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Show GERMANY WANTS T0SELLP0TASH Sending Representatives to Confer With Americans BERIJV, Jan. 1. Negotiations b-tweeo b-tweeo tierman and Auieilean buslntug men concerning: the potash trade, which have been Interrupted several times within the last year, will be resumed re-sumed In New York about the mldd of January. Oerman experts representing repre-senting the potash producers will sail January 4 to take part In the meeting. Americans recently have been in Germany, presumably In the Interests of the Southern cotton growers of the I nlted States, who were the largeat prewar consumers of the product. They are known to have shown keen Interest In the German efforte to put the potash mines on their former producing pro-ducing baals. Fertiliser hes been Imported sine the outbreak of the war from South American depoaits at an expense much greater than that of German production. produc-tion. Disagreements between the American Ameri-can and German repreaentatlvea which cauaed discontinuance of the negotiations negotia-tions arose over the question of price and tonnage. With Increased freight space available. It Is believed here that there la a good prospect fnf an agreement on prlcea In apite of the low value of German money. Work In the potash deposits of the country, which are aald to be the richest rich-est In the world, haa been aerloualy handicapped of late by strikes, wage Increases and lack of rolling stock. |