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Show ruthlessly broken nro sufficient to make It manifest that the platform of 1910 will contain no assurance that our promises aro made to In kept when In ofllco as well as to be relied upon during tho campaign. Crude Barytes Industry Is Active m One Hundred Per Cent Increase of Production In the Year of 1915 Tho production of crude barytes In tho United States lnj 1915 was 10S,-547 10S,-547 short tons, valued nt J381.032. As compared with thn production In 1914, which wbb 02,747 short tons, valued at $155,047, this Is a remark nlilo showing, and reports collected liy James M. Hill of tho U. 8. Geological Ge-ological Survey, lndlcato that tho production pro-duction In 1915 will bo continued if not exceeded In 1916, Alaska shipped its first barytes In lillG nnd It Is reported that n grind-lug grind-lug mill will bo In operation nt Sutler Sutl-er somo time In 1910. Deposits lwo been developed In Colorado but none of tho product was marketec during 1!15. Tho Kentucky mines which hae been practlcnlly Idle for n number of )nrs, made n considerable produo tlon in 1915. Georgia nnd Tennessee mines mado remarkable gains In the output, through tho operations of old producers and newly opened proper-tics. proper-tics. Most of tho mines in tho Eastern States, oven though they marketed no barytes In 1915, report develop ment work and tho prospect of large production In 1910. Missouri which up to tho present has nlwnys been tho largest producer of crudo barjtcs mnde nn Increase In 1915 of over COOO tons. The general feeling of tho trade Is that this boom is not to bo Bhort lived, particularly In view of tho nig demand for crude barytes by the nowly established barium chemical Industry. |