, 1877-02-03
MODEL MANUFACTURER.
Tic Romance OF Commerce ~ Shown in tito
Career Of Sir Titus salt.

Tic Romance OF Commerce ~ Shown in tito
Career Of Sir Titus salt.
wu, IL, L1;n1 s;t;1 7t'qfnp1 = E;1 4, r. e., e. n
ends cnreer w6ic, may not inaptiy ic % sal to
lHlong 70 ts.e romance ot co'nnczer: Tor .hc
story Of low the owner OF baftafrc lna,ic his fnr
i,sne Ia iutlccd angular. Many years ogo there
e. y sone n a4anRe aa wso
from Australia. Nobody had ever eecn the like
VI It before; nolx,dy thought muc,, Of It; and
thu: Il IaT stowcd away n q slicd at tle docks
d "1e Jay tSs tas H. S Titu. satt smai' ms
ufacturer 0f fork.hfrc, was in Liverpool, antI,
wandering afHout the focka, he chaneed to come
ncrots thiss neglected CONSIGNMENT Of secming
il. he might 10 allowed to take some
Of Il away with him. OF sonrsc
much aa hc p'cs'ed. What he di1 with the
suil}eeit 10 say tlat he came back again, otIerct1
to putcl'ast the whole VI tho -" rubbish" and
became It's I,ossctfor for merely nulninal sJft.
This hairy wool, tl1s traa which tit ono would
cyen look at as 4 marketable commodity, and Of
which yr. Titus Salt secured the monopoly.
was alpnca. Such was the way In which the
fortunes OF thu Ereat manufacturer aud Mill
!onairc, vim died At his seat. .Crowsncst, near
!lasttax, yesterday, were founded. For 5care.
Mr. sa1s and his fa;niv were the sole t,akcrs Of
that useful material which has grown to he
tomcthIng Hike rival to cotton; and OIL the
strength 1T tue sn1ua1le patent they thus acquls-
cd they built factnry which, with extensions,
bas become one of tho lasRest in England.
ThlshuEe hire o1 industry, conspicuous as II is
to tic cyv of the passing traveller. Is ilht, bow
Gyer, the most remarkable feature Of saltatrc.
Surrounding the vast factory Is large vi1lagc,
ur Bnnlt tuwn, containing many Thousand In
hab!tauts, cycry 1ie uf whom, Of working age,
ID somehow employed ut the bIg alpaca mill.
Sir Titus Suit whs the sole landlord of this busy
community, and tho manner IN which he dis
charged lts responsibilities as such Ia ono Of the
most uotul,lc iaets of his times, At hts own
expcntc and under Ills persona1 supervision he
the moral md material ,vclibelne Of lIfs little
klng1ium. Iu built fot hts pcoplc baths and
uushhouses, schu0le. aud placcs Of recreation:
he erected mechanics Institute. the appoint
nlunts of which will compare with tl,0Ee Of n
fashionable club, ahl he alsn cnused to be con-
stFuetcl chapel attached 10 the Congregations
Mist tudy, Of which oil that eati Ge said In the
way Df objection Is that II Is 0nly too splendid
Saltalrc, III short, has been established on what
may br called basis OF l,Tacs's1a philanthropy:
while lau1abIr attempt to guard tho morals Ut
its inllalitunts Inns becu made IN the rigid ex-
cnstots. from the place Vi al public trac in III
toxEtnting liquors. In these things Sir Tltus
| Salt botll meant well md tlil will. Personally
! hr Vas an intelligent, k1nihcartel man, d pro-
grcfs1ve politician, q muntficcnt contributor To
public charities, mid . xeal0us promoter OF
popular education. 1ifA life has been useful In
| many Yayf. liz made his fortune by the In
| PRODUCTION Of 4 beautiful anl valuable com
modify, and he spent a large portion Of It IN
ployed and served. III the history Of tho matl-
! ufuciurng industry Of England, few names wifi
havc 80 iiigh place Of 1iohor as tl,at Of Titus
Salt.