The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-25 00:00:00

(No. :22.—Mr. Parks.)

• i;•im of oplilie.m that if Salt be allowed-duty free, mineral
all:all of the value of good mat hetable Spanish havilla may be
made for about one-third 'of its present price, or for ten or
twelvi; pounds per tor in Great. Britain, and perhaps lower,
Nelienreer the nmahers shall hare become perfect in the use of
their own procrs,s.
Respecting the salting of hides, I have learned lion) fur-
'ther iitviry, that the hutcli.ei usually ap lke five poutids of
Sa!t.to every ox or cow hilt winch he ha:, occasion to lay by,,
,or to syn.l to the tautler at a,tlistan'te.

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I aut informed that the sttia pottet uitially pays one-t xelfth
of the amount of all his s-,ileß of pottery Waie ui t.he purchase
of Salt. It is a citiesticin -with me; if the fluty were-taken off
whether ulau.y artit.:les uow made in white ware, would,
r.inde in the old way (viz. ytithout enipluyiult poi:gitt-
.otis materials, such -ts-oxyd 'lead), particularly Willi, puss
:and large culinary veArli,•alid these glazed with common
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In my former evidence I stated, that I consumed about
25,yentrAvis-of Salt annually, which cost me 7001. fur making
Atirratic add, Since then I hare thought more on the subject
of tnuriatic acid, and am now of opinion, that in similar
Atuf4ett.tries throughout Great Ilritaitt—one thotiand tons • of.
Cvntutin Solt 14 'CeuSutned-li...inually nit this put.pti-e only.
"llesPictier,-Inirteral alkali, I am of opinion that ten thou-
.'And tons'strould lie used-in Great aritain, as soon as the new
wiwses &MIA be established ; that the low price would su
inerelSe its ciinsimipt hitt, that in a short time fifteen thousand
tons would be 'demanded ftir ',fume' consumption ; and that a.
twitch ianr. Alvantity-lhati this might be exported to the dit-fcri,nt States-dn. Europe and to-the: Continent of America. ;In
yudiing upon the supposition that. each
ton of the English Minerid'alkali shall be of equal value with
atwu of Teheriife or Spanish

(1'74.5. 237--;=-Nr. Nti. Horne.)

The result of my ingniries into the annual expense of Salt
to the farmer, the houseeper and the cottager, leads roc to
Stitte that on a farm of•1041.' a-year rent, OR which tlieese'is
uutoiade for dome.stie consumptilili, nor Salt applied but in
curbig provishins for the use of the family, the annual ex-
penditure amounts to tour pounds.
on.a dairy farm of-the same•rent, the•sum•expended in Salt
may be taken at ten pounds, and so or. proportion to the
Sental of cheese farms. But trot appear, where cheese
ivnot Made, that the expenditure in Salt is increased in pro-
portion to the advpnee in the rent.
'['he expense to a householdei in the middle ranks of life,
fn ay he fairly averaged at two bushels, aol this consumption
trill attach where the ref.!' of the hOuse is ;-a~ low as :-101. and is
scarcely increased in a house where the rent amounts to 1001.
AIM the poor man, in his cottage of a few pounds 'a year
teat, is obliged-to lay in a bushel of salt for his annual con-
tumption, and with 'wr;ich he cannot. dispense, being su
rs-
>tentinl an article of his food, and so necessary an ingredient at
his meals.
• I lth - (Signed) - W. HORNE.