The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-02
PRICE TWO CENTS.

| Inc North Americans arc the greatest con-
'hhers OF common salt in The world. Nor,
| ,han one bushel to each inhahitant Is th.
| ,teraee OF their individual consun ptiop.
| WREN In Europe the same average does not
| reach u half 4 bushel. Hence the reue,I IL,
| lne .ohgress OF the old duty on foreign suit
| ana tle welcome given to any new cargo O!
| ms vital article. According to reports ot
| tIe treasury, this importation of salt was
toout l5,uphVeo of bushels during the y,.,t
tN:fi 3D. and during 1856 So II has heen X Ia.
'of o"shels. IN the following years H. Ulp o.
| u bushels have been imported thouah H.,
| ioiltstlc production from the salt springs
uae1 Increased progressively mp to II 900 0pg
| either III Virginia, Penns lvania or the Sr,,,
of New York ~
This domestic production is now supp,yire
nearly tWo-iltths Of the late Union ana
thouSh unfit for provisions and fisheries sti,
IL prevents the foreign salt from ruling I'M,
NorthWestern market. Salt springs are also
| numerous i'll many of the Suusheru States
but generally under circumstances very M,
favorable 10 the cheapness, abundance AND
easy transportation of their products -Con-
sequehtly these States ought TO rely for theiI
own consumption or trade with the West
upon another element; that is to saw upon
The sea brine, which is now to become The in
eAhaustlbie salt basket OF our Con fedora ton
Inc sea salt Manufacture, when conducted
properly under The evaporafing forces OF liz.
WIND anu sun, not ouIv produces the chcan, st
iTucIe, but the best a:ld the only good ont. for
cuflHS meat and provisions. The yyrstert
salt packers are very well aware of It's supp-
Is q
NIt being Il great deal more ayaiia bic than,
tlir boiled tnd deIiq uc scent article from ~
erpool or from the North since The us. of No
~ l~oi ~iiltI mas beeii mate obligatory by law Tor
cnilns the provisions of the army and navy
Inns klha OF salt, termed Turk 5 Island salt
just the KIND that ana to mtnufacturp In
ol'ieI 10 supply me lubllc want. now lncreas-
ihS SO rapidly, 30 tn;tt lhy enterprise is Oh
NiotSly grounded upon domestic in teresr
ana rather national necessity, especially
when considered IN relation with the Con fed
crate army and navy provisions
so great IS the nCCt sSity OF such a m1nufac-
iHft, that tile Stttr aid has been given il il,
eNery part OF the civilized world Therefore
am not 10 answer Idle objections es,rciatl,
ti'Is Singular one, that England would nGr
come to buy our cotton. if we do ro1 rrcaiv,
her boiled salt. InGeeC, England has hu,
dred other bulky articles 70 brin;, us i1s;eao
"i stit' lof instance, iron rails, which the,
VIII reach Il cf;a per ,rice and win ia
70 build up the country
IN order call the att,..ltion of on rcrnrisin
citlZenS 10 the cheapest and most i'm proyeG
method OF making salt, let us show some ii
hahclai results oil this industry, and how far
superior II Is To the past al.d present method
practiscd III the tnited States The salt works
"f Syracuse, IN New FORK State, are the most
extensive an noticeable in the New World
There, G,0pu,ooJ bushels and more are vnariv
manufactured; 5000, ,ooo by boilers, and about
l,Gab,oo9 by Otar cydporatiou
When Went, near the close of 1884, to visit
thls splendid laboratory of human skill, l
= 1t varies III som" places ten or twelve ceats
bushel ip others, seven or eight VERY
Well L WI take as your standard the
IN I'M m um price, Ven cents. Now rs if wouid
take too long to give YOU my secret
prefer 10 reason with Your official re-
ports. IN the last report of lS.4, fpage Ia
Prof. Cook, appointed by Syracuse Itself, tells
You that GdoNt three -f0arlhS Of tie eUap1rat'ne
I0raT IS fo.t az the 0;taGt process 0f .tntfao salt
Then YOU will understand that by controlling
al the eNaporating force of the sun anH
winds, yon could have, as we haYe ia the
south Of France, three times more salt than
Is now made in your wooden watts, or the same
quantity three times cheaper. Indeed, for
the last tv"nty years the French sea salt,
per lGe kilugramnes of 2@2 pounds il bushels
costs elgNt or nine cents, or about two cents
l'er bushe!. This fact is OF public notorietY
iy some new Improvements III salt works
which l introduced IN Italy in ISIS | have
/ produced the bushei tor onlv one apd = half
cent, from tie brine of the Adratic sea which
i, six times weaker than yours, for il has only
two thd Il nall per cent. OF salt, while yours
has sixteen or eighteen per cent Thus. i'll
! syracuse In spite of the richness of the brine
, the cost to the manufacturer per bushel is
| seven cents, when III France and Italy it is
! only two cents. Why so incredible Il differ
! once: Read once more the report of Prof
/ Cook: they lose three fourtbs of their solar
! evaporation.
