MERCHANTS ATTACK
PARPEIS POST PLAN
League Expose? Scheie of Cata
logue Mai; O'tier Houses
BIG CAmrASGK STARTED.
Extends to all Sections of the
Country— llug<* Costal Deficit
May lie Prevented.
Merchants, jobbers and manuiacturers
o? all sections of the country arc vitally
; nterested in the campaign which has
been begun by the Merchants League of
\merica, with headquarters at 280
Broadway, New York City, for the pur
pose of opposing the efforts of the cata
logue mail order houses to saddle on the
United States government, through the
establishment of a domestic parcels post,
Lie bulk of their expenses of delivering
;;oods to purchasers.
The smaller the merchant, the smaller
the jobber, and the smaller th:: minu
facture: the more vitally is he affected
by the parcels post plan advanced by the
catalogue mail order interests, for its es
tablishment by Congress would cnabie
the big corporate houses to completely
undersell the smaii merchants and drive
them out of business.
This would mean calamity to thou
sands of communities, closing up small
shops, throwing employees out of work,
canceling the orders to jobbers and man
ufacturers, cutting down jhe business of
local banks, reducing the advertising in
local newspan" and depreciating prop
erty vab l ' .n the smaller communities.
And r ior the unfair enrichment of the
few men controlling the catalogue mail
order business of the country, who de
sire to have the government deliver their
sales at ruinously low prices.
The establishment of a domest'c par
cels post means the multiplying by many
times of the already enormous annual
deficit of the Post Office Department, a
deficit which increased from less than
$3,000,000 in 1902 to more than $14,500,-
000 for the fiscal year igoj. For the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, it is
believed the deficit will exceed $15,500,-
000, while competent authorities figure
that under a domestic parcels post the
annual deficit would reach an annual
total of $150,000,000.
Such a deficit would have to be made
good by the government through the tax
ation of the whole people, falling largely
on the men who would be injured by
the business gains of the catalogue mail
order houses. Thus summed up, the
campaign of these catalogue mail order
houses is to compel the small merchants
of the country to pay the cost of their
own extermination. The plan would fail
if the government were to carry parcels
at rates which would make the estab
ishment of a parcels post self-supporting,
ind accordingly the rates fixed by the
:ataloguc mail order interests would oro
vidr a 'fSfcfTue estimated at not more
than one-seventh the cost to the gov
ernment for handling the business.
These proposed rates range from one
cent for a package weighing three ounces
or under to five cents for one pound
packages, with an increase of two cents
per pound additional until a limit of
eleven pounds is reached. Thus, an
eleven pound package could be sent from
one end of the country to the other at
a cost of twenty-five cents to the ship
per, while the government would have
to spend approximately $1.75 to handle
the business. Not satisfied with this, the
catalogue mail order houses want a free
insurance on each package tip to $lO,
with exceedingly low rates for registra
tion and insurance for larger amounts.
At the present time only the first-class
mail, consisting of letters and postal
cards, is carried by the government at a
profit. This class of mail matter, which
aggregates less than 14 pep cent of the
total mail tonnage handled annually,
provides a revenue amounting to 80 per
cent of the total receipts annually.
The profits from first-class mail busi
ness are more than offset by the losses
in the handling of mail of the other
classes. Under the present postal laws
parcels piay be sent through the mails
readily at any time as fourth-class
matter, the uniform rate being one cent
an ounce or sixteen cents a pound.
Reports of the Post Office Department
show that at the present rates fourth
class matter just about pays its own
way, but these rates do not give the
catalogue mail order [houses the unfair
advantages they seek.
Representatives of the catalogue mail
order houses, in urging the establish
ment of a domestic parcels post, cite the
example of Germany, where there is
?uch a system, and where the postal
department annually earns a surplus
1) nt equal to th? present deficit in
;hk country. They do not, however,
point out the fact that the average haul
of parcels in Germany is forty miles,
while the average parcel haul in this
country is 442 miles, or more than eleven
times what it is in Germany. Neither
do they point out that in Germany the
population is dense, running nearly s°°
to the square mile, while in the United
States it is scattered, and averages les»
than twenty-five to the square mile. The
carrying charges here and the cost of
distribution over wide areas would make
the cost to the government far higher
than in any European country.
