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Show German Potash Monopoly Ended U.S.Will Be Immense Producer Utah Mines to Assist Industry IN LINE with the belief expressed by The Telegram a few days ago that potash would be among the industries for which tho United States no longer would be dependent upon Germany and that Utah would benefit to considerable extent as the result of the development of potash mines in this state, the Boston News Bureau discusses the question as follows: i Ona thing which will have bean accomplished by antranca of tha I'nlted Htatea Into tha war will ba tha breaking of ( ierman y a a l rang I hold on tha potaah Induatry. International commerrlHl mmpllft- i tlona wera ihraatened ten years ago whan tha Oerman government took , atapa to annul a cut In price of potaah pot-aah named to an American fertiliser manufacturer by an Independent potaah pot-aah producer In Germany, i'ontlnu-anca i'ontlnu-anca of what waa then threatened would have reaulted In a tux of lft.00o.ooo a yenr upon formers In tha I'nlted Htutes. It la ex ec tad imnni potaah and fertiliser Interest that tha I'nlted Htatea will this year produca about TO. 000 tona of potaah from deposlta In California and Nehraaka. In 1917 tha domestic yield waa 3 MM ton", airalnat ll.OOn tona In 1914. which! really marked tha flrat nrlou efforts j of producing pitta sh commercially ln thla country. " j Prior to the war (lermnny produced shout 700.000 tons annually, of which j tha I'nlted Htatea conaiimed rloaa to , 10 per cent. Imports f potaah f or j the ten-year period lt04-114 averaged. lrt.a tons. Tha Importations dur- I ng 1812 were 26a,7H tons Increased In tha following twelve months to 2?.tT0 tons. I p to the outbreak of war there had been brought here during ltU about 171.798 tons. For twenty years up to July, 1909. the Kail syndicate of Germany controlled con-trolled tha potaah production of that country. It maintained a branch here which bad a substantial amount on) hand In. warehouse when Oerman hipping; waa driven from the Atlantic ocean. This was quickly din posed of, however, at materially higher prices than prevailed before tha opening of hostilities. As to whether production of potash In tha United Rtatea can aver be built up to our requirements remains for tha future to determine. The department depart-ment of the Interior, through Hecre-tary Hecre-tary Iane, has gone on record, however, how-ever, with the prediction that within two years this country will have become be-come entirely Independent of Germany Ger-many "by development of domestic resources and use of processes devised , by tha department. AN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS, tadger tiros., b-okera U0 south Mala traat. furniah the following quotatlona. rerelvad over their private wlrea: C,Ol,)KIKI,I lUHTKlCT I HU1 I Auk. l 1 Hid t Aak. Atlnnta ..I 3 Ml. mar . 1 Hooth .... I . -. .1' Merger . 1 1 H Hull 2 K'heHd I r O l .. 1 1 V Tiger 1 I'ombFr, ..X-2lHII I'Kk S t 3 Pnley , . . 1 , S etorni .TT. . . . 1 Ita B H . 1 1 iKe'Hnas j 2 Klor a ''! Bend 1 I Od Con ..20 SI j'O'ndma I (Jumb I . 9 10 ij MANHATTAN DIHTRIOT. I Vnlon 1 I'M Glory I I 1 O Wedga I MMitStag 2 M t'on ..2 I 1 W Cap .1 9 M Ies 1 HO Jack .1 1 1 niMHTOTK IIHTRKT. Con Va .. 9 10 liHavnga .1 1 Meilran . & iH Nev .. 7 Ophlr .... 9 19 it'nlon ..I 14 I 15 TONOl'AH IHHfnit'T. Helmont IS1 Mil Kx J I ft Cmh H .. I I H-Kula I 7 IS G gueen I I I T Kx . . '125 1 J Butler . r I Cmatllla 1 Mldwuv . . 7 It W Knd . .1 95 M I' Kxt .1 4 1! OTHKR IIHTRKTa. O Nllle I J J I'Nensel .1 1 ..'... N I'nrk 2r l it Hills 111 It Mer . .1 ) & i 1 Mvtcl . .'Ill, |