TO
impole higher duties than we have, in
which he was egregiouly miaaken; the
adfo that government for carrying into
execution the treaty, being within both
the letter and fpiris Of that in9rument.
We publifhed Ial winter tQJls Of cemta-
rative daiies, fhewing how this act appear.
ed in actual operation, and that ontof a
long lit of articles Eow very few were
fubjeH to the full burden Of the legal du-
~. There was, therefore, no foundation
sor the complaint of tbofe gentlemen, that
Great Rgitain had made an executive ufe
of her right to coun,ervail. That the
relult of thoie duties, as laid in the two
countries, was highly favorable 10 our
own, will appear.
When the lubjeff was formerly under
difculicn, The n!niRerial paper ar Vain.
ington, Inadvertently, rendered an idue on
this very fact. Tie exiaing dxties,"
faid the National Intelligencer, inpcf-
ed by the United States are ;riaing when
compared wi,hlhoie Of @. Britain, ard the
advance Of 10 per cert. on tfe former, is
uncomfortable, compared with 10 per cent.
on the latter The, difference conltitutes the
gain of Britain, and 70 far as this differ
ence goes, does it infringe the fpirit Of
the treaty." Is il then 70, thar the U.
States pay lefs duties to Great Britain
than fhe pays TO Us Lord Hawke fbury,
in his fpeech in the houfe of commons on
the peace, which we publilhed fume time
fince, Rates the exports of Grear. Britain
TO the United States to be, for the three
lat years Of the former peace 3s694,ooo,
and for the lat three years of the late war
o,232,ooo fferling we may then iafely
put it ar 5000, ooo dollars, which would
pay an average duty, if imported in our
own vei1els OF
Is per cent. and producing
an impoit $500, 900
Thefe importation, 10 Brit:lh
bottoms being Liable to 10
per cent. additional duty,
would produce 1890. 900
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Difference in favor of Anne
rican vei1els 400
To meet this balance, the Britiih GO
vernment has laid her concentrating dn-
ties in turn; but from diipoftion to en-
courage the trade between the two coun-
tries, thofe countervailing duties are laid
in the mott favorable manner to Us; this
has been ihewn by extracts from tie coun-
tervailing act, and by an examination
of the particular duties as they appear in
operation. What then is their total a.
mount?
The mott material duty is that laid on
tobacco. II is believed that 1850 hogf-
heads isa large allowance for Britilh home
coniunption, for fuch only pays duty;
but as general Smith has himfelf Gated il
at $4,000, 10 prevent any cavil on this
lcore, it lhall be admitted 10 be correct
IA, 900 hoglheads, at I6s per hid. is
III,55o 5J333
A leis fam than is faved to the
American merchants on ten
London or Liverpool car
goes, many of which pay
upwards of 10000 dollars
du'y
The amount Of additional du-
ties on all the other articles
in the table is triAing it's
fuppofed to be large al
lowance TO fay 10000
Total 67,333