The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-30
THE SALT INDUSTRY.
The Views of Practical Man an
Democrat, In the Business.


Democrat, In the Business.
Says the Syracuse Journal Few men
in Central New York are better or more
favorably known than Thomas Gale of
Salina, the life long Democrat, veteran
salt manufacturer and enterprising man
of business. He has been intimately
concerned in the salt industry for over
half a century, and his name is honora-
| bly, associated with enterprise calculated
to promote the saline product. Away
back i'll the year 1886, when only about a
million bushels of salt were being manu-
featured year, MIR. Gale came to this
city and engaged in the business. He
was young and active, and he took up
his abode in the block where he manu-
featured salt, sleeping on board at
night and frying his potatoes in bit
tern pan. Gradually lie increased his
possessions and today owns 5000 salt
covers at Green Point.
| Mr.. Gale was a born Democrat, and
during all the years of his life up to the
present campaign he has stood by that
party. AS soon as he understood Cleve
lands free trade policy, however, he saw
that it meant disaster to the business in
terests of the country, and Immediately
resolved 10 stand by protection to home
industries by supporting Harrison and
Morton in this canvass
Among other things he said My
land that now pays one tenth of the tax
of the town OF Salina. didn't pay one
shilling before it WAC improved. How
are you going to build up the country
unless GU improve it? and how are you
going to improve, or even venture to
improve, unless you have encourage
ment. Another point is that the contin-
uing of manufacturing makes improve
ments. The coarse salt covers in 1868
produced AZ bushels to the cover; in 1869
a cover produced 53 bushels in 1875,
rs bushels, BY the improvements in
digging and the improvement of brine
by practice in manufacture the quality
and quantity were bettered. What l
mean to convey Is that when your works
are in operation Improvements will be
rapidly made
my salt works." said Mr.. Gale,
make about half million bushels
year, the income on which amounts to
between $4,000 and $4,000 a year,
Bear IN mind that this product comes
out Of the ground here at home. 1t fur
iiobC1 ~ my lb'OAlt4S IAiNI tlDO u udl
during the season of manufacturing.
These men buy head of cabbage, a
bushel Of onions, a pint Of milk, suit
of clothes; butchers wagon calls at
their doors every day; gardeners wag
on visits them; they live comfortably
but, think, all of this would he stopped
if free trade brings free salt in place Of
ours. The money that should 90 to
these men will go to Europe. My works
pay $4,000 year taxes to the town of
ISaiina. They pay 5000 year to educate
the rising generation; $3.50 year for
highways and bridges and poor, county
and State taxes. The salt works of SYRIA.
cuse pay S24. 600 in taxes. Would it not
be greatly to the disadvantage OF SYRIA
cuse to lose The revenue from salt
Would it not be greatly to our disad-
vantage TO lose the ga 900 year in
taxes ! answer yes, and | think every
wOrkingman will agree with me. Bear
il mind sir, that the foreigner does not
pay one cent of taxes, and yet the Dem
ocratic party wants to admit salt free,
so that the foreigner will make all the
money"
Mr.. Gale further said II have
studied the effect of the Mills bill in re-
gard TO wool and iron and other produc
tions of our country, but | Will contine
myself to the salt question, as | think
one need not look further for an illus
stration of the evil effects of free trade.
Take the matter right home and see
where il hits the hardest. ] only wish
to ask il there is farmer in this county
who has not paid something toward
building a school in his district with the
product of his soil; with the revenue of
his wool, if he has Sheep you can buy
wool from Australia, but where are you
going to get your mutton, which is the
cheapest and most healthful meat in our
MARKET
1.-The encouragement which we re-
ceivc in our salt industry is what in
duces Us to manufacture our product.
Michigan offered 10 cents bushel pre-
MUM to any party finding salt water
and making salt. That you see, encour.
aged manufacturers to 90 to work, and
1t has developed in that State the great
est salt interest i'm the world. They have
made as high as 100000 bushels of
salt in a single year. That, | say, is the
result of encouraging manufactures. 1t
is the protection Of home industry.
AbN AAhhN NOuAA htotlOl Oul ludllu-
factories here. 1t would wipe out blocks
more completely than an immense con.
flagration. We row cell great deal of
salt in New York and other coast cities
cut off that market, which free trade
would do, and we have no market for
our goods. The duty is now eight and
twelve cents 100 pounds. But Cleve-
land dictates that salt shall comes into
our country free Understand me, they
are proposing TO bring all the salt into
this country that they can sell, free.
We are weak. A reduction of its tariff
made US so. and they, knowing that, pro-
pose in their might to kill us. It's like
whipping a small boy because he can't
defend himself. But we can defend
ourselves to great extent and the way
to do that is to denounce Cleveland and
his free trade and vote for Harrison and
Morton and protection"
President Cleveland subscribes $40 900
to the Democratic campaign fund to
promote his own reelection. The Pres
ideut, it will be remembered subscribed
SJ0-or was IL S25-to the fund for the
roi;aF Of aufT.Far1 From, tho rhorIo,t,,,