Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-26 | Page 6 | Nitrate in Peace

tllizer. and the hind wori;.rj may congratulate con-gratulate thems-dves that so large a supply has become availaMn at prices far below m.-Tr-et quotation. NITRATE IN PEACE. : Upon the signing of the armistice the war department released to the agricultural agri-cultural department 111,000 tons of nitrate ni-trate at a salvage price. This product was brought from Chile for the purpose of being used in the manufacture of explosives. Since the ending of hostilities hos-tilities rendered the production of more ammunition unnecessary, the nitrate was turned into channels of peace. In addition to the 111,000 tons received from the war department, the agricultural agricul-tural department also has 40,000 tons which was received too late for distribution dis-tribution last year. Thus there aj-e available 151,000 tons of nitrate for American farmers. It is being sold under the aufiiority of the food-cou-trol act, which provides for its purchase pur-chase and sale by the government to agriculturists at cost. It is estimated that through this arrangement ar-rangement the 100,000 farmers will be saved $1,500,000. The nitrate will be sold at .Sl per ton, and orders are being be-ing received for as small a lot as one 200-pound bag and as large a shipment as 300 tons. Tlte price last year was $75.50 per ton. Tho department of agriculture ag-riculture in 1918 arranged for the shipment ship-ment of 120,000 tons from Chile, but lack of shipping kept the quantity actually ac-tually imported to about 75,000 tons. Shipments are being made from twenty-one twenty-one storage points. The bureau of markets, mark-ets, which has charge of tho distribution, distribu-tion, has appointed, at each storage point a forwarding agent. By thus utilizing a product in pursuits pur-suits of peace instead of for destruction, destruc-tion, the government is rendering a great aid to the farmers of this country. coun-try. Nitrate- is a vastly important fer-