The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-04-25

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hold II fair to include freight and nfurance.
tor although man may fend his own y-fIrl. and
i,ana MS own underwater. he will always make
theie calculations before he undertakes an ex-
Peu,''on: and coniidering the nature of the
,rHoe we nave been carrying on there, this al.
iowalcc is very moderate. And now. fir. LET
me ak, what is there left of naked nronertv
! tor the author of war in difguiE. and INV lord
Co'iingwood Why, truly, the mighty fun of
23l, e34 dollars |!
But, r, independent of this ftaternent. where
is this mighty fun about which 70 mach fuCs l.
nlade' that we are fcreening from G.. Britain ,
why In France, no doubt And what does if
amount to: will tell you, fir Our whole
exports 10 that nation in 1904, conhftine of our
own ana foreign produce, amounted to $500
ooo 1o'Iafs: Now, hr, | do fuppofe, that mott
or inc coffee we have fent thther, came to lie
from st. Domingo / would, there fore, al, the
author OF Sc War in Difguifc," or any one ellie.
Whether they really think the black nobility of
81. domingo have been fending their produce
naked under our flag TO fuppIy their friends in
france! The whole of this allegation is too
ihiurd to merit ferrous refutation. The faft
rs, that OF this s,soo,ooo, we receive payment
| IN French goods to the amount Of about 500
200 and the rehdue, together with the furplus
" our other exports to Europe, is remitted TO
l 2,OO
which our trade with her annually fnbiects ma
to. Now, fir, who has the belt right to com.
plain OF us in this bulineis? Certainly not Enc.
| land.
We are ALTO told that if this refolution pafT;.s.
our exports to Great Britain, will be materiallv
affected. Although the refolution does not 90
! to prevent us from Tending our produce thitber.
VIII examine that part of the argument of the
gentleman from Georgia refpe6ting tobacco.
| The whole OF our export of that article in
1904 was $4,000 hhds and you will take YOUR
pen and caio ulate the population where this to-
bacco is confirmed, you will find thew amount
to about s9 millions, which gives to Great Ri.
tain the coniumption of about II or 15.ooo
hhds. Now, FIR, you will find, that in 1903 we
exported to that nation $4,000 hhds. and on am
average we lend them near &c, 900 hhds, aunu
ally. What is the conlequence? That by
tending more than they can coufume, the price
is kept below its intriDic value ;-whereas.
were we wife enought to fcnd them no more than
they do commune, the price would be always
good tor II IS an axiom in trade, that when the
medium OF confumption is exceeded, the price
mutt tai whereas, ifthe fupply is deficient, it
occafons competition in the market. which
never fails to raife the article above its real
value. 1t will therefore be highly advantageous
to the tobacco planter that efs of it goes TO @.
Britain.
On the fubjeG Of our revenue, we are often
exultingly told, that it comes excluively offthe
farmer and planter, who are the great conlum-
ers. Let us examine this que1ion.
> Our imports amounted in 1904 to about 30
millions, whereof SO millions were re-exported
OF the remaining ~, how much is confirmed bv
the farmer and planter? Icompute the popu-
latIon OF orr ieaports 70 be about one eighth of
that OF the U. S. and from the luxury and waite,
in e
coffee, fugar, &c. &C. and even of Calt, of wbcI
do believe one flip commonly continues as
much a5 ten farmers--that thefc towns conCume
one third; which leaves 80 millions out of soto
the farmer and planter.