Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-20
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SOME UNIQUE ADVANTAGES

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Tie German Potash Syndicate has in
ihr past been a most potential trade
"rTaiiization. possessing at home
nniGuc advantages which have been
sc"louslS safoguardcd, and whose eyes
""r" always on tho keen outlook for
opportunities to obtain absolute con-
,rHi OF ne precious alkaii whcrcsoever
Hcrmany Was fortunate enough to
20 sess In S,assfur; an immense guam
iliN OF potash which even in it's crude
form vas almost ready for Immediate
incorporation With tho soil
IS every agriculturist knows pot
ash Is the vcry lifc and soul of Garth
production Without its magic stimu-
iiS tho cartn would sooD become
anacn'ic and lose most Of i,s Inherent
fcrilic. With II the desert smiles and
the "ildcrncss becomes a vcritablc
Garden OF Eden.
To-day potash IS no longer Cor
man monopoiy. Scientific experiments
on large scale have been going on
thcro has been formed the British pot
ASH Company. the half of whose shares
arr he'd ~ the Eor9rnment and the
romnany The directors include c. r.
Rowsoi VI Chance. \. S. Esslc-
innnt controller. Of potash produc-
lessor OF chemistry at Kings College.
London.
The company. which possesses its
pcrts, has already one factory in
existence. at uldbury. which in the
course OF few weeks viii DE in a
position 10 supply the farmers OF this
country with this Invaluable adjunct
10 their industry. More factories are
IN contemplation. and 1t is to be hoped
britain With all tho potash we need,
hut - be in a position to export it 10
other countries
MANY SOURCES OF SUPPLY
DISCOVERED IN ENGLAND
There are many sources OF supply in
b" recovered as a by-prOduct, which.
unfortunately. hitherto have been re-
sarded as waste and refuse. To re-
cover this valuable by-product expert
Teuts on Il large scale have been go
ing on for some time. with the happy
result that the potash branch of the
announces that these experiments have
been highly successful
There has. for instance. been a ter
riblc waste OF potash In blast furnaces.
amounting TO more than the national
requirements in pre-war days.
This is only the beginning of
the stronghold of enemy monopolies.
There is no time. however, TO be lost.
II is imperative that Britain ard the
other allies commence at once TO lay
in earnest the foundations Of their
future industries. As Sir Joseph Ward.
Finance Minister OF New Zealand. re-
Of action: the days OF inaction are
gone. ! hope, forever"
The inanc Indifference o. the past
must vanish. There are fields of COM
merciai industries waiting to bt con-
white with harvest, and
ii is UP to the allied nations TO see
that there Is no shortage of inteili-
gent lahorcrs.
Our boys in the future must be
thoroughly trained in all arts and
handicrafts. There must be less de-
pcndencc on others. The small in
ventor must Z be encouraged a. well
as the great one, and the creations of
his brain safcguarded against piracy.
rcthcr in the future on more harmoni-
Gus lines and proper adjustment OF
the rights OF each so delicately and
yi2htccuSly balanced that strikes shall
hence orth be regarded as barbarities
OF the past, methods of Hunnish de-
vice 10 be cast forever in the scrap
hcap.-CopyriEht, 1918.