Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-07

scrabble, and Mo Mercer; the great an
Invulnerable, surprising as It may seem, wa
tho first victim sacrificed at ito shrine.
lin were on, and Pianos became com
mon, and No Mercer less popular, md h
finally DISAPPEARED entirely on the eyenin,
ofthe day, whena Yankee pedlar Of notions
sold 10 the highest bidders, six 'Pa'en
and highly copcentrated' "Mo Mercer
Pianos" T.B.r.
SUGAR TRADE Or THE UNITED STATES
-Ihe average imPortations Of raw sugar
into the United States for the last six ears
is, III round numbers, one hundred ano
thirty three million pounds, of which the re.
finers have used sixty three millions, Ieay.
ing seventy millions fl consumption in it.
original state. Louisisana furnishes n liz.
tie less than ono hundred and twenty mil.
lions pounds of raw sugar per annum
The refined sugar produced from the sixty
three millions Of raw material before spo.
ken OF, amounts to ~32,510,OOO, lbs each
hundred pounds Of raw sugar yielding
about fifty one pounds Of the refined. Of
this amount lU,74l, 81s lbs, are exported
to foreign countries, leaving for home con.
sumption, 81, s0S.35 lbs, which, added to
the product Of Louisiana, and the foreign
raw sugar not used by the rcfners, give u,
the aggregate of2iL7l9 $50 lbs, as the to.
tai amount Of sugar of all kinds consumed
IN the United States in a year. This az
gregate compared with the cepsus of 1910
gives an average consumption of twelve
and a fraction pounds to each individual,
including free blacks and slaves.
The trade furnis hes one example Of the
folly of a uniform rate Of duties upon i'm
ported articles, as the twenty per eentum
Of the compromise. Let US premise, how.
ever, that the rate Of duties upon imported
sugars al the ports of England is 1914 on
n hundred pounds ofraw sugar, and s36
on the same quantity of refined. At the
ports Of France the duty is 1926 per hun
dred, raw, while the refined article is en-.
tirely prohibited. Holland charges thirty
seven cts. per hundred raw, and 1864 re-
fined; while Belgium levies eighty. -four
cents on the hundred pounds Of raw mate.
rial, and S6.bs refined. The duty on re.
fintd sugar in none Of thtsF countries be-
ing less than seven times as much as upon
the raw commodity, it is tantamount 10 all
entire prohibition. The momentary conse.
qlence Of this was, that refined sugar was
sold IN the United stutes as high us twenty
five cents a pound; which prizes, however,
by a sure competition which always produ.
ces tho same results, was speedily reduced
to fron ten to twelve and a half cents~-the
present market price for a good quality.
ii Is estimated that there arUin the cities
Of Boston, New Work, Philadelphia, BaIti-
New Orleans. Cincinnati, and St.
l.npls, forty one sugar refneries, in which
are invested capital n of at least three mil.
lions seven hundred thousand dollars; and
manufacturing sixty seven and half millions
pounds Of imported sugar annually. BY
the operations Of the uniform twenty per
compromise tariff it is to be feard that
entire business will either suffer a re.
OF one and a quarter million Of dol.
lars per apppm from The wages heretofore
paid to the operatives employed in it, or
fall into the hands of foreign rcfiners alto
We have said that the average quantity
of refined sugar made from one hundred
pounds of the raw, is fifty.ons pounds.
The average price Of foreign sugars--white
and brown, during the last year,
been 1910 per hundred pounds, the
twenty per cent. duty upon which would
be &t.02. Now for an example Of the 70.
'a.lonstyp that will exist between tho com.
tariff and this branch of trade;
'ake the present value Of English refined
sugar, shown to be six cents PER pound; the
he twenty per cent. duty on tbs ffty-one
would amount sixty cents, between
he importation Of q raw material, and the
ma nnfactured article in its condenc. d stale.
Here is a fact that the compromise men
Ilnver to have dreamed of, thai tho
government, instead ofcoilecting a revenue
N fifty.six million pounds of raw sugar,
you'd, in point Of f"ct, collect q revenue
'nIy on twenty nine millions Of The rcfued,
a deficit Of some $223, 900, per an
'um to the Treasury, 10 addition TO a much
,reater loss 10 merchants and n1anufac-
urers.
The lessons Of experience. in this depart.
Of legislation, are gathering round ~
considerable numerical strength, and
annot fail to open the eyes Of the most
bdurate 20 the striking contrast between
be policy Of this and other nations, and
downright folly Of adhering 10 a mere
neory which has already cost this country
,ore legislation and embarrassment than
ears of prosperity can repIace,-Rhaadel.
'hia Chronicle.
NEVER BREAK opR wear.-N j, bit.
to suffer inconvenience, and practice
,lfdcn!al, than to break your word. This
hould be kept sacred. That you may not
ONE to a hasty conclusion, or enter into
,oIish agreements, you must think closely
pom every project that is presented for
our countenance and support. Weigh it
before you decide. To como TO a
asty conclusion will be criminal to your.
elf; it has ruined many a man. Bone
you may fall into temptation, and
ommit q wrong action, that II questioned
bout, you will hesitate or be ashamed TO
cknow ledge. And what will you do
iueh thought, as these may enter your
hind "1f | acknowledge what ! have
one, it will destroy the good opinion en-,
erlained of Dse /; but if deny it, nothing
aore will be said" Not 80, my friend,
instead Of nothing being said, tu.h will
ONE out, and you will be COMPOUNDED in