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New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
SALT.

To -, Editor Of Ths Esw.York Wovtd
SIR: Certain Salt importing houses in Boston
recently sent their circulars into the country and asked
for petitions to be forwarded to Congress in favor Of
repeating the duty that article The statements put
forth not only untrue but fabulous and romantic in
the last degree We thought expedient to notice them
and in selfdefense the interest assaied memorial
to Congress which has been published. and which it ap-
pears you read. You tlcreupon recommence your
abn.e Of us In the following style:
THE Syracuse Salt monopoiss are protesting against
abolition OF the duty Salt,
Let the axall; their crime aganst American Indus
try twO-f0d and objectionable. They have slut out
from American Salt the Salt from other parts Of tho
world promoting relative scarcity for the selfish sake
OF industry attempt But they have also shut from
American Salt markets the Salt Of other parts OF the
United States They have not only promoted scarcity Of
all SALT they have also promoted scarcity VI American
Salt for the sake 0 higher prices OF Onondnga Salt they
have stopped Salt producing where but for them Salt
would continue to be prOduced scarcity OF salt Ia not for
the interest Of the American people, DC"
We beg tho public u excuse II take brief lee
or what You now say concerning us. Ming an
certain whether the silence which prefer aug tnrr
prudent and safe; and. to make the matter short
FORM you That We propose tO appear before the H. a
shall be found convenient. Now. II you will appca. at
1.-THE same tllne aud place aud will prove snru onAi
your assertions U contain particle VI truth, VIII
pay you literally Tor your tmo aud exponses, aud give
you our written stipulation cOsertinH, far'as are
concerned, tn repeal Of the duty Salt aud VIII
I" the sasfartiOn of the Cnnittro Lt not OF Your
statements las the least fonndatlon In the Truth o thu
case. Ar" you ready " meet the issue In th
pace yoQ VII eAluso w tvr saying that your 0bhoiv
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
The table | compiled Is az fol ows

In tho Winter OF ls66, when Congress engaged in
maturing the bill for the protection Of American WoOs
and Wooden manufactures, | published this table, aud
made this comment:
We see that the prices u Wool sympnthize with-wp
might say are governed those OF Cotton Xs IL the
pote ntal when Cotton begins to assume It's former
magnitude ia iroduftioh
At the close Of that year returned to this native
town and in May, 1871 met old friend the street,
then d large wool grower and living in the country.
Commcncingp conversation, as was usual when met,
he excused himself saying, that his ewes dropping
their lambs he must hurry home for he looked upon
each lamb when dropped as n go greenback.
Regard each" said "as 81 grcenbnck, and then you
will not be so much disappointed" In tho Summer
following. he admitted that wascOrrcct, for then
commencing that ceiling and saughtering 6f sheep,
which resulted in reducing the wool clip Of this county
Washington PeBn " about one third In 1870 TO what IL
was in 1896.
This rapid reduction general for tho price OF WOOL
oven under the h protective duty Of 1896 sunk low
as To discourage even the w0ogfOwers OF this county
Fine large sheep sold here at 81, and woOl-grOwing
ceased command any attention until the higher prices
OF Wool in 1871 gave some encouragement.
If we examine the cause Of the low price OF wool from
1857 to 1871 will the controlling power Of Cotton.
Peace allowed the South bring into market Its Cot
ton and the amount greater than generally sup
posed. Add to this the large quantities grown III India.
Egypt and Brazil and the Cotton supply sufficient
to greatly reduce Its price. Tho quantity raised In the
South in 1867 CO. and 1870 rapidly increased, and h
further lessened its vae until the large crop OF 1870
scarcely repaid ic expenses OF its cultivation These
facts recent that need not refer " statistics 10
show the correctness Of these statements.
Cotton goods rapidly declined, nntl their consnIn-
tion reduced that OF wooden goods that the woolra
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
THE EIGHTH-AvE. HOMICIDE-McCARTNEY RE
LEASED ON BAIL.

Coroner Hermann concluded yesterday the
lnvesti CATION i'll the Of Edward Carroll OF No 30
West Thirt yentht who struck on the head and
fatally injured on Monday night by James Mccartney
during in the saloon OF the latter at No $40 Eighth
ave- From the testimony of nunber Of witnesses 1t
appears that the night in question the deceased hs
brother Richard, and Charles Murray entered he soon
and asked for liquor They were much under the IN
fuence of liquor that Mccartney refused to give
them any more. and when they became noisy
and srderly he ordered them to leave. They refused
to go and with difficulty elected. The party again
returned assaulted Mccartney and friend OF the latter
and In the ARRAY Mccartney struck the deceased in the
head with club fracturing mis- skull and cansng death
in few hours Mccartney admitted that he had struck
the decased but pleaded sefdefense. Tho jury ren
dered verdict that deceased came to his death from
head with club in the hands OF Mccartney.
and added that in their opinion the latter did not intend
take life The Coroner announced that he would hold
the deceased bail in 5000 to await the action OF the
Grand Jury Register Connolly appeared as counsel for
the prisoner and caused considerable delay by attempt
ing to anime the witnesses.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
TWO CASES OF ALLEGED ARSON.

