Show j I 1 I I I Needed to Win the War Jf al Shortage In time the supply of certain cerain minerals needed In ut war has stimulated te new Industries and developments Among these minerals Is Until 1915 the tIme United States State produced only about tons ton of mag an annually an- an although It u used ell tons The Time domestic supply came camo front from California Call Cali Cal Cal- fornia and anti the Imported material immaterial conic came from Austria Hungary and antI Greece GreecE In 1016 1916 the production In California Jumped Jumpe to tons but hut the time imports Import If Ir the material Is computed as crude rock fell to tons tomis Time The The supply therefore fel fell short short of the de do- do dp- dp mand manul Manufacturers of ot open hearth steel had had difficulty difficulty In getting enough brick to In line their furnaces an and companies that ma made e ma flooring were short of ot ra raw material material In view of at this condition and amid the time de decrease tIe tIe- crease In Imports Import domestic production was greatly stimulated According ln to estimates reat b by C C. G G. Yale of or the United States geological SUre survey the time production tion tol of ot In ut California In 1017 In j exceeded that of or all former years being being be be- bf ing estimated at ni tons This quantity and ani the time produced In the recently discovered cret field In iii Stevens Stevens Ste Ste- vens ens count county Washington ton estimated by bythe bythe bythe the United States geological survey Jurvey at t close to tons tont make makel an art outPut output out- out Put pitt of or about tons In 1917 or tons more than than tho the normal do domestic do- do ro demand In view of ot the great reat Increase in production made lit In California Call Cali Cal forum fornia and of or the time fact that lint omo tomo of or the lar large e properties in Washington were WerE only partly developed de at tit the thc close dose of 1917 HiI 1 part It I Is believed that the tIme domestic industry hereafter ed bele will wil be ie able not only to supply the time home hume d demand aJr but hut I may limay i. i isa lA able ahlo to produce a surplus for tor tho the allies Ij j I I I I I I |