Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-05-17


id when the duties appropriated the nearest TO the
Ine trade standards ana he dched gentlemen, IN me
whole list OF imported artcles OF loGlgh lnanuacture
0 name one tnal Is not lower now lhau III lciV
Here Mr. Bclscr wished to ask question. Whether
here had not been very material decline within that
erlod IN the iorogn price OF these artlcesF
Mr. stevens replied, that II was so; Tor mat tveiy
eason he WAS for adhcrmg to the present laIil; by
hat we had iosiercd domestic competitor aad forced
he orelgn manufacturer To mitigate his cXncuUls
ma he would adhere to mat pohcy TO prevent ms
gam raising his prices upon us at ms leisure. lie
would illustrate tins by an example wmch was lamli'
ar 10 many oi MS H9u'neih rec iIHue il'hus' ne
enterprise OF the people oithe North had induced them
% export to Chall stoni > - whch lley SOFA at TWO
cents pound. some OF It's cllHens nnllnB mat II
was pruhlabc business to these foreigners or
Ianlhcd themselves INTO company Tor creating 40
nestc supply OF the artclej IN tIlls thcy were SO
successful as TO furnish their zee at one cent per pound
Whcreupon the producers OF the iot,ln afucle propo-
std 10 reduce iher price To one nan OF cent but
the domestic manufacturers Appealed 20 the patriot
SIN ana GOOD sense OF The cltHcns OF charleston TO
protect them IN Their enlerpuzc assuring them thatlhe
OBJECT oil these foreigners was TO oreaK down me
domestic competition; winch having cHcctou, thoy
would rc-eNact the old price OF two cents.
This was 50 apparent that the czens pairlotca!,y
ana wisely conlohed 10 sustain tlc pr"uuret nc
Wou1 mh'I'n announcer liista''Se ~ MS own o"te'
An import INT stage line tha had inc carrying OF the
man, was IN the hahlt OF clar4I'E Twelve ana hal
censt1 mile Tor carrying passengers ms was con
sidereu onerous by thc taVelhg pubic, ana an OPP
the same termlnl, winch charged but ten cents. Upon
which, the old line indi1g lis receipts were diminish
ing by travel being directed from IT, reduced It's charge
to I'VE cents, Obviously with me intent 10 breaN down
the rival establishment which was called the peo-
pies line" The people line appealed TO INC com
nunty 10 sustain them IN order 10 guard aghlst the
renewal OF the eXac'lon OF Ola llne consequent up
on their beng driven IRON Their competuon ana they
were pnlrIoucally sustained , now salu VT - we
belong TO the peoples Ilne, ana we are resolved 10
serve low prices oyi?siethe domestic corpeuton'
Inc hnoVe Is nut a flei sNe'Ch oi so'e VI NC nu'
merous topics oil which he 'reateu III very eHecuVe
manner go,
Inc senate passed phi supp'emen,ory 10 me aci
to regulate the Navy OF me unteu yates. me pl,i
repeats we PROVISIONS Oh .I'o picsuil Iam Wnc. III
lows 10 3i'cers Temporarily peliot''ng .he oues ~
IN Use OF hlaher etaueS lc py p"pJ, " ',a r.
~ az, pt9Vues ''lat Wneneve, ay snp ., Ne9sJ. u
ue Chi'eu 9laesi s''I' W ,st"F Sl'PMie,N VI oIp'
wise except oy capture aIlownce sal DE l'laue 10
se olilcefs ana crew OIL such sup l9r '9's sustained
by them, according TO snch scale ana under sqch reg
uia'Ions as shall be established ny me Navy Depart
men', fTorlded, mat the extra allowance 10 suctl
individual, IN the respective gradcs shaI not exceed
eight hundred dollars TO captain, SIX hundred to
commando, five hundred TO lieutenant command
ing, three hundred and nifty dollars to lieutenant
surgeon assistant surgeon, puser, captain or ueutcn
ant OF marines, chaplain, professor OF mainena'lcs