Fire-Marshal McSpedon investigated, ycster-
day. two cases OF alleged Two fires occurred on
Tuesday night the millinery shop Of Charlotte Green
STEIN In the basement OF No ~ Frstavc. The first was
alleged have been caused by the explosion of kero
scnr lamp and the second by candle in closet. She
has an Insurance OF 81 In the Pacific Company. whie
the value stock is considerably less than this
amount. About year ago fire broke out in her resi-
Solomon Brooks the firm Of shear Co. mar ufac-
turcrs ladies' white underwear also charged with
arson 1t shown that he In the store OF Isaac
Summons Tuesday from TO p. m. when he went
away saying that he would close his storc. Three
minutes ufterward ali alarm Of fire given, and the
room Just left by Brooks found TO be on fre II
asserted that there not than 800 worth OF
the room, while 1t insured for 5000 by the
Company. He committed by Justice bowling
i'll 81 OUU bail to await examination.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
PROTECTION.

EFFECT OF THE TARIFF ON THE PRICE
OF WOOL. \'Dl y -,
LETTER FROM TIE srATIsrIClAN or TIE AGRI-
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT..
TO tAs Edftor Of TAs rrsbsne.
SIR: In THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE Of Dec. 10, there
ia OIL article on this subject written by George dcd
dos in which he SAYS:
FrceTradcrs have told during oil the years OF low
prices Of wool, the duties levied by the Nauoha
Government foreigngrown wool really oepresse1 anu
essenod tho prices obtained for our grown wool
This insult understandings they repeated 30 o'h
and That it possible they may nave non
WINGED some OF Themselves OF its truth 1t Is certain
that 1t never deceived any wool-Hower"
I am neither a Free-Trader nor PrOtectionls
Vast ~ have been the writings on the subjects Oh
Free Trade and Protection, l cannot sec that any
progress has been made in the discussion. lilo ma
jority and minority reports In 1924 OF tho Committeo
on Manufactures of the House of Representatives
of Congress embraced all that has since been said
And for this reasonthst the writers on both sides
attribute to their respective theories what is the re-
suit Of other causes
Ar a fact, it is true that the prices Of Wool de
creased under every Protective Tariff since 1874
No one could have been more amazed when this
fact came to my knowledge in the Summer OF l8i'
than was At that time was tho Statisician OF the
Department of Agriculture, and seeing the great
wool growing interest that the war had developed,
went to the Treasury Department. anu carefully com.
piled all the statistics Of the imports OF WOOL ana OF
woolon goods from that time. distinguishing te
kinds OF wool and wOocn goods according to the taTn
laws From authentic sources colated the prices OF
wool both at NewYork and Boston. and when placed
th..o s,atstics In columns aud compared them was
very unpleasnntly astonshod to find. as already sa
that the prices Of had decreased under every tarn
law and increased under lower duties. then careruy
comparcd these pr1ccs with those OF hr RANDALL, as
given In his book Sheep Husband'y ana onhd 'h''
tbcre werc 10 material differences between Them
Without burdrning this article with II long quota
tion OF statistics will refer TO those under the Tariffs OF
1912 and 1896 AZ these are most referred to showing
the rpsuts Of protection and free trade
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
A DLIENSE OF THE KC-KLUX.
70 the Ed1(or Of The Trfbun,

SIR: have jrstIcad in your issue of the 18th
inst. letter from Colnn: "a iaative TO the KuKlnx
tral In progress at The capital Of South Carolina.
The author o that lcttt / either laboIing under mis-
take. or - endeavorng 10 ttxe false impression on
the minds OF thOse VIII - n know all about the con
iition Of things Ia Sou Ctrona. Here let preface
what have TO ray y drc,s Lg that am not now and
never have been xxx nX. In common with vast
bultitute Of so',ta faro.lL..Lo think KuKluxng, as
4 Is generally calico, crand mistake, morally
P0uehlJ, aLd s""iay. Ihis, a0wovcr. has nothing to
90 VIII th' Gfr'.;,n On wLic. dcsire to wIite and
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28
ICE IN OUR HARBOR.
]. Il,
To me EditOr Of The Trib une.

