New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-23
Business and Salt,

The week commences with some commotion in the
elements. After six weeks of dry and good weather,
storm of rain, attended with great change in the
temperature of the atmosphere, commenced on Sun
day, and from its duration may be considered the
usual equinoctial storm of the season.
Business has been much interrupted to-day. The
receipts of cotton count up very well since Saturday
last, being by the Southern Belle, from Grand Calf,
1928 bales; Laurel FIill Bayou Sara $780, sundry up
per country boats GIL Princess 376O; Magnolia 1885,
Capitol 1887; Florida, $751; Total, u 10 bales. For
the corresponding days last ycar-that is, the 10TH
Goth, 21st and 22d september-the receipts were
23,9S0 bales. This is great falling off. it goes on
at this rate we do not know what will become of the
bears.
We notice the arrival of another cargo of SALT that
is large cargo, say 10000 sacks We trust the good
ship with the cargo, escaped the quarantine.
Our latest adviees from Liverpool gives the follow
ing intelligence regarding salt
Owing to the excessive demand for salt for the Bal
tic and East indies, this article has experienced
rapid and sudden advance, and cannot now be bought
under Is. 3d. to IS. per ton (being steady increase
from S. 3d. per TOM and at the meeting Of salt pro-
prietors to be held at Norwich to-day, it is expected
that higher views will be held. There is old salt
to be had and shippers to the United States labor
der the additional disadvantage Of having to contend
with the increased price of their sacks, for which
they have now to pay 93d. each instead of 3d. as
formerly.
Can any good reason be brought forward why the
duty salt should not be abolished and this necessary
article admitted free. What is the paltry duty of
twenty per cent thfs necessary article to the
burdened Treasury of our Government? We do not
believe in taxing the necessaries of life. Salt was
never considered other than necessary article it is
not like sugar, which can be dispensed with though
it would come very hard for of us to take our
juleps without the saccharine Salt ought to be ad-
mitted on the same conditions coffee. The domestic
salt works cannot manufacture one eighth of the re-
quired quantity, and the duty is protection what
ever, because it is not required.
The following were the imports of the article for
the past three years Year ending 31st August 1854
543,G0l sacks and Ill 1888 bushels Turks Island from
Liverpool. Year ending 3lst August, 1856, Coz, 29s
sacks and 3s2 298 bushels Turks Island from Liver
pool Year ending slst August, 1856. 1888 PSI sacks
and 1856 ,2S2 bushels Turks Island from Liverpool.
This shows rapid increase. Turks Island in
cudes all salt from up the Straits St. Ubes and other
ports and the article generally has brought higher
prices and paid greater profit than for some years.
Though sales at times have been made at less than
cost yet have not heard that it has been more ad.
Vantageous for ship loaded with salt to come to on
a mud bank at the Baize and throw a cargo or part
of cargo overheard, as being saving to the own
ers and throwing the loss on the underwriters. I'M
derwriters, however, have paid many hard cases in
the course of trade and time. If we can get the
duty abolished on salt at the next session of Con
gress, it will be one great good accomplished. Per
haps our delegates in Congress think it is a small
business As we not of that opinion we trust for
the good of the great commerce of New Orleans, the
several members will take the matter up next De,
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