Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-12-18

would lead TO an increased Consumption o. The ar
tice TO an extent that, in all probability, would in
The eGd benefit rather than iDiui q the revenue !
lis tendency wonld be 10 enlarge our trade in ex
ports 10 CHINA; 'rsde OF progressive vahe, a. /
our coitons and ether articles of home p oduciinn
(ssds ifofn spece,) more aud more entering
Into IT. IL would cause OF tie trade in teas
TO centre IN our own ports, the present rate of do
driving our lea ships, not uElieguently, TO seek
their markets n Eofope; not in the form of Ie- ex.
pcTtaiions, but In the direct voyage from China Il
wou!c also serve 20 diminish the risk OF the u.
States ultimately losing any portion os trade 20
valuable, through The policy and regulations of O.
thes nations.
The duty upon wines is also believed to be-
higher thsn wise commercial and national policy
dictates. 4he experience OF our own we'll as
other countries has shown that high duties upon
wines do not prove beneficial 10 the revenue
Genefal experience also shows that the consump-
ton OF wine tends TO diminish The use of ardent
spirits. These are inducements for keeping the
duties upon wines low. They are sireng thened by
the considerations, that by lowering them we shall
Increase henehcially our trade TO the countries
whence we obtain wines. Some of these coun.
tries are unable 10 take productions unless their
wines be received a equivalent They are, at
the same time, prepared TO take them unr amu, II.
ed by positive or virtual prohibitions. IL seems
but just that ce should take freely the produc-
1 items OF nations that take freely. But In
! point OF fact, the present rates OF our tariff
favor most IN many aud essential things the pro
duciions OF nations that favor ours least, The rate
| OF duty upon wines IS not only in many instances
very high, but very unequal regards the diffe-
rent descriptions OF wines and the countries p.o
ducins them. The whole subject Is thought to de-
mand revision Upon the superior wines of
| France, upon those of the Rhine, upon those se.
morally OF Spain, Portugal, the italian State- and
perhaps some other countries the duties il Il. be-
lleveo, might be advantsgeou-y brought drown
4 ma tsttf. IF
ooes not at this Juncture, comprehend any such
large interest IS to inlerpose serious objections 10
[ tne poIicy recommended. The opinion may also
| De hszaided, that in proportion as the taste for
WINE comes to prevail over that for ardent spirits
uhder the encouras ement of low duties unon those
10 ported from sbroad, will a better ba-is be laid
iOf the prosecution al future day OF this branch
I VI industry at home. Its prosecution might 20
IN manu- IN hand with lower duties on foreign
wines even al The present lime, a very small a.
'nonn' oil CAPITAL being necessary to the production
| oil wines home
lev remarks ufon the state of the trade be-
tween The United States, and the Brush coionjes
sace the in;erdIcton put upon il by Great Britain
"i close The more general obseIv atoms of lb re-
port. "
9aHicent time has scarcely elapsed to enable us
W determine with precision the course that ,b,
""oe WI os'imateIy lake as regards the amount
OF supplies, Ihe channels through which tbev Wi,
chieiiy pass. and the proportions of Amer,cs, 49,,
"'"'sh tonnage likely to be employed in tbsir
uanspoftaiion. The Brush tnte.tct of III
io-O, lett an interval before its actual one,atio
ais uil not commence until the first of Decemhs,
VI 'hs' year The interval, il is understood. us
Improved IN accumu,atlng in The British West In.
Ola ports, supplies of provisions and oth,, ne...s
~ articles from The United States Geoerorb,.ai
ea"se'' IN their nature Interchangeable render !,
,Sn'ss,, That such supplies can be sent tn rho
D'"ist islands IN more abundance and on chea,e,
terms nom the UnHed States, than from na,,s rs
ue "0f!a more remote, or from climate lie s favor.
aoie 70 iheiT production. Nevertheless tho D.;
70" government, true to Its inVariable maxim ~
encouraging thegnJUs,ry of its own sub;.ctsin
'eehcs 10 mat OF foreigners laid duties upon there
supplies, when coming from the United S,ata
designed TO countervaii the greater cheann..s Ill
"HGnt hey could be furnished similar suooI,e.
'.oi Tue 0h'ish coio"les OF North America. I,
was 10 no purpose that Britain was urged IN NO
traeted negoiistions foreso this disctinioa,i :;
FAVOR OF her own subjects. She steadily adbo, al
~ H. aHordinS fresh and signal example 10 oibe
Nations tha' 10 protect The agricultural as the ma
nui curing LABOR o. her own people in whatev. r
:, 60" st'S'Eu' - a point IN her policy to which /
'haI OF ouyIng cheap from strangers knovvs Oh
ana how TO yield. As the Blush No,tb A. |
can colonies were enabled with the aid of II.
protecting duties, TO furnish ortion of H.. 49,, |
pies necessary TO the British isl ands. Ieayino ~
United Slstes 10 furnish the residue. vvhiIs, ~
.'S' Oet"een the latter and those isl
amos remained open, II Is not believed ti,,t ,he
Trade, under ordinary circumstances ,vtlI no -.
fIaily aHecIed In amount By he dIre.t ,p,e-.o,
being closed. The continued necessity of d,a,y.,,,
me major part Oil those supplies from tha TT;,91
states was seen In the fact of Quebec hsv;r,, - |
made an ehuerot for their flour and other at,iSos
al an early day alter the commencement oF ,b -
ieTdic: and, afterwards, by all act of tLs R;,;"L
Parliament which aGmits, duty free. vsrjo,s n,1
duets OF The United Siales, into Canada ,rLirn,,o
'her expectation TO the islands is localized az l ,t
proper products OF Canada. II IS by the eslablish
e' o. sueh oepots that the desire of Gres, Britain
H's' esinceu 10 dia" TO herself frerondeiatipa
snare OF the carrying trade between her isIsn,i9
and the United States 1t is through tbesa r,rc,,;
to's channels; sl.o through New Brunsvic,- al
Nova Scotia; throu gh the ports and island, -
intermediate powefs-as ST. JagO de C,h, C.-,h
Sena, st. BsIihoomews, ST. Eusiati,s 8, r.
mas that Jamaica AMI the VjnJ,y,,d ~
ands will chiefly derive from III, Initial S,a,es
The supplies That they have heretofore had f,or,i
them, and sill continue to want II il e,sn
known that BISCUIT his been shipped fyom pb;Jo-
IeiPhia TOT Jamaica, 10y way OF Liverpool; and tIe
ioYT OF the United StSias under bonds in The ware
bouses OF Liverpool, will also il il tlioi,.,i,t e.,
way 70 consumption IN the larger islands Of he
British Wes indies. The ,6a,n,s win -
BY experience mosiiacoHyenicnce from tl,e ro,rSs
OF ibis trade being f3Tced into these indirect 60,
nes, from their relative inability to sus,aio IN.
increased expense with which il will be brrio,o, |
AIS we nsy presume will be shared bv bo,L
Pa'iies' the developments and other interneai,,s
agencies Necessary 10 keep the trade in sr,ivf,.
Dsing,i 10 certain extent, common o DO i. VIII,
WI be the relative proportion of the TONNAGE ot
the two nations employed in esrryiey on d.
Iahs' cannot a. present he stated with crnfIenrs
- sftf ~rrI ...fT 81. q III O.. Z .