To me EdttOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: Should there be another term of the
cold weather the ice which has already formed III tho
harbor would increase much not only to cause de-
tenton to vessels but great damage to them II easy
enough to prevent this by using tho means which at
hand to break the ice II forms before II gets into
masses Some Of the ice is made tho Jersey Flats
this Is thin leo, easily broken it floats of the Hood
tide, meets the ice which down the North River.
the source " tine great quantity Of the lee Of the harbor
unites with it, and forms great Masses and Is moved
around the harbor with the tides the great dcriment
Of all vessels The plan to get rid OF is this Have
two steamers properly fitted to saw and pound
the ice, AMI rs soon as makes, break 1t up into
small pieces The expense would not be great
Now. where Ia the money to from to pay the
OF these steanicrsa Let the shp-Own-
ers. and ferry companies unite in memorial to tho
United States Government asking for appropriation
not exceeding $4,000 To this ice money
expended under the direction 0kthe ght House nspec
tor Of the District who Is always naval officer OF rank
the Admiral of tho station. Who On being Informed
the existence OF the cc should at to break
II up. name SJO,OO0 Ia contract which was made some
Capt Schultz who backed by the Messrs stevens OF
HObOken, to keep the habOr clear OF los. No Ice
~ to the payment Of the c"ntrac This was referred to
the Pilot Commissioners, who were entirely satisfied as
carry ii no sasct and they awarIsd the $4,000 to
huIh This application should he made 1T 1t Of
aa Of tho s hs
wh,ro tA0oouOo OF it's income from customs are col
& fee ~ q a9d would a not ct be ono yTSs TSs
not usedlnd believe $4,000 wonld leayo large
shtseonia he carried over To the next appropriations
nnd on, the Navy Yard. al the expense wolld bo
the coal used and tho machinery for coaens the nee
could apoiatr for "n .xReion to eoke INT" tiS ,nS
Ia NDAte ~, danger co cur 1hippng " home. u W. D.
AGtr lOik, Doc. ~, lo,l,
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28

Tariff of 1876:
difference Of about cents ier pound in favor of the
Tariff Of 1896
Such results satisfied me that other agencies were at
work than duties merely. Knowing how Irregular the
circulation of the country had been during the
years had before me- collected the statistics OF that
circulation. But while in years it obviously effected
the prices Of wool in others had influence. Some
other and most potent at work. remembered
the prosperity Of the country occasoned by tho great
exports Of -four cain and provisions in consequence OF
the poato famine Brtain and Europe. But that
prospcry must produced other prices than the fol-
| lowing:
M ~ 10 s. c'Gs H tss s "s 8 o'G IL RS Nc '''
It n an old saying that figures will not iie Here at
lea st. they did not show the truth Now the diff renee
between a satsician and mere colater OF figures or
an accountant s his-that the former knows when Vie
has statistics bearing on any subject hut the 9th
| ers do not.
The results had arrived at, 40 far showed me h'l
the whole truth" WAS not before me. What was
wantingi
remembered that some years before the when
reportcr Of the proceedings Of the Indano Legislature
Of several members talking about the remarkable cheap
ness OF rcady-nadc wooden clothes for then In the
city That evening went with some Of them to the
place where sold and. although then hard worker on
the farm yet my Of touch always gave me pleas
urc when passing my hand over n" wOolcn Cloths but
the reverse when cotton cloths. In examining
coat so cheap as excite my hure. passed my hand
along the sleeve detected he mixture Of cotton with
the WOOL subsequently such Kindo mixed goods became
common Thus, in order make sales, the WOODEN manu-
facturcr was compelled to the cheaper textile mate
rial Coupled with this fact another During the
| war. when its demand for wOolens great
and cotton 40 scarce the price Of wool did not advance
much beyond il any, the de"rorated value OF our paper
currency while cotton advanced nearly 900 per cent.
These things pointed to the fact that cotton was the
great domestic competitor of:ihe woogrowing Interest
got the statistics OF cotton production and the prices
of cotton and placing them along side of the prices OF
wool it was at once seen that the Tariff laws, and
foreign woods and wOolens had III tie influence wool
growing compared with the control exercised over it 10y
| the amount and prices Of cotton.
| rl.., I cd IL a. ia Oxys
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28

Here we roc that there s material difference in the
monthly imports Of foreign woods. although lOwpriced
woOls were not specially taxed tho admission OF which
was always complained Of by wOogrowcrs, "A permit
ting great frauds Under valuation and improper classi
fcatiOns.
The average prices, for these years, Of wool in this
country ~ stated by Mr. Randall follows, under
the Tariff OF 1872
''' - Ei,, Usd,m
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28

