| Summary: | The salt industry in western Virginia, the largest in the US, generated a lively economy in the region; dominated the local politics and labor market; and was a leader in both financial and technological innovation. Stealey pays special attention to the producers' efforts to control the output and the markets through pools, joint-stock companies, and a proposed trust; and the reaction by consumers in the west who, by mounting a crusade to reduce the import tariff on salt, illuminated the international dimensions of the trade. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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