Another example of the cheapness of South
ern European salt is given equally, not by
| me, but by American witnesses o! the highest
| authority. Ia the ConsHtar Returns Of lsJ5-6.
I }n'hted tg order gt Congress, (voi. 3, p. l0-,)
| found the following testimony OF the ex port
| ing price OF Cadiz salt: The average whole
sale price, says the American Consul lis b
! cents per bushel'
| Three and a-half cents per bushai, what
| you paid on your Wharyes 20 or 50 cents and
what you viii pay a great deal more for next
| year, by want OF cheap navigation Now
between 81 cents, exporting price Of the Span
ish salt, and IS cents, price of its landing
make the balance if you are money men and
| speculatorS. But for the statesmen, for the
Legislatures of the Southern States is ano-
ther consideration fer Spain underst stands
| TOO, the commercial importance of salt, and
| Tor tins reason, any foreign vessel arriving i'll
ballast at tadiz, and loading cargoes OF this
| incrchantilZe, are exempt from payment OF
! lighthouse, anchorage, and loading duts.-
! Consular Returns, idem., y. l09.}
| Unexpected advice torAmerican consumers
and especially for the Southern men who are
! consuming ouly foreign salt. In the year
| lSJ4-jj, Catiz shipped 10 the United States
! 5eo,f0J bushels Of sea SALT and i'll IS5j-56
spain, from the Atlantic to the M ed terra
mean, forwarded 10 the same American mar
| ket ANo,733 bushels: thus sharing, in a small
! pOrlon, the profits of BRUSH salt traders.
| but understanding quite enough the great
commercial policy rs applied to this vital
| article.
| Now, TO come back TO the salt works of New
| ork state every one understands that with
Il method producing three times more salt OF
| the same quantity three times cheaper, we
eau easily produce. not Only III Syracuse, but
Z
| and glorious sun OF the South, the bushel OF
salt for about two cents, instead of seven or Il
! great deal more
| With ttminutiou of five cents per bushel.
| the total saving ou six millions bushels III an
nfacturcG III Syracuse would be yearly three,
hundred thousand dollars. But we have TO
apply this calculation to the selling price Of
foreign salt, exclusively consumed in the
southern states. l take twenty two cents rs
| the average price of this salt, and suppose
! the American production ready at two cents
per hnshcl, 10 compete acainst 1T, with AN
/ economic superiority OF twenty cents What
/ VIII be til" result upon Il 900 900 bushels i'm
ported yearly into the United States A to-
tai saving OF =, ,40a, ,0oe-il handsome sum to
he saved and invested il Internal improve
/ ments
As 10 South Carolina and Georgia, which
are now consuming near 2n0u 900 bushels pI
! Liverpool salt, their yearly savingb by domes-
tic supply Of the article W III be about S4eo =
600 Large and direct profit will, at the same
tiiae. derive TO them from their new salt
works near Charleston, or the entrance OF
/ savannah river fer the nerchancixe made
rom ti.e yea orine, and by naIural eyapor.
alton, has always taken the lead OF he
market as the best kind OF salt for eurins
beai. pork, cheese, and other provision,
wAiea constitute The wealth OF The West
err, Farmers, The State OF Tennessee will bs
certainly supplied in this way with the At
| lantic salt from Georgia South Carolina
| instead OF the Turks Island salt carried frou
New Orleans up the Mississippi river New
Orleans itself, which is now importing wear
ly more than /, ,oo0,ooo of bushels will re tain
by domestic manufacture OF the article al
the profits of the foreign producers, and viii
increase yearly the wealth of Louisiana, Ala
bama, and Mississip ppi. by saving an inn port
ing sum OF about one million of dollars.
But these advantages not 10 be- com
pared TO that OF having indefinite quan titie
OF salt at hand FOR agricultural purposes.
for ih'nuring the cotton field, for inst ance