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Thursday, August 28th 191i
THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD
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potash production
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reduced to less than $20 a ton of
k:o.
The cost of production from the
German potash mines In the Ticlnlty
of Strasffurt has been stated as
about $20 a ton of muriate potash
(presumably the 80 per cent trade)
before the war. This Is equivalent
to nbout $40 a ton of pure K20.
Kail Syndicate, under the supervis
ion of the German povernment,
maintains a monopoly, fixes pries
and distributes the- product. Prevail
ing prlre3 nt New York or trther
eastern points In the United States
irrr1nl crados of
and sulphate,
The following statistics, silently re
vised from data published in the U.
S. Geological Survey Tress Buletln
399, give the approximate amount of
rotash produced In the United States
In 1918. They 1'iow a -total produc
tion of 54,039 tons of potash (K20)
which Is nearly double the produc
tion of 1917. and which represents
more than 22 per cent of our nor
mal consumption. About 73 per
cent of the output came from natu
ral brines. 9 per cent from kelp, 6 j remieil salt3i gcu n3 the 80 per cent
per cem iron. chloride (muriate)
waste, o I'tr inn iiuni iuuc,
cent from cenu
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cent from wood ashes, and 1 per. -V- ,.. .fates. California.
cent from other sources. The value . Vtnn produced 94
of the output in 1918 is estimated tV the do, netlc product In
at more than 20.000,000 1 ftV FreUM rates from these
Most of the product marketed was 191 ; markets alonE alon
In the form of mixed salts and fer-; 'ate rVnt are higher than
tillzer materials containing from, A"n,rcon0Srm5v They are
20 to 30 per cent of potash (K20)., bey ai fron Geian. Afost of
About 24 per cent was In the form I Iniport ant fa tors 1 n n
of muriate and about 6 per cent in which po-asj fan oe i
the form of sulphate. The following .point " J 0an ;n,de pot
table summarizes the production ae- ple: ett8tPrn mar-
cording to '.he product marketed: . . I ash ftom NebrasKa to
1018, ClasMued According
nt from aluWte. 3 lr , t ,40 a ,hort ton, cquiva
!ZWIUI 7 CSr ; to about $80 a short ton of pure
was produced when the price was
high, when quantity production waa
the main objert, and when competi
tion with foreign potash wac not
considered. The price now offered
for that material 13 apparently be
low the actual cost at which many
firms produced It, and consequently
there Is a crlals In the domesti
notnsh Industry. Mnnv Producing
j plants are already shut down and
j others aie marking time.
WOMEN DEMAND
WARS SHALL END
Peace League Means More
Them Than It Can Mean
to Men.
to
i nltod States In
Sources
Total
SOURCES Number of
Producers
Natural Brines 26
Alunlte
Dust from cement mills .... 11
Dust from blast furuace9
and silicate rock 3
Kelp - I
Jdelasses distillery waste .. 4
Steffens water from suar
refineries - '
Wood ashes 4
Wool -washings
Total ... 105
Production
Short tons
148,853
6,480
12,441
2,472
13.146
9,630
8,138
1,000
491 .
04,651
Available rotash (K20)
Ounntitv Percentage
Short tons
39,676
2,637
1,534
193
4,637
3,352
1,174
600
236
54,039
of total
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lSluc"l In the United State in 1018. Classified According to
Product Marketed.
Variation in
Product Marketed
Tonal
Production
.124,293
.. 31,461
.. 6,816
Crude sulphate and
carbonate -
Muriate
Snlnhate
Potash char, ash and , , -P
ground kelp c'i-S
X.ow-grade chloride 6,5o
Crude carbonate and
caustic 1'000
Cement dust and miscel-
laneous .Ivlei
Total - - - 204,6 51
The production came largely from
ho v;e- in states. Nebraska pro
duced 53 per cent of the total out
put; Oi.Mt,iiiia 3 per cent; Utah 7
1 rvi rniorado. Indiana.
nwa Louisiana. Maine.. Maryland
Content of
K20 To
18 to 30
38 to 61
25 to 51
11 to 32
10 to 20
40 to 80
2 to 20
2 to 80
Quantity
Short tons
31.760
13.173
3.247
2,925
894
-600
1,440
54,039
r,'c Of
total
59
24
6
5
2
3
100
kets is about $12 per ton, repre
senting about $50 per ton of actual
potash (K20.)
