Mr. DELANO. Mr. Chairman, I have been struck with the appropriateness d‘f some of the observations which have fallen from the Gentfrom Pennsylvania [Mr. KELLEY] in reference to the subject now under consideration. I happento know, because some of my constitquents are interested in the subject now before the committee, that during the early part of the war the saltinterest, by reason of the price of old, was so protected that it flourished in th district that has alluded to, the portion of the Knnawha valley that lies in Ohio; and I hap an to know, also, that during the last year that interest has not been sustained, and the manufacture of salt has in a great measure diminished. Now, what are we about to do? How are we proceeding in the business of pro tection? What are the principles that are to guide us? I am not one of those who favor a taritf for prohibition nor a tariff for protection merely. Necessity forces 11 on us a tariff for revenue, and duty requires that it should be so adjusted as to afford proper, reasonable, and as equal protection as we can arrive at. When the interests of NewEngland are presented to us, and we are told that those interests will be stricken down without a duty thatfnrnishes protection, we tax the consumers of NewEngland goods to the extent we consider our duty. We have voted protection to those who make books. We have levied a tax upon intelligence. We have done it upon the principle mat the necessities of revenue require us to impose a tariff and that, thereforc, we should impose it with reerence to Judicious protection. Now, this great interest of salt is not one that affects the poor merely. I tell the members of this committee that it is not the poor alone that are interested in salt. The bulln of the salt in the country is consumed by the farmers in independent and moderate circumstances, who use it for their stock, and those engaged in preserving meat. The great bulk is thus used, and it is idle to attempt to enforce on us the idea that the poor man merely is interested in this article of salt. There are various interests throughout the country and in various parts of the country interested in the production of salt, and unless some protection, just protection, is afforded them, these interests must not only languish, but be destroyed. While, therefore, we are protecting other interests, I trust the good sense and Judgment of the House will protect this interest also.