Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-07-11
10 THE EDiToRs.

WAsmSeroS, JULr4, 1916.
GENTLEMEN In your editorial of this morning. in relation
to the tariff bill which passed the House Of on
Yesterday you state that to the of the Democ
racy OF the Empire State indispensable the passage Of
me Dill du:y Of t,oenty per cent. upon The pae has
been 'd upon the article of SALT the most indispensable
OF all the necessaries of life without the daily use Of which
the in the country would be unable to keep body
and soul together and hat this duty probably would no
have passed the House could the bill have been
passed without"
The proceedings OF the House upon the BILL published in
the paper show that the reconsideration Of the vote
placing the article of salt in the free list which in effect
operated range it with those articles bearing duty Of
twenty per cent, was upon my notion though had pre-
vousy throughout the proceedings the BILL advocated and
insisted on its being made entirely free of duty
You are my opinion, correct supposing this duty
salt would probably have passed the House. could the
bill have passed without. was convinced, at the time
made the motion, that the bill could pass without and
therefore made the motion for reconsideration still believe
that was correct in that opinion and that by conserving
this duty of 20 per upon salt the passage of the bill
secured.
Your editorial is in my opinion, calculated greatly to mis-
public opinion upon this subject; and for that reason from
your usual very candid have doubt unntenton-
ally, and through orgeuness of this very important fact
haf 6y the eristing tariff Of 1912, the tar duty salt
which you justly say is the indispensable of all the
cessaries of life and which, my opinion ought be free
Of duty, eight cents per bushe hundred and
fceny per cent its rae So that the passage of the
bill instead Of burdening salt Nth tar Of f,oenty per
cent which your readers who may unacquanted with the
subject would infer from your editorial actually reKepes that
necessary Of life from burdensome taxation of than
hundred per cent upon lis paluereducing the from
about 100 20 per cent from eight cents TO about one
cent and six mills per bushel
With knowledge that this would be the actual result in
the belief that by conserving to the duty of 20 per cent? the
passage of the bill would be secured bill which, my
opinion in effect by diminishing the duties very great
upon the necessares, and throwing larger and
just proportion upon the uxures of life removed the burdens
of taxation from the shoulders of the aborng classes and
placed them upon those able to bear them which
eved the abong and particularly the agricultural classes,
from the oppressive burdens and unjust determinations pro-
duced by the operation of the minimum and msapplcation
of the specific duties of the of 1912 which only
eved the West and the South from oppressive system Of
for sectional advantage, but placed their agricultural
productions particularly the great staple Of WOOL upon which
the duty has been increased from five thirty per upon
equal footing Of competition with the rival foreign art
which, every way, in my opinion would operate more
fairly and justly upon all the interests of the whole
country than the Of 1912 believing that great
sure, which think will be productive of SO much good should
not fail for small matter not being willing TO lose all be-
cause could not get all that wanted carried out the
principles of concession and compromise which had avowed
in debate, and moved the reconsideration
Wishing be distinctly understood BY the public this
subject and believing that it will afford pleasure You
any Misrepresentation to which the public mind might
be led by the article alluded to- would request Of the kind
to give this note place in your valuable paper
have the honor to be- very respectfully, your obedient
servant, JOHN w. TIBBATTS