THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD
Thursday, August 21st, 1919
TUB Ft'TVnM OP
AMKKICAN ItlTASIt
(Oxitlnucd from IVk I)
Much of the responsibility for the
future of potash in America rents
"With Congress and the National Ad
ministration burked by public senti
ment. Borne people will he again el
protection and further development.
because of selfishness springing from
local conditions, but most eltlsews
may bo eipected to reflect a larger
nnd more patriotic Tiew, Though
the dominant factor In the future of
the Industry will be federal legisla
tion, this procedure will be Influenc
ed by such things as the extent of the
domestic potash resources, the cost
of production, the attitude of fertil
iser companies, German propaganda,
the amount of capital Invested In
American plants and the treaty rela
tions. The ultimate purpose should
bo to conserve the industry for the
good of the coutrtry by creating; a
sure supply of potash at a low cost
to the consumer.
Domestic Potarit RceourcoN.
Oar potash resources were not ful
ly Investigated prior to the war
mainly because cheap potash was
coming In from Oermany. When the
war cut off the foreign supply. It bo
came necessary at once to make a
strenuous search for domestic potash.
Surveys were organized and' made
toy federal and state departments
&nd by private interacts. The sur
reys and Investigations were unus
ually successful and production was
soon started from various sources as
from the natural brines, various
inds of rocks and industrial plants.
The high price received for the. do
mestic production was a stimulus for
investigation and development: r
It is now known that the United
'States is richly endowed with potash
resources, occurring under; wide
range of conditions. The natural
"brines, cement plants, - beet ' sugar
factories distilleries and silicate
rocks appear to be the most promis
ing sources for future development.
". The Industry EbtabHsfaed.
The government - urged . the de
velopment ot domestic .potash. The
response was prompt and with rood
results. Starting with very little
output of potash at the beginning of
the war, the amount rapidly increas
ed -until there was a production-of
about 60,000 tons of K20 in 1918.
The production was about 1,000 tons
of K20 In 1915; 9,220 tons In 1916;
26,700 tons in 1917; and 60,000
tons in 1918. In the United States
there are now about 90 potash plants,
large and small, representing an in
vestment of about $50,000,000. The
largest installations are in Nebraska,
southern California, and Utah, yet
Colorado, Wyoming, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois - Indiana,' Ken
tucky.t New . York MassachusetS,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
Georgia, Louisiana and other states
have become producers of optash.
I will briefly view some of the
potash developments in order . to
show how the Industry stands with
respect to its future possibilities.
. . Potash from Wood Ali.
This is one of the oldest sources,
especially In wood areas. Ashes
are collected mainly from the burn
ing of fire wood, stored and leached
for making lye, which la especially
strong potash brine. The hard woods
are well suited for this purpose.
Much of the production is in Isolated
places where the lye Is made for
home consumption, and has no com
mercial Importance. "
A number of the big lumber com
panies, notably those ot Michigan
and Wisconsin, produce a large
amount or waste in the form of
slabs, short pieces, strips, bark and
saw dust. Much of this waste la
burned to prevent fires snd to get It
out of the way. The burning pro
duces aahes which are crudely treat
ed by leaching. A better grade of
product could be formed by leaching,
evaporation, and crystallisation. It
Is estimated that something like
1,000 tons of commercial potash was
manufactured at the saw mills In
1918.
Thre Las been some recovery of
potash from corn cobs, corn stalks
and other plant materials. Potash
occurs In consldersble quantities in
sosp weed, sage brush, mesquite and
sun flower plants. Some sun flower
potash has been Imported from Rus
sia. . . .
It seems now that we should not
expect to manufacture potash In a
large way from the woody plants,
scrsp timber and saw dust. The pro
duction from these sources will go
mostly for local use and will supple
ment the output from other sources.
PotAMh from Distillery Waste.
Alcohol Is made at a number of
plants In the United States from
molasses containing potash. The
molasses is secured principally from
the cane sugar mills. In the manu
facture of alcohol, the inedible mo
lasses Is diluted with water, treated
with acid and allowed to ferment.
