More water is then admitted, and again evaporated; and this process continues until the thickness of the salt at the bottom allows of its being collected.
This simple plan might be adopted with great success with the powerful brine of the salt lakes, which might be pumped from its present lower level into dry reservoirs for evaporation.
The policy of the government, however, does not tend to the increase of any production.

It is preferred to keep up the high rate of salt by a limited supply, which meets with immediate demand, rather than to increase the supply for the public benefit at a reduced rate.

This is a mistaken mode of reasoning.

At the present high price the consumption of salt is extremely small, is its rise is restricted to absolute necessaries.

On the other hand, were the supply increased at one half the present rate, the consumption would augment in a far greater proportion, as salt would then be used for a variety of purposes which at the present cost is impossible, viz.