The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-18

! ion OF this citnction was undoubtedly wife and
! cosent, experience had proved mat Brtifb f,lt.
as Drought to the market, was deHitute of that
4 purity and trength which was nccsnary to ur.
ferve animal feih from saint and corruption.
and n for human food in hot climates and On
| long voyages
! Tie trade ofIrelard in beef, pork ard butter,
WAS or great Importance, not only 10 that coun-
! try itielt, but to the whole navy and army of
Britain, TO keep M the character and whole
fomcre;s Ottheir pg0v,iions was matter Of I'M
| rnenie national importance, and this could only
| be done by attention 10 have it preierved with
ialt OF purity and hrcngth-Experienc had
| proved that the ialt formed by Capitalization
| IN the open iunihine on the weftern ihores and
illands of fouihern Europe, was vaty better.
than that produced by artificial concretion, in
! ooiing heat over fire in the north-And the
government had with prudent difcernmeut IA
vored the introduction of Bay E.lt into Ireland,
by permitting 81 lbs. to be imported for the
fame duty that WAS paid On the Introduction of
So lbs. vi Liverpool fat.
Inc people OF Liverpool have Lately exprci1cd
ineaiine,s at this partially, and an attempt has
been made IN parliament, 10 to equalize the du
ty, as to give TO both Bay and Englilh f,lt fair
competition in the Irifh market This, how
ever, was repelled by the Irih members, with
manly diicernment and ipirit on the ground.
that Bay ialt was Of ftronger quality, iefs ealy
to diholve, and indifpenfible to the falters OF
meats-Ihat Eng!ih or Liverpool fat would
not aniwer, for this exteDfive and important
branch OF buhnefs-That the determination in
favour OF Bay iat was polite and proper, and
especially connected with the provifion trade
and the health Of the fleets and armies.
1t is my with faid Mr. 7. that fuch dftinc
non fhould De made on the introduction of En-
gih fat the United States, as has been
made by the Britiih laws themtelves, on its i'm.
Portation into Ireland. There certainly exits
the fame cauies fort. Like ireland, our coun-
try abounds IN proviiions-beef, pork, 9Th ard
butter are great and fable articles of eyrorf .
but their quality is very far inferior TO the pro.
vihons of leland-The putrefaction of beef.
pork and tiih, to very ferrous extent, has Of
ten occurred the iotS of property thereby was
Sreat, and the reputation of our provilions ma
terially afe6ted--But that was not the ereateCt
evil-there is no doubt butthat the exhalation
from tainted and corrupted meats and fin in
our towns as we'll as on board our veGels, pol.
ion the atmosphere aud excite malignant feveys
and other difeaies.
His obie7 was TO retrieve and efabIiib the
reputation of our fated provilions in foreign
markets--to prevent the lois of property by thofc
who put up provifcns for expectation. and aICo
TO prevent the evils refplting to our citizens and
learleH from tainted ana ipoiiing meats and flh. s
With this view OF the fGbiect he f,ouId nro.
pole IN the hIit place, an enquiry into the ex-
pediency of reducing the duty on falt eeperaIlv
and in the fecond, the propriety of making a
dliinction, 10 as to encourage the importation
OF itrong ana pure talt, in preference to the
weak and impure falt manufactured in En-
gland.
He therefore moved the following refoIuti,}s
Rej0ipeG, That the Committee of WAYS ana
Means q To- ~ n
ency OF reducing the duty on falt, and alto intoE
the proprlety OF making diftinGtion in the DUTY
10 as to encourage the Importation Of Ealt from,
the dominions OF Denmark, Sweden, the United
Netherlands, Spain, France, Portugal and the
Britiih Weft-Indies in preference to that of any
other place or places; and that they report
by bill or otherwife.
Mr.. J. RsnSoiob fad that the refoluton which the
gentleman from New York had fubnitted. and m
relation to which he had favored the FIoufe with
ipch coPions details, embraced two obiea.-the re-
dutton of the duty on falt, generally-and the en-
enlargement OF the importation of a particular def
cripuon OF that article. The lah hbiea belo,oine,
10 elsis which conigned to the con,roittee of
Commerce and Manufactures, ne fhould confne him
ieh to the frit branch of the relouton nor fhould
he have troubled the houle at all were not the rot
OF the gentleman from New-York calculated to e.
cite an expectation, which he whed TO repreCs. he.
cauie ne feared it could not be grat6ed Ii was
not to oPPofe enquiry, but apprze the mover and
the public that the reiut likely to prove unpro
Pitiou; to his wines, that he had rilenThe countr,
on which the iat duty fell with peculiar force wa,
that middle region, enough to the fes board TO
be Implied altogether by importation, but 700 re-
mote to have IFS conumption dminiGied BY vcinaee
to the fea. Thoie whole ock had accefs to falt wa
ter felt the duty, but ly-thofe whole 6tuat;o
obliged them to ule islt of home manufacture ONLY.
not at all. AS nhabitant of that ditra of country
by which the duty principally paid, and as
friend 70 agriculture he had an early period of the
ieiiion, in conjunction with his friend the Speaker
turned ms attention to the praelieability Of redu
eng the duty on iat--and you well know, Sir (Csid
MIR r. that the reiult of our enquiry Iatisffsd y,
hat this debrable object not at prefent attsins
bic. he mentioned tins to NEW that other member,
Tel; interea in this fube6, a, well as the gsnte
inan from Nes-York, although they had not broughr
It before the tIopie. The treaiury ifatenents ON
which the gentleman relied for the fuppor OF his DO
htion, that wc ddpenie with portion Of our er
ihing revenue, elaill the oppoite opinion, bevonJ
controversy. The eliminated revenue of the enfnino
year after dclraying the eaunated e1perce yielded
only iurplus Of 10000 dollars, and the fDecie bs
lance in tie tresiury, which the gentleman had
brought to his aid, WIS lerge indeed, bur charged
with near four millions Of dollars on account OF Crea.
Britain, Maryland md American claims upon France.
whole payment We had aGumed by convention with
that power Tie delay Of hefe claims which wer.