The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-06-24
this country and the government


from shipping for the American markets :
Yes, it would.
You stated before, that part of your pay
ments at least, although the proportion you
could not assign, came in the form of bills
drawn by Americans upon the continent !;
how should you eXpAct. if You reserved Your
shipments, to get th2 BART of your payments?
l do not think 4, any proportion of the
payments from thtU. S. could be made by
bills drawn on the continent
What was the reason for your contract
ing your shipments The article princi-
paliy export to America is hats !; the manu-
facturer of hats in America is gradually in
creasing, and we have gradually experien-
ced n reduction of orders for that article.
Then the reduction of your orders at the
latter end OF the last year was net in conse-
quenee of any measure adopted in this coun-
try Not, in the smallest degree.
Then you should not think your shipments
would be as extensive as they were before,
If the embargo was taken off in America, not
only on account of the orders in council, but
also OH account of the difficulty ofgetting re-
ml,tanCes to the continent? ! said, perhaps
that might have some influence with me, but
not much, because, not having had remit
tanCes lately from the continent, it is not
| thing that consider.
Have you reduced your manufacture of a.
ny thing but hats. No.
You were in the habit of sending other
manufactures to American Occasionally, but
not regularly.
And you have reduced your manufacture
for America in hats only In hats only.
Had you, when you began to reduce your
manufacture, not heard of the stoppage and
condemnation of American ships in the ports
OF France and Holiand9 l cannot rccollect
whether had or not, but that had no eff
feet whatever in the reduction which took
place i'll my manufacture.
Had you no apprehension of any injury to
the American trade from that? had no ap.
prehension of the interruption in the trade
between this country and America from
that.
To what amount svour annual trade to A
merica! To the amount of about 2O,OOOl. a
year in hats.
AS soon you and your house heard of
the orders in council having been issued did
yon form any resolution respecting your A
merican trader To discontinue exporting a
ny hats to America during the continuance
OF those orders.
Shakeshear Philips.
In what business i, your house engaged
Chiefly in the export of the cotton manufac-
tare to the United States of America.
Have you lately, in the house to which
you belong, drawn in, in any branch of the A
merican trade Very cosii;,o ss5,f indeed
almost totally.
At what time did you begin to cease to
make these shipments to America, and to
give the necessary orders? The shipments to
America take place at particular periods,
about the month of February and the month
of July
After the Issue of the orders of council to
which you have just alluded, did you or your
house form any resolution with respect to the
American trade Yes.
10 what purpose was this determination
10 abstain almost entirely from any further
export.
This resolution was taken before any news
arrived in the country, of the American EN-
bargos Yes. it was.
In what way was this resolution executed.
In reducing very much the manufacture and
not purchasing the manufactured goods of
Lancashire, which we have formerly done
to very large amount.
Did you give to the workmen whom you
formerly have employed, less work to each
workman! l cannot precisely answer that
question, because our mandatory was chief
ly executed by agency.
Did you give fewer orders to those agentsi
Much less.
In whatproportion Ofthose articles ship
ped for the American trade, not half.
In consequence of those diminished Or
ders for articles shipped for the American
trade has the stock in hand diminished or ac-
cumnlated! Ii is regularly accommodating.
Notwithstanding the diminished orders
1t is.
IF the orders in council were withdrawn,
would you and your house resume your for
mer expectation to America? We should to
a certain degree.
Although the American embargo continu-
ed Yes.
If the American embargo were removed
and the orders in council still continued in
force, would you and your house resume your
former shipments to America ?-In very
small degree indeed.
But if the embargo were withdrawn, and
the orders in council continued why would
not You then send to America! For two rea-
sons first, should conceive that from the
intercourse being impeded between Ameri-
ca and the continent of Europe, could not
expect to receive remittances for the pro
perty; but the principal reason is, that /
should apprehend those orders in council
would produce hostility between this Country
and America.
Then If the embargo were withdrawn, the
orders Of council continuing, why SHOULD you
be less willing TO export ] should not con
ceiye it likely thing that America would
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