The act of imposed duty Of per cent ad valorem
on all wool not exceeding cents per Id. and specific
duty OF cents per h.. and duty of 30 per cent al
yaloren on wool cost ing more than cents.
The imports Of wool under the Tariff Of 1885, which in
posed duty of 30 per ad valOrcm all wool.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-28


The no,t impacable enemy OF POlygamy, because Sn0
most intcgen-so far the mseries whicn the pr.o
cngendered is concerncds Its most sccreto one' "
cyory thrifty p0lygamOus household this enemy n' "
wait The enmity may be fully concealed, hut is aSE
cat. power is sufficient for the overthrow Of hunurO
such desons IL takes time to discover this enemy Anu
begotten of long acquaintance oOmpreheno
x,cpt and powcr al udo to the intense hatred OF -
stem which exists deep down In the heart of
and daughter born of polygamous union, a..v ,h,n
h,s ~, more iuyeter,tc, no moro powsfi'" =, .,v
, horn NJ the system itself. The husosh ~ them: hut
y,s NAV manifest indifference " anS ther there comes
to the support xu nm" hand 81 the son, and 10 ay
t , b"r orows such consolation us ~ sncrine to
give is withheld % n9nm o, not party be said 70
exist in every poygamous family !hsm ans ng themseves
talk matters over ana ~ se'% 'anuonced it reached.
wertheiess II ia unfavorable 70 po ia whole lump d
Here is the lcavcn which shall leave" '"''
Mormon mortality
THE MORMON CHILDREN - OF poly.
Tho human fruits which this msshapes, s,nmbers. srs
u,mv ba, borne, though considerable IN business
%, roo immature to WELD extended .o the sge VI -
~ .oc,a life. few have sttaisss, those ranging
,v.ars. hundreds are 10 and M" rnmbered by thou
rom 10 to 20 years of age maZ ~omen will COMPARE
sands ySnns men sas nnssIpsIy pSsSIpG .SS n
land under the sun In !nnticrsman rsanIrs ,s
which the piOnesr ana ~ ,ls ycun folk q In
SG vaiy q:
LORE woOdSra hSsaSss the sSS rssy
wsrdtn Tho IN euaa 'ns In SS
cultured sEss s:'; .s;s sS1'si q
and and ndr. not .,s nS sdr. tHi a. S
polygAmous grsce even ses 70 WORK any ro Wrre are
SSSrs C IN m Natural man woman she daughters
wives for thousands OF younx ohaste Tnsy Ss
poysanea, xS%s cys ther rySsSs 10
raroly goes " tho oxeons W
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

With pleasure we call the attention OF
the reader this week TO the local notice
of w. Kelly agent for The Dodge Self
Raking Reaper & Mower. This Reaper
and Mower has not only the recommen-
datiou of w. Kelly whose statement
alone We would be willing to accept as
true; but there are abundant testimonials
OF the superiority of this Reaper & Now
cr- The first prize, gold medal, was
awarded this Reaper and Mower al the
grand field trial near Louisville. Ky. in
1854 And The FIRST premium was award
cd The same on exhibition at the great
Fair OF St Louis Agricultural and Me
chauical Association, Oct. 6, 1866, and at
the International and industrial exhibition
held at Buffalo, New York These facts
together with other considerations cannot
fail To- secure a purchaser VIII en- a Reaper
Il Mower is wIlted.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Meeting of the Friends of the Plym
outh Select School.

O4tA 6CACCt CCuOOl.
In response TO a request from the
teachers of the Plymouth Select School
Misses Kinney ard Nichols. A number
OF the patrons of the school met on last
Thursday evening, to consult as 10 the
best means TO secure a ornament and
desirable location for the school.
Those present appointed T. K. Hough
ton Chairman, and Platt Mcdonald Sec
retory.
The object of this meeting having been
stated, few interChanges of opinion was
INDUCED in, those present being favorable
TO the PROJECT of securing more commo-
dious rooms for the accommodation OF
the school.
The teachers presented an outline OF
the kind of building they desired, and the
terms upon which they would assume
control OF it. They desire to make it Q
permanent institution OF learning, and
will obligate themselves to continue the
school for period Of ten years at least
In order to test the feasibility of the
proposition TO erect a school building
committee was appointed, consisting
OF Horace Corbin, chairman, NJ. w
Downey, II. G. Thayer, and DIR. Sher.
man, to examine the several localitie:
where such a building might be erected
and investigate the cost of grounds, ani
the best plan for raising funds to NEE
the expense, The committee were in
structed TO make their investigations a
soon as practicable, and inform th'
chairman If this meeting at what tim
they would be ready to report.
Adjourned, to meet again at the cal
of the chairman.
T. K. HoUGnroN, Chairman
PIArr McDoNALD. Sect'y.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

