, 1869-12-01
THE COAL ABD IRON QUESTION.



To tie Kditnr Vt Ths CAteaco TFihune:
s4A: year pspes Of the Ists, wnleh hAs iass
csne to my nottce cousstna N editorial entiued
'4The Coal Accspo'J," IN which Jos profeas to
answer ny letter reviewing JoHz article Of Al
earlier date On the csal and ,ron question-
1ou do not quote any Of my language, aud yp7r
pretended statement Of iss substance u, through.
out. striE,nzly inaccurate The questions which
hAve attempted To discuss with you shauld be Eet-
tied upon nue1e.6 principles, and An at loss to
kEow what motive there can be for xroaaIy 11is-
representing tbs eonteuts OF my letter, aad held
ing ms up - being Influenced in my s!ewa wholly
By perforA intareata AE1ong other irrelevant,
or uEt1ne things, Jou sky: Nj, HoErel inaata
that It Ia the duty Of the American people to ply
htn 81. q per tsa for coal more than they could
set 1t for elfswherr. because he Is IN American
citizen, Mnofe tnre1eAtf are all IN ibis couRt,y,
1t must be reHefnbeIed that this duty
on coal u rot levied for rtv.
e1ue purposes, because tbs Importation
Of coal u practically pssn,bsted: Il H. tnezefozr
bounty voted 10 hlnu, and which he collects IRON
ever5 per son uslrg coal n 3 fuel, DC, tc.
Mesats. Morrill, 4 Company have larKs lrun mills
aad large toal rn!naa Taey hare tho Advantage
Of coal Il The cost Of uls!ng O:ner tnauu:ac ;nr.
en-, ordinarily. aeoatd oe ahle 10 SCI thrlr coal ay
int nuIet Ills ta.,T Nj. Aofrelt collects oi
thru l..b pei ton on al the coat they nas hssc
to Use, "4c-, As.
GAA AEH"<2 A&GSb EtG$Esa4HA4s ttS4 EEaGu3%
Am not slipper Of coal, nor Interested ia I'll
Eals- You can set any amount OF sentbt1ntn-
ous ccal, tueh II il used b5 the Ctmhr!a works,
sylys1.& Rausoad, lroc1 tue nuuesorA past,ex ea-
FACED IN mining Goa! for EGfxct II fr0m ri 70 10
&, " pr ten. The ssst h,tz zinous coal aaed for
the Manufacturing Of RAs. ckn 10 purchased ny
nov how !, we're producing coal Ior sic, could
e aa Rf0Ps s.g 9' - e. II t::
Wterc :" uow No tae shippers Of Goa!
caSia e. peope 81 eS esevasfe
nofhl1g, and receive in addition bounty Of nalf
4 collar : ten lot taking !sa~sJ!
c,an.1 1susaaon "a asa,nat me T. sn!Sk. mn;
that 60 not NfA your xsy ct making NE ngure as
stnteel rosoer before Jour resders: but let Il.
cotn1ulit5 can readily daIernlne the character NJ
an editor Of feadlpg Journal who can ~r!te 80
1gnossn'1y Of mA'ic.ossly upon An important H.
rnder thr ,a11 now tn force dus.ea s1e Imposed
not only Oh c&xs1 and loD, as might oe inferred
from ycnr atsaul:a upon those tnterests, but aao
on agricultural psoducta, ~ for instance, barley
eents: wheat, twenty ornts: aod eaeh huaae1
a;inpof7ed potatoes pa5s s"ehsi-nFe Cent? IN
Hare You considered. kr, tho eject Of this enor.