Postmaster General Cortelyon, in his
annual report for 1905, calls attention to
the fact that the department, should a
parcels post system be established,
would get the bulk of the money-losing
long hauls, while the more profitable
short hauls undoubtedly would goto the
express companies, which, operating un
der the zone system, would make de
liveries between nearby points at rates
far under the uniform rate charge of
the government for all points. Such a
system, if established, would turn our
mail trains into freight trains, and make
our small post offices freight depots.
It is to fight this insidious plan to
crush out the small merchants and make
the victims stand the expense that the
Merchants League of America is work
ing. Tt has scattered literature broad
cast, urging merchants, jobbers, manu
facturers, bankers and others affected to
subscribe to the work of its organiza
tion. Blanks are furnished on request.
The main work of the organization con
sists in preparing and distributing liter
ature to the business men and to the
newspapers of the country showing the
dangers confronting the whole people.
The League also is working to have
local business men in all sections secure
pledges from their present Congressmen
ind from the men running for Congress
this fall to vote against the parcels
posi proposition when it comes up for
action 'n Washington. The League also
' will have competent authorities appear
before the sessions of Congress to pre
sent facts and figures showing the real
purposes of the parcels post agitation.
Recipes For First Cool Days.
Home-made Sausage Cakes.—Cut half a
pound of lean pork into small pieces, re
moving all the skin, but leaving a very
little of the fat. Pass it twice through
a mincer, or pl.lce it in a chopping bowl
and chop up together with two ounces
of bacon. Season with half a teaspoon
ful of salt, a dash of black pepper, a
pinch of cayenne and a grating of nut
meg. To this mixture add two table
spoonfuls of breadcrumbs mixed to
gether with a beaten egg and make them
into soft, round balls. Fry in boiling
fat.
Trnny Lind ITof Cakes.—One large
cupful "of flour, one teaspoonful of cream
of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda, half
a teacupful of sugar, a pinch of salt and
two tablespoonfuls of butter or butter
and lard mixed. Rub the butter >n thor
oughly with flour and mix all the in
gredients together. Now beat an egg
well and mix it with half a cupful of
milk, finally stirring it into the flour.
When thoroughly mixed bake in cake
cups in a quick oven. Serve hot.
Stuffed Loin of Veal.—Spread a loin
of veal from which the bones have been
removed, out on a floured board and
cover it evenly with a stuffing made ac
cording to the directions given below.
Then roll it tip neatly, tie it around with
pieces of cord to keep it in shape and
roast it in a well heated oven, basting
frequently to render it tender and sweet.
For the stuffing put five tablespoonfuls
of breadcrumbs into a basin and pour
over them sufficient boiling milk to
moisten them. Then place them in a
small saucepan containing about a table
spoonful of melted butter and stir the
moistened bread over the fire until it be
comes a thick paste. Put aside until
cool. Chop a quarter of a pound of raw
veal and a small quantity of bacon into
fine bits. Add to the bread, season with
salt, pepper and nutmeg, with about a
teaspoonful of chopped onion. If neces
sary for spreading, moisten with beaten
egg and use as directed above.
Green \pple Chutney.—Pare and core
six pounds of greening apples. Boil in
a quart of vinegar and set aside to cool.
Boil two pounds of brown sugar in one
pint of vinegar. Add two pounds of
raisins and four tablespoonfuls
finely miner ! onion, two ounces of red
pepper, and four tablespoonfuls of salt.
Mix well together, with more vinegar if
too thick. Keep on the back of the
•itove, slowly simmering, and stir occa
ienally with a wooden spoon. Bottle
the next day.
Tomato Jam. —Remove the skins from
some ripe tomatoes and weigh them. Al
low an equal weight of granulated sugar,
three lemons and two ounces of ginger
root to eight pounds of fruit. Cut the
tomatoes into slices and spread them out
on flat dishes, covering them with about
half the quantity of sugar to be used
and leave them until the following day.
By this time a fair amount of juice
will have been drawn from the tomatoes.
Strain this from them and boil it in the
preserving pan with the remainder of the
sugar, the thinly pared rinds of the lem
ons and - the ginger, until the sugar is
dissolved and a thick syrup is formed.
Add the tomatoes and boil tliem quickly
until they are reduced to a pulp, remov
ing the scum from the surface as it rises.
Pass the pulp through a sieve, then re
boil it until it is thick and clear; and
as soon as it sets and is thoroughly cool
take from the stove and pour into jam
pots. About five minutes before the jam
is done the strained juice ci the lemons
should be added to it.
