Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-03-29
From the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce.
SILL

:, II The WTOHSs VI VIZ p'O'SS ~
O al ara none greater than those ex-
'he..oewards Salt. Salt is an article Of
esso . ~ necessity as fuel. and almost
lnoe =, q he case, and he made it as plen
e'o !, ~ wo ~, be necessary. Heavy rock
lsH . ~ without. labor in the West
y, 5 A glowing sun forms i in the
,as &C.,. and along the streams which
81 ' ann the salt springs. in exhaustless
~ l i';as The poor people Of this places
'' .. nothing to exchange for provisions
',s nv necessaries of life, and they are
% o., ,'"I hiring the salt. and deliver it on
g'd 70 -, Ives vessels, at very moderate COM
. ''.,' Sol for the labor alone; and in pay
enss WV, ask onIy for provisions. Here
gen! t ";. altogether of American in.
- -. u'' Our farmer raises the produce;
d Do. small vessel, carry il out and return =.
'uI s aha calf. This salt, made at Gods
VIII 'a,( las is the bes: in the world
S,a' aaonoi. or a, most have not equaled
ae' 1 ,is' Of indispensable necessity in pre-
'.,,;o n - The quantities of provisions in our
's''' ,'y ~" as boun,iful as the supply of salt
''u n":m;,Is. Why not get our supplies
y n caS : mandatory. and accept the boon
Wv 9s,s 10 u.. at is too good and too
y 's. an say our political economists and
fNs ,h., oct a kettle and 60 10 salt making,
o. m e,II Ii Ibis protecting American indus
WV WV, Such declarations are but adding IN
W. ", 10 injury. The salt duty 10 an enor-
'' .,. - wrong to the great West; and we
s'"s the intelligent yeomaury who are SO
w OCCASIONALLY oppressed by it. will throw
, 'T with the indignation which it mer-
~ We give below a well written af,i-
!, by gentleman practically acquain:'
1viih all its details:
DUTY ON SALT.
vrsas. EDITORS Among the articles
m which our Representatives in the last
ro,c,ess thought proper TO levy heavy
Ak Is that of salt. but for what special
,n,nose am not aware. W he:her i, was
/, The cheapness Of that article, or for
s;ing revenue and incidentally protect
ms few salt manufacturers in the States
d Massachusetts,, New York, kentucky
and Illinois, the friends of the measure
hare no, informed us. In the absence of
.y other good reason. may we not sup
vo,s that some of the Representatives had
(, direct interest in this matter, in view of
heir future location at the head of Salt
River, where probably they intend going
into The manufacture of the article i!selfy
Be tbs as it may, l thin!: no disinteres!ed
nan, can, after examining this suhject$m
all its bearings, be in favor Of continuing
The presen, high duty on salt, any more
than can be in favor of protecting the do
nestle manufacture of rain on Professor
E;py's plan, against the cheap article that
falls from the clouds, though judging from
The Arguments used by the tariff advocates
10 relation 10 other matters, there would
hno abeurdi,y even in this.
| The nominal duty on sal is s cents per
|Mel, but the real duty paid on any for
IAN coarse salt far exceeds This, as Sc lbs.
|adeemed and taken to be bushel, while
|ae salt really weighs from 70 to 90 lbs.
b The measured busIlel, by which it is in.
nrably bought and sold. The cost of
HE heaviest and best articles Of foreign
bali at the place where obtained, does not
exceed 10 cents per bushel, and is often
bought for less. Thus. instead of paying
ssen!s, i. really pays Ia cents, or nearly
|lso per cent-and the ligh,est and poores,
article, supposing it to cost the same price
abroad as The best, pays a, least 100 per
eApa
lis estimated that not less than fifteen
w a'lon Of hogs were slaughtered in the
uMsd States in ls43. Of this number
probably .weIsS millions were sal,ed-re-
wiring on an average half bushel of sal.
making an aggregate Of six millions of
bushels. Of the44u an.ity Of beef slaugh
esd for packing in tie same year. it may
% safely assumed that at least two mil
'n' Of bushels were used for curing beef
waking the total quantity Of salt used
!, wiring beef and pork in one year,
yaImalion bushels. In this city during
We last three years there have been in
Y and packed with foreign salt over
|w'ooO barrels. of beef and pork, and it
lar estimate that there have come to
EM city during the same period aslleast
|uss8 barrels Of beef and pork Inspected
h'aeriver counties Of this State and pack
Nvllh the same kind of salt.
Its known that no salt has yet been
aanufac,ured in this coun,ry-(to an ex-
FAS worth mentioning.) which can be
s0mparsa with the most ordinary kind of
, nc sail for curing provisions-and that
PROVISIONS =, packed with ordinary domestic
, ,s,' Sufferer depreciation in value not
!, I"y IN foreign but in our own markets.
, g." not astonishing then that men can be