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be
prevented,
by
regulations,
that
could
be
provided
for
the
purpose
;
and
how
any
measure
of
the
kind,
to
accomplish
so
desirable
an
end,
could
be
consi-
dered
an
act
of
injustice
to
the
Retailer,
appears
to
me
difficult
to
conceive;
whilst
he
is
allowed
independently
of
his
other
business,
and
in
the
possession
of
a
Wholesale
License,
(for
which
he
pays
but
10/.
per
annum)
to
enjoy
advantages,
infinitely
superior
to
those
of the
Wholesale
Dealer,
inasmuch,
as
from
the
means
afforded
him,
by
his
Re-
tail
department,
for
adulterating
the
whole
of
his
Wines
and
Spirits,
to
any
extent
he
pleases,
he
is
enabled,
completely
to
undersell
the
fair
and
respect-
able
trader.
1
leave
this
suggestion
to
the
judg-
ments
of
my
Readers,
and
shall
be
more
than
satis-
fied,
if
the
representation
I
have
made,
may
engage
the
attention
of
that
Government
whose
duty
it
is,
and
whose
inclination
it
is
professed
to
be,
to
place
every
branch
of
trade
on
the
broadest
and
most
equitable
basis,
and
whose
interest,
not
less
than
its
duty
and
its
inclination,
are
involved
in
the
present
case
;
because,
if
some
such
alteration
was
once
adopted,
a
much
greater
proportion
of
the
genuine
Spirit,
which
pays
the
regular
duty,
would
necessarily
be
sold
;
and
some
of
that
money,
which
at
present
goes
exclusively
into
the
pockets
of
the
Advertising
Gin-shop-keeper,
would
then
find
its
way
into
the
coffers
of
the
State.
Another
method,
however,
whereby
the
Public
might
perhaps
be
still
better
preserved,
from
the