Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-10-15

veying the produce and manufacturers of our own
county and paying only the duties prescribed by the
act, which same duties were pawn BILE on like mnorts
from this country in British vessels
al TINS time the ports OF the United States were
enIely closed by the acts of Congress of April 49,
and Nay Is, 1890, against British vessels COM
,,ag Io" the West India Colonies But subsequent
~, March 1, 1898, an act of Congress was passed,
oy which the ports of the United States were open
ed 70 BRITISH vessels coming from the Colonial ports
named IN the British act, called Free Ports for the
imPertation Of articles the produce of the colonies
and u was provided that satisfactory proof being
given to the President, that other or higher duties
wero levied in the colonial ports upon vessels of the
united States, or upon goods or merchandise import
CD IN United States vessels. than were levied unon
British vessels, upon he like goods and mercban
disc imported into the said colonial ports op, els,
tohere, he should issue his proclamation announc;po
the fact and IN that British vessels from the CO.
iona ports should be subjected in the ports of the
United States to the payment of the somc do,;.s j
as those OF the United States But as British YES
sells were permitted to import into the colonies ar,i
cles which were the produce of Great Britain and
s o'he, Colonies, free OF duty, while the same ar
hcles, when imported from the United States. wer.
SUBJECT to the duty the provided for did no, ex
st britsh vessels from the colonies were therefore
in our ports to the payment of the foreirn
tonnage duty OF one dollar ton and the disc
ting duty of ten per cent additional oil their carroes
ne british government IN consequence on the 2I ST
OF July, 1923, by an order in Council required that
nom that date American vessels in the British Amer
Snbpr tn .,,
~ OF a. Sd as equivalent to the o. cents additional
duty TO which British vessels were subject in Ameri
can ports, and also addition of 10 per cent IN IN.
duty on the articles imported, over what the same
artcies would pay IT imported in British vessels.
The law remained in this state through the vc,r
1874, both sides exacting the foreign onnape duty
and the discriminating duty on imports in the vessels
OF the other In the winter Of 1885, an attemn,
WIS aoe ID congress TO alter the law but w!thou,
success In the preceding summer followed the
British acts OF Parliament and order i'm Council nboy.
mentioned and these were followed on the l7,b of
March 1927, by Proclamation of the President. do
caring that the trade and intercourse between the
hibted. f'''' ""' pro-
=, me following communication contained in the
AeW orK Daily Advertiser, shows what will be the
operation of the New arrangement:
From the New York Daily Advertiser
WEST INDIA TRADE
Nr' Ecitor-The terms which we are in G,tnre
70 enjoy this Boon OF the Br fish Government is
contained in the act Of our Congress, passed on he
,; osn i.y iast Ally OBJECT IN troubling you at his
tme Is TO inquire as to the price we have paid for the
prlvicge-Beng somewha Of q practical man 7
always endeayor to look far towards the res,lt of
measures as practicable and in this case il ia IN ny
Judgment very questionable whether wc have no,
PAID too much for whistle"
Ii understand the practical operation Of this r.
rahSement 1t Will enable British shin To procecd
from Liverpool, ultimately bound to Jamaica ! with
cargo or Part OF a ca go to New York which She
lumber.
other commodities winted in the British West In
dics; proceed there, and return to New York, with
say halt cargo suited to our ma rket which she wiU
dispose OF here, and fiji up with our produce. and
proceed TO her home market thus enabIin1 the
whole British W est India fleets to touch at our no,tc
ooth going and returning, aud in the performance of
tnese crcuitous voyages to compete With us in car
rytng onr produce to their colonies and also tho
IIotheI county II must be remembered that the
west India fleets heretofore, have gone OFT u,osiIv
IN ballast for return cargoes. This will no Ionge,
DC me case They will nov load with three bulky
commodities, sail, coal, crates and the like for ony
ports-thsse they will discharge here and take in
cagoes or lumber, live stock and provisions for the
colonies; this will be better for them than going in
ballast and OF course they will have not onS all The
carrying trade to and from The Colonies b,t vast
portion OF the same trade between our ports and the
mother country for the same process will be used ON
tneir return voyage from the colonies to the mother
country by stopping in our ports selling us their
quiz pa,Sy sTtices-rum' moasscs, &c and the space
thus LEFT in the ships may be filled ID with cotton
toDacco nee, and the like with which thew will nrn'
coed home If am not greatly mistaken m, f pbH
owners VIII soon agree with me, that We have az
LOO dear for thrs arrangement. pun
Nautilus.