The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-05
COMMITTEE ENDS EXAMINATION OF
 AGENTSOF FORD
Muscle Shoals Proposal, How ever, Remains Before Body For Continued Inquiry as
 Witnesses Appear
By Associated Press

Washington, May 4.-In inquiry into Henry Ford's proposal for pur- chase and lease of the government nitrate and power projects at Muscle Shoals was completed today by the Senate agriculture committee insofar as examination of w. B. Mayo and W. Warrington, the two designated spokesmen for the Detroit manufac- turer, is concerned The proposal itself, however, remained before the committee for continued inquiriy, which the committee will make as witnesses appear in relation to the offers still to be considered
 NIT. Northington gave the commit. lee the first information 1t has re- eeived of q new process for fixation of nitrates from the air. He said it might be considered as an indication of the progress being made along lines designed to devise still cheaper processes of nitrogen manufacture and declaredF that more intensive work was being done iii Europe in this direction than in the United states at this time.
 The latest process. Mir. Worthingto7 satd was discovered in Italy and was known as The Casala method US existence had attracted much atten- ton, he added. from enterprises n- terested in the cyanamid. Haber ana electric furnace processes and in- creased hope that il would lend itself ta mure economical promotion of ni- trates than Is possible by any of the known existing processes.
 Need or Nitrates stressed
 Need or ntrates for use in fer tfiI1ef manufacture and in restoring fertility of worn out soils was em- nhasized by the witness He de- elared the farmers needs for solls was steadily mounting while the amount uf nutrition they were able to put into the lands was steadily decreasing. The high cost of fer tilizefs, he said. was the explanation eff this situation and relief could not be expected until cheaper fertilizers were made available for agricultu-al purposes.
 The Senate committee continued .,s program If morning and afternoon sessions in order to expedite it's in- vestigations of the Muscle shoais proposals but W. so0r5iied to cut short the afterne sssst8n h4eause of lack of witne rfs4t fa he heard. Adjenrnme6t Waa tasar n,il tomorrow when oGi 5al8 ef iae gr- culture departmen eI be eaNAl to testify regarding iliserx. ihe.r use and requirements hv fafarers thrduHhnut fhe eaunsfa
 The House militatt committed rp- eress also WAS rep4efaa faAav N the consideration of Mn4ele haals ng given bY that body ia a2tesHxe es- sion. II was una aHAtaH4 ihaN he committee was ueat M 1grqrt 1.. eH ' fepoft by whf affFF xid l tHa recommendation pHid fs gsnt ta the House fer fin tEaisi8A
 The Ford offer. it etr he- ing nsed bys the Ho Cen e' stHe IS the basis of fts pA 'faYs Nsf&- graph by paragraph w atiN esd and discussed In s A 4atHf 4 tt was learned, certain nsef nkiAt upon adding new qua .oaA. as-as ipsist upon changing ti taHNntsee In the interest of clarlty nd ItAars have expressed satist ettua W4sh ne provisions as they rt The sat- committee already repqd. it H4s said, probably will be en sted with the task of shaping the final com- mittee decision