East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-06-10
SALT As IN ARTICLE OF COM
MEECE.

The intelligent enterprise that in two
short years has created among us new
andimportant branch Of business, would
seemto fail in half its mission, did we
not seek by every resource of expert
enco, art and science TO establish it
firmly upon commercial basis 1t is
one thing to make salt, and ii is another
to make for it commercial character,
in competition with tried and iavorlte
brands. The famous exclamation of
Pitt may lose dignity, but not point,
when transferred from Parliament to
tho'salt market. Confidence is plant
of slow growth
This fact is brought to our attention
10y the perusal of neat advertising
pamphlet of twenty nine pages, justpub-
lished by the "Salt Company Of Onon.
daga." Since 1897 the saincs Of On
ondaga have been worked with energy
and shrewdnoss on the part Of pro
ducers, aided by the liberal and wise
legislation Of tho State. No sugges
ton of science has been neglected. no
light of experience has been despised
legislative restrictions and private inter
ests have united to produce the best
quality at the lowest prices, but the
company now admit that "whils it is es
tabished beyond controversy, that their
salt is Of superior excellence, there are
yet points at which packing is carried
on extensively, where prejudices, oPer'
ating almost to exclusion Of the article
from the purposes to which il is so pc,
culiarly adapted, still exist" 1t would
be unwise for us to fail to profit by the
experience of our neighbors. Our sal.
ines have been introduced most oppor.
tuncly for their welcome reception by
the w estcrn States. The rare events
of war have proved to the country that
"thc ability to furnish fifteen or twenty
millions bushels Of salt from our own
salnes, is an important clement Of ma
tional strength, and have opened to us
a market hitherto almost wholly sup.
piled by the products of other countries.
Thus encouraged, it is not surprising
that our manufacture is increasing with
rapid strides. F,om a production Of
1000 barrels 10 1860, the capacity Of
works in operation on tho Saginaw
river within tho neat siAty days viii Iu
$500 barrels daily, or counting 800
days in the year, 10000 barrels annu'
ally. Estimating the actual yield Of these
works at one haIftheir full capacity and
making no allowance for additional
works, we may reckon 375 900 barrels
or l,s75,000 bushels, as the production
Of this valley during the ncXt year. 1t
was hirtySir years after tho State of
New York first assumed the control Of
the Onondaga Salt Springs, and pro
duced 5000 barrels in 1897, before the
production was as large as this. The
Valley of the Kanawhs, in Virginia,
where salt was made as early as 1904,
produced in 1920 less than 1870 900 bar.
rels.
The policy required to ensure for us
growth as healthy and substantial as
it is rapid, is stated concsely in the
pamphlet before us, referring to the or
ganization of the Salt Co., of Onondaga:
ito secure a thorough and systematic
management of business--to cheaper
the cost Of manufacturing-to lessen the
expense of distributing the article to all
points where it finds markct--and
TO improve AMI give uniformity to the
character Of the salt" AS vital 10 our
interests, we consider the latter point
FIRST. Our brine is proved TO be valua
BILE. We have the evidence of chemical
analyses by eminent gentlemen, and the
convincing testimony of actual use, that
good salt can be made here. The PAM
phlet now before us, issued by the Salt
Co., of Onondaga, contains analyses Of
four specimens of salt, (among which is
one of Saginaw SALTY made in 1861, by
DR.. 9. A. Goessman, an accomplished
chemist, in the employ Of that company.
1t cannot be supposed TO be too favora
bic for Us Weg give the proportions as
stated. The specimens arc said to have
been taken from salt on sale, and the
quantities are from 100 parts of salt
Ohio. Va.
onondaga Sag Hooking Mason City
sulphate Of lime, ,33 ,33 900 600
chlor. Of cslciam, 10 100 LAB ,6l
Magnesium, 10 so 20 "a