New-York tribune., 1871-03-23

ercss apparently moved by sudden passion, has voted
without examination. moments debate To repeal l4e
ations prevail altogether. and the measure becomes the
law OF the land what then You will have struck S d9%n
with other connected pursuits gives healthy employment
to vast amount of capital aud labor But VIII & tno
upon you, and pray you to look II In the face. 81.
You yourselves prove you think that foreign salt
can be furnished cheaper than domestic except for the
Tariff and your conclusion H. Let us nave no lailn anu
use the foreign article This Is the upsDOt oI az you
have had 10 say save and accept those gentle and ten
der epithets which you shower upon us we can @ IoI
Won st how far you right. II IL capable OF maine
natical demonstration that without Protection domestic
sat must retire from the seaboard the anu
the large navigabc rivers Of the country lts rea
sonabe calculation that home production would DC re,
ducod from 20,OCO0O0 bushels to less than ohc-haI
and probably less than ono.thirl Of that amount.
fatal paralysis would Immediately fall upon thls great
branch of industry All this you succeed IN proving,
and you seem to take great pleasure IN tho
demonstration Incidentally you laud tho 1orelgn
product and depreciae that OF your own country But
when our SALT the quality Of which III ts various gfaueS
and kinds will challenge comparison Wlth any 0tner III
the world, shall have been driven from td haihes Wnat
tLen VIII you have cheaper satf IhaI Is inc esIimoi m
As to this question, there i5 common sense, tnGfe s
law of business and trade worth more than an your
theories Given Keen ana sharp c0lpetltp
two rival interests in the same market, ana to puDc
receives the benefit withdraw or eXpel one OF @ tho
competitors. and where is inc security hgI@St 81
prices and protsl DO you suppose inc importers Vi
foreign salt men or ansele natnresi Do you m your our
simplicity understand that they Will not take an the
advantages OF the situation when they arc INC ioiuS vi
Experience and fact are the great teachers Before the
present Tariff We were wholly excluded from tIe.sea-
board and the de-watrrs. we now place thrTe aihuny
millions bushels, and beg your attention 20 the
fact that constantly Offer Our salt In the city q New
York lower rates than the prices OF foreign sail OF the
s1ne grades and kinds before the enactment OF the Ir
law You know that stil TO some eXtont, in
period Of general imitation. the cost and price O all
manufactured articles higher than before the war
Bat we will sell YOU in the City Of New York more Than
100000 bushels during tho current year at
rates absolutely less than those which the ini-
porsrs cacd whea Sy r naa .IHrg tHG " TnIe Ee
soabOard market equally true IN the great markets Of
the West approached By the Mississippi and the Lakes.
We invite yOu examine the aC5at your leisure. Many
other things occur to us which might be said; but we
hayo no claims upon your further attention; and we
close with proposition for settlement of our con
tToyersy, which hope yOu Will think rea-
s0nabe and fair. Our Government needs and
must have large revenue. We VIII therefore
diligently inquire and ascertain what tar upon foreign
salt will yield the most revenue, and content ourselves
with the incidental protection 70 our interest wlch thaI
will aft rd Ii you arc agreed TO this, VIII turn our
mutual attention 20 this inquiry. close me controversy
that poin., and from thenccforth we VIII De ife,
and neither of Us shah any moro call the other thief OF
a rohlcr. TnE SALT COMPANY OF ONoSDAGA
Attest: J. W. BARKER, SecrctaTy
S,yQCugC, March Is, 1911.