Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-15
lized to open any ne soeiation on the

| subject.
The Trade was offered to u. FIRST by treaty. and then
by act Of Parliament The last Adminis,r alton ne.
elected to accept the former, and prevented Congress.
rom accepting the latter, until the opportunity Of
curing was lost The first and sscoad statements 10
the Commercial Of Thursday thus shown to be de-
| void Of truth. RIO.
We have no time to waste on the laundering article in
last evenings Commercial in relation TO the West In.
dia trade. or the information OF tho writer, however
will lust mention that whatever conditions
ing the erect trade, Mr. Adams insisted at ons pc iod
of the negotiation, he had the mosii6c ion OF being
bligsd recede from them last, and instructed Mr.
Ghatin TO give them ep and take the trade without
proposition to Mr.. Rush with condition that Ameri-
vessels should only he allow d make the direct
voyage" TO the w. India porte. II Mr.. Adams who
insisted that American vessels should he all ,wed to
the carrying trade between the ports of Great Britain
aud her ports in the West Indies privilege grant
ed to TO ohsr nation in the world. and which neither
France nor Holland concede TO the United SAFES, with
respect to their West India Islands This the ori.
gin OF the hculty bstwcen and Great Britain OF
this subject, aud this demand persisted in until
lost the trade altogether after which it was receded
| tom. Now, if MIR. Adams was right in claiming this
privilege a, tiss he wrong in giving up st ia.t.
we would likewise inform the liter, who seems 10 b.
loss Tor iacts on this subject, that Britain
CURED us To limit ourselves to the dicect trade The
act OF Parliament OF 1925 permits all nations svaing
9emscy", OF IFS provi'ion to trade between The ports
oil The w lad ga y any foreign country. except i,ap;
snd this exception s on the same Ground upon which
The carrying trade between Gla'gow and Liverpool l..
not conceded 10 nor that between Cha lesion IN
Boston to Great Britain The whole Of this ar,icls i.
IKE the ohers, perfect constellation of un.ruths and
such swe should expect from paper hostile to the in
'crests o! trade. TB
We do wonder at III, pleasure with which th. p,e i
seuce 10 received in those parts OF the country par,ic
narly interested in the West India trade, though for
our own part we have long considered the thing
settled that il has Of the agreeable surprise
which the 'r.t reception OF good creates In or.
ger TO 'how what an amount OF commerce formerly
CARRIED on with thce Britsh colonies anil by come
guence tn extent OF the trade recovered we give
me following extract from 'pesch Of GIN. Snih Of
niaryland, delivered IT, Congress in Februy, 1897
Shoui DE remarked That our eXport 10 The lie France
and the British ports the of Africa, known
by commercial men 10 have constituted but very tri-
fling PARTON Of this amour:
az examined the Satisfies and fund that The va,us
ct our cxport'in 1925, to those colonies including the
Isle OF France, AMI those tn. coast Of Africa amount
ed to the OF 263 07S the produce Of the forest
AMI he lsnd-,hat the whole amount Of our exports
to all The world Cotton only excepted) SAP $50
was a,on''hcd At the result. 1t shows tina, the
po T. % those colonies amounted nearly of the
value Of all tn exports of the States to the world;
that is (Which ask leave to repeaD derived from the
iand AMI the forest, cotton excepted
Lumber TO the amount OF S697 26T: IL was Than
hall million in 1929 That article was Important to
h lanhhoder; hH sold his timber, the preparing Of
which tor the market employed thousands ofl,horing
men Hides and horned cattle Isl 9OS In 1896 O.
horned cattle there ware exported 2.7oO head. H.
1925 there exported of ,ur FOG 973 brs nearly
4h Of all the exports Of that article OF pork bacon
lard and hops, the value Of Siis, 76s Horse. and
mules, 1881. Sneep 1881 Corn 222,O93 bushels
Indian meal, valae S225,i96. seut ship bread,
Sl29,02o Snuff and manufactured 'obacco, S73 63s
Ialiow candles aud 'oap, S2i6.62l Butter and cheese
TAG, 25t lbs.
"Was such large marke, to be tempered with, when
fully in our power TO secure il! thought not. Can
we recover what has been Lost ~ TB.
The BRrrIsH COLONIAL TRApE.--The Act Of Par
lament OF juno 27, 1925 for regulating trade of the
colonies in America, and the w. Indies under which il
is stated, Mr. McLanes arrangement is made, provides
that it shall be lawful TO import Of the free ports
oil those colonies in which included all the princi-
(px
ly cnumeraed) from any foreign place in America or
Europe, provided such importation be made in British
ships or IA ships Of the country Of ,ohich the goods
are the proimof The exceptions gunpowder, arms
and amunon and utter sils of war, dried or sailed Fish
saod Beef, Pork, and Bacon, Whale Oil, Buhber and
Fins, base and counterfeit COIN and copyright books:
and for the West Indies and South America coffee CO.
cOa sugar, molasses and Of foreign production
The articles imported from foreign countries subject
to certain rates of duty established by the act Those
on the principal articles are as fellows viz -four per
bbl 5s wheat per bushel Is; rice per I0Olbs 2, Cd
shingles not over IL inches long per U.s. over IL
inches lis red oak slaves per I5s; white oak or
headings 12s. cd; pine lumber, per 1000 feet CT Isl
other kinds of lumber, CT S.; wood hoops per m S.
3D. horses, mules, neat CATTLE and other live stock 10
per cent ad valorcn; fresh fruit and vegetables free
many other articles enumerated most of them 2 per
cent adj vaorem, but 20, and others 80 per cent
articles not enumerated, Is per The duties are
the same, whether the import is in British foreign
vessels.
BY subsequent act of July 5, 1925, ii was made
condition of the permission given TO import in FOREIGN
vessels, that the countries which such foreign vessels
belong if they have foreign possessions shall grant the
like privilege OF trading with such possessions to British
SHIPS or II they have not oreigD ssions place
the commerce and navg alton Of Grpa, Britain on the
footing OF the most iavnured nation Under iii, act the
o der in Council Of July 81, 1925 wa, issued bv
which the ports of the colonies have been closed from
the let of December OF that year 10 the present time
Should this order be withdrawn, the act Of June 27 a.
bove cited, would be in force.
The West India ports first opened TO our vessels
by act oil Parliament passed in 1922 permitting the
import of certain enumerated articles including the
principle articles permitted by the act of 1925 from anv
foreign country the continent of North or South A.
merica, from any foreign island in the West Indies
either in British vessels, in of the country
where the articles imported produced Under this
act vessels admitted into the West India ports
for time conveying the produce and manufactures
of our own country, and paying only the duties pre-
scribcd by the act, which duties were ,yable
on like imports from this country in British vessels
AT this time the ports of the United States were en-
rey closed by the acts Of Congress of April 49, 1878
and May 10, 1920 against British vessels coming from
the West India colonies. But subsequently, March l.
1923, act Of Congress passed. by which the ports
OF the United States opened TO British vessels com
ing from the colonial ports named in the British act
called Free Ports for the importation of articles the pro-
duce of the colonies; and provided that on salts
factory proof being given 10 tho President that no n
Their higher duties levied in the colonial ports
upon vessels of the United States upon goods or mer
chandisc imported in United States vessels than were
levied upon British vessels upon the like goods and
merchandise, imported into the said colonial MORT,
from elsewhere, he should issue his proclamation an
nouncng the fact, and in that British sessels from
the colonial ports should be subjected in the ports Of the
United States, 10 the payment OF the same duties only
those n the u. Siates.-Bu British vess,s v,r
psrme 10 import no the colonies articles which wer,