New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-19

which subjects people to ney enoine expense ana
trouble. The hundred days" osvs Oh terror and
perYle1iiy. Ill dwell in state OF perietua ALARMS
irsiigsed by the collective wisdom" and the Press
or though nobody else could be happy until We were
reduced to misery. Tho State has persuaded us to put
all our spare cash and much into the Salt Works,
under eolemn deciion, rendered some years since,
that the Policy Of as1g revenue out o. sns the ha, sS
ee Only sufficient to defray the expenses OF the public
supervision and to furnish brine thcud be collected;
ard now, nfer investments have been made, aud
tie manufacturing syttem has been graduated upon
that scale in comes proposition to double the duties,
and to make the consumption of this article OF prime
neceeety to all ranks and conditions means OF replen-
shpg the State Treasury Why, II could not he much
woTee to levy special tax upon milk and potatoes
New before closing theee fec brief 'cords, and at
the rik Of being thought profuse, let just call your
attention moment to still another views. VIII you
peo to inform your readers, and especially the good
Isople Of this State what empire country In the civil
lied world, producing article for expectation, OF
which deres 10 cell the largest amount, undertakes to
charge that article Of export with Governmental I'M
poet with view to revenue2 What would you think
OF the wisdom Of 40 doing What would you think
Of Pennsylvania, If she exacted twenty-five cents per
tun upon the coal, dollar two upon the iron,
which he sses out Of her mnes TO sei to people or
other Staes7 Would that be the best way to sell the
most coal and ron TO employ the greatest amount OF
home labor and TO augment the business Of her canals
and railrcadsl Docs Great Britain suly herself by
charging an export duty upon the salt when enc iar
naes 10 this country, much OF which comes In comPe
tiiion with Onondags SALT Or, if 1t were right to
raise revenue from salt why not lay specific taxes
uron gypsum lime, and iron ore, which we furnish
largely to the people of other Statcs' Perhaps, in
your simplicity, you will answer that we cannot tax
an article of export without injury to ourselves, nor
without afording 20 our customers strong motive for
looking TO cheaper market for what they want to
buy. Ifyou do, you will solve the whole diihculty
about the salt duty; and if yon do not you will sub
je yourselves to tho suspicion of not being thorough
in your political economy (which is not supposabe
case of intention to suppress the trntb, which
stl less supposable.
Perhaps the EXPORT of salt in large quantities from
this State is an evil to be repressed. IL 30, there Is
no more efectual mode of comprising tha, object
than by increasing the duty. And it can be graduated
upon scale that will finally prevent the sale of sin.
gle bushel of NewYork salt out Of the State land In
IT, too as for that mate without the necessity Of de-
caring to be crime to manufacture salt. But from
the deliberate conviction that this, any thing ap.
preaching or fashioned after IT, would be sound
Jolicy worthy Of or creditable to the State Of New
York, We pray 70 be delivered. SYRACUSE.