, 1881-01-01
SALT.


were mich larger than III 1s7D. Tho slip
ments show MI Increase Of nearly IS per
cent, and tic local cons,,n ptlon was heavier.
4 great tenl Of salt Is now Slipped from
Michigan around Chicago, Int tho bulk Of
tho Western business rasses thrnvgll tho
local cumlnlssl0tl-llonsos. Tho llast season
hns been satisfactory ono to the trndc.
Ffna salt has been considerably lower than
III 1870. but Tho cost Ut milking It has bceil 80
nIl,cl, reduced by tic uso Of pm md steaIn
blocks Tint It l,ns bean sold ut profitable
prices. Tho Other gratlo1 have not changed
illt,ch III price, Dairy ard packing, OF Holar
salt, hnvo not boen very plenty.
Tho receipts nppr0xilnntctt 1,0b3,00 brls,
Including tllo bulk salt received hero and Mt
tho Stnck-Yar at. Increase Of lt94 per
cent ovrr tl,ose Of 1870. Tlso receipts Of for
ctgt, wero 2't}.5S, sacks.
Michigan furnishes now nearly NIL tho Ili,e
salt Tint Is handled III the Northwest, nlnl
controls the market, keeping prices ut Il point
that bnrs out competition. The Mfchlgan
manufacturers llaye adopted new methods
of making the article. and reduced the cost
1T II to 45G1C0 cents pcr brl. They Increased
tho production. last year 10 per cent. yet tlts
tho stock l,ow on hal,tl Is not Intel, in uxccss
limit to tito abillty to produce. Wells l,nvp
been sunk ~ yarioiis parts q MLShlgan, niiA
inE inrritory ot nio s,atc Is lncreasing 30 rnp-
luly tlat tho term "Saginaw suit" will soon
l,n II missioner. AsIlu from supplying thu
West, tic SnEittlw. nnnnfActttrcts have
along the Ohio liver, by u,iiiorselIlng the
producers wl,U ftr11urly stocked TINT NMAr..
tor, nlMl tic tl,c salt lIAa hcc1i found good
substitute there f9r tlio EnKltsll tiary. The
suit, whIcl, Is now marketed Enst to Muct,
better advantage thu 1t could bo liandlud ut
here.
Now York provides tho bulk of tho sotar
SALT USED Dy I'AcKE1ls,
and this Is Il large Item. SaE!naw does not
tKe nsS ar as r1 ts s, E ns eyg Is
extent by tho flnc Alchign,i, which the pack
crs tlsu iii larEc quantities fnr bittkinC h!0Ats,
because the procesA of curing though i9ot
eflis 50 goo! rs t!io ol eng T. hluSll au tn tis
suld extensively East tlis season, belng
cheaper tllan tlle foreign; md, as It brought
relatively more there tlan here, taio l0cA! re-
eslpts llayo not increase.t materially. Nix .Hy
Of grip fl tho Western. The demand for
dntry snlt Inns augmented III volulnc FULLY @1
per cont. aud i lIns not beetl ~ easy llattGr
were small. The ltigll frelgllts mid duty kept
1t away.
FiVc xnlt opened in January Mt si.t5 pcr
brl. deeltnGtl t1 March to Sl.ah nittl or, Nay
II IT, was W ralsesl to si.o5 ileayy contrncis for
Saginaw tlne wero !na;c With tho pacsc,rs
| nt S5.75 par t0ll III bulk, delivered at tho
sst ss s a ety te ae p{Sss9t RgSq oF + o IL
| bulk, nltt HOW Mt ST, ,1NtQ 1000.
Tjso receipts ut foreign wcre more than u
tho previous year. 4 lnrge l,;srt nf i, mostly
| l.lvgrp0at fine, Is consigned direck ia tic
yarle1 much. Liycrloot ground sold at s1.M
glib, nl,.l linz III brown sneks Mt 81
| per sack. Turks Islnnli ai,tl other scnrcg
iureEgn salt sold ut S!l.d'Gei4. % per tom.
ial III ptyri ay syoss ~ year, IS Tnc M, fnsuectafs
report ,'ateA My 70, Eayo the pr'tn;ctt In a
/ Tl.c n,anufactnre IL Now II Ork silt tic trls
ycar T. M csfimated ut s,ooO, ,ooq hu, Ami as,n5Ins 8
Michigan is equivalent 10 l3,o90, 900 biz. Tht
average Ilrtca 1T tic SaginaW ,ianufnct0rc;
wus TX, ,uer brl, Md tho freight to Chicagt
/ 1IN nor 1yr)