oi ~nse6 1is necesss,ses of sue Wnas woaid 1our
! fetdef1 ihlrk II you tod them the greedy farmers
| had cota:ned an outrageous t1r11 xhtc2 obliged
cetts ref ou.hei more for posstoes than taey
could be oh1aiutd for eise shefe7 IA consistent
IRE trader, wAy do Jou not stats this ata1.ltuR
fact: The :o*A! pIoductioE Of potatoes IN Illinois
In the year 1sfo was A6'2 900 pasaela Hos clcaz
| It Nea,d te 10 ron rhat here waz natter OF
nopolists Of enc aipsle slaie s'o,e Il oae yesr
| frttn Inc poor potAto esazumtla q the co11uy,
nJ nc III q pso;ee:iss IanE Aattng e.,euls-
Whole eocrtrJ. stated II as,ss1.eoo buane.a. yo1
| could otuou1sra:e tnast unfsEtonAte eaters of
| Moux san Of ~, ,tka oop per xanEro! Toa could
Also eaiiEate, rpoo the same pzsoclple Which lou
so c1eves'. sp7ked 10 ena', nc AZ pa.d g the
| R11sptrg fArE;1R monopoly. rudef protective
etc, ana thtn YOU could no1s yoor Argument
oss!y1 2 srsa as91 t2 i s "a
noa hin up before ,oas ", seaasss ~ - e cniss
| ca,ed cap:tA IRE tt1de Argument nor koaia =
- zee a.rosseisa @ 51hs co., mo- noaopoiy 5 ''' ."
| The 5aJ1ess ot 5oar statement Of Hy vtews
~ Be nc Ii toen
tbs PeEosFIsAE!a Salesman pEntes 100 Eancn.
He tase the present tats1 keeps oat foreign coa',
casuJ and esp,ssl; tna: The oaly foreign col 1has
II y supposed sonh compete, Cannot be hsousht
n,ther md sold = low = tae Penasyl.snia coal,
1c. Now. Jon d.d not 1cd IN ny Itt.rE this .4n-
sTne resources u he C1ited s:a:es tof = sap2ly
aas9 &C. ssa sss Ais I'll Il .aa
means Q, saving oaT Hsatkes1 non becoming re-
cTvo:r for satp,us foye!En ssock1 end Rms ata:5y
tn1lt acd eTtfndta5 ths Hrrs a. dos%esfE proGtAe-
tion." think, Il, these Ete n Art bo1ue out bg
the ttattauca nt eoal mining, importation, aad
ayS resspseets trr.ty tRe au., Il s1 pef Ion s11 "a
tusdenoed on Hovt scost1 coal, Ard ~ sEesAze
cost BY rns cargo Ut Bosson, 1ts&, during 1ae
year 1s6a wssS7.40 per ton. IN 1854 Il ~as sin %,
andH va b. te II 1s&a po1tae these year. il w1i
ffee from dn1y. Tns treaty expired In 1sst. and
since y1en tre F:ctur coal pays duty OF Il p pei
ton. In .h1s Jeaf IL average pE7ce Il Bostoa VA
| S4; IN 1s69 III Ayet1et c1at WA Sa-Ia AQd u
| 1865 areEaEtd sS1k nc1fcX fTe months Of TX
present Jer II ruled II Or under $s.;a PaaE1a
| ncn MY 70 peAce. md ca2nIe u the Ta1ne Of tht
cCrteeey, accounts n Part tut t3ts fcdutuoo L
price; but It II plainly eeIaoa1t11tea that price,
have teen .nst,tr aId rnltas dv,e7xurd &.ace III
dn.y begun to take eject. ID the sane time TT
iHppkt sIcn Of coal. from The British North Atner+
! caq pc4sexs.ors On Tie Atlantic. ba4 decil1el tro1
A4e54 tpns In 1865 TO IS LII son1 IN 1s$i which
! ttNi about $1,000 tona Mote xh1A the average ~
l Eual hnp111z of the Ten yeAz1 succeeding 1854
durfnG winch time tnl coal wAs admlste,
| ttee OF duty. Since the AhtogasAn ol ta
4 reciprocity treaty, xne consumption .
American tAtuEtou1 eost n ~ Aa4os.
eezhoafd SsAtss a4k tncftased from a 81, ,537 ton
10 1855 70 k1<2 ess tons IN t6ta 1ne incccase
cossamptea q Auestc2a htszatnoaA ooa1 ont
seaooa1d a.nns, n lsSi~a, VA nearly daoala u