Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-10

conversion mus, be st;soa as, MATS
gres; a,sacri6ce OF capitsl ~ With %
the Question as a .neasssre oi\,sS us oa.ei
tyre, thy have 0bialaed rea W 'a 1s
quantity Of Sugar az present ia y : 9 OF tie
India docks; tom which, and fF,,, Nss.
evidence, it appears, .Erhs, the r. "'he'
now on hand is nnosaally Create, " aaa''i
sof the year fhecrop Ii lastv... y sn'
90 the point OF coming iuso The ns.l J, s'''
i should rot be omitted tushsr - y. T..
that for many years past The ,saod = - s''s
'asmoss entirely escaped The natural -, ss'e
ties lof hurricanes, &c.) which bs ss.'a'l'
scaslonally proved destructi.eto the 0c'
~ 10 those countries. fSp''
Is 10 Investigating the causes Of ,b,,,
preston Of the market, tyom whencs''
.vhnle OF Tire planters distress ann 'lt
originate, the ltst object which M
your CO mmittee is, that sx;raoEdpa,r '
alton in which he is Eiscs,:, which nv y s.N
him alone Gin exception 10 svsrv ,,s
,sim,lar CASEY from !edeIaufyiua him.
asr iiieiacreaae. Of aG,,, aad Of a,hs.
peeers attending his caInva,ion, by
sqE,.''saisns 'laereaserof pace to,hslcoes0s
er. For i appears that since ,ae wear d,
the doty en- sugar hssbeen raised iroagG
TO 27s. ADD con,iogensly TO sos Der :,
che expenees ofshs estates are cslroy,'sI
TO have riseuin many .artcies SO. and -
othefs above 100 per CERT. and IT, No.
has fallen from 6as. 10 SIS. Cd NJ, r .,n.
the average of he last eigas months. 49, =.
ii appears obvioas. from The above ,,,.,
ment, that the -dusY is hesglss han ihy. ).
tiele can bear at It's presen, price, il Is sao
gsyted that it might be expsdifsu. for i6 h.
relief Of the home market, 10 extend n,
principle which <has been adopted on III.
contingent increase Of GUY from 27s. to
'3Cs so that from the maxim of dav then
fixed, 90 ACROSS price o!rsos. aaorame 80.
duty, aud sos. TO the planter, the Sduw
should be thrown back ona similar scse
IN proportion 20 ahe depression Of ,he
market, ill the price arrives at 6os. gross,
lsa..ing aos. (the original duyj 10 govern
,men,, aud 4cs. TO the .plaoier, Of, 10 oihst
words reduction Of Is, Of du,y 90 re.
duction of 2s,, gross price, for he aver.
age then Fixed for the impasi,lon OF the new
duty as far as 2os. ~
An increase Of ihe bounty on the export
has been also. recommended; and your
committee are of opinion, thar i, would
aford great relief If given as an accompS
pimeut to the measures Of restriction upon
neu.rals, so as TO render The expsaces Gu
British and foreiga produce equal IN Ia:
foreign market.
Ac considerable depreciation of!he price
Of run hav.rg also taken place, II tas
been suggested, thar. The encoursgsms0!
Of the consumption of that article sen'd
be considerable advantage olhe platte
49, Your comm.ttee are aware that such
encouragement has been given TO G."
tain extent; butlt it were found 2yae's@
bic to carry tha: assistance iurther BY 40
Increased consumption IN the aTny '0'
navy, such measure would 10 tnelF
pinlon have very beus h3isi sEses OF
REDUCTION of du,y on rum might 'Ho'o
essen,iai relief to the platter, mIsflaa' ns
80 the revenue, which would be lnosiap'r
ed by 40 increased CONSUMPTION o. 'D''
spirit. y.
Gfeat however as are the evils OF 'n
decrease of price & Iucrease OF o0''Sa
it does 30. appear to your coraa'' 1:s. a@
they are the original cause OF 'ae o''s'" >.
,os tAe planter, BY applying 70 v0' ta 3.
lone any practicable remedy &c s o. h.
more than partially relieved, But 'a' .~.
main evil, and that 10 wh'cs these az. '',G
tima,ely TO be referred, is the Vely w.
vorsble state of the foreign mafksh -.
which formerly the British mefIpau " i.
;oyed nearly monopoly, but w's's .aa
cannot a. present enter 'n'o e0"p s.,,n
wi,h.,he planter not Only Of The p ns a[,y
bur the hostile colonies. 4 ne fesu" .,,al