Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-01
The Land Of salt.
SOMETHING ABOUT TUkK's rsLASp-ENrTf "a
AND No LAWYERS

SOMETHING ABOUT Turks rsLlSp-ENrTr JAMS
AND No LkwrKks
From the Providence Journal
Mr.. j. j. Fr.tA OF The nrn OF Firth Murphy, the
largest producers Of salt at Turks Island, IL on
Visit 10 the United States, and was IL Providence
Few DAYS ago reporter OF the Journal oonversed
WITH Mr. Firth In regard 20 that little known por-
uoa Oh The world. hr Firth Is West Indian OF
me peter class; o. manly, athletic form with clear
Que eyes, sd comp exon somewhat tanned by tire
.tda.nli4 suh. ihe op.lston az Turks Island Is
ao al I'VE thou>an e. nty per cent being aegroes,
VIM Si'le C1Hslta e the ihbprlng population Al
though represented Ia encl cIoissec a. as being
parl ol the government OF Jamaica, turks island
Il - 'atste ana distinct Colony with lie own ruler
appointed 10y The crown and a legislature or coun-
ca The only connection with Jamaica Is that the
Laws ehac td 10y tGc legislature OF turks island are
subject 10 the approval o. the governor general a
q" hlhalca- Oh the eight cOuncilmen, tour are
hat or eN-olhcio, and the Other four are un-
uUltil hclh- appointed b, the commissioner. as the
governor al urNs island Is called The islands
40 nave supreme court and lower courts
mus me httie vu.osy has a. the machinery q q
50, vi 'ue ic.tlr have no voice whatever In
the government. he o. the government used
10 be auou, $500 year. All raised viii the
ls''1 L. "dt ~" II Is about $4,000, having been
ie'iehttri IN deterence 10 popu. az dsmsnd. There
aa1ek ,4 % ,bcI 1sh. t1c pegPI. Ia favor 81
cram .ht i - nothing for tncm except 10 cOntr-
o4'e sl.5tO year toward Carrying the mails, and
rtstI by duties and by taNstion Their il not a
LAWYER ca Ia" ISLANDS, though II few duyrn Proyi-
dsggr Lawyers should en- gaze there they ymla
p!aNdn bA aide 10 earn iner tlurks island, salt
hoat'o IL hy wOrAlng al - cents day the ordinary
piy 10; .ap r IN the sa1t pms There Is not even
died soMe ul.,e aco. and nobody appointed In his
stead. ae supreme courl Is almost a sinacure
ANA, tArTe b. az 40 lawyers 10 make trouble, the
ldi> AR usid.iN empty. The Islands are healthy,
! All uoE-h The Rogli >tusdurd, The colonial paper
! As Iui oi patent mcuic;ne advertisements inclu-
] dns CashtTuc pills, liver luYl. orators and worm
/ ttut'iS iat Is have taun on Imports
ANA duties are collected GA goods, whether from
/ ne tinted ~ lte>, England OF jamaica, OF any
] II ~ MOP Il
! q, course the most interesting feature about
TURK Island Is the great SAT- manufacturing IN
/ du"liA. Al al III 1uTk, where n l. chiefly iol-
lowed. the Wstcr l. led iIum The ocean by means of
canal abuul II ret wide and 2k feet deep. 10 tho
Eo''rJlnrut reservoir, Which Is from Goo Ia $40 feet
long auG - feet wide. From THIS rsrrN or the wa
ter j. drawn by machinery into ponds VI 'pensr "a
they ar" called, and which from $50 20 2oO feet
! square ana about feet deep. ana separated from
projectors OF salt pens the water Il drawn from tho
government rsIN Dir into private reservoirs before
! uclng transmitted into the pond Tor eyapnrating
! here is sa.umeJer Tor Ile isuring Tie saline
! strength or the water. ana when the saumcter
Shows - Ia - degrees OF strength the result after
evaporation, Is - toe EIches OF salt The time
tthen In evaporation varies ACCORDING. 10 the amount
OF sLn- Ike, During the ra!ns In May, and In Oc-
! tobrr and November the salt Is SLOW IN forming
Evaporation leaves the salt drie0 hard ana urn,
ae Held u Ice. ana white SHOW, but a curious
fa urc Of the ponds during evaporation Is the vary
tnE cOoT ol the plckl--gr1rn, blue rel pink pur-
pie, Indeed every variety Of color except yellow or
blIcA H. is a spectacle well worth seeing. The
z
dumped Ia the vicinity OF the pond There
are some salt houses but the salt Us a rule "A
pl4cd IN heaps varying from twenty TO a Thousand
/ bushels The salt Is removed IN hali-bushel
BASKETS 10 llghtes which carry IL out vessels ia
quantities vi las or 2D bushels aud from the lighters
!, i dumped INTO The holds OF The vessels Most of
the salt II "a IL leaves le ponds. but about 25 or 81
per cent pl IL Is crushed Tor fish purposes There
Is royalty OF 10 per cent on the value OF the salt
About ljo0,eD bushels are exported yearly. the
! firm above mentioned having exported siae1
bushels last wear. In l02 vessels The nulnbtr q
] az Min sal
year II about two hundred The salG sent 10 the
nited States and British PROVINCES ana n load was
Recently sent IL Brazil. and wei approved though
the South Am 'rlcan market Il AT present supplied
from Liverpool. The Islands are not severed from
the world, Tor both the CLYDE aid Cunard lines
touch there IL II an interesting incident In this
CONNECTION that a good number OF years ago tho
Islanders vainly appealed, time after tiIDe 10 tbs
/ British government for relief from an oppressive
duty. but no notice was taken Of them. AT last n
strong agitation was aroused IA favor OF asking
tie British government TO permit the Islands 10 APP
ply Tor annexation 10 the nited states The exise
tence OF The movement was Officially reported TO
England, and very soon the obnoxious duty was
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