The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-01-21

interests. The orie inaI act, bet
alone, the supplemental. i. a dis Il
grace to an American Congress al
this age of Free Government The
tariff impos ell on du,iahle impar:s
in 1861, was 26 cents, and has been
increased by these supplemental I
acts to Ash cents on tie average
imports OF the country. On some
articles the tariff is raised by these
supplemental acts from two 10 four
hundred per cent. The supple
mental act Ct 1866 provides {, + 4
the sake OF increasing the tagiff,
that the costs Of trans Fortation,
shipment, commis zion, brokerage I
and all other similar charges be
added to tho invoice value of i'm
ports to make up the value on
which the duties shall be levied
This supplemental act was pass
ed mainly in the interests Oh. the
'Iron Manufacturing and Salt No
nopolies.' The freight on the
three nargoes of salt, mentioned,
cost III cents per BUSH |, nearly
twice what it cost in Liverpool.
Now, add to this the shipment,
brokerage, commission, exchange
and ell similar charges which make
up the invoice value, to the first
cost of the salt and you have the
neat little sum OF 374 to 3S4 per
cent. tariff on salt This they
call Protection to American In
dustries Others call it stealing
under cover of law. The Secreta-
ry Of the Onondaoa Salt Company
reported in 1858 that it cost 6
cents per bushtl to manufacture
salt and it cost no more in 1860,
when it sold for II cents per bush
ell. Now, If the cost Of manufac
turing was doubled, the company
would Gear at least 5175 per bar
rel. The quantity of salt consum-
ed in the United States in 1860 was
26,81l ,427 bushels, or nearly one
bushel per capita. But, it is pre-
sumed that. the increased price OF
salt has lessened the cor sum- ,tion
t. some extent, therefore, accord
ing 10 the increased population, il
may be safely stated that the con
sumption of 1870 would be near
! 80, 900 coo bushels, upon which the
people of the United States pay in
currency more than nine millions
of dollars annual y 10 support these
salt monopolies,' more than The
salt attu lily cos; and the Gov
ernmcnt received in duty not one
and hall million of dollars on this
vast expenditure Of money. Would
il not have been better for 'tht
people, to have paid directly into
the United States Treasury thi'
million and half OF dollars aLt
saved, thereby, the seven and {
half millions of dollars which the,
Z. paid these Salt Monopoiies2 Ger
tainly it would he. This kind 0
Protection is worse than 500 pc
cent. below Free Trade for tn
people.
In 1869 and 10 the 'Onondag
Salt Company sold their salt il
Buffalo, New York, for SO 45 pc
barrel; and at the same time, the,
transported their salt to Toronto
Canada, and sold it for SI,35 re
tarrel. gold. The cost of trans
portation was fully equal to III
difference between currency an
gold, and it is said that they mad
nice profit at that. The sam
Company is engage in supplyin
the fishermen oil New England
who by law are exeApt from pay
; ing duty on salt, at the same prie
OF foreign salt free Of duty, whic
ia. about IL to l8 cents per bushe
And. it is said they make haut
some profit at that, even after pa,
ing the transport alton. If salt ca
be manufactured at Onondas a ar
sold to the fishermen in New En-
o land and the Canadians in Canad:
at a handsome profit after payir
transportation, for II to Is cen
o per bushel, why not allow evel
body the same privilege WI
this Protective Tariff, this 'Pr
n vate Legislation which says, 50
n fishermen and you { analians c.
. buy 'our salt for II TO Is Ger
o per husbel but YOU honest We
O many of the country. YOU n
chanics and you farmers must p'
n US, the salt companies, As 10
cents per bushel for our salt
!, Let those answer this question W
can. The 'Onondaga Salt Coz
a pany' could answer it, who ha
swelled their capital from Sl6l
= 900 in 1856, TO 81 498. 500 in Is
r. as we'll as many Of our Congres
> men, who own immense forum
. of late date.
"a There are several more points
h. interest connected with this S
o question which would be pleasa
Ia to speak about, but space forbi
and win only allude to the f;
o that, a large amount OF capital
"a being and has been removed frc
70 the United States to Canada, wh'
~ this system of Protective Tari
CO or Private Legislation will l
~ interfere with its operations. |
5e lude to beef and pork packil
III Already large packing es.ahli
,d ments have been removed to CT
rc ada and beef and rork cured q
mt sent dircc: to foreign countri
m More than half million bushels
A. salt have been exported to Can;
ad annually, to cure beef and p
nd sent there from the United Sta