Evening star., 1927-09-15

| Reports that chemical products
which are in the Dead Sea may be q
| means of enriching the whole world
have appealed to the imagination
That the long-desolate region. once
| part of the cradle of history, should
bring such benefits after centuries OF
neglect is generally viewed as re-
markable development. tribute to
| the new as we'll as the old. The esti'
mated value of the possible products
| is placed at a thousand billion dollars.
THAT such vast treasure should
have remained unexploited throughout
all the history of mankind seems
strange" says the st. Paul Pioneer
Press. until we remember that only
comparatively recent advances in
chemistry disclosed the great value of
such minerals" The Pioneer Press re-
fers to the probable output as huge
treasure trove, greater than all the
spoils of war ever won by any ma
ton"
THE extent of these minerals" ac-
cording to the Atlanta Journal, may
be inferred from this: that the Dead
Sea is SO miles long by 91a wide, and
IL 49,
deep" The Journal adds that ''if
chemical and physical engineers de-
wise practical means of exploiting this
iong-buried treasure, as they probably
WILL the results will be of great mo-
ment IN the economic revival of Pales-
tine, in the affairs of the world and in
recreating interest in the land from
which human history has received its
profoundest impulses
x X x
The probable output of potash, es-
timated at more than a billion tons,
impresses the Manchester Union,
which believes that "the reclamation
and distribution of this one product
will constitute an immense benefit to
mankind The Union concludes:
"Without doubt Palestine should have
a first claim upon the potash re-
sources of the Dead Sea. The present
reclamation of the agricultural areas
of Palestine offers an urgent dema nd
for fertilizer The Palestine govern
ment is probably not able to develop
this industry now. but it should be
given the opportunity to buy potash
at the lowest possible cost. with the
privilege of taking over the control
of the industry as soon as conditions
Will permit.
There are no waste places In ma
ture," is the conclusion drawn by
the Oklahoma City Oklahoman.
which predicts benefits for "the i'm
poverished soil of many nations"
and finds it of great interest that.
while succeeding genera tions have
looked out on the lifeless waters and
sinister mountains of Palestine and
agreed that the sea and desert had
no value at all. the rivulets of the
surrounding country We're collecting
valuable materials and storing them
away in the sea that men have
counted dead. Now. after uncounted
centuries of toll-taking and unspeak-
able desolatiOn, a positive treasure
Is discovered in one of the most un-
inviting bodies of water on earth"
Describing the proposed utilization
of the Dead Seas material. the Blue
field Telegraph calls 1t lone of the
biggest commercial enterprises ever
known in history" and gives the re-
spective values of the various prod
ucts as follows: Potash, $70.000.-
100000; bromide, $3.50, 900 900.
salt, $4,000. 100000; gypsum. $780,
00.000,000, and magnesium chloride.
$4,000, 100000. The Telegraph con-
tinues: Here is ;ndeed a romance
of the business W hat holds the
interest. What c.<rea may have been
the cradle of the human race, and
then for thousands of years suffered
q decline. may once more be a verita-