The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-23

congress, adESa
LAMBxRToN. January 6, 1870
" The distillers or spirits from grain, have, a.
mong other manufacturers, pettioned Congress-
for their support and protection. Knowing that
your attention is drawn to this subject generally
take the liberty of addressing you on our parti-
cular branch.
Z" The unjust and rapacious modes of warfare,
now adopted Ivy nations calling themselves civil
hZed, must have convinced every disnterestei
man OF any pai;y, of the necessity of rendering
this country as independent of them as posi-
bic.
:. Our agriculture mast Isngu;sh, if grain, tha
man produce OF 1t, cannot be consumed wit pro-
ut at home, or exported with safety We raise
much more tl,an Can be properly applied to the
consumption oi ourselves our stock This
surplus must either be exported or distilled -
Alter dst,iiation, the refuse or wash, will feed
more than half as much stock az the grain would
have done. 1t is good for all kinds OF stock
horses, hog, cattle and sheep. The best flock
of English sheep III this neighborhood owe their.
superiority to being plen,fuIly fed with our wash
III winter: Thus grain which is distilled an
swers the double purpose of feeding our stock
thereby yielding beef and pork. and excluding TO.
reign spirits. If it be objected that the extensi-
! on of this manufacture will increase the mis.ra,
bic abuses which at pre- sent injure the morality
and industry of the lower orders of society L
answer that the very reverse will take place
II foreign spirits distilled from grain, be prohibit
ted and nothing less than the total prohibition Of
them will benefit US, and other spirits b.. increa-
seq IN price, by the imposition Of higher du-
ties, will be made of better quality, will.
DE sold at higher prices, and therefore be more
out of the reach of those VINO now abuse them
say that nothing less than the absolute pro-
h'bltion OF foreign grain spirits, will ans wer our
purpose because, while they are known to be
IN the market, we who Manufacture, will never
be paid for any Improvement in the quality of
-,fall IL. 4
the voyage hither. 1t is in the hands Of Capital
lists VINO can hold it at high price. Ours is
commonly sold at once for want of capital and
at low price. Macy of us arc therefore obi.
6ed to make it of inferior quality to answer this
price. Some of us have by careful and repeated
Installations rendered the quality better, and e.
quail to that OF foreign gin When we offer this
Tor sale, the grocers answer that it is only coun-
try gin, and therefore not worth much. As
soon as theyb buy 1T, they mix it with, and sell it
as Holland Gun. Thus the manufacturer loses, &.
the grocer only gains by improvement
What lnow state, has been verified by the exec
Renee Of the last year. Holland Gin became
scarce and sold at ) 2 OrS and 25 cents per
gallon. The consumsrs finding very good sold
at 8, so, knew chat it must b. made here. They
tien applied 10 the dstiers and were supplied
ut less tian 5 ] with gin equal in quality to the
Holland and only wanting ag. 10 IN Ike it as pa.
lataoie. l made good deal Of this at 90 cents.
and received from it a much greater profit than
from that of ordinary quality. As soon however,
as Holland gin shall interfere, this will be at 40
end You know that by careful and repeated DIS.
llltatlons we divest the spirit Of its essential
oil, in which alone there can exist any differences
between and The foreign. 1t it afterwards
be passed through charcoal, the separation is
completed, and it becomes fit for any purpose, e.
ven to mix with brandy or rum, the quantity of
which it increases and even mehorates their qua.
ity, IT the general opinion Of the whOlesomenesi
Of grain spir,ts being greater tan that OF any ..
ter, be correct. Whatever foundation there may
be for this opinion, it certainly is very prevalent
and is stated to be founded on certain ex erieuce
by the writer OF the account Of the Dutch l. at l.
l. ries III rilock's Magazine. III, duties OF TO-
feigirS pFts and ,iasses ought to be inci G =
greatly, III ordar TO BRING ours Into gen : i
use. IL wescOuil make IT the common q .nN OF
orr sailors it woQ be-, W Upcl. The nav