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Show H THIS WAH B ThlH explosive of tho long name, BBj commonly called T. N. T. showed BBj what wo could do at Halifax. Many B of us havo been wishing that we H- could drop equal quanltltles of it BBJ over tho Gorman trenches. Tho war BBj department realizes Its importanco.as BBj great efforts are being made to In- H creaso tho production, BB To build tho coko oven retorts B- necessary for production of this ex- H plosive, will take a year. But It can BftVM 1e recovered to largo extend from 11- BB' lumlnatlng gas plants. Recovery Bfl"' plants can bo built in a few months BftB that will secure an Immense quanity. BftB Even at that, only about halt enough BftB of what the war departments calls BftB for-can bo secured. But It all' tho BB gas plants will take hold, a tremen- BftB dous gain can be made. BftB One twentieth ot a gallon of T. N. BB T. can be had out ot each 1000 feet BB of gas. But aa 222,4000,000 gallons BB arevealled for by September 1918 for BB , - the proper equipment ot our forces, BB;m' the problem is a big one. But It la BAB'-' a tremendous life saving proposition. HftVf, !' BTe d "ipply of toluol Bi the boys will go over the top protect- bVI'''' cd by a deadly barrage fire ahead ot thctn. It will save tens of thousands of lives. Tho chief obstnclo appears to bo gottlng the recovery plants built, and getting agreements with tho gas companies com-panies about bearing tho cost of them. Also It seems to bo tho case that tho extraction Interferes some what with tho quality of the gas served serv-ed the consuming public. Some of tho public servlco commissions commis-sions havo boon inclined to kick because) be-cause) this quality Is reduced. But such couskk'mtlonx should not be per m 1 1 tod to govern In any such exigency. exig-ency. We should get out that toluol tol-uol at any cost, It the gas plants attempt to put over any unfair prices, they should feel heavy hand ot public displeasure. |