Original Correspondence.

Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 66, 2 November 1853, Page 3

Original Correspondence.

IO TIIK KDtTOK OP THE " TARA«IAKr IIKnALD," Sin, — hi your la*t wctk't pnper there appcnreil v Iciior Kilned X in reply tv •<nuc obiervations of mine, in n former communication, on the unfair sv"iom uf rae«sureiiiMit nntl pneo of limber «• now practised by the natrirr* hero. As Kin hit letter leivcu ihe point at issue un'onched, permit me to piou-ame the inroitiKHtion a little further, and call the httenwon, not only of llie public, but o( the .ia«yer« themselves, to the results. In my former communication I laid down the •tom that 10 cubic feet would cut 100 luporfieitl feet of inch board, and that the colt ni made up of thr following itemii: 10 cubic (eet uf timber, at 2£ I per fo.it. '2« Id ; pitting, id per foot, lOd ; non-ing, 11s per hundred nuptrfictal Im— total, 13* Ilil./The correction* of ihesn c.lculiitiom U not vTrn que-tioued liy X, I nm therefore jumtiod in using them us my data in tlie following calcu« Lttiona. 9 cubic feel will cut lUO ninning feet of senntliiiiC 3 k4, rqinl to fiHj suparlicml toct or saw. ycr'» wurk, the coit ot winch it ni tollows— 9 cubic , liet umber, at 2\A, U 10} I ; piitin<, !)il ; mwiag 'it the r.ito of 1 1* per humlrui »u.>l'iliciiil feet, 64 Gi— tot.il, 9, IJd. » 12} cubic feet wi,| cat 100 rnnuing feet of scantlinx 3x 6, iqunl to 73 -<u|ii rfici.il feet or SHWvcr'ii wiiri.-c»Bt, ti nb.T 2i 7|il, pitting la OJJ, lowinK 8. 3.1. tot.il Ib 10|i. 25 rome ffCt wu. cut 100 running feet of scantling fi»G, equ'il to 100 Mipirlnialfci-t, or mwycr'y wi>rl ou»i. ninb.r Si 2jd, pitting 2a id, tawing Hi. total 18-1 3i I. Now oimpare tho above with the pricci under tlio present tyntem. Sawyer* Artml coat ptuc. 100 suprrficinl feet of X' *. rf. £«. d. inch boaid .. .. 0U II 014 0 58{ ditto acini. line, 3x4 .... 0 9 1| 0 M 0 75 ditto ditto 3m« 01) 103 110 100 ditto ditto CxU 018 3J 220 Why these d ffertucea should crer lmve cxiited I know not, and why the public should coiment to be flecceil us 1 lny ure I cannut imagine. It in tuffi. cirnt for the communry to bo told, ns X candidly duel in hi* letter, ivlhto he xnys, " Ol course in fixing a piici fortlmlxsr thr »iwyera took o»rry »ilTnntngc inti> considfnition.'' It U rather poor consolution for the public to know that advantage tin* been token with a vengeance ; but •ometbiiig more than thii is expected, tiny demanded. I We want to know why the sawyer* charge 34i Cd for doing the mmc quantity of work in scantling 0"G ni they do in mcli board forllit? I allow ! that in scnntliiis; (here is a greater quantity of tim> 1 ber consumed than in inch board, and Hid public ! nre quite ivillini; to pay a «nfiici«nt pries for it; hut it is quitfl another thin;; to pay men for work winch tbry never do, nud if we rcmonitiate we arc 1 told, Oh I it i- the <u«tom in the other settlements , In New Zi'iiland. This will not latiil'y in. Let the snwyan come, forward manfully, and aiats their reaioiu for introducing «uch an iniquitous tyitem. 'Ihey may have rei^oni for to doing, but until they make us aware of them wo c»nnot judge of iliem. It i« immaterial whether I am a carpenter or not, bui supposing I am, and contracted for a piece of -work, but £ 100, tvliHt would my employer think if In ottering nm an additiumil job of rqual extent with the li> at, and nsking my puce, I would »ay £30n, and offer as my explanation that it wai the cuitocn eliewheri, would he noi turn on his beel »nd t»y, If 1 hut be your manner of business I bare done with you? Wih repaid to the seemingly difficult problem of logifing, itX observes tho following umple rule he may aotve it. Gtren lit and 2nd term to find the 3rd— first term priuc of timber, second term tawing, the remainder will «i»o the price tor logging, thn three termi ppt together amounting in round numbers to I4t,tlic price of inch board. In conclunioQ, let\ wo m»ure X that lie ii miltaken when he >tys<l mean nnjibing " unfair or unjuntinablo" to,<l» '■' hurdesi working clau in the colony." My,m9(to. is, Live and let live. Never" ■ tht-lesi in oommon with my lellow settler* I wiali to >ec a tttir and equitibln ayitem I'nabliihed here, believing it wduld be for the advantage of bothY producer and couaum'cr', the interests of both being closely linked together, for ii' lyitem can be iatta> lactury wblch will not b<*»r inyestigaiion. - ' ' Vouri, &c. " W.