Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-03
not be necessary. And here he said he could but
kret that the information called for by honorable
enhFr fran Norih C,rc'ina (Mr the last

m.mNsr from North C,c,ira (Nr Connor) 1.-THE las,
sessio0 OF C'rgss' md Ne 1hch had be. called for
by resolution watch va. m red by hiu seit since the
commandment nj me rre.ep' hain ',et been receiv
ed from the Treasury Department. Ao' although he
came mt here a. the -uiogi- ~ any man, II would be
ccme him TO cay, that he of rmaicn sought tor by
the RESOLUTION. to which he had alluded. hid been
within the pow at The sb aud gent he al OF that
Department, he had no doubt IL would, before now
have been cominu, iratsd TO this House He regret.
ted the absence oil TIN. uorn,d ION pArculariy
are without any specific data upon which to esiiu. ate
the amount OF capital employed in the culture OF the
cane and The manufacture Of susar in this country,
aud the annual profit which il affords IL has been
otated tina, the quantity manufactured 10 this country
In the year 1880. amounts to one hundred thousand
hogshssds; hundred millions OF pounds Assum.
ing the amount Imported in 1929 as the standard OF
importa ion Of 1880, and It be taken Tor granted
that the consumption of the present year cannot fall
short OF one hundrsd ard hy millions OF ptunds. L.
this estimate be correct il s difficult TO arrive at
the Of coDt,ibu ion levied upou the whole
OF consumers by the operation oil the present quail
and most burdensome tax this article In bis view
Of the sutjec', there was doubt the
taxed at rate OF three cents per pound upon the whole
consumption Of one hundred and City mions, making
an aggregate Of four millions and halt OF dollars for
the present year. Thus showing that this tax, which
cars les into the treasury but one million and half Of
dollars, puts the ot three millions into the pockets
Of the American manufacturers OF brown sugar. II
he should be asked how he arrived a, this
he would answer, that he had been informed. aud did
not believe the fact could be conroverd, that the diff
terence between M short price and the long piice
sugar in greatest rcis city was pre- csey the
amount oil the duty Of three cents per pound.
As his remarks might perchaneo, attract the notice
Of her Eyes than Nose OF men, he would
safe, that the ho'i price the price without the du
~ and the long price the price Including the duty So
that ior-sn snear uariy imrost.d can be
suined in the country whou, paying the or price the
duty l. etessaiy paid en- all 80 consumed. Ii mig
be obec ed, that domestic sugar is low Ia the market
OF New Oeaos than the average price OF foreign sugar
Ia the Atlantic cities which duty has been paid bu
he apprebended essen ial difference will be ouni
between the prices OF the foreign and domestic ar'i
Gle in the lan'ic ciies above referred TO AID he
has been informed, and believes that foreign sugar
ment, be bought at considerable lower price i'm
northern markets, than the domestic market of New
Orleans Ii this be the fact, would not the article, if
the duty should be materially reduced, cheap
ly from the est Indies, or, indeed, so, than from
New Orleans, But, in the remarks which he had sub.
mitted upon the subject connected with the navga-
ton OF the country, he had not advered to the
recovery oil the direct trade with the British West In
dia Islands. He could speak advisedy on the sub
ject but had no doubt reduction of the duty brown
sugar would have most sautary influence the add
vantages TO be derived from this acquisition.
But, in advocating the reduction OF this duty, IL wa
not to be considered that he looked to that reduction
likely 10 destroy, or entally dimiuish the manu-.
fac ure OF brown sugar in this country The enormous.
profits which he believed were now reapsd by persons
engaged in this manufacture mie ht well be
ductlCh; and when we consider the Iapguiehng cond
lion OF her agricultural pursuits ought be made to
tear ". what's tbs general condition of agriculture
throughout the country II Is not csssary state
sistenee from its hard earnings. He must az ain ex.
press lii regret Tor the want OF specific iuiorma.
ton on The .ul ject. In the ab.eDce Of such nforma
lion, he must rely upon an estimate OF the sum neces
sary to purchase and suppy, with the necessary stock
machinery, and subsistence, Tor one year plantation
for sky hands, and the probable product OF their
Dor, standard of the profits of this pursuit The
innate lac would fret offer, said to have he
made by an indivdua who has had PRACTICAL ac-
aoaiotance WI h the business, az conluoei 10 one Of
the sugar colonies OF France He said he did not in
tend orey soely IN estimate but after present.
Ing H. he would of others the notice OF the House
which, he was persuaded, would be iound pre-.
sent picture too favorable to the manufacturer OF
brown sugar in this country. The estimate TO which
he had referred, puts down The sixty hands aver
age OF three hundred dollars making an aggregate of
eighteen thousand dollars. Five hundred of land
at ten dollars per acre, FIVE thousand dollars; dwelling
negro and other houses, works, tools, steam engine
at twenty thousand dollars years
including incidental expenses, at four thousand dollars
- making total OF fifty thousand dollars Taking the
quantity OF land cultivated in cane at three hundred A.
cres, and the average product of sugar twelve hun
1red anu MY pounds per acre, will be three hundred
and seventy-hve thousand pounds The quantity of
moasses at eighty gallons per acre. will be three
thousand and seven hundred and fifty gallons of moIas
SEES Estimating the sugar at five cents the pound and
The moasses at fifteen cents the gallon the gross reve
hue VIII be twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars
rom which deduct three thousand dollars, for yearly
expenses, ana 1t VIII leave OF nett income, nineteen
thousand i've hundred dollars, about thirty nine per
cent upon the whole investment Mr.. II said al
though The estimated average value OF slaves in other
The gang OF sixty; yet, the estimate might by some
be considered too low for louisiana he would add ten
thousand dollars TO the estimated cost OF the establish
ncnt aud then, assuming the annual product
rom IT, II he had made mistake in the calculation
The nett profit would exceed thirty two per cent Bui
suppose we set down the capital invested at one hun
ired thousand dollars, instead of ify and calculate
lpon the same product the profit will be near twenty
Der cent" and II we add half per pound TO the
estimated value OF the sugar. (and he had bee inform
I'd that the last advices from New Orleans placed il at
hat sum- the profit, taking the whole cost of the es
'eed twenty per centum per annum. But suppose the
medium sum OF seycntyli thousand dollars be taken
IS The cost oil the plantation, hands, &c. and estimate
lie product at four thousand pounds the hand and he
you'd venture the decided opinion, that the hands ac
uay employed do fall below that average estimat
ng the sum of two hundred and forty thousand pounds
Il sugar at five and half cents per pound tyentv
thousand one hundred and sixty gallons OF olasses at
iiteencens gallon and the result is the gross sum
II sixteen thousand two hundred and twenty -four dol
airs, winch, allowing four thousand two hundred and
wenty four dollars Tor annual expenses leaves twelve
thousand dollars clear profit, sixteen per cea per
innum.
Where 8 the agricuiturist, engaged in any other
'ranch oil THIS widely diversified pursuit, who realizes
he-'hlrd OF this profit from The capital and labor which
ne employs Surely not the grain grower of whose
limited market and scanty profits we have heard so
much: And surely, the tobacco or coton-grower
who, with so much difficulty brings the two sides of
ne ledger TO meet He said he had no practical infor
nation oa tins subject, but from what he had heard up
~ authority, he did not question: two thousand pounds
u sugar had been manufactured from an acre OF cane
u one OF The Southern counties of Georgia and he had
Understood that like quantity had been manufactured
~ some individual in Florida since the commence
nent oi the present winter. But why 20 further into
leail on this subject If his calculations were 10 he
ehed on, anu he had little doubt that one Of them