Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-18

advantages upon the Bri ish nor hern colonies.
With this view ot the subject, the uode'sisned takes
leave to ask, wh. NAV not these supplies, which
must thus uece-saiy be drswn rom the United states,
h furnished by MEMS of a elect "a'e9 IL must os
simi,,sa iha, the evil. Of the indirect 'r'J- tall upon
IN, pisa'ers. Among these may be con 'derea, tn
charges OF douSls rei. h aud la uanee, the expense
Of Or nship,neut. and ,hs eomm.s'oas and duties in
the u-pirsi I.isuds sstimit. so par nj. on ,hs
FIRST OF humber, aud from h TO 20 pr CEN o"
provsi,as. 81 lar thi, -,'ima. rd,t-s 10 lumber,
fully warranted by the official scceun =" the CON.
psra,ve price. Of hat article IN jamaica in the years
1925 and 1928. already submit ed to the ri Of Aner
d-eu AID a. respects provisions, the tu OF 'h''-
lings per barrel ON four and Ia proportion on other
articles ronpl ',viy sus,airs
BIT TO ties. evils, cat as hey are, must be added
the To loss of tn cfred by the United States.
under die trade, tho exteot and advantages OF
which a. already been shown, and would have cen
tinued tor Indefinite length OF time, not interrupt
cd by hrs rss;ric ions. II is tue. the guilty alton OF
sugar had been comarnced, and is extending in the
Uni,ei S'a'as, hnt unier di :uies and pediments
arising ON t5e Of tive climate and the Geque u,
Injury the cross, by he variablensss OF the seasons
I; ha, to conetd alo with the superiority II not the
indispensable necessity OF fregn sugar Tor the purpose
OF the re FINER The demand OF the latter 10 seadfas'
and increasing being commemorate, not merely WIN
the unplion OF rshued sugar in the Uoted States,
but he growing trade In IL with all parts OF the world
This exporta i'm Of refined sugar has alo BEEN fur
thsr eneourgsd by recent augmen alton OF the draw
back placing it on an .qnal loo ing with domestic SUI
gar in r.spec, TO fr~ign ustkss. Under these cir
cuns'a' ces, white the direct trade remsinrd OPEN
there would, az has been said, have continued great
aud augnentng maod r the West lodia sugars, Tor
indefinite length OF time. The PRESENT restrictions
they have not already insured IT, l" proper lon az they
argmeu tie emharrAssmens and expense OF the trade
with the British West India Islands, they compel the
United Staes to grow their own sugar, and act IS
b,un'ies to encourage aud mprovs It's alton; or
they induce them to OK tor their indispensable cup |
plies to other l.nd,, liberal In their commercial
regulations.
In m, mean lime the planters, while they lose
market ample coastsu' profitable and contiguous find
indemnit ion in that OF the Northern Posssssons
whose consumption il comparatively Imises. nsr In
that of the mother country; for there in addition the
In tr.a air adj I'D IN hev
tn sugar of the MautI'. which being now placed on
an equality with their own. has increased the amount
ef iis Importation, in the courc OF hvs years, from
600 to u lie les, az il IL believed. than 80 600 TONS
F.on this .'ats OF thing' Therefore, serious injury
arises the trade, both Of the Unite States and Of the
Bri,ish $, lni'a Ilauds. s, far as that tjnry
presses rpon the latter, it is confidently submitted
whether p'enary relief b, found as has been sup
10 ed the reduction Of no duties upon their produce
uni SIS II be in manner 10 give them monopoly in
tho Tome market, equal to hat OF which they have
he deprived in the United StatA; EVEN then. I'M
less tn reduction he in proportion. not merely to the
10 Of tn. ke but to he increased charges neiieni
TO ihe indirect trade Tor their ce.sary supplies.
