Mr. PIKE. It seems to me it is well enough to be reasonable about this matter. This session we have reduced the internalrevenue duty on salt 4 cents and 2 mills per 100 pounds. It was 7 cents and 2 mills last ear 5 it is now' 3 cents per 100 pounds. ow, I suppose in consequence of that reduction, it is a necessity to have an additional protection. That I know is somewhat in ac, 'cordance with the whole theory of this bill. i Having labored here nearly a month to relieve l the manufacturers of this country of some $75,000,000 of annual taxation, we now pro, pose to protect them additionally in conse; quence 0 that relief. And we are to go through [ a fortnight’s or 3 weeks’ work in the hot = weather of July to protect them additionally 1 because of that relief of $75,000,000 of annual I taxation which we afforded them in the internalrevenue bill. Now, I have this to say about salt, that it is in its nature a monopoly in this country. It can be produced in NewYork, in West V ir ginia, in Ohio, and in Michigan. And do you propose to coerce the people of Maine into nying Michigan salt? s that the proposition 7 The Gentfrom Miclii n Mr. Taow names] says truly that give them duty enough and they will make my constituents buy salt of his constituents. Of course they can undoubtedl produce enough in Michigan to supply that locality and ours, too. And it is proposed to carry salt from Michigan across the country to M iue, when it can be produced on Turk’s Islan for 8 or 10 cents a bushel. Now, I amingrained a protective man; but I propose in legislation not to run the thing into the groun.Ido not propose, as Mr. Webster said on a certain occasion, that we should reenact the laws of God. Nor does it seem to me worth while in a tariff bill to attempt to override the laws of God. We should pay some little attention to the situation of the country, where this article can he produced and at what. rate, and where else we can get it and at what rate it can be produced elsewhere. But now when the present rate of duty upon salt is something like 150%. advalorcm, it is proposed to add 75%. more to that. Here the hammer fell.] he question being taken on the amendment of mr. ITnMrnanY, there were ayes 39, noes 60.