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The Salt Controversy

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
March
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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The .Sait war waxes hot, and tlie content between the adherents of the Ashton and H!glli t bianJri bid.s fair to rival that of tho White uiid lied Ko.se ot' the houses of York and LaucasrÉet". Thus f ar the Higgiud pcople seem to uive niadis tlie most progress, notwithstandmg he fací that the Ashton brand had prior occutaiiuv ut the iield md its bptrtg intronched beihiU tin; pit:siire of lorty years' use. That herc ia luuch tu bo aaid on botli sides, is to be een by tfití article m a hot her column entitled ♦ Has EaiH&rft Butter deteiiorated 't " which wo republisli trom the columns ot' our couüniporary, tiie American Grocer. The certitiate also, which will bo t'ounü ui still auother oluum, h.-aded "J'acts," certainly spoak for heniseivua, and torce the couviotion iu the lind of tho nbiased reader that tliere may )e Konie truth in the assertions that Ashtou's alt ha.s iargely detoriorated in quality, while iijTcritj's lias heen correspoudingly iinproved. 'his seeniM to b ooufirmed by the following tatiatics : Vshton'a Salt sold at X. Y. 18TG, 90,170 sacks. 1877, 60,300. " Decrease, 3" ï&t cent. Higgin's Salt sold at N. Y. 1876, 0,900 sacfcs; 1877, 32,800 " In ere aso, ó"0 per cont. The teatimony ot the two oldeat houses in ie salt trade. Messrs ƒ. 1. & G. C. Kobinson, nd Todd & Co., is also certainly entitled to much weight, and the opinions of other leudïg dealers and consumers certaiuly strongly onfirm them. We underatand rhat Mr. Moulton, the brilimt and energetic aent tor the Ashtou l)i;nid, iaa taken tho Held, and with " headquarters in ie saddle" at tho Grand Pacific Hotel, Chiago, has issued a üthogruplied letter to every fn, woman and child m the United States mt is interested m dairy products, stat ing ïat he woulti be " gveatly obligad for a letter rom them indorsing Ashton's salt." With ie advantago ot' liis brand having been largoly sed throughout the ITnited States for so long periotl, it would, of couise, be atrange it' Mr. [oulton did not thus secure many favorable pinions; but whether thia should be entitled ;o any more weight than those of the large umber QÍ experts who have declarud in favor t Higgin's, is a question which we mubtleave o tho judgment of our readers. One good esult will certainly como out of this eontest, nd that is that the attention of butler and léese makers yenerally will be drawn to the ecessity o{ using the best brunds of aalt, and roui oompetition between largo manufac:urers ahvays tends to the betterin' of qüslity. o, with an " amen for Mr. Moulton, and a " so be it it " for the Messrs. Thurbor, we leave the subject with the sage aud unfamiliar remark, " May the best man win." - " American Dairyman, Feb. 14, 1878.

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Old News
Michigan Argus