The srpply of ugsr il already greater than the de-
mand OF the home ma ket and hs amount OF redne-
'ioD OF duty ronld %, I've clear gain 10 the p'snr b.
cause would be eIsn attended with partial fall OF he
prc, and he grain could be IN proportion % The ars
only. This node OF relie wihsu' c6r e'ponden' re-
ductoa Of the bounty allowed to s r-dner would ne
pr'jndcisi to The .oce, but with such reduction
much IL furious 10 tNe finer; and ii,as Il may we'll
he noposet, on" halt at east OF tins sugars imported
from the W~st Indies are manu- aciuren tor expiration
l. Is MT likely that such mode OF relief Won d, IN any
event, he b. nefcisl TO the plantec
II IL sugGeste' with great respect and d.'rrsrce
that thu oh, iiu. ard natural " for evil,
viii Ill must irni', would be to remoVs the cause
This would b. done sy cheapenny thu supplies. and
extending Il q mark for thu productions OF the lei
and-, and by authorizing direct trade with the United
States, to degree conmensurAe with IN. interest AID
stiles ct the Islands, and such terms
n'w allowed fer sian lar purposes to all the rsst Of the
wo'lI. I
sautary effect from 1928 10 1925; AMI, therefore,
may well be presumed that more thorough expert !:
'p,nt both sides, al present. would he s more he
n.6Siai At that time undoubtedly. the British Nor n
era possessions neither complained had cause
since their monopoly Of thu direct ae, INSTEAD OF
relieving, has oiiy aggravated the eufeiogs OF the h
planters i! Al
/, has been stated % ihe undersigned, however,
the opinion OF Great B'in that, while dev ing :,
snres for the re ief ot IN, West Iudes il is toe same
time, ndsper sadly necesary eonsi tbs claim. Of
the Nothern possesfons TO he proecet in the ',
oyment OF certain accidental advantage Though the
undersigned by admits the justice OF hese m
claims, nc would observe that If they to receive 81
protection, ought. al least 10 be effected in some way
no, inconsistent with the msdaied relief Of the plan
ties Tfi nigh, he done by granting greater facll a.
he' for The Introduction Of the produce OF the Northern
possessions into the mo her country measure which
would mt merely ben-6 tn m, but would i'm e.
portant advantages to Great Britain, by increasing her
revenue, and augmeuiing acd perpetuains the con
sumption OF her manufactures in tho'e possessions.
Bat the nropnsion does not to exclude the p'o o
duci'ns Of the Northern Colonies, even to expose
them without protection to competition with those o. %
the Unisd States. II suppo.es on the contrary that.
far the former cap, bile Of producing the ar
Giles in demand, fair preference is already secured 10
them in The West India market by the scale Qf duties
escrb ID by hs act OF 1925, aud fully comns
consistently with The interests OF the planters, with
tsat C.. That scale CO..! Id only prove nsui c mt
the capacity prodnce did not exist, shond spend
Tor It's existence upon executive monopoly ruinous II
TO all other ln;eFes.l. q
Il /, for the undersigned, therefore. u jet 10
that scale of duties regulated by The act OF 1925 g
ouEh it must be allowed 10 give the poduc ion. of
the Northern poses Of Great Britain equal or q
better chance in tn. West Iodia market; but q
h qIrss that Ia. UHi,ed States, far they
capable Of supplying its wants, may be permitted in
vi The Of the world, 10 contribute sup
plies by direct tade, and ,hI they may he the
riers Of such OF THAR productions i'pen.
sahs Lightly necessary TO the planters That the /,
Northern possessions have ntere in the present n
stale OF ings. the und. ned does not to de-
ny, p4riicuariy to sar. IL IL sufficient for him
Iepcat hat has been ready remarked that the 4
Interests which have up in that quarter adj
veniiou' in their character and subordinate TO all the
great cOnsdei ATOMS connected with this subj Ct TDsy
may be of some importance In themselves, and yet
there may DO We've OF higtor moment and grander
scope, some OF which allusion has lleedy been
made fore which, in every sense, they ought TO
give way. 4
IL will be difficult to maintsin The propety Of the
ca by the Northern possessions, that they should
he cured in the euj1ymebto Of direct trace with all
parts e he ILL., and that should be denied 10 other
possessions Oi Great Brilao, TO whom 10 neces-
sary. Il
OF the capacity the Brt.b West Indies IN supply
wi the der ands Of the