Gingerbread Nuts.—Mix together two
pounds of flour, three cups of molasses,
half a pound of sugar (brown if pos
sible), a cupful of melted butter and a
very little cayenne pepper. Roll out half
an inch in thickness. Cut into small
cakes and bake.
Miss Smyth's Sally Lunn.—One and a
half coffee cupfuls of flour, butter the
size of an egg, a small teacupful of milk,
a teaspoonful of baking powder, and a
tablespoonful of granulated sugar. Mix
the baking powder, flour and sugar, add
one egg beaten well, then the milk, and
finally the butter to the flour. Bake in
one cake for an hour in a fairly quick
oven.
Puffed Potatoes.—Peel some potatoes,
cut into small dice, making them all the
same size. Put these pieces into cold
water and leave them for twenty min
utes. Then wrap them in a cloth to dry.
Heat slowly six or eight tablespoonfuls
of lard, and when it is warm (not really
hot) putin the slices of potatoes and
let them cook until they are quite tender.
They should not, however, become a
golden brown. Take the potatoes from
the fat as they are ready, let them drain
and cool. Re-heat the fat, and when it
is so hot that it is quite still, with a
faint, blue smoke rising from it, putin
a few potatoes at a time and watch them
closely. Directly they puff'out remove
them from the fat and put them in the
warm oven to drain and dry.
Cornflour Pudding.—Put two table
spoonfuls of butter into a saucepan, and
when it is melted stir in by degrees two
tablespoonfuls of white flour and the
same amount of corn flour. As soon as
a perfectly smooth paste is formed, add
gradually, stirring all the time, two cups
of milk, until the mixture boils and
thickens. Remove the pan from the
stove, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar,
the grated rind of a large lemon, and
a teaspoonful of vanilla. Then beat in
by degrees the yolks of two eggs which
have been previously whipped. Add a
pinch of salt to the whites of the eggs
and whisk them to a very firm froth,
and when the pudding is cool stir in the
Strained juice of the lemon and the
whipped white of egg.
PICTORIAL MAGAZINE AND COMIC SECTION
IN THE SHADOW
OF SHAME
By Fitzgerald Molloy
Copyright by E. Fitzgerald Molloy.
Rynopfds of Preceding ChnpterH
Olive Dumbarton. after tin* lejrnl separation from
her brutal hug hand, Ih-coiucm :i Huccessful author*-**
:ilid lives quietly with her daughter. Veronica, In
Hexton IJoad, Ht. .IOIIU'H Wood, London. Her lius
hand secretly returns to London and by letter makes
further demands for money. Her cousin, Valerius
(•albralth, a man of Independent wealth, who has
been in love with ber since early youth, calls to say
farewell before starting on a trip to Kjrypt. A fort
nlKbt. later Olive Dumbarton If found in her library
holding a dagger over tin* dead body of her husband,
j Sheds suspected of the murder and Is arrested.
Detectives are put on the case. George iiostoek,
the publisher, offers to aid Mrs. Dumbarton. The
Coroner's Court holds her for trlul on the charge.
CHAPTER VIII.
"My father regrets that he is unable
to come to-night," the young man said,
"but he sent me instead, and I have
brought a draught which he prepared for
you to-day."
"He is always thoughtful," Olive Dum
barton remarked.
"You are better, I hope."
"Yes, thanks; I think I feel stronger."
"Mother doesn't look so pale, does
she?" Veronica said.
"Not at all," answered Quinton in his
deliberate tones as he turned his eyes
upon Veronica.
"I have just returned from Brindisi,"
Valerius stated. "Mrs. Dumbarton has
told me how kind your father has been,
and I hope to call and thank him to
morrow or the day after."
"I am sure he will be glad to see you, - '
replied Quinton.
"We will all work in a common cause,"
Valerius said, turning his prominent blue
eyes, now full of anxiety, upon the young
man.
"And we must succeed," added Quin
ton, emphatically.
Veronica cast a glance at him full of
gratitude. Her belief in his ability was
unbounded; what he sought to do he
must certainly accomplish.
"That brings me to mention what I
was anxious you, Mrs. Dumbarton,
should first year," said the young man,
in his slow, deliberate manner.#
"I t'onfena that I Mm <llai»}>|>olh»t'(l."