The" alcohol is removed by distilla
tion leaving a liquor known as dis
tillery slop in which occurs a mix
ture of potash and otber salts. This
liquor Is evaporated and charred,
making crude potash which runs
from 25 to 40 per cent K20.
It is estimated that In 1915 there
was a loss of 38.690 tons of K20 in
the distilleries of the United States,
much of which could have been con
served. In 1917 four com pan lea of
California, Louisiana and Porto Rico
produced from this source 8,589
tons of materials, containing 2,846
tons of potash. Additional installa
tions were made In 1918 ond the pro
duction la Increasing.
Potanh frmn Iteet Sugar Factories.
Rets contain about 0.303 per cent
of K20. The 6.000,000 short tons of
beets grown annually In "the United
States carry about 18,000 tons of
K20. This potash Is largely extract
ed as Juice, condensed In the resi
dues of the low-grade molasses, and
finally lost in the Bteff en house wat
ers. There a.re 102 beet sugar fac
tories in the United States.
The recovery of potash at the
sugar factories requires large vats In
which to hold the Steffenhouse wat
ers, and dries in which to handle
the product after it has left the evap
orators and effects of the factory.
This means that much of the regular
equipment Is used in the recovery of
potash.
In 1917, five sugar factories
three operating In California, one in
Colorado and one in Michigan re
ported a production of 2,642 tons of
crude potash, the equivalent of 369
tons ot pure K20. Additional instal
lations were made In 1918. One of
these, located at Scottsbluff, Nebras
ka, recovered 1.620 tons of potash
salts, running about 45 per cent K20.
The potash or the beet sugar
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The demand for Omaha Real Estate Is growing
dally because the population of Omaha is
growing daily.
Investors are paying more for Omaha Ileal
Estate every day. ,
' Some Examples;
k A house at 5113 Capitol Avenue, two years
, ago sold for $3,250. A year later It brought
$6,250. This year it sold for $7,250.
. ' A year ago Ernest Sweet sold a St. Louis
- Flat on 8weetwood Avenue to 8. Swansie for
$6,250. Swansie sold It In .June this year to
j Mrs. H. J. Holmes for $7,200. '
M. A. Lacy, two years ago, paid $2,900 for a
house at 2440 Camden Ave. He lived in it two
years, sold It this year for $3,750.
Note E. IS. Teake, Kansas City Realtor, In a speech to the Omaha
Real Estate Board, June 5, said Omaha will have 500.000 population
in ten years. He's one of many conservative men who have that
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It should become a factor In nolvlng
the potash problem of the country.
I'otinli from Kelp. .
Kelp Is a sea weed containing a
high percentage of potash absorbed
from sea water. It grows at a num
ber of places slong the Pacific coast.
The United States Geographic Survey
estimates that there are 160 square
miles of commercially valuable kelp
on the coast of Alaska; fire square
miles on the coast of Puget Sound
and 225 square miles on the coast of
southern California, or a total of
390 square miles on the Tacific coaat.
The sea weeks of these areas are said
to produce an annual growth of
59,300,000 short tons of kelp carry
ing 2,226,000 short tons -of pot
assium chloride or 1,431,446 tons of
potassium oxide.
The above statement by the Sur-'
vey should not be taken very ser
iously as Indicating the future of
potash. In the first place, the kelp
Is under the control of departments
having to do with fish culture. In
the second place, the experience in
recovering potash from kelp has not
been entirely successful. There were
ten producers in 1916, six in 1917,
and all of them closed in 1I1S.
It is now thought thst the kelp re
sources of the Pacific coast could be
caused to supply about 2,000 tons
of K20 pr year under good manage
ment. The cost would be quits high,
yet the recovery would give, not only
potash but one or more by-products
of value. In the simplest methods of
production of potash from kelp, the
weeds are gathered or harvested,
dried, and ground for use as a fertil
iser. Tart of the production is char
red by burning in the open or in es
pecially devised equipment known, as
kelp furnaces. The kelp char con-
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