The American potash producers
ronnrtnl that on January 1, 1919,
they had in storage 60,426 tons of
Iowa Louisiana. Maine,, ij " Divr.0 --(
Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, crud6 potash, held because of the;
New York, New Jersey. Ohio. Penn- duH market prevailing during the
1) nA 1 tlVI HlUMIIl 1.t.n n AT I U I X I I1H H IlKtlira I
..vVu rnv c jn , , . r , idiiri ran vi
nd Wisconsin the other 6 per cent. . repre,ent a minimum, as some of the
Capacity or American " , 'oh Producers did not give quantitie
nrre Available I otasn , that they had produceo
Natural brines rnnnnur nntnah now held In storage
Nebraska lanes '
, other sources ionn
Alunlte I'lH
Dust from cement mills 3.500
MolassTrdlstVlier'y" waste.... 4.000
. , ..... t n-astP O.WUU
Wood ashes 1.000,
Total I",0-0,00
Future of American Potash In
dustry. The brine of Searles lake.
California, is estimated to con tain
i. ooK in minnlv the Unueu
States for about 80 years The Ne
braska lakes contain much potash
. . ..i..a f mmntttv are not
available. Under prseent operating
conditions about one-third oi our an
. i ia rAPoverable from
tons oi ptnu, ino ,
lulled, is estimated to be annuallly
charged into blast furnaces The
i"r .nii.w estimates indicate
tha ab'ourio.OOO tons of potash
. ... n waste in mo-
Has iornierijr K-
lasseB of distillery slop and about
H Too tons in the Steffins waste wa
ter Kelp and alunlte are available
eT' .MffiriPnt to continue
in. -ntui production.
to yieia a oup--
' ...oniii h at leuclte,
Enormous Uu..v. - . M
n-eensand. serlclte, and feldspar.
ITe available so that the supply of
are ,.4- .Ai la nractlc-
are sufficient to show that raw pot
ash material is abundant in the
r.8.'i Th future of the
Vn."! lttV".h industry, there-
foXdepends on the development of
' ' iroi.iinn sufficiently
'.r.mitTh. domestic
SSSoSto compete with potash 1m
w i i ...mil I m pa.
porteaiu ------ f
ducing potash fro mthe arious
American sources are meager, but it
Uxe folowlng estimates of cost of
iroductlon are corect they indicate
that undoubtedly some of the large
developments will survive. Condra
rives the cost of producing potash
S Se a?kall-lake region of Nebras
ka M between $20 and $44 a ahon
ton. or an sveiaeo t - , .
f crude salts. This corresponds to
an average of about $120 a ton of
an averBBt ronditlons as
fegards Ubor "fuel and supplies in
SI region ar4 very difficult, and the
me -MirablT reduced
TV . . .jninn. r 1m Droved. It
. .o. that nnlnhate of pot-
. v a.oA from alunlte at
asa cao uo i'i yj w.v.-
i ton of K20). and that " an aerial
r Installed the cost
i u ..jn.ui Kn Tifr rent. Porter
estlraa'.e.5 that the prcteut tost of
irodndion. exclusive of royalty, o.
r..-i.. ..t ni aimilar Items, by -
M-i t..,,.. .. "a-
eerstown. Maryland, is abene $30 a
ton of pure potash (K20) packed on
th.xt under normal
dUlhrprice n,ght bo reduc
a f.( ter cent Treanor. from his
exDerlence as manager of the Iliver
aide Portland Cemeni uowvau. -fflnks
the cost of saving potash
flue dust may run $100 a ton
f (K20) for the flrBt month, may
average $40 a t on of K20 the first
year .and that ultimately it may be
. (K20) Tons
but stages that they had produced
nnnidpinhle in excess of sales. Most
DR. SHAW'S STIRRING PLEA.