"What is that?" she asked, her large,
gray-blue eyes lighting with expecta
tion.
"It's only this morning I remembered
it, and after all it may not prove of
any use or may not serve as a clew."
"A clew?" Olive Dumbarton repeated,
anxiously.
"I suppose I was too much upset to
think of it before."
"What is it, Quinton?" she asked,
earnestly.
"You know that night "
"Yes, yes," Olive Dumbarton inter
rupted.
"Well, I was going to bed early, be
fore eleven—l know the hour because I
had just wound my watch; my bedroom
windows face the road, and as I looked
out I distinctly saw a figure leaning
against the wall which faces your house
and ours."
"A figure?" echoed Olive Dumbarton.
"Of a man."
"Well—well, continue," Valerius said,
exasperated by the narrator's slowness.
"That is all."
A sigh of disappointment escaped
Olive Dumbarton's lips.
"Did you see him move toward the
house, or speak to any one, or act in
a suspicious way?" asked Valerius, his
interest aroused to the highest pitch.
"No. I just saw him stand there dur
ing the minute or so at which I looked
at him; I merely pulled down the blinds
and went to bed."
"It may have been a policeman ?" sug
gested Valerius.
"I'm sure it wasn't."
"Why?"
"Because I could see clearly enough;
he did not wear a policeman's uniform.
He had on a slouched hat, and the lower
part of his face was covered cither by
a beard or a muffler. Somehow I got
the impression he was a foreigner."
"A foreigner?" repeated Olive Dum
barton.
"Yes."
"Are you sure?" Valerius asked, in
an anxious tone, "that he was not the
man—the man who lost his life that
night?"
"Certain. The foreigner was much
taller; his figure was slighter and he
was altogether of a different build."
"If you saw so much, you were per
haps able to sec his face," said Valerius,
"and will eventually be able to identify
him."
"No. As I told you, he wore a
slouched hat, and that shadowed the up
per part of his face, while the muffler
or beard bid the lower part. Then he was
afso shaded by the thick ivy on the top
of the wall against which fie stood."
"And yet you could see him?'' said
Valerius, irritated that the young man's
observation had gone no further.
"I could see sufficient to show me his
height and the outline of his figure as I
have described him."
"After all, he may not have had any
concern with the tragedy, v remarked Va
lerius.
"That is what I began by saying,''
Quinton responded.
"But how did you come to connect
him with it in your mind?"
"Well, it flashed upon me suddenly to
day," Quinton answered quietly, "and I
thought I would mention it first to Mrs.
Dumbarton, and if she approved of my
doing so I would then tell Mackworth
what I had seen."
"Yes, let him know by all means,"
Olive replied, in a voice quivering with
nervous anxiety. "The smallest incident
may lead to discoveries one never ex
pected. You must tell him at once l
Quinton."
"I'll go and see him early to-morrow.''
"I confess I am disappointed," re
marked Galbraith, quietly. "I thought
when you began you had really found
something that might take us further
still."
"And who knows that this may not?"
the young man answered, turning to Va
lerius. "There is this to be said: If
the man I saw watching Mrs. Dumbar
ton's house was not the same wdio killed
her husband, he may at least have seen
or met the man who did."
"How do you make that out?" Valer
ius asked.
"Why, half an hour hadn't quite
elapsed between the time I saw him and
(he time the tragedy occurred. He can
not have been far off frojn the scene,
and he may, if he's innocent, be able to
tell something of the man who is not."
"You are right," said Valerius. "1
didn't regard it in that light before. You
must tell Mackworth what you have
seen."
"What strikes me as being suspicious
is this," Quinton said, his deliberate
manner impressing his hearers.
"What?" Olive Dumbarton asked, her
eyes riveted on his face.
"That he hasn't come forward to make
any statement."
"Quite true; it is certainly strange,"
assented Galbraith. "But, supposing for
the sake of argument he had none to
make, that he went away before anything
occurred."
"Even so, he might volunteer the state
ment that he was in the Ilexton Road
on the night of the tragedy jalf an hour
before it happened, and saw nothing that
aroused his suspicions. His absenting
himself looks bad to my mind."
"I wonder what Mackworth will think
of your statement," said Valerius, medi
tatively.
"That we will soon know, for 1 will
call and see him early to-morrow."
"Do, Quinton," Olive Dumbarton
urged, her imagination magnifying the
importance of his statement, "and per
haps you will find time to come and tell
me what he says."
