THE S ALT INDUSTRY IN NORTH KIANGSU

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 3, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Though China produces more salt than she needs, the surplus was never ex-
ported on any considerable scale, as it could not compete in world markets
in point of quality or price. In any care, the sea route is now blockrded,
and there is no tendency to try and. develop an export trade.
2, It was the P3ationalist policy to control the industry by closing down non-
productive salt manufactures, and this policy is being continued energetically
by this Communists,
3, T3, I?: orth ?'.i an s the a,? t industry -..a carri 'd on in 1 wo areas, one north?
the other south, of the Huai River.
)4 Production I+ere is on a s:n :, 1-sca1cj 'I ily ht:.^' [ ess levral. 'he salt is
smal: ,main lye re d,3ced t y ant-:i(oo.a.ted rlcthod: and deli ng for 25,,3O)
c tti.-,s of r,h.eat Per 'oicul. 1'roductio v?-a piculs in 10 9.,
and ' 704OOO 'ici.lc in l~r~ o This year rods ' ;. Y. is e7g9r:cted to be a l._ thIe
f; .- y l ,. t: o , f '- e author i s are try-!.-rip to .::'educe it. The 1abo
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The object of the :wthorities is gradually to close down spit stoves until.
salt produc:ti.n is or3..y a side line. The fields have been .:aainly reclaitned
for agrica:Lture, and the population live by the latter, Cotton will do
well here when irrigation schemes are further advanced.
The yards are all ?ublicly "owned, except the TjVu yard. Salt
is Sun-dried, and electricity and h7r a)lic pumps are used. Transport is
simplified by the port of Lienyun ) and the Lungshai Railir~r .
Consequently, salt sells at only 1.2 catties of wheat per picul. Production
Was S, 987,,000 piculs in 1949 and 3050:000 in 1950. The authorities
initiated remedial measures in February 1951, but it does not appear as
though theso have checked the declining output, which in this case is not
the result of official policy.
The fact is that ever, north of the river, the industry is less efficient than
its coianetltora in North Chin,. An regards quality, the grains are rather
aural, not perfectly white, and contain under 90% sodiun chloride. As
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?heat:. This price is already Yuxch higher than that of salt from
North Chinas against -r- Lich Kiengsu therefore dos not compete In the
more dist.t markets.
and would sell ex-s alt yard (allowing for 2!?Z profit) at. 13 9 253
catties of uaize. which equals 'converted at $ ) 8o2'6 catties
regards prise., 5 :pillion piciiis cost 6x516 catties of maize to produce
ratio is still maintained, ignoring the damage and lack of repairs
in recent s,,, rutich call for a reduction in working 'hands?
Under the ;#.ationa ists, the labor required at, the salt pans was
the proportion of b 1 _:.borer. e for spring and 3 for auto R This
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burden of high labor costs case be gata :d from the fol.lo ing, com-
parative table of output per head In the year 1950
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Ch I anglu ( ~ 3 ) District, Ilopei
2000-2,600 pi u is
Awera-e for Northeast China
1200 picu: s
Yung Yu c od , T'singta.
19100 pica.;,
North Bank Y rds? ?.torth Kisngsiro
300-5,00 plculs
1C,, The Co iunists9 ma,3genent of the Industry " cks system,,, technical
knowledge and foresight,, as is shown these s Ales n
a. The new pumps at laishu ('' t) cost over 3 million c .tties of 'ba Wheat, but they arse found to useless during the tidal.
se asono
b0 Loans w rth 5CCU,O0O cat,ties of wheat w --,re made to v ious yards
to cover transport costs before the salt had even been producceda
ca Purch ,aes of fiats w re made on the basis of an ezti! sated 10
million pi.culs of salt, which turned out, 't-,O be double the nec-
essary quality
d. The new electric pu? ips at Pano Vex (11971.89 31.,,,28) were allowed
to pump out water regardless of its salt content.
Uo In view of the diffilcul.ti-e-a desoai.bed above,, the Communist authorr?it?ee
have r?ecen%`:ly decided on new measuxes to control the indusurT.
Apart from vrartious technical iwprov?tment,s, these foresee a complete
Ruaperision of autumn salt production in the province and concentration
on spring production, The lather thus released tall undertake the
transport of stocks and the prcpar~- t.: on of the soil for the next
spring seasson o
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