228 SUGAR. 



Many branches of trade and commerce should also 

 be thrown open to women in a manner that should 

 render them respectable. Several of the bazaars have 

 set an excellent example, by employing only females : 

 in the shops of milliners, haberdashers, retail linen- 

 drapers, (Sec, it is disgusting to see men officiate. The 

 married woman, who has been thus trained in the 

 middling class of life, would be able to assist in pro- 

 viding for her family and house, she would not be a 

 useless burthen to the industry of her husband and 

 would thus ensure his respect with his love. The un- 

 married would, by the professions or trades which 

 they exercised, keep a rank in society, and maintain 

 the respect due to that rank ; they would no longer 

 feel the humiliation of having no social consequence 

 but through the men, and their characters would ac- 

 quire dignity and strength. 



Before reason and justice can maintain their rights 

 over mankind, all odious distinctions and prejudices, 

 whether sexual or feudal, must be done away. If 

 woman is inferior to man, it is not in nature but in 

 degree ; reason and virtue must be the same in both ; 

 if their duties are different in some respects, they are 

 still human duties, and their foundation and end must 

 be the same. Virtue can only be depended upon that 

 has its foundation on principle and truth. The wis- 

 dom, the happiness of succeeding generations must 

 depend upon the instructions and impressions they 

 receive during their childhood and youth. Every 

 system of education, whether male or female, calls 

 aloud for examination and reform. Men, I repeat, 

 cannot reap wheat where tares only are sown, nor from 

 thistles expect to gather grapes. 



SUGAR. 



The quantity of sugar at present consumed annually in Great 

 Britain, may be estimated at 160,000 tons, or about 360,000,000 lbs. ; 

 which, taking the population at 16,000,000, gives, at an average, 

 22 1 lbs. for each individual. 



