Show I MU MUSCLE l SH SHOALS AlS RID OlD PRESENTED American Cyanamid Offer Indorsed as Better Than Fords Ford's Proposal w WASHINGTON Jan 24 AP- AP Indorsed as better than the henry Ford otter offer a new bid by the American C Cyanamid company of New York for lor the governments government's Muscle Shoals properties In Ala Ala- bame was submitted to congress to d y by Representative Madden Rep Republican He said he had drafted a bill to carry out the proposal and would cress ress foj early consideration after Its reference to the house military committee S The offer of the company corn com pany a set forth In the bill Is a better proposal than Fords Ford's he e said The original offer provides for the production of fertilizer containing tons of fixed nitrogen the same as Fords Ford's offer r but under my bill the Cyanamid company compan agrees to produce produce pro pro- duce fertilizers annually conta containing not less than tons of fixed nitrogen an increase of 20 per cent over ovir the Ford otter offer and this increase increase in- in crease is equal to snore more than half of the fixed nitrogen contained in Chilean nitrates we In 1014 The C company proposes propose's proposes pro pro- poses pose's poses to furnIsh all ot of its patented processes for tor producing fertilizers tree free of any royalty charges Fords Ford's otter offer lid not propose to do so Madden said he did not believe the bid of the Alabama and associate asso- asso elate power ver companies recommended recommended mended by the congressional Muscle Shoals commission last winter and now on on the legislative calendars of both house and senate meets the I requirements of the national defence defense de- de fence Set act The new C Cyanamid bid proposes to maintain and operate nitrate plant No 2 he added while power companies companies' bid proposes to keep our nItrate plant In an Idle condition at the expense c ef the farmers |