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Show United States Phosphate Co. Officers and Directors. Morso S. Duffield, president. David C. Whitney, vice president. Lewis A. Jeffs, secretary and treasurer. treas-urer. Charles Stinchfield. Francis A. Jeffs. . The great phosphate deposits discovered dis-covered upon tho public lauds in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming about six years ago arc now known to be the largest tonnage of commercial phosphate rock in the world. The fertilizer industries of tho world are concerned primarily with the production of the three plant foods, nitrogen, potash and phosphorus To compete ivi III tho nitrato mines of Chile, modern electricians arc charging common limestone with nitrogen from the atmosphere- and agricultural colleges col-leges are teaching tbo rotation of crops with nitrogen gathering legumes. To compete with the potash mines of Ocrmanv intensive cultivation and rotation of crops to render the great quantities of potash present iu soils, s-olnble is advocated by agriculturalist agricultural-ist , Hut 1o return to the soil, the phosphoric, thai is taken, from it by the world's crops the scicnlisl hay as yet. found no important source of phosphorus other phosphate rock. Worn One to make a prediction as to the. future of the fertilizer industry, the great growth of which is obviously obvious-ly au agricultural necessity, it would lie logical to predict that the great centers cen-ters of that industry will be located close to the phosphate deposits. And as tbo life of the Tennessee aud Florida Flor-ida fields is dcfiuitelv limited by the government's geologists, it. docs' not seem a far cry to predict that, the great center of tbo" fertilizer industry of the future will bo somewhat near tho common com-mon corners of the three states of Utah. Idaho ajid Wyoming, which naturally means Salt Lake City. A widespread revolution is gathering headway within the fertilizer industry in the use of fiuelv ground nalural phosphate rock in place of phosphate rock that has been treated with sulphuric, sul-phuric, acid to malco it water soluble or available as a plant food. A small percentage of the finely ground raw rock becomes available as a plant food every year: whereas in the acid treated treat-ed rock thc total phosphorus content becomes immediately available. From the point of view of ystom of permanent perma-nent soil fertility, the "raw rock seoins to be t he .logical commodity especially ph its cost per unit of phosphorus ie about one-tenth that of acid phosphate. However much this conflict may disturb dis-turb in other fields, tho great investments invest-ments in acid plants and pvritcs mines, the western field need not fear the consequences. con-sequences. Tf acidulated rock holds its own the copper smelters of Utah will furnish a plentiful supply of cheap acid and if the raw rock supplants the acidulated rock. I tie enormous tonnages of tho west will be but the more speedily speed-ily developed. The government has withdrawn, since December, 100c, near the known dis-coverjes, dis-coverjes, all Lhose areas supposed to contain phosphate rock, but bus as vet no law.- for leasing or miuiug within the phosphate reserves. The e-rinciptil accessible deposits, however, bad been located by several communes prior to the government withdrawal. These companies were . the F'au( Francisco Chemical coiupanv, the Fnioii Phosphate Phos-phate cornranv. the American Agricultural Agricul-tural Chemical company and the United States Phosphate company These companies have bad considerable difficulty diffi-culty in acquiring patents to their lands owing to conflicts between nlacer and lode titles. The courts and the land office have, however, in every instance, held that the lode location waa the valid one and nil difficulty from that source ifj now overcome. These companies com-panies have 11 been busilv engaged in perfecting lit'ei; and developing their pronertics and California is proving a fast growing market for their shipments-. AmoDg these comnanlea none has a greater tonnage of nhospbate rock than the United States Phosphate company. This company has been five years acquiring ac-quiring patents to its lands and is shipping ship-ping steadilv to Loo' Angeles from its miue near Boulder, Wyoming, a station on tbo Tdaho-Wyoming line, nnd its stockholders are firm believers in the great future in store for western phosphate phos-phate rock. I S. M. TAYLOR & CO. I I 1 Successors to JOSEPH E. TAYLOR H UNDERTAKERS 'AND EMBALMERS 1 Principal Establishment . . Branch Establishment j mffl I 246-247 East 1st South Street ' '.7 7. v.. . Midvale (M I Salt Lake City s Salt Lake County, Utah ; H if The Highest .-IISf' I !: I !j S. M. TAYLOR & CO. 1 11 II 8 245-247 East 1st South, Salt Lake City a I j II Under the Personal Management of Samuel M. Taylor, President and General Manager. .1 j BH Branch Establishment jjjjj i Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah mm 'I Under the Personal Management of Mr. Mahonri M. Taylor. ivftf |