(By the Late Dr. Anna Howard Shaw.)
Seven million one hundred ttioumnd
men who bad laid down their lrven In
the creat war. Think of it 1 Seven
million, one hundred thousand young
men had died on the field of battle I
What does that mean to the women
of the world? It means that seven
million one hundred thousand women
walked day by day with their faces
tmvnrd an open grave that they might
Kive life to a son. It means that
seven million one hundred thousand
little children lay in the arms of a
mother whose love hud made them
face even the terrors of death that
they might become the mothers of
men.
It means that year after year these
women had put up their lives into the
lives of their sons until they had roar
ed them to be men. For what?, In
the hope tlint these sons.of theirs could
give to the world the things for which
women dream, the things for which
iromen hope and pray nnd long. These
were the things that the women had
In their lieu its when they gave birth
to their sons.
But who can estimate the value of
seven million one hundred thousand
dead sons of the women of the world?
Who" can estimate the price which the
women have paid for this war; -what
It has cost them, not only In the death
of their sons, because that Is a phase
of our war to which we look.
The Courage of Women.
We hear our orators tell us of the
courage of our men. How they Vent
across the sea. Very few of them re
member to tell us of the courage of
our women, who also went across the
sea ; of the women who died nursing
the sick and wounded; the women
who died In the hospitals, where the
terrible bombs came and drove them
almost to madness. They tell us
nothing of the fortjr thou.sajiiV.EnjjlIsli
women" ur.d wefil fj worl Tiiick of the
trenches in Pranc
They tell us nothing of the thou
sands upon thousands upon thousands
of women who not only toiled and
worked and slaved In order that the
war illicit be suecesMful, but we do
not hear of the thousand of women,
not nlone In Armenia, not alone In
Montenegro, not nlone In Serbia, but
lu Flanders, In Helghim, I" Kumnnla,
In Uussla the thousands of women
who He in graves today, murdered,
so horribly murdered that men dare
not speak of It. '
And yet we women nre nsked what
we know about the League of Na
tions; u.ked what we vnn understand
alxiut n League of Nations, till men 1
the horrible deaths; the horrible lives
of thousands upon thousands of wo
men today in all these nations, who
must live, and who must look In the
faces of rlilMren unweleonied, utlde
sired of little children und know
that these are the result of war.
And then ask women why they
should be Interested lu n league of
peace?
" Women Suffer Most From War.
If there Is any body of citizens In
the world who omrhf to be Interested
In a league to ultimately bring to the
world peace It la the mothers of men,
nnd the women who suffered us only
women can suffer In the war and In
devastated countries.
And we call upon them, wo women
of the world cull upon the men who
have been fighting nil these buttles of
the years, the men who have led
nrtnles, und led armies close to their
deaths.
We nre now calling upon the men
of the world to In some way or an
other find a passnire out of the sea of
death. AVe are unking them to form
a league which will bring hope to the
women of the future. If women are
to bear sons only that they may die.
if . women muy not have hope
nnd aspirations for their children,
If women may not dmtui the dreams
that have in them the hope of the
highest civilizations, the highest morul
and spiritual life of the people if wo
men liniy not have these in their
hearts us the mothers of men, then
women will cease to desire to be the
mothers of men. 1 And why ' should
they uo7 Why Bliould tl.ey noli
Pig Iron From Iron Sands.
Experiments In New Zealand have
Jemonstrnted the practicability of pro
ducing pig Iron from iron sands. The
development of the Industry has reach
ed the stage where Iron Is actually pro
ducer at the rate of 15 ton per day.
rinns are now being ninde for greatly
Enlarging the plant.
, Daily Thought
lc general, pride Is at the bottom o.
all mistakes. Ruskln.
Waetec
We have customers for the following lands:
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1st. A 160-acre or 320-acre improved farm, with fair set
of buildings, in Box Butte county. Customer can
make good cash payment and will improve the place.
2nd. From 160 acres to 640 acres of raw farming land in
Box Butte, Sheridan or Sioux county. Price must be . .
