The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-20


1853 .............. 269 $50 $500 461 $3.50
1t would appear ,hnt the year opens with about
three months supply
Let me Introduce line on sugars for your Moses Taylor
style of merchants Until 1874 the English consumer
was confined to the production Of the British colonies
sl512 per cwt. duty prohibition foreign sugar.
But in spite OF this powerful prop the West Indies rapidly
descended the bill of prosperity under the whitening and
blighting philanthropy of Exeter Hall emancipation.
The figures give the annual consumption Of sugar since
1901. The fire. fourteen years it was but SAT SIG cw
IS lbs per head For thirty years the increase
10000 600 In 1912, only 16 lbs per head consumed
but with Peers bill il came up TO 20 lbs Prior to 1874
the consumption for fourteen years vas stationary but
the fourteen years Since then give increase OF lbs
per cent
The highest revenue under the old duties was in 1871
The consumption in is5s was 4S7 900 IONS while before
the population in 1868 % eS4 coo souls it appears that
the upper classes take % per cent the middle 81 per
cent, while the poorer classes consume 40 per cent
Your Western readers should get the wool table of the
Economist and study il.
Pounds.
In 1910 imports from all quarters werc. 4e,4ss, 2s4
Exports. ........................... 5,S25,0l
ln 1858, imports. iOI ,oleSol
fI - ls2 the entire aaauiv Of foreign and home woo
consumed but 1891 73 lbs, under twelve cent
duty for foreign ana two cent for colonial Five years
later the duty reduced 10 two cents on valued
at twenty five cents and one cent on cheaper articles
Peel repealed the act and, like everything else under
free trade it shot ahead like corn after long drought
under The fostering influence of a summer shower.
of the l29 749 s9s lbs received in 1861, Australia
contributed 49, 1858 bs India 10 IA bs and the
Cape OF tood Hope ii ,2S7 1928 lbs.
io5 qab gallons in 1870 10 7ls $50 in 1851 Include
nome made sprs and the CONSUMPTION stands in 1912
o. xxi $50 ,gainst % s6a lac gallons in
/, - .aSor, e~aS sr.lr .~-.~, in the
Kingdom. No wonder at the number of criminals, pau
pe,s and drunkards on the records. Rum curse 10
nation so is opium or the plague.
The gram tables should be examined carefully by your
corn and wheat dealers They may account for the
may that exist5-higher prices your side than
the European-tle result Of which for the time being
kills your export trade and assists in Frustrating shipping
The aggregate imports of -four corn meal and all grains
in 1873 was 200 eco bushels while in 1857 It reached
SO 600 600 bushels Last year 1853 it will exceed "a
600 600 bushels
Before 1886 an importation of IT 900 600 bushels was
considered large but then the trade grew to manhood at
once The valuable tables prepared by James N; Henry
the trade since the repeal OF the Corn law are well worth
perusing Having quoted his circulars for many years
you eau vouch for their authority Since s45 the smallest
amount imported was 5000, 900 bushels the largest
100 600 eco bushels twelve years average gives an
annual import of II bushels The United States
North Of Europe and ports Of the Ievant furnish most
It, France between ls4S aud 1858 sent over large guam
| titles but Of late that trade has fallen or
Your shpowners should also buy the Economist II will
do no harm have little headache rejecting such
important facts. Although have asded suvtracled com
pared til can hardly see shall add word on sh pprg
The records half century. In 1901 the British
Empire owned 203S ,253 tons employing 14) 1876 men.
TINS Mn
In 1916. 2,7e39 $40 1850
Fell on in 1926 ............. 2,5536S2 l66lS3
Rose in 1915 to.......... g. 3,5sS3S7 2l3977
But in 1867 mark what free trade has done-a tonnage
o. Dol 90. IONS, employ hg 20 900 h,nneary twice