46 UA-58907690-1
46
that
practices,
such
as
I
have
pointed
out,
do
exist
;
and
when
it
is
considered
that
the
evils
consequent
upon
them
fall
most
heavily
on
the
poorer
classes
of
society,
no
one
will
deny
that
this
system
calls
loudly
for
the
interference
of
the
Government.
The
idle
reply,
that
the
weaker
such
a
compound
as
Gin
is
made,
the
less
injury
it
is
likely
to
work,
is
no
answer
to
such
a
case;
because,
although
strong
1
Spirits
may
be
mischievous
to
the
health
and
morals
of
the
lower
classes,
the
drinking
such
compositions
as
I
have
described
must
also
be
per-
nicious
in
the
highest
degree
to
the
constitution
and
comfort
of
the
people
;
and
tends
only
to
enrich
a
class
of
the
community,
who
have
neither
ho-
nesty
nor
usefulness
enough,
to
entitle
them
to
the
wealth
they
obtain.
In
presenting
my
Readers
with
a
scale,
showing
the
different
proportions
of
water
necessary
to
re-
duce
100
gallons
of
Gin,
twenty-two
per
cent,
un-
derproof,
at
9*.
4d.
per
gallon,
to
the
relative
prices
at
which
it
is
advertised,
viz.
9s.
4c?.
;
8*.
;
7*.
(id.
;
6s.
Qd.
;
and
5*.
9d.
per
gallon,
I
should
premise
that,
although
I
have
set
the
limit
at
that
quantity,
for
the
sake
of
conciseness,
the
best
judges,
or
those
whose
consumption
is
the
most
con-
siderable,
make
it
up
in
vats;
and
that
the
larger
the
dimensions
of
the
vat,
the
greater
extent
of
re-
duction
the
Gin
will
bear,
and
the
better
is
the
fic-
titious
flavor
concealed.
The
quantity
of
lump
sugar used
to
100
gallons
of
Gin,
varies
from
twenty-five
to
thirty-five
pounds,
according
to
the