New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-06
IN THE SALT COUNTRY.
A GREAT INDUSTRY MENACED BY NIX
CLEVELANDs FREE-TRADE POLICY.

sAIr MANUFACTURERS WILL BIZ DRIVEN TO THE
WALL IF THE MILLS BILL IA MADE LAW.
Warsaw, n. Y, Aug. (speciab'-Thc Vaiiey Oh tne
fenesee River and those valleys parahei Win ", hhe
HE wyoming Valley. In which this village is si'uateo
have long been known contain the best farming land
In New-York state. sGcnesee wheat was synonym
for the best wheat fifty years ago In landscape
hesuty also the region surpassed all others IN the
State No one suspected that beneath this rich SOIL
there was also other wealth The discovery was
made in a singular manner. In the year 1850 W. b.
rv.rest president of the Vacuum OIL Company OF
Rochester. came here and began boring for OIL II
was an experimental well. Mr.. Evecsrs father had
owned a farm some three miles from this village and
Mr. Everest when boy had become strongly attached
70 the place To him there was no region so beautiful
or containing such rich land the Wyoming Valley
lie was confident that soil so rich on the surface
must contain something equally valuable below It,
He did not find OIL, however but he found somethrg
else of great value-sat His oil drill penetrated
bed of rock salt eighty feet thick Moreover the salt
was OF excellent quality, much better than the rock
salt OF England. Subsequent investigation with drills
showed the bed underlay 600 miles of territory IN
western New-York, it is estimated that there are
900 barrels of salt lin the rock salt form under
each acre of that 600 miles of territory.
warsaw had been a sleepy, rctrograding town up 10
IN. time Of this discovery, but now her men OF prop
ery bestircd themselves and set 10 work organizing
10 the business, but they were confident that tney
coud learn the processes OF salt manufacture, and sell
the product at a profit. Moreover there was sulaii
dirty posed at the Custom Houses by the Repuohcah
protective tariff which they knew would guard their
infant industry from intense competition with huro
pcan salt makers. In their own country they hso Is
competitors only fellow Americans engaged IN SAT-
,,aAno at svraoise in this State and at Saginaw, In
Michigan Soon the passengers on the railways that
rn on the slopes OF the big hills that overlook this
,oTn saw derricks arising In the valley or up the
bilsides little way. Pretty quickly there were SO
many derricks in sight and so many drills AZ WorA
that one could think himself transported 10 tho Penn
svlvania oil fields Buildings that looked Ike iac'ores
srranr UP around these derrcks and then salt va's
rorc constructed 1t was four FIVE years ago when
the first salt manufactory was fully estaonsneo' ou'
now sixty five salt wells have been drilled MOREOVER
there is the salt mine Of the Retsof Mining company
near Pifard In livingston County, where they nave
sunk shaft 1000 feet, and are taking OUT roch SAT-
, solid blocks as though were so much granite Inc
,,dustrv has spread from Warsaw northward along
IN. valley to Leroy Gonesee County and has eapeo
over the big hill that divides this valley rom 0e
valley of the Genesee River, and salt works have
been established there also.
The prosperity Of all these works Is threatened oy
the Mills Tariff bill, which puts salt upon tho noe
,., aThere sn,t any gradual reduction Of the tariff
so FAR az we are concerned said = Democratic SAN
manufacturer a few days ago. but step at once 20
free trade in salt II the bill becomes a law "o
shau bav. 70 discharge our hands and SHUT up our
calf works for we cannot compete with the English
Mons Ons Of the bearers to Washington OF tho re-
,ronstrance Of the salt makers Of western Ncw-fork
ocaInst tina MASSAGE of the Mills bill Dr. Phaso'
one Of the chief owners Of the Livingston Salt Manu-
featuring Company Of Piffard- DR.. Pfsrd Is Demo
.r.t hut he said when he heard that the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES had passed the Mills blu' Il snail
vote for General Harrison for President"
The salt manufacturing companies In this ne'sn
borbood which will be injured by the Nils Dill, II
becomes a law, as follows CasrIe es4s "orh'' a.
Castillo Duncan Salt Company, at Silver spnh%
Silver Lake Salt Company, at Perry Kerr eaN Oonf
many at Rock Glen; Edridgo, Empire, ha~ies
con,nlock A. Humphrey, Warsaw Dairy, STANDARD
Miller and Crystal salt companies, at warsaw Pe>ti
salt Company at Pearl Creek; L. Roy Salt Company
:, IL Row. Iackswanns and Royal salt companies
at Mt Morris leicester Salt Company, at CuylerVlho
York Salt Company ct York; Livingston ana Geneseo
salt companies at Pifard- These companies nave
captaI of "a o00, 900, and they employ 2ooo H'en'
Assemblymau Van Gorder. OF wyoming CouH'y'
snea,nr Last week Of the political prospects OF tno
Republican party IN wyoming County, In view OF co"
,ttack Of Mills on the salt industry saidi III sne
slection were held tomorrow we should gam oO0
votes IN the county, owing to our san ihuuS Y ,
,.,rr attacked by President Cleveland In the
xris hill We have all seen that In
apstrv spung up and have realized us nnan-
c,aI benefit TO the country. 1t is truly an nian' IN
dussrv but infant as It Is It has reduced the price OF
salt m the American people TO large extent dunhk
che last five wears and II Congress will only let Us
1on. IN improve our processes Of salt making. we VIII
lower the price of salt still further Mark how VIC
have already reduced the price per barrel; 80