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Foreign News
March 3, 1768
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
The King recommends and patrons of liberties plan relief for the distressed poor. Members of Parliament propose removing the duty on candles to ease the burden on manufacturers who spend over half their earnings on lighting essential for their work.
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The cries of the distressed poor have reached the ears of the great, not only the King from the throne recommending, but the patrons of our liberties planning and preparing, schemes for the relieving their present hardships; and it is confidently reported that some worthy Members of Parliament, having taken into consideration the grievance the poor manufacturers labour under from the high price of candles (being obliged to spend more than half the produce of their industry for candles to perform it by) propose their relief by taking off the duty from this essential article of life, as light is as necessary to the manufacturer and artificer to guide them in their business as bread is to strengthen them to perform it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Political
What keywords are associated?
Poor Relief
Candle Duty
Parliament Proposal
Manufacturers Hardship
Economic Grievance
Foreign News Details
Event Details
The King recommends relief for the poor from the throne, patrons plan schemes to address hardships. Worthy Members of Parliament consider high candle prices burdening manufacturers, who spend over half their industry produce on candles, and propose removing the duty on candles, essential for their work like bread for strength.