Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-11


2ss 3D. per cwt Nor could the reduction in price be
attributed to the introduction of foreign sugar.
In January, lsi7 when the price of sugar 34s I'd
per cwt, the quantity Of colonial sugar admitted
was. '.~~,uuu 'ohs'
OF foreign sugar $500 do.
In September, ls47, when the price was eos lOd
per cwt, the quantity of colonial sugar adj
mlteu was. .-o'Vuo 90.
That Of foreign sugar only .......... 3,l00 do.
was. 10 900 do
The foreign Observation-Disclosures. LOO do.
In December, lsa7, the colonial sugar admitted
was, ..-.-..,...... ~o'ouo ao
The foreign Observation-Disclosures. 300 do
These figures showed that large mportaons OF foreign su-
gar had been concident with high prices. Sir CHARLES
Woop quoted Lord STANLEY having shown from docu-
men furnished by the West Indians themselves that fifteen
millions sterling was full and ample compensation for their
slaves The consumption of sugar last year was, in round
numbers 800 900 tons of protective duty Of el0
per ton would amount to three millions sterling, amount
which be could agree lay upon the people OF England
fO the sole benefit of the West India sugar planters. SO far
concerned there abundant to be
satisfied with the present plan Of furnishing the poor
with cheap sugar.
In 1915 the duty sugar produced. ga 500, 600
In 1910 II produced .....--.-. a,ooo,ooo
And in lS47 it had increased to- 4,590,O0O
The proposed discriminating duty sugar. continued the
Chancellor Of the Exchequer would be tax on the
for the sake of the producer, and that pnci
pie which her Maesty's Government could not admit.
Their principle that duties should be levied for revenue
only and for the purpose Of enhancing the price totho
consumer" Last year 7a 900 of sugar used in
bewees, and 20, 600 in dsleries The discriminate
ing duty had been reduced in Scotland and Ireland
from Is 3D. 3D. per gallon The quantity consumed in
those countries in ls45 was 469, 200 gals
In 1916 .................2 2, 693 900 do.
Ana IN iS4I ,... 3,329,OUO do. a
And notwithstanding this increased consumption Of rum, the
listing trade of Scotland and Ireland had not diminished
This statement does speak much for the progress Of the
temperance movement in those parts of the British empire
Sir Charles concluded with stating, many words that
the Government would alter the law Of 1916
The following the measures which the Government
proposed for the relief Of the sugar planters
The admission OF molasses for the purposes of dsaon
and also OF juice at proper duty to be sccrtaned for
the purpose.
loan for the promotion Of the free emigration Of aborers
The removal Of captured negroes to the West Indies al
most wholly at the expense of the Government. n
The posponement Of the repayment the hurricane loan
and advance to the Island Of Tobago
These measures with energy in the processes of ag
ncuture, and total change the modes of cultivation and
manufacture-and without these nothing would be available
would he thought, the permanent prosperity OF the
west Authentic statements showed that the
abolition of slavery there had been that amount Of i'm
povement IN the cultivation and manufacture of sugar which
had taken place the agriculture and manufactures Of this
and other countries Surely it possible attribute
the state of things which existed in the West Indies from
1871 to 1884, and which universal testimony admitted
gradually growing through the entire PERIOD either
the abolition of slavery, foreign competition He feared
that should rather be attributed that banefu of en-
egy which principally ola reliance upon protection
Mr.. ]. WILSON (edtor of the Economs) said that there
ESQ., 0o0 of sugar annually raised by free labor in
countries east of the Cape Of Good Hope, and if slavcabor
sugar excluded from Great Britain, the West Indies
would find difficult compete with the free labor sugar Of
In the British West Indies the white popu
ation only u per cent the WHOLE the remaining 925 per
cent being black II is different in Cuba where many old
families connected with the island and great portion Of the
Ppnetos reside and the estates consequently more eco
nomicaly and better cultivated.
Internal improvement too, by which the transit and shin
ping OF produce much economical and facilitated both "a
to time and expense has been much more attended TO in
Cuba than in the British West India islands for whilst in
the former there 500 miles of railroad there are not more
than dozen in all the latter
Mr.. HErwoop gave the following statistics of expectations
to the West Indies and to Brazil
The printed and dyed caIicoes exported to
Il 1nA