- low and terms easy.
3rd. Wants two sections of good, hard land in or near
Box Butte county. Price must be right.
4th. Customer wants a small cattle ranch in the sand
hillsabout 2,000 acres, with buildings and good
fences. Will buy quickly if the price is right.
5th. Customer wants a sand hill ranch cutting plenty of
hay, with wet hay valleys. Will buy from 4,000 to
8,000. Has the money and wants to deal quick.
In sending us descriptions be sure to give legal num
bers and a plat of the land if possible. Also give your
lowest price and terms. Give full description of im
provements, character of land and all other available in
formation. : r . i f y r;."!
Thomas-Bald Investment Co.
LLOYD C. THOMAS - - - F. A. BALD
Alliance National Bank Building, Alliance, Neb.
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WANT TO HUT semrthliiB? Hun
dri'da of people weekly enn the
wntit nil column looking for
what you or other hov to ofTVr.
lt quick 1-fHult hy Alvrtltnit
In The llornld Want Ad department.
YVANTKD Two girls to assist in
millinery department and learn
the trade. Nice work at ' pood
wanes. Inquire at '.he IIARI'int
DKPARTMKNT STORK 8155-tf
GEORGE J. HAND, It D.
Asthma and Hay Fever
Eye, Ear, . . .
Noso and Throat
niovn as7
C'alU ananrrrd frm Offlr 4ai
Might
LOST Tuesday on Ilemlngford-Al-Uance
toad. SfixUi tire and Cadil
lac rim. Finder please leave at
Lowry . Henry parage, Alliance or
Koekey a. Son, Ilemtngford, Nehras
ka. Reward. 3 8-2t 1-8156
WANTKD Snlte of three or four
othce rooms. Notify Rufus Jones,
secretary Community Cluh.
WANTKD 5 bright, capable Ladles i
to travel, demonstrate and sell
dealers. 125.00 to $50.00 per week
Railroad fare paid. Write nt once.
Goodrich Prug Co., Dept. 786. Oma
ha, Nebraska. 35-U-8135
rnxo ixm KAL13
We have stored In a warehouse at
Alliance at this time a piano of ex
cellent ouallty, which If sold nt once
can be purchased at n positive nar-
galn. Liberal terms. Tartlclars
will bo furnished anyone Interested
by writing to THK DENVER MUSiu
CO.. Dencer. Colo. 36-6t-8465
C. E. SLAOLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Ai.LiANcr:. Ni:nrtASKA
nnsmENcra phone no. ii
OFFICE ntONE No. II
L. W. BOWMAN
Physician and Surgtea
218 1-2 Box Butte
Alliance, Krhraaka
THONES
Onto I 802 na!4eal Iff
OLD C1X)TI1KS WANTED
The City Mission . is In need of
second-hand clothing, eseclally men's
und shoes. Call phone 696 and we
will call for them. The City Mil
slon
TMAXO FOR KALE
A beautiful high grade upright plana
nt n hnrentn. on easy terms to m
responsible party. Answer at once.
P. O. Box 401, Alliance. Neb.
WANTED Clean cotton rng, at
Ilia llernl.l nfllre. Must be Of IlUr
fclzo ami clean. Are used In wlplnd
nmrlilnerv. 23-tf
FOR SALE Five room house, mod
em escent heat and full basement.
Ttnrenln If taken at once. Inquire of
GEORGE A. HILLS, Alliance, Ne
braska.
3Z-tf-8107
mpv to SttT.T, GROCERIES
pvPPmrvPE NOT NECESSARY
Qne of World s largest orocers,
nanitai nvor Sl.000.000) wan-ts
nniwttmia mpn in vour locality to sell
atlonally known
brands of an extensive line of grocer
ies, paints, roofings, lubricauig ous,
stock foodB. etc. Big line, easy nana,
v.iimi host nnv romnetltion. Earn
big money. No experience or capital
required. complete sampic uuim
BPiiinnr Instructions start
u uuLounug uuesutaubluiBhuuuuuu
you. Long establlsnea reiinm
house. Write today. JOHN SEX
TON & CO., 3 52 W. Illinois. St..
