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Show *.. .,..‘,(w«..0._.v_,w ( 76 ) an l~Iall'-per~ny per Found. are light, for it is not meant to prejudice the Coniumption of Commodities, of which we (‘e only that thoie who can adord to indulge in fuch A . mutt with to encourage the Cultivation; but Delicacies, {hould contribute fomething to the publick \Vants, and cafe from heavier Burthere the Necelihries of the Poor: if the Tax went further, it would be pernicious, in loading too ti ' "W "ml" ‘ 1 l ‘ ) (77) The Duties indeed we‘have been in a great Meafiire firpplied by the fie/it‘ll. The Reafon of this has not been, (a is commonly I‘uppofed,) the high Duties that were laid upon it, but the clearing of the Country; for Indigo is 21 Plant that requires Moiflure, which nothing can ibcure in thole torrid Climates, but the Proximity ot Monm tains to break the Clouds in their Panage, or of much the valuable Produce of fome of our Colonies. The Intention of the Legillature ap» pears to have been on the contrary, to encourage VVOodS from whence Vapours are continually the railing of Codee in our W'rfl Ind/a Iflands, by giving it an Advantage over that pronuced this Refource has gradually failed, and the Pro~ in foreign Plantations, upon every Hundred declined in Proportion. Tm: [Va/i i'mz'z'iczm regret but little the Lofs of a Commodity, which has VVt-ight of which a Duty of Two Pounds Nine» teen Shillings and Nine-pence is by the fame Ac‘t imputed. S) great a Difference of Duty upon a Htmch-td ‘x‘s'tsight, the prime Colt of which. will not exceed Three Pounds, mull: give a Pie-ference to our own Produce, which is particularly recommended to Public Encouragement, by the Circumltances of being railed with lets Expence than Sugar, and therefore within the Reach of the lirfi Settlers in the Ceded Illands. exhaled, to refrelh the Neighbourhood Jlth Showers: as the Woods have been Cut aWay, duce of Indigo, which tlcpenclei: upon it, has. made way for a greater Cultivation of their favourite ProduCe, Sugar, but the Nation mutt fenfiblv feel the Incomenience of being furniihedifrom other Countries, with lb valuable an Article of Commerce, and Io neceflhry a IVIaterial of [Vianufaétureu This Loniideration has induced fome Planters in Soul/1, Carolina to atzempt to raile it there, and they have already fucceeded to fax as to prove, The fan e Keaton holds, and perhaps more Itrongly, with relpeé‘t' to Indigo, which, if im- ported from foreign Plantations into any of our Art of extracting the juice, to as to equal the Colonies, is by the Aét f0 frequently refered to, finelt in Quality. charged with a Duty of Six-pence per Pound, while our own Produce paffes free. Indigo is a Commodity, which particularly attracts our Notice at this Junfture; great (Luantities of it tiled to be raifed in our W'efl India Iflands, but tained by die Captures ot their Ships, have a for manyYears very little has been produced; and W5: that the Soil and the Climate agree With the Plant, and that they are acquainted with the The great I.,oiiestl1cy fut- little retarded their Progrefs; but now that Peace is reliored, there is reaion to expect that this Cultivation will flourifh, and even be extended to (23072322.? and the two Mar/rim, which are rather better adapted to it than Soul/z Cara: Jim. To make the Indigo they {hall Jane L2 cheaper |