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consequences
of
these
deceptive
practices,
than
offer-
ed by
that
which
I
have
already
proposed,
deserves
particular
mention
;
as
it
is
one
which
has
received
the
sanction
of the
Legislature,
and
would
in all
probability,
have been
carried
into
effect
before
this
time,
but
for
the
machinations
and
co-operation
of
a
powerful
body
of
men,
to
the
detriment
of the
Wholesale
Dealers
\
but
than
whom
(speaking
of
the
latter),
as
a
class,
who
ought
to
unite
in
every
effort
for
the
maintenance
of
their
rights
against
the
encroachments
of
the
Gin-shop-keepers
pos-
sessed
of
Wholesale
Licenses,
none
evince
greater
supineness
or
want
of
energy
;
and who,
instead
of
publicly
exposing,
as
they
ought
to
do,
the
base
frauds
which
are
practised
(and
which,
owing
to
the
facilities
afforded
to
the
Retailers,
are
even
sanctioned
by
the
Legislature
under
the
present
system),
are
suffering
their
very
means
of
sub-
sistence,
to
be
gradually
and
imperceptibly
under-
mined
and
destroyed.
A
remarkable
instance
of
this
indifference
to
their
interest,
on
the
part
of
the
Wholesale
Dealers,
was
shown
on
the
passing
of
the
Distillery
Act
lately
framed,
and
now
in
force.
It
was
contemplated
to
introduce
into
that
Act
a
clause,
by
which
all
persons
possessed
of
Retail
Licenses
should
not
be allowed
to
vend
goods,
under
a
Wholesale
License,
on
the
same
premises
on
which
he
retailed
them
;
but,
that
whatever
Re-
tailerwas
desirous
of
retaining
both
Licenses,
should
be
placed
on
a
par
with
other
Wholesale
Dealers,