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Doc. 173.) 495
ON THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
“ The above [i
. e. the calling in of banknotes advanced
on mortgaged property, and the restoration of specie payments,
and the farming out of the distillation of whiskey] is my well
meant proposition ; for the sole purpose of restoring the balance
of trade in our favour, and for providing sufficient means for
the maintenance of our government. Should this proposition
[i. e. the farming out of the distillation of spirits] be introduced
and tried, it would be but fair that the so-called " drank "
(swill) be distributed to the community without pay, and that
the price of whiskey be properly adjusted, so as to meet with
approval; also that some of their expenses [i. e. of those who
formerly distilled whiskey] be re-imbursed to them .
“ I am aware that the whole of this subject is under the
consideration of the several Houses of the Diet at their various
meetings ; but as this is a subject belonging to the management
of the state, which may be revised and amended at any subse
quent meeting of the Diet, and as the welfare of our country
depends upon it – as has been shown-I hope the various
Houses will take it up and pass it: especially as such arguments
have been advanced, as have not, it is supposed, been previously
brought forward, and consequently neither examined nor sifted .
If this subject be gone into, I have no doubt that the public
good, which is entirely based upon it, will carry the day, and
not self-interest, and that also in future it will meet with that
consideration which it deserves.
EM. SWEDENBORG.
Stockholm , Nov. 3, 1755.
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