Show M the asbestos industry ot of v tile the united states Is in better batter condition now than ever before 63 especially as to the and the grade produced and the outlook is encouraging the asbestos used in the large asbestos factories ol of tile the tinted anted states comes from canada iut ut tile the growing appreciation ol 01 0 11 th e agh quality american fiber especially that from arizona isa welcome peature of tho the industry the total of domestic as festos sold in 1917 according to J I 1 3 diller of the united stilt state es s geological survey department ot of the interior was tons valued aed at an increase of albut 13 per tel cent tin in both quantity ind and value over 1916 most alost of 0 tile the domestic asbestos comes from arizona where the proportion ot of crude spinning fiber to that of lower grades is much larger than in canala so that the average price 0 01 american fiber in 1917 was i ton on whereas the average price 0 flat in canada was wag only a bout about 50 sonic some years ago the opinion v pressed that as the arizona flat less iron than that mined milled la in anada it is therefore letter better adapted 3 use lor for electrical insulation than ie canadian fiber this opinion il lias m lately latefy bl been 1 made by n R E D ermall burg whose in invest Vest igat latin 01 OI cate that tile the hans AW nets parts or of the arizo arizona of na ash abai to thin st films of 0 calcite balc calc fibers anno it A A small abou amou amount nt ol 01 0 s was as mined milled F co iia ata from a contact dep deposit olt county interest inte reet in a the increased demands 1 I 1 to tos due to the f or war var 1 hav have b largely by increased teased it jinai in berit canada the T imports arts 4 puri 3 n for use in niters filters Is i belt by a 9 asbestos as besto irom from residual de oil ii deposits posits of attl the line rocks ot 01 ala maryland ayad |