New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-30

sv,s answer TO the attack of James Watson eoo' may
be obtained at the desk. Price cents, In
for mailing
Prices under the Present Tar1f'
Hon. .andre,o Kennedy, NJ. c. from Ia
SIN You will recolect that on the 2Uth ult.
was in attendance on a meeting of the Post
Office Committee of the House, of which you are
a member, and that you therein remarked that
"the present Tariff was greater injury to the
West than even to the South, as it reduced me
price of eoery thing the West had TO SELL, a"o
increased that of every thing that seet10S "oa -
BUY" AS this assertion appeared TO me mon,
strouslv Inconsistent with the truth, venturcd
10 ask YOU ,oAat articles bought by inc west nao
hssn 90 enhanced in price by the Tariff You
nrountlv answered Euery thing | still de-
r,urre6 that nv own previous information had
been strongly adverse to this statement, and
therefore begged you to name some one article
which has thus been made dearer. You hesltated
moment, and replied Salth been increased
in cost to the West one hundred per cent. since
this Tariff passed"
AS YOU were in your own official room, and
only there on sufference, felt that could not
courteously persist in disputng the correctness of
your information SO let the matter drop. AS
soon. however, as 1 had returned next day to
New.York, addressed letter to most reliable
and intelligent Indianian, cltizenof South Bend,
St. Joseph's County, but spending the Leglsla-
tive Session at Indianapolis, stating to him the
substance of this conversation, and asking him
to furnish me, as soon and as fully as possible,
statement of the prices, in the markets of lndl-
ana of all the staple articles imported by that
State, on which Protective Duty had been i'm
posed by the Tariff of 1912; ascertaining the
price of each on the LIST of January, 1912, and
the same date of 1874, respectively. His reply,
lust received, is as follows:
INDIANAPOLIS, jan goth, 1914.
Dear Sir Herewith you will find the items you
wish at three different points, which hope will
prove satisfactory. am willing to pledge my honor
for their truth; and if you wish the prices at Vim
cennes and New Albany, which, conversation with
their Senators convinces me would be OF similar
tenor with the others, can obtain them Tor you
by writing thereto.
ut INpIANAPoL1s, the Capital IF the State
have the following given me by Alfred harrison,
the leading merchant in this city
January 1872 January, 1874
Salt. 81 90 per bushel. 50 cts.
Iron 6 per pound 5
Hardware Ien Cutlery have fallen, A. 70 per ct
Cloths &c GO 20 per CT
Brass Kettles. 75per pound g. cts
Nails cheaper no" by - c.prlo
Buttons .. g 100 pr. cent
Pins same as formerly.
Cotton Shifting l21 cts. to 9 cts.
From SOUTH BEND, ST. Joseph Co., Ind
This is situated on the Big St. Joseph, receives
nothing bv the Wabash Canal, but every thing
by Lakes Huron and Michigan and the river and
with its sister town, Mishawaka in the same coun
ty, four miles above on the river does heavy bu-
n siness for the country surrounding The compa-
ratve prices for this point made out by Ricket-
u Burroughs, Esq. one of our most intelligent and
81 clear-headed ci:izens whose word with those who
know him is as good as his bond.
Nails, Cut ;. per 100 lbs. 50 50 to 10 90 90
Heavy sheetngs wide, per yard 123 10
80 Brown Shectlngs.. 81
Inch Wood Screws. :. per groce 81 625
Pins .............. per pack 81 so
ofthe Connecticut Poughkeepe make, and Of supt-
Bar Iron, domestic, per i0O S. so to 6 so 4to5 50
1swedes end English have fallen in The same ratio 90
Steel, American. per cwt SD 80 10 90
Round rolled Iron, under ! in. 10 to 10 so 8 90
he two last items get from Mr. Bro winfield Loco
merchant aud Delegate to the LocoFoco National Con-
The average on Satinets is about 40 per cent less
than in '42. The average on Jeans is from 40 to 50
per cent. less than in 40. From the best of my
knowledge, all Domestic and Foreign Goods gener-
ally, selling here at prices at least % per cent
less than two years ago.
Jan. 18th, 1874. RIcKETsoN BURROUGHS.
The above think is conclusive, for there are nc
new avenues from Newly DIRK to South Bend opened
but every thing comes the same old route by thu
Lakes. Salt, MIR. Burroughs omitted accidentally
but Michigan City is the entrepot for that article
and will get you the comparative statement for tina
when I return to South Bend, for which place
start on Monday Suffice it to say, that Onondags
Salt is selling in Northern Indiana at price q 7;
perbbl less than Turks Island Salt could be brough
from Ne,o York for eren if it ,oere stolen there.
Yours, S. CoLFAx
The undersigned certify that at LAFAYETTE in
the County OF Iippecanoe and State of Indiana, the
following articles were sold at the different times
specified at the prices Affixed and that the prices de-
ssnated were the current prices at the time stated.
8ss.aEs Sal Salt 81 5'?s'i SSi
Cotton shirting, good, u to l6p. yd TO 10 pr. yd
The opening Of the Wabash Canal from LAFAYETTE
to Toledo, by reducing the cost of transportation,
has had much effect in reducing the price of Onon-
daga Salt, bat has not affected the kanawha Salt
and Bar Iron, as they come down the Ohio River to
the mouth of the Wabash River, and thence up tina,
River to Lafayette.
January Sh lSli.
IRepres.] p. FoREsMAN, Lafayette
Senator &c. ORTIZ.
(Repres. Isaac SHELBY.
NorE Lafayette the central point OF the Wabash Val
he NH
and does nearly the whole Of the trade for The country so
90 miles around.