Phtrneo ill. 38-t-8146
RARE BARGAIN IN A 11 ANO AND
A-PLAYER PIANO
jf vn nm a lover of music, and
ex pect to own a piano or a player
i -u,ir. tha npxt five years,
send us your name and address, and
we will return iniormguuu iix-
l- fina nlnnn and ftlsO a TllaVeT-
-i - A t,iiuna- in the Ticlnlty
r Alliance. Nebraska. To avoid the
n t nra pa hahdlnlg. dray
froiirht tn Denver, we offer.
these Instruments at a tremendous
KorTQln and WITHIN REACH OF
ANY HOME HOWEVER MODEST
ITS PURSE LIMITATION AND ON
TERMS THAT MAKE OWNERSHIP
A PI.KiSIIRE. II TOU are iumir.i-
ed. therefore, write ua at once.
KNIGHT CAMruuL.!-- wuohj
ii.,mi,t in in w pri i . ueirer.
MOVE FURNITURE! SAFELY
nr. v . .nnlnmil our draT WEM'
.- tnifk with the lateai
OUM B.UU
appliance- for moTlng rn5"
without marring or cratchlng or do
ing damage. Up-tc-date wagon jptA ,
will be usea oy u ut .
Jobs. JOHN R. SNXDatt. rwrn
I7-tf-660
MISCELLANEOUS
DR. U. I. RASKIN
rtiystcUn and Burgeon
Office over Ilolstcn Btor
Office riione 87 Reldene C89
J. JEFFREY, D.O.rh.a
A. G. JEFFREY, D, O.
Chiropractors
10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
New Wilson Block
DR. EINAR V. BLAK
IiHllclne and Surgery
Specialty: Eye, Ymv, None,
Throat and Lungs
GlAHses Cnrefully Fitted
Office In Mallery Ithck
IMioues:
Onice, 101; Residence, 103
J. D. EMERICK
Bended Abstracter
I bate the nlf art f Abatrat
Uooka In'lloa llulte Coaaly.
oibcci noon 7
Oprra llauae Dlack
L. A. BERRY
Lawyer
ROOM I'KVMMEIl BLOCK
PHOND
ALLIAKCH, NBBRAIKA
" -Vri Hlf Vrf far Ta"
HARRY P. COURSBY,
tlVH STOCK m4 UKNBBAL
SPECIALIST mm4 ArCTlOHKKM.
Farm Sales a Specialty '
Tcraaa llftMuU .
PHONE IC4 Alllac, Nakra-ka)
Real Estate, Loans and Insur-
ance. .P. E. REDDISH, Reddish 1
Blocfc. 15-tf -6727. 1
The Target at Fault
a nrniosnf of militia had been out
ell day for target practice, and on
their return the captain aia 10 out
of the sergeants: MUow are your men
coming along, sergeant!" "Well, sir,"
said the sergeant, with an air of great
pride, 'my men shot very wen loaoy.
r -ou i.nt tiv would have shot
better perhaps It the target had stood
a little more to tne ten i
Whew Actresses Were Unknown.
.In ancient times actresses were un
known. The people of EliEubethan
ttmes were perfectly content to tand
fip a vounir mnt JulieL Around about
1050. though, Char.es II of England
began enconraglng women to appear
on the1 English stmr, and since then
actresses have been api' ring all over
the world wltn taryli. degrees or suc-
resa.
QUICK SERVICE ELEC
TRIC SHOP
F. T. McKEE. Mgr.
Phone 250
423 H Box Butt Ave,
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
BURTON & REDDISH
Attorneys-at-Law
orricsi
Vint Natlaaal Uaak Ballala.
I'HONK 180
ALLIANCE. NEBRASKA .
Harnesa Hand Mad
Beat MairrlaL Oatlaat
ractary Maac , Call aa4
UmcM ItrawtrlaaT ay Mlifart i
aaati Hrr. akaa.
J. M COVERT
At K. M. II. a ,,!. staaal
AI.I.IANCK. NKBSLASKA