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Show Great Salt Production. The marketed production of salt In the United .States, Including Hawaii and Porto Rico, in 1913 reached the record-breaking total of 34,399,298 barrels bar-rels of 230 pounds each, or 4,815,902 short tons. The value of the product was $10,123,139. These figures are the greatest yet recorded by the United Uni-ted States geological survey for the salt Industry in the United 8tates', and thoy represent an increase ot 3 per cent In quantity produced and of nearly 8 per cent in value compared with 1912. |