"I shall certainly call and let you
know,"the young man replied, as he rose
and said good-night.
"I will take my leave also," said Va
lerius. "And now, Olive, keep a brave
heart."
As the two men passed through the
garden the younger said:
"Our way together lies but a short dis
tance."
"Ah, yes; you live next door; but if
you are not in a hurry perhaps you will
show me where you saw the foreigner
stand that night."
"Certainly," responded Quinton. Then,
as they came onto the road, he added:
"There is the place. You see, its's ex
actly between two lamp-posts, each of
which is distant and throws little light
upon the spot."
"Then how did you manage to see him
so well?"
"I didn't see him well, I'm sorry to
say; but for such glimpses as I got of
him I was indebted for the flare thrown
on him by passipg carriage lamps."
"Oh, I see. Now, will yon stand where
the fellow stood, and let me judge of
the effects of the lights of this brougham
coming up will have?"
"Yes, but you must remember I saw
from a height."
"I will make allowances for that. B<
quick."'
With a few quick strides Quinton
gained the spot, and stood there quietly
as the lamps of a passing carriage flung
their strong but brief reflection upon him.
Then, rejoining his companion, he said:
"Well ?"
"If I didn't know who it was stood
there I don't think T should be able to
recognize you," said Valerius, after some
consideration. "A strong light struck
vour breast and flung sharp shadows up
ward toward the face."
"But an outline was clearly visible,"
Quinton persisted.
"True," he assented, and then, after a
second's silence, he added, wearily: "If
you had distinctly seen and were now
able to identify the man who stood there,
it might simplify this melancholy busi
ness and forever rid an innocent woman
of all blame."
"Then you believe the man I saw to be
the murderer?"
"I shouldn't be surprised to hear he
was."
"We may know one day."
"We may; good-night," said Valerius,
in a grave tone.
"We may know one day."
"Good-night," said Quinton Quave, as
they shook hands and parted.
CHAPTER IX.
Detective Inspector Mackworth was
an under-sized man, inclined to stoutness,
which it became the desire of his life to
subdue. His face was broad, dark-com
plexioned, mobile; his features regular,
so that his countenance would have been
commonplace but for the eyes, which us
ually were grave in expression and ab
sent looking, as from the habit of in
ward reflections, but bright, swift mov
ing and searching when his attention
was roused or his curiosity excited.
Naturally, desiring to acquire all kinds
of knowledge, he had, by continual ap
plication, and bv the sacrifice of pleas
ures dear to others of his age, succeeded
in educating himself after he had
reached man's estate, and such instruc
tion as he had received from the hard
school of this world, as well as from the
books he read and the minds he studied,
be placed at the disposal of the calling
he followed.
From his earliest days human nature
had been to him a source of inexhaust
ible interest. Its errors, eccentricities and
snbleties possessed for him a fascination
greater than any art held for its votary
and any science for its student. As he
knew there could be no deeds without
thoughts, it was his invariable habit to
ascertain, or, failing that, to presuppose,
the motive and interest likely to actuate
the crime whose perpetrator he sought
to discover. From such premises, fts
from a starting point, he proceeded to
work.
Now, after a careful consideration of
the case before him he came to the con
clusion that Mrs. Dumbarton was inno
cent of the crime laid to her charge, be
ing chiefly brought to the decision by
facts in which the coroner's jury had
failed to give reflection and weight.
George Coris stated in defence that had
(he deceased desired to see his wife he
would, like any other visitor, have gone
to the hall door and inquired for her.
But, though Mackworth considered
that revenge was the most probable mo
tive that brought about Dumbarton's
death, he assured himself it was not the
only one which could be made to ac
count for the tragedy. Another had, in
deed, quickly presented itself to the in
spector's mind, a motive at Which through
silent hours he looked from every rea
sonable point of view, deliberating on its
possibilities, which grew stronger from
being constantly considered, and dwell
ing on its feasibilities with something
like fascination binding him to this men
tal pursuit.
This motive was the love of a man
for the woman whose husband stood be
tween the slayer and his happiness.
And the man whom Mackworth sus
pected was George Bostock.
He sat one morning after breakfast in
the sitting room of his small house, situ
ated near King's Cross, pondering over
the case.
