New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-17

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est-frsf by showing that AZ the present price oil
rusno in England namely, 60 ~ per tun' OF
about : IS, that the English farmers III the pro
duction of grain crops, have little or no prom
tiom its use: second, that the Peruvian uoV-
eminent are prevented from furnishing guaho
at a lower price for'the use of the English lar,
mer. as the amount received by them IS applied
in part to the payment of English loans, thus
rIacinc the Government and the farmer al sepa-
rate interests We cannot understand, how
ever from all this, why guano should cost as
much in this country as in England, unless we
are suffering from some understanding between
the Peruvian and the English Governments, oy
which the former is prevented from maAihg
sales 10 other countries at less price than
those made 70 England.
We hone. and cannot doubt. that our Exc
cutive will not permit the Peruvian Govern
ment to keep Us long in such position, as u
is evident from the following article, taxing IL
for granted that it is true, that the EngiSn GOV
eminent. with their usual policy, is causing ther
farmers to be the real payers OF the Peruvian
debt to the English capitalists. No such set
of circumstances exist with this country, ana
we hope that il may not long prove necessary,
that American farmers should De called upon
TO assist those of England in paying off a Pernv-
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price of suano here is seldom as low as ; 10 to
the farmer, and as our grain crops are really less
than those of the English farmer, IL becomes a
question whether its use in the growing OF gram
/ in all localities may be profitable.
! The fixed price Of euano has now settled down to
80 ) tun At that price, and At cwt per acre the
OF applying suano Il about 50 an acre anu E
curious coincidence that the returns oil crops
with il amount 70 Just about that sum For example,
cvt increase the wheat crop, according 10 Mr.. Hudson,
OF Castleacre bushels which, at 40 the quarter Just
gives return of 3d.. The use o. guano at present,
may Us be si1 to be accompanied with no proh TO the
farmer that every shilling OF redacton IN rs price
below 20 5 tun. would be so much gain 10 him Now,
how s reduction Of its price TO be eaectedt so,
The quantity imported INTO this country IN 1871 was
l505S0 tuna But after all II appears that the messrs
Gibbs sold Ia season, only 1891 tuns and had 4-os9
tuus On hand 20 meet the imports OF 1852 when SHOWS
that the actual consumption OF guano IN this country -
not very CREST But now comes tss-crrs OF the ques'
ton as viii upper y ne following;
!, obviously the interest OF the Peruvians TO en-
courage the trade in guano 10 this country; ana were
they in situation merely TO impose an export duty on
g1isno they would derive handsome revenue from me
trade one pound 0fdyty were the importation
doubled or lriped But unfortunately, both tor the
Peruvans and ts country, they cannot allow the sano
10 be taken away at low duy. The Brush creditors 81
me PtrEridB nation riV not Gtl0U new 70 DO a. iss"
debt must be paid principal and interest," before tne e
rvians can extend their trade in guano. el2OOOO0
OF debt was contracted in ls.2, end t6l6,OO more
in ls25. TIE rate Of interest agreed on was SIX per
cent: but no dividends were paid from October,
1925 so from that date 20 lsl9, the interest accum
latng amour ted 81 $4,000. At last it was dscoy'
cred THAT the guano valuable manure in
his county and thrt the deposits OF il would prove to
be m enormous SOU OF revenue 10 the state Iais
pnvC new spirit the and after repeated reOn
strance in January lsi9, rapid progress was made in
an arrangement See Fortunes EPi'ome Of he Fands
D. 2ls) by this fund created OF active debt of
a 100000 being the original debt az ak per cent
and deferred debt OF 100000 (beng the accumula
ton OF interest at three per cent? Both kinds OF debt
amount present QsJ2) to 4330OOOO The gdano sold
at 5s alter deucng the charges and value received
for IT, was. 1851, "a As 7l2d per ton, with which the
div dends stock paid the debt gradually rede MEL
and halt the amount OF sales sent to the Peruvian Gov.
erument.'
We thus perceive the situation OF affars and there
fore find il needless dwell upon those schemes and
calculations by which have proposed 10 lower the
import duty Of guano TO increase the demGndtor It, and
to provide tor the extinction OF the debt One more and
the last quotation from The Quarterly Journal will ex-
plain writer's view Of what might lead TO very
profitable arrangement between Britain and Peru: " Let
the Government pay of tie Premium debt once and let
guano be brought this country for 81 per un import
duy-a quite sufficient for the Peruyans 10 realize
large revenuefro their guano deposits-andt woudbe
profit them We maintain that the agriculturists OF
this country have 10 make such demandupOn Par
lament pay for them the of three millions in one
year when they deprived of ninety millions
wear forever by bold act Of tho legislature. With
such TN arrangement, embracing the probable reduc-
ton reghts and trebled mpO tation at that low
DUTY Ii guano could be imported at per tun SUN
quantity, and would leave profit of not less perhaps,
thun A6 upon every used by the farmer by CORE
SO nding increase Of produce
Were this simple plan adopted the results might be
6stOni. hing but here questions present themselves
to the cautious inquirer lst. Would our Government
aoccGe tCwoud the nation permit the sacrifice OF n
so large 43OOOOOO as an experiment which mi ght
involve much hesitation and perhaps bad faith Again,
do we do know the amount and probable duration OF
the euano deposits Tor authorities conflicting on
TINT point learned professor told me, only few
N "a
the stock could scarcely hold out for twenty years
whereas author at page 1872 estimates the actual
deposits Of hIy millions Of tuns besides those not yet
surveyed
The following extract from a paper By J.
Towers, on the probability OF the manufacturing
OF manure in England equal to the Guauo for
similar uses, is not without interest:
As respects any proposed substitute, it certainly ap-
pears TO me- and believe TO Others more than improb-
able that any process OF artificial Omonaon ever
produce available representative of Guano We en-
terrain lopes that capital system of drainage so
ably conducted 10y the Croydon Board of Health
might have produced vast quantity of solid manure
Of highly lertazng quality; but it is feared that
all the fluid svGge Is conducted by series of stone
ware pipes into feeder OF the Wgndle o8s of almost
the whole Of the ammonia and other soluble salts with
hxed alkaline bases l. sustained leaving great bulk of
the solid matters comparatively edcte and useless Time
will prove the real fact but unless due supply OF pe1t
carbon can be obtained at low price, it will be in vain
to attempt deodoTlzation OF the offensive solid deposit
for lime tends entirely expe the small quantity OF am.
mona which may remain in the mas.
To initiate guanO, the neutral salts, soluble ia water
namely, supbee, phosphate, muriste perhaps oxalate
Of aInmonia, pOiass and soda-shculd be introduced
and II must be remembered also that the solid mat
ters compile tie bone phosphate Of fish reduced to the
tnost state Of division in the anentary organs Of
brds and large per centage OF nsolaOle HTGle Of an.
mona. Who then can entertain rational hope OF com.
pounding any manure worthy Of competition with the
guanO OF Perm and et cost not exceeding IS per un,
II were possible by negotiation, 10 induce the Pc.
rA'ian Government 10 lower the duty TO I per tun
(eTen were the debt not paid ot) them should the
portscn increase TO five time its present amount the
revcLue would be enormous and sufficient also TO cancel
the dett speedily
But even under such most desirable conditions we
might anticipate p-rIezDg co.tiggancies Itrn-t that