Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-01-07
THE JEWISH REALM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES


pounds more than Is already Invested
This capital Is given by potassium
syndicate concern of capitalists from
several nations.
NO permit for erecting the factory
has been given yet because the English
government will not grant 1t unless
plans are made for an extensive plant
They dc not wish to give any one per-
mission 10 exploit the salts OF the Dead
Sea unless they can put large sums Of
money into it. England has let 1t 10
be understood She will grant this right
when The time is at hand. One thing Is
ccrtnin-no matter who controls this
syndicate, the English government will
take n share Of it,"
The scientist went on TO cNplnin that
the southwest side Of the sea is
bounded by large mountains, which are
thought TO consist Of clear potassium
"If this is So said lie. 1--WE would
take potassium with no expense. Not
far from the sea there are many phos-
pilates, and |, personally. have many
patents in Germany 10 exploit these
phosphntcs. With magnesium chlcridc
and suiplIuric acid, which exist there
on u large scale. one could make good
fertilizer for the fields Of Palestine.
we have great need FOR this in Pal
cstinc. Next winter. at this university.
shall start experiments on this. My
experiments in Germany have proven
That combination of magnesium chlo-
ride and the phosphate we obtain here
make n very good fertilizer This
should have excellent results in the
fields, better than super-phosphatc
which is considered the best the world
over
"Sulphuric acid Is very dear. Two
thirds of It is made the manufacture of
superphusphatcs. If we could make it
without this. by using magnesium chlo-
ride from the Dead Sea which is so
plentiful we don't know what to dc
with H. we could make not only good
fertilizer for Palestine, but also for
other countries
I'm This respect. Palestine today is
the same as 1t was 1000 years ago. The
fields are not fcrtilizcd. There is n
wood near Jerusalem where the trees
have grown from stones. which shows
the-soi is rich but neglected, Thus the
soil. if fertllized, would yield eight or
ten times as much as at present.
'Palcstine's chief concern now is Ia
get a good fertilizer We cannot afford
TO pay Germany for phosphates. They
need them for their own use, to build
up the ruins brought by the war.
Il think there must be oil in Palcs-
tine, for recently some Arabs brought
me samples of something which appear
like oil If this is 50, Palestine will be
II very rich country, with its phos-
pilates and asphalt, too. These min
cral riches will he the foundation of
the commercial industries in Palestine
Germany produces the most phosphates
in the world today Before the war
she was the only country which pro
duced potassium and was also the first
in the chemical industry. This has al
ways comprised the wealth of Germany
THE Dead Sea has the same solids
us Germany has. In time, Palestine
may he country of great chemical in
dustries. The only difficulty is the vast
amounts of money that must he cN-
pended on research before this is pos
sible.
at is very important fer these things
to he known. for Palestine Is at pres
emf in transitional period 1t is full
of immigrants from Europe who must
finance themselves. Up TO eighteen
years ago the 10000 men, who were
here were getting money from friends
or home or charity organizations. Now
that they are working on their own. II
I NbtlIu w u EltHl '1n'ih'hi's i'' ''''
If Palestine's chemical resources were
developed. for the immigrants are well
educated commercially and could cas-
| lily handle trade to Europe and Amer
lea. No one knows the development,
that can come about within the next ten
or fifteen years in tlps respect. Palcs
| time may become n great center moi
| ulonc for the Jcwisl, homeland but fol
| the whole world. the link that CONNECTS
| The Far East and Europe with America
'"rhe Dead Scn, which scientists
think holds the key to palcstiuc's fu'
turr wealth aud development, Is il,f
lowest sea in the wcrld. II Is over
LOO feet below sea level 81 kilc
metres long and about Is kilometreS
wide. 1t is more Ike lake Than u
real sea, resembling Lake Ontario in
size.
''Tlrerc is absolutely no life in Il,
| SnuptItu.s fish from the Jordan nnN