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ultimately dealing with the manufacturer are destroyed.
To whatever article inquiring is directed, the results will be found
the same analogous. — In 1814, the Duty of 15 Francs for 50 kilogrammes
was imposed on foreign Iron, and the "Project de Loi" was
accompanied by a declaration of the Government, that "they hoped,
"in succeeding sessions, to propose, the successive reductions of
"the provisional Tariff;"— but, instead of the provisional
Tariff being reduced, the Iron-Masters rose in their demands,
and obtained an additional Duty in 1822 of 16 Francs, making 25
Francs in all, on all coal-worked Iron. But this protection did
not bring prosperity with it, and it is notorious that almost all
the forges of France, are in a state of extreme suffering. The
average cost of production probably exceeds 40 Francs for 100 Kilos
while the average value is less than 35 Francs; - and this is
150 per cent above English prices.
of sale or given by the Commission d'Enquire in 1828 (53)
is from 1816 to 1828 for Iron from 563 fr. per ton which the
average price of English iron as furnished by the same methods
( 52) in 224 fr. per ton. A large establishment, in
which 16 millions Francs have been invested, has been offered at a
loss of 3/4ths of capital. A sinister depreciation scarcely less attaches to
a great variety of manufacturers.

Chaptal says, that the whole trade of France in the article of
"sempiternas," was destroyed by an Ordornnance, directing that the Warle
should consist of 1520 threads, while, in England, 1200 were found better adapted
to the foreign demand. The manufactures of Amiens, which supplied

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	365	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f40
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	c wise 1829
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1829
Notes public		ID Number	5581
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