Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-13

N""P"iaN uoeS HIS wares ana we EreeullN
receive whatever she is pleased to vouch
safe to us beggar like us, devours tn,
Crumbs which fall from the rich man:
table we ought to spurn such degraded
such contemplate traffic In regard Their
to the direct trade between the u s. Sl the
possessions named, the subjects of c.. Bri.
tam are the only carriers her ships from
u. Britain may come to any of our ports
with full freights of dry gcods-with part
OF the proceeds. purchase load of lum-
Der, stock, provisions, &c. (such mean, as
they choose to admit i'll the Islands, sell
1t at their Islands, at great profit, take in a
cargo OF w. India produce. aud carry it
20 any part OF Europe-giving them full
freights, III three distinct voyages. And n
portion OF our lumber, and pot and pearl
ashes, will, and does, by Champlain and
ether waters. find their way to the St. Law
renee, are bought up by the British CAPT
taliSts at their own price, and sent to a
most profitable market in Great Britain
and the West indics-giving employment
to their ships, and great profit to their
merchants. The only way in which lum-
Der, fish, -four, rice, &c. in our vessels, find
market in the British West-Indies. is
through some island belonging to some 9TH
err foreign nation, less rigid than G.. Bri-
tain III her colonial system and in the
same way we receive in our ships some of
her products all loaded with additional
freight and insurance, for carriage among
the Islands. But of this, miserable as it
was, we are III part deprived, OF attempt
ed to be, by an act of one of her colonial
assemblies, made expressly against this
country, and no doubt the same will se
done in other Islands. / allude to -" an
act laying duty on certain goods, wares
and merchandise imported into this Island.
Camaica) from the u. S. of America and
other places" passed the 18th Nov 1915 :;
by which It'll enacted, that from the pass
ing OF that act and during its continuance,
there shall be levied and paid to his males
ty, &c. on all goods, wares and merchan-
die, imported into that Island /" from anu
port orforfs Of the United STATES of .dnae-
T1ca, or from any colony or plantation in
.4me'1cd, Belonging TO or under the donin-
ion ofany foreign Eayohean SOVEREIGN. in
a state Of Gnlity zrith his majesty, the fol-
lowing duties, viz. among others
:" For every barrel of wheat flour. not
weighing more than 1876, net weight, l3s
I'D.
{" For 100 lbs. of rice, IS Sd.
Fer every 1000 shingles, or Boston
chips, not more than 10 inches in length. Is
Sd. ~ About three times the first cost.
being what we call common shipping shin
gles.]
Z" For every 1000 shingles, more than 10
inches in length. lbs 4d''-being more than
the value in the northern parts of this
country.
" For every 1000 feet Of white and vel
low pine lumber of ali descriptions, 20s."
which is above half the original cost in this
Country. Various other articles, on which
specific duties are imposed in the same
proportion, and an ad-vaore duty of
10 per cent. on all other articles which thew
see ft to admit. And i&formation has been
received, that it is their intention, in rela-
ton to the article of plaster from Nova
Scotia, to impose an export duty on it of 5
dollars the ton, (nearly IT'S value in the Bos-
ton alarket) when landed east of New
Haven ; SO that their vessels may be the
exclusive carriers TO those states where it is
used. The operation Of this system in the
north and east is such, that our lumber
trade to the w. Indies has been nearly
destroyed, and two-thirds of the vessels
employed in that trade, thrown out of EN-
ploy. | presume that nearly one-third of
all the tonnage of Maine, (Which in 1914,
not very propitious year, amounted to
125,000) was formerly employed in the
West-lndia trade. A large proportion of
our vessels have now become useless, and
British vessels have in many cases, become
one carriers.
The question then is, said Mr.. King,
whether we shall aid e.. Britain to enforce
her colonial system, exclusively for the
benefit of her subjects, or retaliate upon
her some of the injuries which we suffer
from her navigation laws. 1t will be in
vain, and worse than in vain, that we freed
ourselves from former impostiens & pre-
tensions, if we must again be brought in
subsection to colonial servitude.
The whole trade of this country is too
valuable to be bartered away for a portion
of that of any nation. cannot admit the
doctrine, that we have no equivalent TO Of
fer Great Britain for this trade-It carries
its equivalent with it, as she may & ought to
find it.in thatimmense traffic she eniovs with
this country. She appeared disposed, by the
treaty, to put the commerce of the coun-
tries upon the most liberal ground of reel
procity lnstea d of that, we do not gain half
the advantages which we yield to her, while
she closes so many of her ports az inst MS.
Whatever interest Great Britain has TO ia
vor the colonial trade of her subjects, we
have none nor ought we to aid her in this
semi-tarrapiu policy. ii these colonists
supp SC they can do without trade, on the
ground of reciprocity, with us, let US sec,
IN return, if we cannot do without trade
with them one good effect, at least, will
be produced-we shall encourage the pro-
duction of sugar, molasses, rum, &c. in our
southern states and thus, with the trade