Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-03-23

European Correspondence Of The National heIigoccr.


duty of u ,er would the planters irom rum
lie proved that the low prcr Of sugar Was mol OWING ~
lhrr Ia the addition =" slavery N the want Of dlsctlm
mating duty but IL The general depression II commerce
Sugar had llca 30 per cent during the Last year. hut
indigo had also fallen p per cent, .. and sag 81
per ccnt Dung the c>slcncc Of slaver, IN the West
Indies and Of course before the adoption Of any approach
towards the free trade system, sugst VAS owrr in price
han present. lis aeofape pfier IN lS2A "as2SS
ii; in 1850, pa Id; IN 1851 23s Sd; aud IN 1888
21s Sd nhlist IN ISL ~ average MAS rs. ID per
cNt. Nor could the reduction IN price be attributed To
The introduction of 'rrgn sugar
IL January, 1877, When The wicr ii sugar Was SIS
ID per cwt., the quantity ut colonial sugar
admitted
OF tatrpn SUGAR G.qOO do
In September, ls'7. WHEN hr prlcc was
ais. ted. per ewt, thu quantity ol col
uual sugar admitted WAS 2a.ooo do.
That of foreign sugar Gully a,lUO do.
In November, ISL, the colonial sugar al
n,,tted was $4,000 do
Tho, fnclpn 700 do.
In December. lsi7 the colonial sugar ad
mltird was 10000 do
The Gnign l.9oo do.
These fenrcs showed that large imrorlaoos ii for
cru suuaf had leru c,lnrideni with high rfccs Sir
Charles Woad quoted | md Stanley as having shown
lnm d,cunren lnulshed'hy the West nd,c. themselves
that fifteen ullhnnss cfme WAS full aud ample compen
saiion Cor their slaves The consumption o sugar last
year was IN round numbers SEQ 600 tons; Of course
protective duty oi flO per Ion would amount Ia three
millions sterling amount Which he could rot agree 10
lay upon The people Of Eng lind r the sole benefit of the
est lnda suGar planters, ~ lar a. 'eyehn' WAS con
cerned there abundant reason 10 be- satisfied with
the present plan Of furnishing the poor man with cheap
sugar
/, lsl5 The duty ON suoat produced C.. 500 nOO
In lslt; /, rfuInerd 1850 0OO
Aud III ISi1 II hal increased IN 159o,OoO
The prop sed discriminating duty sugar continued
the Chancellor Of the ENrleqcr "moud be laN On tie
consumer io the sake nf the producer, and that
'princlple which her Malesiy's Government could not
adult Thou principle that duties should he levied
to, revenue Gully and un io the purpose =" enhancing
the price The consumer Last year $4,000 evils ol
4nua were used brwrries, and 10000 ewts. IN dis
Illrrles The discriminating duty On nun had been II
,Iuccd IN Scotland aud Ireaud from = I'd 10 o1 per gal
On TIN quaulhy eousumed ia those countries IN 1873
H,lbI,0uu gals
Inlsi6 2,G93 ono do
And IN 1877 3329,oo0 do
And understanding this inc eased consumption a
rum the dlsng trade oi Scotland and Ireland had not
diminished.
Chs statement does speak much for the progress
Of The perance those parts o the BRUSH
empf)
Sir harles concluded with stating, IN many words
tina, the Government would moi alter the law
uftSl6.
1he following were the measures which the Govern
mont proposed Tor the reliH OF the sugar planters
The ADMISSION of mola-ses Tor the purpose o dlsa
ton and also OF lnce, proper duty 10 be ascef
taued, for the pufp"Sf.
loan for The promotion oil the free emigration Of la
harcrs.
The removal Of captured negroes the Yves, Indies,
alln0,l wholly at the expense Of the Government.
The posi- ppnemen II the repayment ot The hurricane
loan; aud an advance to the Island oi lnhago
These measures. with more energy III The processes
Of agriculture aud total change IN the modes o culuyi
tion and nanua cure-and without iftse nothing would
b. available would. he thought, secure the permanent
prosperity ut The West Indies Authentic statements
show ed iha, since the 40 n of slavery there had moi
been that amount OF improvement IN the cultivation and
Manufacture Of SUGAR which had taken ace IN the -
ncunrr and manfpcutes Of this aud other countries
Surely il possible 10 attribute the state o things
which existed IN the West Indies from l1Jl 10 1911,
and which universal testimony admitted gradually
growing through the entire period, 10 eher the
abolition o slavery, ar foreign competition. lie .ned
should rather h. alrlhned 10 thai baneln want Of
energy which Principally arose out Of a reliance upon
protection.
Mr. j Wilson (editor of the Economist said that
there were 25O0OO sugar annually raised by free
labor in countries Of the Cape OF Good tppe, aud If
slave labor sugar excluded from Great Britain the
West Indies would find II difficult 10 compete with the
free labor sugar OF hose cnuues In The BRUSH W est
Indies the wh,c r,pnllion Is only per ecn Of the
uhoIa the remaining o2i per benz black, 1t is
frnnl IN Cuba, where many old families connected
with the island, and great portion IT the rr'pnrtofs
reside, aud the estates consequently more economl
cally and better cultivated
Internal improvement, ton. by Which the transit and
shippnu Of pr ducr Is mach &c nonn"d aud facilitated
both mr and eNpensrs has been much more allen
Died To IN Cuba than II the British West India islands;
for whilst in the former there 500 miles of railroad
there are not more than n dozen In all the latter.
Mi lle,vood gave the following statistics OF eXporia
ton 10 the West Indies and To Brazil:
The prlnteda nd dyed cacoes export
ed to The former ia Is 10 was 2o.363l2o yds
Those III 1917 a mounted 10 only Il,ol1,bfJ do
The cxports Of lhesr goods 10 Braz
IN SiG was 20,626G do
Those OF s11 had increased To 51,3U0,S61 do.
The woolltn guods exported 10 The
West Indies in 1876 amounted
To nearly E22l71
Ih,ise in lsi7 amounted IN 2G2ll
yn,rd a, 1922
The exprts in 1917 amounted to lO3 ABB
Mr. Thomas Barring certainly null fes all arguments
derived from rhng fluctuations IN The price oi sugar
when he states the following startling facts 10 the
great in the cost Of prod clon since the emau-
cipation Of the negroes
The cost Of the production of sugar in The Island Of ST
KITS DUNG the last four years OF slavery was On an
average OF th- four years As, Cd, per cwi.
During the four years ol appren.
ureshp Us. "a. do. do
During the first fouT years of
freedom lbs. "a. do. do.
During tie last four years Of
freedom us. "a. DO 10.
The committee asked for by Lord C. Bent'nck was,
Of course granted: 1t consists Of ID members, OF whom