Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-12-25
Salt.

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Itls fortunate for m,nkiui ths, an srtl.
Gle 80 universally needed a. ssli IL 90 gen
erslly distributed over the earth. This
country l. especially favored with
aoandsnt saline deposits Nearly every
state and Territory can produce .slt
This In iusiry started In jamestown, Va,
In 1919. aud In l633 salt Was shipped 10
Massachusetts south Csrolins began 10
manufacture salt In 1889. aud IN fac, II
was produced all along the Atlantic coast.
daring the Revelation and The var of 1919
especially. on sccoant Of the dlt'i 'ul,y of
obtslblug foreign salt Salt ~ss made
quite extensively on Csps Cod daring The
latter part of The las, century. bot The I'm
ports,iou .o1chesp foreign salt closed 40
the works TIE salt springs OF Illinois
we're worked In iI?0 II ws- produced In
K-uiaeky In iiss. In Ohio 10 iI9s. 10 Pm.
sylvsnis 10 1919. but The most important
salt wOrss arv Loc cstei 10 Syracuse, ". T.,
spd In the saginaw Valley. Mich. or the
10. 60 OOO barrels % salt used In this
eouBiry annually. Michigan produces Que
thirt. New Iofk one sixth. some Ten other
Stats one sixth. aud one third is Import
sd. Toe capacity % of the salt works In
our nation IL sut'icisni 10 supply the sn,ir,
home dsmand. The reason that We do
DOT sopp,y The entire smoau, OF salt need
"a here "a The high coz, of transportation
over railroads compared with the ehssp
frsisa,. charged for Liverpool sni West
tndis salt Th. price Of salt ~ the ~orks
10 Michigan iu 1851 was co cents barrel,
inclailng barrel in is66 u ". sl 20 =
hsrrvi The price IN Michigan In iss7
wss ~ IS ton, frvish, 10 tide ws,srs
o. 90 m.sing o. IS Coat OF Liverpool
salt o. 55 . ton, frvlgh, si 90, duty
st 90 msliug e. IS landed on oar shores
50 domestic salt Gusts 81 more . ton
on the ssabosri than the foreign article.
so that the foreign article pushss oar salt
bach ron the eo.., tlu The freight sqa.l.
that 81 t0 too aud when salt II brought
q. ballast free. q. ~ oftsn IL. ~ pashs. out
salt s,ill further back.
TIE idss prevail. With many people that
Amsricsn s,lt L. infsrior 10 The foreign
sfticis. THIS L. decidedly q misiske.
TIE most thorough tssts by The Uai,sd
Stats goyerumsn,, sni by practical sn,'
iyticL chemists. prove oar domestic salt
n b. sup-rior 10 The bes, Easlish or
rufk's Island protuci, both for e1rirg
m-sis ~ dairy parpps-s
Not only 90 ehsmlcsl analyses sfseri ihe
.ap-riofity ~ American salt oai The DhrI. |
mvu's Associs alton. OF illinols. Ohlo, laii' |
.us, Wisconsin and several other stsie-. |
.ftsr q ssfiss of The most critical tests de- |
ci,rs IL superior Tor dairy purposes The |
Salt Association of Nlchigsn "hsvs $40 |
oc0 N meet the guaranty, sni stand ready |
~ deposit that sun with . Ike sun IN -
%, up ~ any other organization of iail. /
Vidaa 10 the vOrli, 20 enter q series of /
NaN9a. n AafEr. 1
nls- ths sapsri1rlly or othsrsise OF ihs /
hish grade % Mlchig.n slt over All other |
.siis both a. % nvOr or staying qasli. |
d."
TIE Michigan Dairy Salt COmpsny's |
sorks opposite EJ Saginaw. proiaes |
,.-,ai loo 600 barrel. . year of The best |
iaif, at made In TIE world. This ls all /
cousun, a oy The dsries of The West The /
feet that Cnic.go packers usei ScS go |
lafr,,. 10 Mlchissn salt last year for cur |
"a meat. &- 10 proof posiu'e OF It's sa'
2-fiof gasliu-s.
TIE sossrumsnt Tets of salt were made |
ia ISL So. 's8 AMI 50 The folloving IL
tal.n from tas report Compliant having !
'ussn made % The Presidsut In 1851 that /
he regulation. OF The War Department /
IN thl. respect uuln.tly Disseminated /
,x.insi the chsrsctsr Of the solar al, Of
ne state of New York. an order wss issu'
a ~ Secretary Conrsi, directing thu |
500 barrels of pork shOah bs packed In |
Ne. Yofk vita salt of both descriptions. |
IN sqal qaanptle. for The parpo.s OF test. |
iug. OF setaa and thorough srpsrimsnt,
The comparative merits of The Two kinds
The pors "a. packed In November. 1851.
The hog. wers OF the o.ss Qasliiy. Eseh
hog ws- split In t~o. and obe bali packed
a Onondsga aud The other with TURKS
I.l.ud salt The barrels we're Distinguish.
- by number-,-thOse containing The
Onondsgs salt receiving the Odd numbers,
,bd those sith Turks islsni salt the sven
numbsr.. SIN barrels OF thi. polk were
.snt ~ zach Of ths military posts along
,hs s-s board. and 81 the S0ath and West.
tns,ruetiOns wer. given - The eommsni.
Jog oricsrs % The posts 10 have too bar.
r,ls of plfk Inspected In each OF the three
.ucce-dlng years. the results u De report
a - The department st wsshington."
wthogi giving details OF The report
.0fios Il 10 ssy thsi after having been
.utl cisd % the Different climates and
temperatures from Msia- 20 fiorids, and
from Mississippi ~ C.lforuis, the pork
cured slth OnOndsgs salt was superior In
= msIifiiy OF cases 20 that packed with u"
foreign salt
From the aooye IL IL evident that no
farmer nesd use . particle OF foreign SAT-,
shsn our own country eau furnish hlm
sith an sbaniAnce OF . superior article
have seen farmers pay of cent
p1und more for Higgins salt than they
souli for domestic salt, vhsn The domes-
tic ssli Vas actually worth OF cent
pound N. mosi- IL ough, 10 De The poiley
Of every American never ~ bay foreign
article sh.n Il can be made In this couutry.
By thus encouraging our home msnofseia'
rsr., we give employment n home 10 the
l.borrr. who can purchsse oar Surplus
produets. The farmer pays cents
pou nd lJr salt. aud rolls IL iu hi. butter
Al ~ e-nts . pount AZ tue prescott
rate " daiy on salt, (is cts. per loo
IN. ] he duty on salt enough 10 salt ton
Of batter Is jl,i Is eents--cof. M'ine