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Show War Has Affected Argentina. Sulphate of aluminum Is needed by Argentinu for clnrifylng Its water supply. sup-ply. It wns formerly Imported from Germnny, but Is now dltllcult to obtnln nnywhero. Amerlcnn Arms nro quoting quot-ing $120 to ?1S5 n ton for It, nnd tho estlmnted needs for 1017 for tho country coun-try are placed at 8,000 tons. As tho result of n protest to tho government by tho Argentlnn public health works, u plnnt to mnnufucturo tho compound from native kaolin has been authorized author-ized nt n cost of 51SS.000. It Is estlmnted estl-mnted thnt aluminum sulphnto enn bo manufactured under present conditions nt $20 n ton and nt 510 a toiQcss when bulphurle add falls to normal. |