Talk:Titus Salt

message: Was Titus Salt anti-alcohol? Jake b 19:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that page doesn't seem to mention him now, so I've amended it to 'there is no evidence' that he did not drink, but that he did forbid 'beerhouses' (but I've removed the motive, as unsourced). --ColinFine 00:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tea Totaler

message: This is now the only red link in the page - and Google can't find any reference to it except in connection with Titus. It isn't mentioned in the Dictionary of National Biography piece on him.  Any ideas, anyone?  PamD 19:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've taken it out - it's not mentioned in any of the books I've consulted. Feel free to reinstate it if anybody can find a good source. --ColinFine 00:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rodda smoke burner

message: The article says "The entry on Saltaire discusses the extent to which he was motivated by religion.", but that doesn't seem to be true at present!  PamD 19:31, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article doesn't say that now (I didn't remove it - somebody else had). --ColinFine 00:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion

message: I think the article is approaching the point where it isn't a stub any more. --ColinFine 00:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Stub

message: See User talk:Peacockpie for discussion. PamD (talk) 18:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  EL removed and reinstated 

message: I have removed the following text, which User:Paraphrased had added from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRsalt.htm: "Although he had been an extremely             rich man, his family was horrified that his fortune was gone. It has been estimated that during his life he had given away over £500,000 to good causes."
I am dubious about both parts of this claim, as I detail below, and I can find no references whatever in the schoolnet page. I am inclined to conclude, therefore, that it is not a reliable source.
* The total of his philanthropy: Balgarnie says (chapter XIV) "It is believed that they amounted to about a quarter of a million sterling". Barlo & Shaw give a modern estimate (Appendix 5) of the total of his "identified benevolences" as £139 000. While they accept that the true value will be more than this, nowhere does £500 000 appear.
* The family's reaction: Barlo & Shaw say (in Appendix 3): "Salt's will made substantial provisions for the several family members", such as £100 000 to each of the sons who were not involved in the business, and £80 000 to each of the daughters. While this does not categorically disprove the claim above, it is hard to square them together.
I have therefore removed the text. --ColinFine (talk) 18:27, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family's reaction 

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