Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-01-14
THE DUTIES ONsALT. COAL AND
LUMBER,


All sorts Of desperate measures are
Eesorted to BY the monOpolists to de-
teats 1t possible, the move now serious
lY entertained to procure for the suf
IerlnB West cheap transportation to
the sea. The Canada Provinces stand
prepared 70 enlarge their canals and
give rs the free navigation of their
lakes and rivers. If we will throw off
our duties on coal, salt, lumber and fish.
These duties, amounting almost to
prohibition. are heavy burden upon
our people, returning, as they do, little
or no revenue TO the Government. and
making few interested people rich at
the expense Of the many.
The duty on coal, for example. Is
not felt at the West so much as In the
middle and Eastern STATES. 1t bears
50 heavy upon the people aud manu-
19ctuEers IN the East that even the
New York Tribune. the great organ of
the prohlbltlOnIsts, advocates its re-
peal, But to realize what an Infamous
tax the duty Is. Let our Western Deo-
PIE think OF like tax being placed on
Ghe fnel Of our region and force the
poor TO pay an additional price on the
wood they burn, that few greedy and
heartless corporations may accumulate
great sums. The infamous law was
!Og-roiled through, the mem 5ers own
ing or representing coal beds voting
Wlta members owning or Representing
other mOneyed Investments.
Of the duty on salt, [ do not nro-
pose wasting time, after the clear and
conclusive showing made by David A
Wells. There Is Qua fact well anthem
tlcated, however, we must bear in
mind, and that Is, while Onondaoa saIt
Is quoted in DsWego at 50 48 euTrenev
With the freight and wharfage in cnn-
signing It to Toronto, amountinp ~
nlne cents more, to say nothing Of eon.
MISSIONS the On0ndaga Salt Gompanv
Of New HUrk will place any ouantitv
OF It's manufactured article in Toropto
Canada. for 81 IS per barrel. This
Onondaga Salt Company reprgsents al
most all the salt works in the great
New York basin, and is allied ~
strong ties Of interest, througbsa Ieqa. |
lized monopoly, with all the salt works
Of the United states. Thus united and |
privileged, It is enabled 70 not onlv
shut out the cheap salt of Canada. but
actually undersell the Canadians in
their own market. The law prohibits
this competition in our own market.
and grants the privilege TO the Cana
dian. The natural result of this love
ly sort Of iaw- making is thas the Cana
dians obtain their salt at low figure.
and are consequently enabled 70 pack
beef hsh and pork with great adyan
tage for the European market, while
we pay enormously for the privilege of
supporting IN athuence the monOpol-
ists Of Syracuse.
The United States Special Com
missioner. of Revenue, in January.
also thus speaks of the pine lumber
interests
"A wise foresight would Indicate
that the national interests are likely
to be best subserYed by restricting
rather than stimulating the destruc
ton OF our forests. which in eOnse-
quence Of the continually augmenting
demand Tor lumber. are diminishing
and recedIng with alarming rapidity,
50 certain, moreover, is the future
advance in the price of lumber. owing
to increased demand and diminished
supply, that if it were possible to draw
for the next ten years, the whole
domestic supply from foreign sources,
the result would unqnestionably be for
the benefit rather than the detriment
Gf the country; while IN respect to
private interests the increase in value
OF timber lands held in reserve during
the same period would probably ex-
0eed any average interest that would
be likely to accrue from a different
employment Of capital"
And recent Detroit paper, In an
article upon the magnificent pineries
OF Michigan, asserts that they will
disappear within the next fifteen
years, e even the presentFate of demo- |
lItlon. Few people stop to consider |
tnat, whilst q plnetree can be cut down
IN half an hour, you are DESTROYING in
that brief period what IL has taken
century TO produce.
Every fence built, every house ereet-
cd, every possible use TO which INN ba- |
can be applied, calls for a heavv adj
tional prize from the consumer. that
few monopolists may swell, and one
looks in vain for the spot where the
old, worn-out CRY oeprotaction comes
in. We are stimulating destruction
TO our own ruin.
That more articles Uill 20 upon the
free list sooner or later, am well
satisfied. We are a gullible people
and to given extent idiotic. We Sivs
away our coat and shirt, but when Il
comes to the skin We are ant to rebel
But while We are hesitating to a repeaf
Of these infamous duties. Of our own
accord, the Canadian Provinces ofrar
u.s. 10 retnrn Tor such repeal, cheap
transportation, through their enlarged
canals, tor our agricultural products.
This would make Of Cleveland, Sandus
Ky, Toledo ~ TACT every town on the
lakes. sea ports, from which our pro-
duce could be shipped to Europe, and
double the shipping interest in that
quarter, while our wheat, corn, pork.
and all other products. would at once
be lifted out of the grasp Of greedy
railroad combinations DoHR Pats
Washington Correspondence.