Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1905 — The Decrease in Salt. [ARTICLE]

The Decrease in Salt.

The latest government statistics state that the United States produced 18,908,089 barrels of salt during the year of 1903. This is the smallest output since 1898, and shows that the use of salt is decreasing. This is probably due to the recent disclosures of eminent scientists that people eat too much salt, that there is sufficient natural salt in the water we drink, in the air we breathe, and in the fruits and vegetables we eat to supply the human system, without sprinkling it plentifully on every dish . Many diseases are now traced to the use of salt. —From “Success.”