Sheathing Copper.

T.he Ed,t.r Of The Tri5sns.
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have read your remark. of TIN. morning on tho
subject Of aduty on Sheaihng Copper and | think
you are under wrong impression.


The case is briefly this: ship has TO be shcathed
with copper and change her shcathng thereafter,
once in about every three years. If ship changes
her copper in New-York, tho money expended
iere aside from the cost OF the metal constitute
nearly onehalf the entire expense and this mo-
ney goes to our very valuable Marine Railways,
and to the half dozen or more trades connected
herewith.


On referring to bills CT slipunder my manage
ment find the entire expense Of changing her
copper, was s2,3l9.


OF this .um-the expenditure Othsr ihan for
metal was 81 ,094


Now. duty of cents ID. would have turned
the scale in favor OF changing her copper IN Liver
pool, in which case this OUTLAY Of sl,Osi, would
have gone to Liverpool pockyard.


Ii should farther be borne in mind that the oc-
casion u Restraining Is not unfrcquently improved
for going into general fitting up and this occuPa-
ton employs thousands upon thousands all along
our sea-bosrd.


There are bs, four OF five establishments for roll
ing copper in the United States they do not EN-.
poy many hands, and have grown rich in the bust.
ness without any duty.


In the event Of duty, these few copper rollers
nigh, corner" our whole ships, and also our pilot
boats. and some craft that are not in the way of
being sent to Europe; but tie duty would add very
little indeed to our revenue, and be exdciy ~ cO--
sict with all iust notions Of PRorKoTIos,


SHIP.OwSER.