East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-05-31
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SAGINAW SALT.

SAGINAW SALT.
In the beginning Of the enterprise
Of manufacturing salt in the Saginaw
River, q great many Of the manufac-
turers, in their anxiety TO obtain the
high price that salt was at that time
bringing, were tempted to put upon
the market very inferior article of salt,
in many cases no better than that is
now known as "refuse." This kind Of
salt, when used for packing purposes
of course spoilt all the meat that it
was intended to cure, thus making
enemies to Saginaw Salt" wherever
such an accident occurred and afford
ing a fine opportunity for rival manu-
facturers to extol the merits of their
salt, and point to the danger of ex-
perimenting with an article that so
far as tried, had proved failure; but
there were not wanting others, whose
faith in the intrinsic merits of the
salt, when properly made, would induce
them to give it a fair and honest trial,
resulting in testimonials from Mr..
. Harvey Williams, an old and expert
enced Fish Packer, and Messrs. Rug
giles & Bennett, Mr.. Warner of Thun-
der Bay, Mr.. Samuel Mccoy and
others, who in 1860, 1861 and 1862
had used this salt and were willing to
testify to It being as good as any they
had ever used. Their experience to the
present time has fully confirmed their
opinion. Other testimony as to the
merits Of this salt is found in its
being awarded
A silver medal from the Mechanics
Institute, Chicago, at the Exhibition
Of 1860.
A Diploma from the New York
State Agricultural Society, at the
Annual Fair at Elmira, in 1860,
A Diploma from the Mechanics
association of Utica, New York, at
the Annual Fair in 1862.
A sample of salt, made for expert
ment in Salina, New York, from brine
sent for the purpose from the we'll of
the East Saginaw Salt Manufacturing
company, to test the value of the pro-
cess used in making factory filled p"
salt, and exhibited for competition at a
Fair of the Franklin Institute, in
Syracuse, and a diploma awarded to it.
Extract from the first biennial re-
port of the progress of the Geological
Survey of Michigan, made to the Gov
ernor, December Sd, 1860, by Prof.
A. Winchell, State Geologist.
The East Saginaw Salt Manufac-
turing company are engaged vigor-
.ously in the manufacture of salt. The
quality Of the salt produced is unsur-
passed either in chemical purity or
preservative qualities. Several of the
most extensive fisherman upon the
lake shore, having given it thorough
trial pronounce it more economical
lin quantity required), safer and bet
ter than the Onondaga fine salt. 1t
is equally comm ended by Butchers.
For Butter it has been tested both in
our own state and Orange County,
New York, and pronounced not at all
inferior to the famous Ashton salt"
Page 173.
The following additional testimony
has lately been received, and is very
important in establishing the merits
of Saginaw SALT the writer's are well
known to the trade, especially Messrs.
Plankington, Armour & Co., and Mr..
E. Roddis, each of them being con-
sidered among the largest and Oldest
packing houses in the West. Messrs.
p. A., g. Co., gave the Saginaw salt a
special trial last season, in order to
test its merits, and gave the following
certificate after being fully satisfied Of
the result: