Salt Lake Herald | 1901-11-30 | Page 2 | Increase in Salt Product

INCREASE IN INs SALT AlT PRODUCT s I i Census Report on Industry in United States NUMBER R OF Ot PLANTS lE LESS S SO OWING O G TO WEB RB CON I ON pE OB OE LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS 1 t w Washington Nov 31 The TIIe census bu ho bureau burea reau rea has hu lied fatted a final deal report on the of tit salt mil t luring during itri the calen caJen calendar calendar dar year ear MW u l It I b a total capital of ot Invest Invested in the 15 salt II h resorted nt The value vahle of the product is tI to produce latch hick Involves an IU outlay of for f r salaries rt salad of officials clerks clerk etc for M wag Td for r eel Jan oua expenses including rent and taxes and for f r materials used mill supplies freight frel ht and fuel The production of States has h increased continually since ISM 1350 From 1850 1 to iso the capital in increased increased creased to o pL HI 4 while tile the value alue of the products in increased Increased creased from to The number of establishments est ts has de do decrease crease from PS in ISM ISIS 1 to te 1 in litO a decrease d tf f I per cent During the last twenty years yeam the capital has increased ed 2297 per cent products 55 per cent while white the number of establishments decreased per cent The decrease in the number Humber of ot es ez establishments is due to te the th iii abandonment of many small lI J plants along a the At Atlantic Atlantic lantic coast and in Ix some of the in interior Interior tenor districts dl tri ts where salt Was Ws manu mann manufactured from brine sprinklings also alsoto al alsoto o oto to the construction of large lArg a particularly in New NeWYork YorK Ohio Michigan Kansas Kans Kan U h and Call lomia From to 1 9 the tRe number of es ea establishments decreased sed 5 per cent The capital N tal increased per cent the greatest te t gain in being in the item of live five capital which increased from to l or per pr r cent The cost coot of materials increased S 8 Sper per pet cent I