American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-21
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whose wakctul eye IS abroad throughout the com
mercial world. extend this very pulley, unde-
new and advantageous facilities to her nsulai
positions in seas close to our borders. This she
has done with the purpose, not concealed, Of avail
ing herself OF these changes. and Of mee.iug, "
the spirit Of fair commercial competition, ,imiia.
measures which she naturally supposed, would g,'
into effect on the side Of the Unite States. No
such measures have been taken by the United
States. In the midst of the changes adverted to,
our own commercial legislation remains, so far as
any bearing upon this new commercial era is con-
cerned, at the point where it stood more than fire
and twenty years ago. The single exception is
IN the act of the last session of Congress authors
zng the importation of brandy in casks Of smaller
size than was permitted by the act Of 1899, an act
obviously designed to improve export trade in
this article, to the new States If this continent
The merchant, like the manufacturer. and other
interests OF the State, requires. at proper times,
the assisting hand of legislation; regulation, in
one form or other being the gfeat end of Coz
vernmcnt. and useful battling to individual en-
terp'isc, as It is wisely Or mprovidently excrted.
Should the wisdom Of Congress deem an a',era4
ton in the laws. with view to enlarge the pr,~
lege OF rc-e.pnraton, exlc,lient, authority to
build additional warehouses IN some OF the princ
pal seaport towns, would be necessary adjunct
to the alteration. The lncal accommodation fue
merchandise that must 60 into store, under the ex.
listing laws, is insufficient Larger and better con
structed cdiEces required, for the present
wants OF our commerce, and would become alto.
gethcr indispensable under an extension Of .hc
W archouslng System. 4 commerce which yields
to the National Treasury revenue OF twenty mil
lions OF dollars year. under tariff far more
moderate. even since 1924, than that which has
marked the career Of any great State Of modern
times is entitled to adequate and liberal provis.
ions for the machinery necessary for carrying OH.
tts orNl establish m shnulu harp al
we'll to the security Of the revenue as to the rea
sonable accommodation of the merchant, and the
prompt despatch of business. 1t is possibly not
loo much to affirm, that OF the foreign merchan-
disc which, under the present commercial code OF
the Uaion, is deposited in warehouses. more than
one-hai is unuly exposed to depreciation. to frauds,
and to fire. from the nature ard insecurity 0i the
present buildings. They are. besides. too often
situated in places remote from the Custom lous-
ca, AMI other commercial establishments. and in
convenient otherwise to the transaction oil daily
commercial business. Under circumstances such
as these, the propriety Of drawing the attention oi
Congress to the defects of the Ware housing Sys,
TEN, seems sufficiently jnstiiiabe.
Where interests are mutifarious, as in free.
populous, and opuIent communities must be the
case the hand of Government must be variouslY
extended. Sometimes it is wisely applied to the
effective regulation of some of these interests, and
sometimes 1t becomes as necessary to Tighten its
pressure upon Others. Not only is it re commend
ed to lessen the restrictions which our laws haze
so long imposed upon the merchant. in an extern
sve branch of the foreign rrade. but it is also con.
ceved that there articles entering into the list
of our imports, the duties upon which it whud be
expedient to reduce. Amongst these, it is thought
proper to mention Teas and Wines, as being prom.
inent.
The Use Of Tea has become so general through.
out the United States, to rank almost a
sary of life. When to this add, that there is
rival production at home to he fostercd BY essenDs
the amount Of its importation, the 'u'y upon it NAV
safely BE- regarded as too nigh Upon some Of the
varieties Of the article i considerable. exceeds one
hundred per cent. and is believed, to DC GENERALLY
above the level which true policy ponts ont. \
moderate reduction Of the duty wnuld lead to al
increased consumption Of the Article, to an extent
that in all probability. would, in the end, benefit.
rather than iujure the revenue. Its tendency
would be to enlarge trade in experts to China;
q trade Of progressive value, a. our cations AMI
other articles of hume production, {aside from
spec,e) are more and more cntct.n, inta it. lt
would cause more of the trade in teas TO centre in
our own POI Is, the present rate u duty driving OH
tea SHIPS not unirequcntiv to seek their markets
in Europe not in the tnun of rc.eSpel tatian,,
but in tic direct voyage from China. Ii wnnl
also serve 10 diminish the risk Of the United states
ultimately losing any portion ct = t'aie 50 vaua-
BE, through the policy and regulations OF xher NJ.
lions.
The duty upon Wines is also believed II be
higher than wise commercial and NATIONAL policy
dictates. Tho experience Of our own, as well
other countries, has shown. that high duties upon
wines do not prove beneficial 70 tie revenue
Grreral experience also shows. that tie censnin!,,
ton If me tend. TO diminish the n,c Of ar,lent
spll;fs. shpSe induremput, !nr keeping the
,lrrics upon vines low. They strenSt heness
by tbs consideration, that. by ioNerne them, We