OF BOURBON informs Us that lie
could do much larger business
in tue clothing trade than he now
does (Which to us seems almost
impossiblc) If he had sufficient room
to work more hands; but he soon
expects to overcome that difficulty
by adding an addition to the rear
of his present room. 1t is certain
ly surprising the amount of busl-
ness MIR. Sears does; and his trade
is continually increasing, the more
men deal with him the more they
wish to.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Not Sold Yet.

The Chicago Times, and in fact all of
the Chicago papers, of April 18th con-
tanned an item relative 10 the sale Of the
Plymouth. Kankakee Il Pacific Railroad
to the Chicago, Rock Island Sc Pacific
Company, which reads as f)lIows.
"The bonds Of Dwight township, in aid
OF the plymouth, kankakee and Pacific
Railroad, are not yet issued, doubts as to-
their legality being on the increase. II
Is stated that the road, which is partly
graded, is sold to the Chicago and Rock
Island Company, who will turn it into
their line at Chicago Times"
Considerable has been said heretofo
in relation to this matter, which has no
other effect than that of creating a feelinY
OF doubt inihe minds OF the people alonC
the line of the road. But If they would
but consider the grading of the road on
this line is almost completed, and that
local aid Is secured, which, under the
new constitution, cannot now be voted.
the ''folly and stupidity of tins change
would be plain. That the Plymouth
Kankakee & Pacific Co. know nothing
Of this sale, will be seen in the following
To the Editor Of The Chicago Times
PLYMOUTH, Ind, April 12th-In
your issue of to-day. under the head of
Railroad Items" / notice a statement
that the Plymouth, Kankakee and Pacific
road lis sold to the Chicago and Rock
Island company, who will turn it into
their line at Ottawa" The statement is
Incorrect, The road has not been sold.
nor has there been any proposition to
sell it or TO change the termini from
Bureau Junction, Ill. On the contrary,
arrangements are being perfected by tho
officers of tue company, to secure the
completion of the road at an early day
on its original line.
j. c. CUsHMAN, Secretary.
We have been shown letter from Mr..
McGrew, President Of the p. X. & p. X.
X. in which he says that the story of
this road having been sold is "manufac-
tured from whole CLOTH" and thet lie has
never had any conversation with the citi-
zeLs Of Ottawa or anybody else on the
subject. lie says no change has ever been
thought of or spoken of by the company,
and this story will have no effect what
Ner in the future terminus of the road,
which we hope will be sufficient evidence
to conyincc the most skcptical that The
present location Of this road is not TO be
changed.-Putnana Co. Record.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Notice..

Plymouth Ind. April 90, 1871.
All persons knowing themselves
indebted TO me for Clerks fees, will
confer favor upon me, as well as
themselves, by calling at the Clerks
Office and paying the same to d.
Mcdonald, E O.. clerk on or before
the 10 of May, 1871. As after that
date 1 shall cause Fee Bills to be
issued for all unpaid fees, except
Oh jad yments where the stay has not
expired, which will only apply to
judgments rendered at the last
February term Of the Circuit Court,
on which stay of Executions has
been entered. AS Fee Bills will
nearly double tie cost, 1 trust all
persons interested will avail them
selves of the time given for pay
ment, and thereby save the extra
expense JOHN c. CUsuMAN.
Late Clerk Circuit Court.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

PERsoNAL.-The Misses Kinney
and Nichols, two young ladies of
high merit, some three years ago,
commenced teaching Select School
in this place, a9 an experiment, and
so attentive assi!uous aud efficient
have been their labors, and SO pure
and benevolent their character, as
to have won for themselves n repu-
tation for ability and integrity that
any of their sex might envy. They
have not only succeeded in estab-
fishing a reputation, but in making
the school a grand success. SO
highly have their labors been es-
teemed that steps are beng taken
for the erection Of a school-house
for their occupancy, q notice of
which proceedings. will be found in
this paper.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27

Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Assessor OF
the Ninth District of Indiana,
will attend personally at the
Assessors Office, in the town
of Crown Point, Indiana, lst
and I'd days of May next, for
the purpose of hearing appeals
from the Annual Assessment
of Internal Revenue on Annual
List for 1871.
Dan TURNER,
Assessor 9th District, Ind.