Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-05

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tend that the revenue can ran no pV7a'D.
risk ii this business onti! the quantity 9
sugar imported from Loulsiaaa excess
our whole consumption. At present 'a1
qaaa,isy we receive from thence ansaa .'''
TO about four nil.iens o. pounds aansa,ly'
I Whea itsshall exceed cur copsamptlon lsn
eyene which shall be proud Of we ssa''
have little difficulty in guarding az ainssl snS
isnposition aPprehended. s
haze often seen, Sir, that when spo
!. iects Of this nature. are discussed on sA's
floor, the first question with many genie
| G:sn is, how will this measure affect OUT
revenue? acknowledge that this cons'~
aesat;on .shcs!d never be los. sigh OF, pus
musr atathe s.me time avow, that Il mas
always been with me a secondary one. ! Ae
.f.ss, 80 nay estimation, is, kos Will i si-cs
lie peop.s If The people shall gain sen
times as much as thsrcyenue loses oy q
measure, he must be poor Enaacisi VIC
cannot supply the loss in another shspe'
But, / am ready TO assert. that rot Only
The people, bat The government also viii
ksnsGt BY The desired alteration. During
tie period in which drawback was allow
ed on Tie exploration of domestic rehaed
sugar, the erection Of re6neries increased
TO such degree that q; present. be:ag ~ q
great measure conhned 10 home consump.
ton, most Of them arc idle half the year.
5 he amount Of that article exported last
year, was short OF l4C Goo aouads, BY
which 40 dsrkt The na,ien bsns E;sd abaut
5oCo dollars. Being two aa<! al hall cents
FER pound On lie suaatity Of crude sugar
employed; hui, sir, if the ltaasrs be al
lo@ed Reasonable drawback, tie gaa9,iy
exported would IN all probability soon a
noun; 70 three million pounds. or more,
annually and, aliowiag oaly ooe eeogp per
paund 70 be retained at;nc custom house,
leaves a fevecae Of so COD dal!ars la
addition 70 ,a;s consideration, si,, lei me
add, thas where apeop'e is conGas.: 70 rs
Supplying Of lis cH-a consumption Of any
slnc.e, the manufacture cl that astiel=
nlas!cver decline. caunot better illus,
ua'e This proposition than by qao;ibg he
lnstafce Of The late policy CT q. Is. TIC.
vads ireland. The iaster nasian was uoi
only allowed the free caportasion Of l.neas
bssln some cases a bcanty;yelin wooiIcns
were restricted TO ,heir owneonsImp;ion.
Every bod knows thar the Daoufa e,uTe oi
Inc cue, although obliged 20 import their
seed, faac:shcd 10 an extrac e!iuarp de-
gsee; Wheseas II tsie other, although good
wool was always abundant, drcliaes; aad
they purchased ,helr woa!.en CD rs eh cf
Is ifoia7 England; anat .or this sinplerea
soa, 'hal the dread of q, king too mach
and The surplus pes.shsag, 'hcy dare nor
n.ska enough FIR ,heif ovn use. O5>5tv
the price CT coase IA the L. S. compared
win any and every othcr ccua:ry iaaas in.
posis aud consumes II; We have j. iGkai:e.
~ lower than any Of ,hen, because our
Tasfahaa,s are NOT AFRAID cf,haylag m re
than can be CONSUMED k:swlng that ih-y
can readily obsa!na drawback ot -su,y Of.
aliSshey r--aSPcEt. AUD j. is owing 30 3
dst6sse! this regGlation 10 the case Of 81
gar, that he price CT lo4t sug&r IS az this
time highss, compared win the prse-tf
crude sugar than it sGs during The exist,
eoce or the excise law, WED q {! aW0asi.s
was alowcdoa she expectation.
we haze 10 some years exported from
so 20 GO millions OF pounds Ct crude su.
ger coala al this have beea exported IN
d fshaed state, the revenue assght tasr b..
Ge!sgsg much, and the manufacturer still
more. Il would have bsough. mach more
IN !oreign csuoriess aad enabled the ex
poners ioia1port SO mech nIeFe 81 olher
goods whieh would still cave engssased our
revenue
Ihsre is yetaaother advantage Of sreat
importance 10 be acknowledgements
have oader.aken to say that our ezporra-
ton ri raw sugars was ia many Instances
Tor account OF their enemies; therefore,
hadthese sugars been exportrdin arefin5d