American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-21


tucir- 'he,r. The wno'e subcct is thought to de-
mar re.i-on lyon tie supe, ior wines OF France,
upon thuse q the Rhine. upon those, generally, OF
Spala, Portugal. the Italian States. and, perhaps
some otber countries. the dnti.s. 1t Us belevec
i ight he alvantageou>ly brought down. lhe
manuactute If vine. in the United States, does
Int, q this juncture. comprehend any such large
intei ct, Il, u intepnse serious objections 10 inc
pui.cy Recommended. The opinion may also be
faxar'ed that in prnporton as the taste Tor wine
comes to prevail that for ardent SPIRITS under
the encouragement Of low duties upon those i'm
rorted fran abroad. will better basis be laid fol
the prosecution, at future day, ct this branch Of
industry at home Its prosecution might 80 on
han.I in hand, with lover duties on foreign wines
even at the present time, very small amount Of
capital beng necessary to the production OF wines
at home.
A few remarks upon the state Of the trade be
tween the United States and the British Colonies
since the Introduction put upon it by Great Britain
viii close the more general observations OF this re
nrt.
Sufficient time has scarcely elapsed to enable Us
;t determine. with precision the course that this
trade will ultimately take, as regards the amount
If supplies, the channels through which they vii
chiefly pass. and the proportions of American anc
British tonnage likely to be employed in theii
trans,ol tation. The British interdict of July
1896. left an interval before its actual operation
which did mt commence until the first of Decem
bcr OF that year. The interval, it is understood
was improved in accommodating in the British Ncs
India potts supplies OF provisions and other neces
sary articles from the United States. Geograph
cal causes in their nature Interchangeable, render i
manifest that such supplies can be sent to the Br
fish Islands in more abundance. and on cheaper
terms. from the United States than from parts o
The would more remote, or from climates less ia
vorahe to their production. Nevertheless The
british Government, true to its invat liable maxim
Of encourasin. the industry OF its own subjects II
preference to that Of foreigners, laid duties upon
these supplies when coming from the United States
designed to c0unteryail the greater cheapness viii
which they could be furnished over similar sup
Plies from the British Colonies Of North America
|, was to no purpose that Britain was urged, il
pr0traced negotiations, TO fpteoo this discrimina
iron in favor of her own subec She steadl,
adhered to it. afording fresh and signal example
q other nations that to protect the agricultural as
ne manufacturing labor OF her own People, in
whatever region situated, is point in her policy
10 which that Of buying cheap from strangers knows
when and how to yield. As the British North
American Colonies were enabled. with the aid Of
these protecting duties, TO furnish portion Of the
supplies necessary TO the British Islands, leaving
TIE United States 20 furnish the residue, whilst the
direct intercourse between the latter and those Is
lands remained open, it IS not believed that the
trade. under ordinary circumstances. will be ma
teraliy affected in amount by the direct inter
course being closed. The continued necessity oil
drawing the major part OF those supplies from the
United States was seen in the fact of Quebec ha
wing been made eutrepot tor their flour and 9th
er articles, at early day after the commence
Nent ct the interdict, and. afterwards, by an act
ot the British Parliament, which admits, duty free
various products Of the United States into Canada
whence their expectation to the Islands is legal
Ze9. as Of the proper products OF Canada 1t is
by the establishment OF such depots that the desire
OF Great Britain is also eylnced to draw to herself
lreponderatag share nl the carrying trade between
her Islands and the United States. 1t s through
these circuitous channels; also, through New
brunswick and Nova Scotia: through the port:
and Islands 0i intermediate POwers-as st. Jagt
de Cuba, Carthasena, St. Bartholomew, st Eus
tatas. ST. Ihomas-that Jamaica and the Wind
ward Islands will chiefly derive from the United
states the supplies that they have heretofore hat
iorn them, and still continue 10 want. 1t IS even
knOHn that biscuit has been shipped from Phila
leiphia for Jamaica, by way Of Liverpool ant
the Hour Of the United States, under bonds in tn,
warehouses of Liverpool WILL also, it is thought
md its way 10 consumption in the larger Islands
Ut the British West Indies. The Bahamas vii
probably experience most Inconvenience from tn,
0: this trade being forced into these indirec
channels, from their relative inability to sustain
the increased expense with which it will be bur
dened. This. we may presume, will be shared By
both parties, the transhipments and other interme
hate agencies necessary to keep the trade in &C
tlvty, being, TO certain extent common to both
What viii DC the relative proportion oil the ton
mage OF the two nations employed i'll CARRYING OF
,his trade, cannot at present be stated with conf
dence It is not probable that that of the United
States will snlfer, where the competition can b.
made equal but it Is possible that some diminu
ton Of their shipping may be eventually wituesse,
in favor of the flag OF some third Power. 1t i
the declared policy Of Britain to produce such