Early Members
Membership of the
Company covered a surprisingly wide range of professions outside
the salt trade - around 80 in total. Some of the members who
were salt traders were also 'Drysalters' and dealt in flax,
hemp, logwood, cochineal, potashes and chemical preparations.
Present day members are therefore especially interested in the
Chemical Industry. In order to re-establish a connection with
its former trade in some measure, in 1918 the Company founded
the Salters' lnstitute of Industrial Chemistry, the 'flagship'
of the Company's charitable activities.
 The Beadle, Master and Clerk, 1933 In its earliest years the Institute
was especially concerned with assisting young chemists to complete
their training after returning from service in the First World
War. The Institute's aims today are to promote the appreciation
of Chemistry and related sciences among the young, and to encourage
careers in the teaching of Chemistry and in the Chemical and
allied industries. By the early 1980s its work had extended
into the area of curriculum development, supporting the Science
Education Group of the University of York, with a new approach
now known as the Salters' Approach. This sets the scientific
principles in contexts which are of intrinsic interest to students
and relate to their day-to-day life.
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