A moment later and the housekeeper
handed him a card; reading the name,
the inspector bade her show the visitor
in. With some sense of pleasurable ex
citement and expectation Mackworth
stood up to greet Quinton Quave, whom
he had already seen and of whose friend
ship with Mrs. Dumbarton he was well
aware.
With a rapid glance at the young man's
expressive face and dark eyes Mack
worth saw he had something to com
municate.
"Sit down, sir—sit down," the inspec
tor said, waving Quinton to a scat.
Then Quinton told him of the figure
he had seen in the uncertain light on the
night the tragedy took place. Mack
worth could scarcely conceal his satis
faction at what he heard, for it seemed
as if the evidence of Bostock's presence
in Hexton Road was now forthcoming.
One statement concerning the figure dis
appointed him. The feeling, however,
was but momentary.
"You say," remarked the inspector,
"that the man gave you the impression
of being a foreigner. May I ask you
how you came to that conclusion?"
"I can scarcely say. Perhaps it was
because of the soft hat he had on,"the
young man answered.
"An article any man might wear who
wished to conceal his identity, its leaf
giving protection to the face. Now, sir,
are you quite sure you didn't see that
face with sufficient distinctness to de
scribe it. Think well."
"Quite. At that distance and by that
light it would be impossible for me to
see it clearly."
"But his figure?"
"The lights flashing on it as they
passed showed the outlines."
"Now," said Mackworth, in a low, im
pressive voice, "didn't it strike you there
was something familiar in this figure?"
"No," answered Quinton promptly.
Then, with a new light dawning in his
eyes, as if some revelation had been
made to him, or some mental darkness
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removed, he said: "But " and paused.
"Well?"
"It may be because of your sugges
tion "
"Never mind that. Tell me what you
think, sir," Mackworth replied, with
eagerness.
"It now occurs to me that there was
something not altogether unfamiliar in
the figure, not only in the outlines, but
in the attitude it assumed."
Mackworth, with his hands upon the
arms of his chair, leaned forward to
ward the young man, on whose face he
fixed his eyes with earnestness, and said:
"Wiio is it this figure resembles?"
"That I cannot tell you."
"It is your duty, sir," the inspector be
gan in rigid tones. "Remember that on
your word may lie the possibility of free
ing an innocent woman of blame, of
convicting a scoundrel of his guilt."
"It's not that," replied Quinton, nerv
ously. "I can't tell you because I don't
know myself. I acknowledge that a like
ness existed, but to whom I cannot say."
Mackworth felt unable to gauge the
sincerity of this assertion. He suspected
that Quinton hesitated to name the man
lie supposed himself to have seen be
cause of the consequences which might
follow to the individual.
"It may prove of the utmost importance
that you remembered," remarked the in
spector.
"I know that. Once set working my
mind may find and supply the clew
eventually, but at present that's impos
sible."
"Do you think you could recognize
him if seen under similar circum
stances?"
"I can't say; it's possible I might."
"The experiment is worth trying, at
all events."
"Certainly," «aid the young man
eagerly.
"Then, sir, when I have prepared my
plan I will let you know, and we will
give it a trial —a fair trial."
"I will do my best to help you," an
swered Quinton, as he rose to depart.
(To be continued.)
A Nation of Salt Eaters
The United States consumes 26,872,700
barrels of salt annually, or a barrel for
every three persons in the land. Last
year it went abroad for only i,151>133
barrels. In 1880 63.5 per cent of the salt
used in our country was of home pro
duction. Last year, 05.7 per cent of the
product consumed was produced within
the borders of this country. In ISBO the
consumption in this country was only
9,384,263 barrels. Thus we see that the
people of the United States are using
annually three times as much salt as they
used twenty-six years ago.
The chief salt producing states are
Michigan and New York. Statistics re
cently gathered by the government show
that the combined output of these two
states amounts to more than two-thirds
of the total production of the United
States.
No attempt has ever been made to
ascertain what per cent of the salt con
sumed in the United States is used for
culinary purposes. The annual output
is largely consumed in the industries of
meat packing, fish curing, dairying and
the like. The chlorination of gold ore
demands a large quantity, and great
quantities of salt in the form of brine
are used in the manufacture of soda
ash, caustic soda and other salts. Salt
is cheap. The average price for 1905
was a little over 23 cents a barrel, which
is lower than that reported in any pre
vious year. Dry salt, of course, brings a
higher price than brine. The average
price for dry salt last year was 31.51
cents a barrel.
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