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Show l ( 71 l the timer Kinds, even of the, narrow Gare/"Jim, it is not pretended thiit it is too heavy; much leis will there be any Room to cavil at an Inn crv we of Duty upon filtrjxrfz Lawns and Cam- bricks, tho" confiderably greater than on the oaher Linens, being inlteatl of Hall. the Old Subfidy, three ltlls to the Piece, ‘hilling‘s prr Piece, at thirteen The dietitian" will fiill pay but about 11. if what uied to be paid by the Com {timers in this Country, when French Cambrieks rnd Lawns were allowed to be worn; and the Principles upon which they have been prohi~ lited here, dicinte tome Reitrtiint at leait on the (L‘oni'un'iption of thele Commodities in the C010- nies, which in cfeét is laid by the lmpofitiOn of a higher Duty upon thele than upon Other Li~ hens The lame Obfermtions apply to the prohihired Erfl Lidia Goods, the wrought Silks and the painted Callicoes; they are prohibited in order to oblige the Company to import the Silit raw, and the Callicoes \s'hi e for our own Manu- was permitted in this Country: Six Shiilinog per Pound on the Ezfl [It/{fa wrought Silks, and Three Shillings and Sixwpence per Piece on the painted Callieoes, together with Fifteen per Cent; on the grols Price of the latter, did not check that Confumption to much as the Interet'ts of our own Manufaeturers required, and made a Prohibition necefil'iry: for fuch is the Delicacy and the Beauty of thefe Commodities, that Perlons who pique themfelves on Elegance, and can nfl'brd to gratify their 'l‘ai'te, will not be detered from the Indulgence, by a mucl heavier Duty than is now levied on the flmerz‘cmz Coniiiniption. This Confideration iolves the Doubt that has been fur" muted, of the Operation {nth at Tax may have on the Demand of the Foreign, particularly the 5195171sz Colonies, for Ell/2 India hilanufaftures: I believe it will have none, or at leaft no con- iiderable l‘illbél : for there is not a People upon the Globe, to whole Ute, to whole Manners, The Indulgence however of wearing and whole Difpolitions, tlicle Commodities are. more particularly adapted: No other retemble them to much, as to be eztiily fubltituted in them is not taken away lrom the Colonies, but their Room; and the odmnced Price will not factures. the Aft ot‘the lalt Sefiions lays them under the Difltouragement of a Duty of Two Shillings per Pound Weight on the wrought Silks, and of Two Shillings and Six-pence per Piece on the painted Csllicoes; This indeed is a corifiderablc Rite upon the half Subfidy they paid before, which amounted to no more than Pour pence Farthing par Pound Weight on the former, and Tl ree pence per Piece on the latter; but it hard- ly yet exceeds a Third of the Duty that was Charged upon them, while their Conliimption ‘ WET-"i raiie tnem to :1 Value too exrmvagant for iiieh Purclmkrs; but lhould it be {did that the Dim/z will now be able to furnilh them at 21 cheaper Rate, the Antwer is, that the Piece Goods of 12/523513, have been long imported by our Com» pany in larger Quantities than by any other: that the Concefiions made by France in the lite 'l‘rezity of Peace, with reipeét to the Zia/i Inuit; Trade and Settlements, will in this Brunch par~ ticularly giVe us itill greater Advantages; and that the Dali/'1 therefore mutt as they actually do provide |
