Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-12-02

EtUuA t0S OF LOUIS MIySOuIt0us -g4
The oAieus Salt Tax-Letter from1
Col. Denton 10 Gov. Ford, Of II.
1in0is.
Strange a. I, may seem, yet il is q
truth which should bs known ,olhe West.
ern farmer, that tho federal whig tariff.
tho bad enough in building Up few East
ern manutactl rrrs At the expense Of 9th.
q and greater interests BY lis invidious
-nac,msn,s,1 10 IN nothing 30 oppress,,s
As ia It's iniquitous provisions with regard
10 the duty imposed upon imported salt
IN article OF absolute lscsssity, in the
6rst place; and IN he second OF leading
interest in the chief business ofthe Wcst
ern farmer. Yes, strange as il may
seem, the great article Of SAT-, one Of the
leading necessaries Of life, and an article
absolutely necessary to a leading inter
est Of toe West, is. tsxed higher. in pro
portion to value. than any other article
imported into the country--higher even
than luxuries themselves! Ye. in the
lace Of all this injustice,-in the face OF
this most infamous prov,sion--the West
ern PEOPLE are called upon by the Wing
papers snd Wing speakers o rally around
"Hrrry Of the West'' and his mos, glori
ons Tariff! Yes, while this odioas tax is
hanging like milestone around the neck
OF a great Western interest, plundering
the people OF the profits Of their labor,
the public ear is stunned with abr Sc Of
Col. 6enien, who has been Tor Twelve
years battling against this tax, and Tor
Western interesis-and We sre al the
same time conlured to come up 10 the sup
port OF Mr.. Cay, who has devoted all his
latter life to the praiseworihy work Of
protecting the East and fastening The
Sal. Tux and other chains upon tho in.
dus,ry and hopes Of the West! We vii;
leave 10 the honest and the reflect no to
choose which banner they will follow.
For ourselves as citizens OF the West,
we shall ceave 70 our own principles--to
our own interests and 20 our own friends
leaving our enemies Of Western inter
ests to find their friends in another hem.
sphere.
Annexed will be found an able letter
from Col. BRNToN 10 Gov. FoRD, Of Hi
nois. which throws much light on this, to
Western men, deeply interesting subject
Let every farmer read H.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov, 2. ls43
To His E&ce'ency Gov. FosD:
Sill have had The honor 10 receive
the coopy fthe resolutions on the rcpea
Of the Sal: tax, which We're passed by ,He
General Assembly Of Illinois at their last
session, and which were addressed to me
=, Washington city bs your Excellency,
10 obediencc 10 the rcques, Of The Gener
al assembly. They were received BY
m sHaa apa ha lnee Ger lc4f lhAi S, ne fe
sion Of Congress presenting no opporsu
nifty to act Upon any part ofthe tariff, ane
the ensuing one Icing The Ais, occasion
on which the nc, Of iS4a en- stand
chance to be revised.
Tho sal, tax 10 q tax Fundamentally
wrong ia itself, aud contrary 10 any
principle OF taxation. or Of political econ
my, because imposed on al article Of in
dispensble necessity to man and beast
and because il inflic,s more injury upol
the country thaa it brings benefit to IN
treasury. Fur theee reasons Il has bcel
opposed BY sll Nations, 10 all ages. an
| has been Frequently abolished in differ
ent countries, soiholitiies permanently
sometimes temporarily. In Great Bri
tain, the country from which We bdrtom
Cd the tax. and Tie mode of its imr6sitio
oh The weighed instead Of the measures
bushel, it was totally abolished abou
twenty years ago., and The people q
Great Britain, tho 10 Rrievously loSds
| with other taxes, have at least their .al
! free from ,axa,ion. The Uuitsd States, 20
few years under Nj. Jetierson's admins
tra,ion, hnd the same blessing. the sol
cuty being repealed upon his tecommr
dation, abou, the year 1907, II was rs
duc.d one half during GET. Jackson's at
tt,inss,ra,i6n and was Undergoing 4 t,i'
Their seduction Under the nc, ii 1873:
when The elsc,,ohs Of 1910 took place an
the federal party came into power. Til
party Immediately increased the tar fro'
six cents TO ten cents en- the weighe
bushel Of IS pounds; ant q. tina, rate
now stands.
This tax, besides being Fundamentally
wrong in itself, is enormously higl
amounting TO IS per cent on the value
Liverpool salt; to l20 per cent. OH Turk
Island; TO lsG per cent. on French, Spa
,sh, and Portuguese salt; aud to 500 p,
cent on ,ha, Whihli comes from Tries
and the coasts OF the Adlia,ic sta. tn
rate Of taxation is enormous, atid unequs
! and on, oi all tropor,lon to ether take
even these on the lhxurics or life; mar
oil which do not exceed 90 OF so per Ger
! Bu, the tax, enormous as nj is. Is not
! sell lie rneasiirc OF Tie addi,ionsl pri
which il makes the salt cost 10 the CO
9 sumer: on the contrary, the tax al lea
! doub es ilseliin adding to that cost; for q
! salt dealer in the sea ports. (who Usua.
1 becomes paymasler for the duties :, N,
y have his prof, on the duty as ..eil As
the prime COS, Of the article, and besid
J. these dealers often bsco.nc rcgralers, a
monop"lize the article, and have IN
own price Tie efisc, of,his tax, in nit
i than doubling its own amour. in add
:. 10 the cost OF the ar,icle, may be seen !:
A day in the price OF sal, in New OrleaI
!. As an example, will take Turks lsla
Z The prime cost Of this salt is about ci,
a. cents; yet il is now quoted in tho N
he Orleans market al IS! Now, how is |