, 1870-04-18

1leesufJ Sor the year 166a, in tah1e OF pricea
OF staple artacles IN NOW York Tor terias Of
'oA'' 3ss ae' is;a e aao1oSsag M ssss.se prices:
1s:s 11ss:ss'..'....-.;;ss1s :. ssassel ,x....,-
ls6o- ..1LAlg HNa7s}
Average mioe, 1sx NJ.
tAble Of the prices Of leading A1ticle1 OF
general consumption IN New YORK, Furnished
p me gentleman from Indiana Glr. Cobusn},
which, presume, is correct, gi7es The follow
ing quotations Of Liverpool nacx:
~. $1e9
!ooo- LOO
80 s19
Reduce he price Of dc isl four v:sra from ON
currency to gold value, aud we shall hare tho
nrce Of Liverpool sack to range from a1,s0 to
tartn. Where the figures for the currency prico
Of salt ia New York on the day tho gentleman
made lis 81 eecA we're obtained We sra not in
formed.
Here is the quotations Of prices 10 tho New
York Journal ef Commerce of the 10th inst,
March Is, ls70:
1arxs is!and per % = cents.
Gold us same day .ss I24 per g cent n e1oes ps.
nium- Take OF cents rrenit1m, in convert-
ing currcncy prico to gold, and We have the
pr1ce OF Turks Island eAlt 81 u, a9 cents In
Eola Compare price Of same in 1850, anil we
htye ~ advance, 1910 20 cents per bushel.
tAI 3A0LAOuIH VI WlDI6BIl6 nI3C6 OF
salt IN New York, given in the New York Daily
Bu!tffsn, Of ycsteefsy, March -, which hold
III my hand, are:
SILT
Turk's Island, per bu .3oa a. -
LSsA4t--.+..s.......... t.SIR23 ,1S
liverpool, ervund, pr rack. .,.....,,. i.4yri.~,
Liverpool, the Ashtnn's..........-.. 4sAea.D
oonolss on@nss, s,, CON ,,ne ane si.;
bEontlaRa, COM nne, rteE bn- -...,.... OBS "a 10
The ccnsua report for 1860 slows thu. the
annual product Of domcetic sa1t was Il. .-l7,011
bushels, employing IN 3o3 establishments ~;
hands At cost of the labor e371.9 anl the
annual yalue OF the product Sa,2so, sin. or ~
CENTS lset bushel. The census report for 1861
states the coet per buahel Of manufacturing
in the State Of New York to be II ccats ncr
kuahel, aud the average cost III tie whole
United States to le IS cents per buslc1. While
u ol1o TIC cost was only. 15'< eenta par
bushel The taHn on foreign salt was then
IS ler cent dd ra'cre,a, or atoat ? cents pr
tushcl. The present taf1fY is equivalent to
10 and II cents per bushel- The gentleman
makes the ausount OF the salt manufactured
III the country 20, ,010, eco busLrs. II tho nun
Der of persons engaged il. The manufacture
Increased IN proportion to the product the
present number employed Uould be 3,41 per-
rons. II Of the 20, 993, ,0c1 bushels p1olicel
u domestic naEuf>cscsc tic price of Tie pro-
duct is cl4hanccd to the consumer The amount
Of tue duty a1oye 10 cents bu.ilel, the coat
to lie Taxpayers for employing those men is
s2,WA, ,Ne, not dollar OF which goes into the
Treasury.
Every cent bu4l:cl On the cost Of salt con-
tUnlcd IL Ills country Is 500, 300, of which
@Soo, COZ il fot the pt1puoc q employing j.iSl
at that industry, equal TO S57.a5, We're tho
duty paid By the foreign producer and tic
home consumer, each an equal part, the honus
paid for crch ealt-maEcr in this COUNTRY would
he s77.15 apiece: We could afford to pa. men
that sum to b. i5le OF engage in soac Other
business Eut the prize IN former years aud
At the present time conc]utively shows that it
is paid wholly by tho consumer. We paw to
the owner Ct the salt springs and tic salt
works and to :, sN persons engaged in salt
making 4 sum equal - 5ss115.5q pieca to keep
tAem from engaging il farming We impose
this tax Chiefly upon tue farming intese1t to
keep tic salt-ruakcrs front whrat-1aising. II
tho h1lt-maEcrs can show that, after few
years aid, their coa1-fed furnaces can compete
with tho pauper labor Of a tropical sun in
evaporating brine. this enormous subsidy
might bc endured without great murmrr.
II duty, averaging neasay 100 per cent on
the cost Of tho foreign article, is necessary to
maintain thiA branch Of industry, we mav wall
consider II it Weto not better TO abandon it.
Tie buniness, under t2riG of II per cent
from 1857 10 1861, seems to have been lour-
ishing. Docs it require more protection "a
tic buAl1eas bccamea est.hlsheds
But tho chief obj.rtion 10 tho duty upon
ealt il that Of the -, ,GG0 600 paid for ruTeu1e
ard protection, the greater part l. paid by ese-
tlons OF the country aud Industries that receive
no corresponding 1,ene{A, The chief cuu-
sumption OF sali Is by those engaged in fslle-
ri:''. aud in raising aud curing beef and pors.
The ca.tle-grower must supply this article to
Lis stock. Tn the packer ot pork and beef it
! IL 30 much addition to tho cost, and mIst. ID
eonle extent, be deducted from the price lie
eau Afford TO paw. 1t Affects the f1rner dou5ly !;
as c cnuEunler. for personal Use. be rays Ills
equal share of go 1AUcll OF the tag AZ falls upon
| commodities, and as 4 producer it incrca7es
| faTni.