New-York tribune., 1871-12-18

| To the RAZOR Of The Trtbune.
SIR: a memorial, of which the following is
copy has been sent to Congress. II you Will do ur The
favor to publish It, the public will be able to Of
the mpOstions just now being Iracced. and TO appre
cac tie extraordinary character Of the means employed
to Of the manufacturing Interests Of this
country. Very respectfully yours, J. W EARKrE
| Secretary Salt Co. Of OnOndaga.
! MEMORIAL.
sat,s W % Yn%r nemoriaiists 4he San CompaSy Of 0mon
ddga The Sagndw and Bay Salt Company. and Tie ohio
Rirer Salt Company, respectfully show:
That information has reached them to the effect that
singular and extraordinary statements In printed form
procuring petitions in favor Of the repeal sudden
and violent change in the duty on Imported Salt These
G issued from The tho Salt importing Houses in Boston,
and throughout the country accompanied by
petitions and request that such petitions DO signed and
forwarded Congress. Your menoriaists also in
bodies
The circular to which refer before and 1t
we have read OF. 1t sets forth:
cent and that doubles the Ofssa to the
without proportional revenue to the Government. In
Bodes to the actual tariff as established n 1864 which
precisely Is cents per one hundred pounds BY looking
seen that this duty does not exceed Twenty-Five to thirty
per cent upon the average price and value Of the differ
ieven"e rev % received By the from that source
beg that. under Free-Trade Tariff it was
IN 1860 equal to about II cents per bushe the duties
amounted to only $2l4.oO0 an importation Of about
100000 Of bushels annually whereas under the Tariff
only 100000 Of bushels amounts to between million
and million and half Of dollars, being more than SIX
Seeosdlv: The circular Iaforesaid states that "the
Of caused BY duty upon
that article This anything in the Tales OF the
Of domestic salt to-day in all the markets Of the country
deductng the actual cost OF barrel package OF trans
pOaou and expenses OF SALE does not exceed Is cents
bushpl and, fnasnuch the whole Quantity
duced i'll the United States does not amount to more than
only the sum Of 100000 for m0nutdcturino all The
domestic Sah annually consumed In his country From
h' statement which we are prepared to verify at any
mc OF place, 1t will be that the whole people OF the
United States pay for the actual manufacture Of Ameri
can eat consumed by them less than Onehalf Of the
Which the circular aforesaid them that they pay
m the mere increase Of cost produced by the tariff alone
where not at all in OF the actual cost Of produc
on u M we include nsuch cost very low rate Of Interest
The circular Aforesaid concludes by asking those to
and sS BY % our II. fna oner
hand most lrespecfuly ask OF your Honorable Bodies
eve only sucn acs as are true and such arguments
are pertinent ana to give to the subject the patient and
And nasmuch as it ia not present pnrpose 10 sub
= m nn of yonr "" oDorS Rsp By ASKING the
which shall forward without delay and which will
exhibit all the facts connected with tins branch of indus
try. id will present the suggestions and c"nsidnraii"n
which s 1t seems to u.s. ought 10 influence the action of
Congress.
GRO P. CoMsTOCK, Prest Of Salt Co. Of Onopdoca
'. r. IiORTOS Prcst Ohio River Salt Co
NJ FnzHuGn, Prcst Saginaw and BAY Salt Co.
Dated Dec. 49, 1871.
The annexed copy Of the circular reelrcd 10 in the
foregoing memorial. Please publish with the memorial
BosTOy, Now
DEAR SIR The present duty 200 per cent on Salt ia
great for the that the OF this
article is thereby nearly doubled without bringing pro.
portiOnate revenue 10 the United States Treasury.
The dear people pay in.o the hands the inOnopo
lists Sl0000 per aDnuD inrrcased cost OF salt caused
10y this duty The United States Government
receives annually not more than 1OoOoO fron
thi, article.
strong effort Is being made 10 procure arcpea OF this
"bHoX tax, and you requested to aid, BY procuring
signatures 10 tho petition seat herewith
Pcasc do tile nceGful and return ly mail to address,
IN iimo 10 Of resonted In Congress cdIl. in D,cnbcr
very ,pcctiul!y. GEOKGE T. DOWSLs,
lInt0jDl and dealer In Salt > d.u No "A
commerce nts.