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having
attained
a
proficiency
in
the
art
of
selling
the
one
at
less
than
cost
price,
they
should
form
the
majority
also
of
those,
who
airvertise
Wines
on
the
same
curious
terms.
But,
as
I
have
already
stated,
that
my
aim
is
not
against
any
class
of
dealers
in
particular,
any
fur-
ther,
than
the
facts
themselves
extend
to
them
;
but,
to
protect
my
fellow
citizens
from
imposition,
and
the
honest
Wine
Merchant
from
the
charge
of
exact-
ing
extravagant
profits,
I
will
first
endeavour
to
show,
the
relative
facility
possessed
by
the
Ad-
vertising
Wine
Merchant,
and
that
by
the
Ad-
vertising
Gin-shop-keeper;
though, with
respect
to
the
article
of
Spirits,
I
fear
it
will
almost
exclu-
sively
apply
to
the
latter,
as
one
of the
most
essen-
tial
requisites
on
which
to
found
the
means
must
be a
Retail
License;*
and
to
those,
therefore,
of
my
readers
who
belong
to
the
middling
and
poorer
ranks
of
society,
and
others,
who
purchase
at
these
receptacles,
under
the
supposition
that
they'
are
served
with
the
genuine
article,
at
a
cheaper
rate,
this
part
of
my
subject
may
be
considered,
as
of
more
particular
and
vital
importance.
The
only
means
whereby
adulteration
can
be
suc-
cessfully
and
securely
carried
on
by
the
Retail
or
Gin-
*
In
addition
to
this
retail
license,
any
Gin-shop-keeper
may
possess
a
wholesale
license
by
paying
ten
pounds
per
annum
ex-
tra,
and
may
conduct
the
two
branches
of
business
attached
to
them
on
one
and
the
same
premises;
thus,
from
this
circumstance
alone,
he
is
placed
far
above
an
equality
with
the
Wine
Merchant
who
bus
only
a
wholtsale
license.