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Show Hj PHOSPHATES ARE IN H CONSERVATIVE HANDS H 1 Tho United States government's rc- H I port upon tho enormous jihosphnto do- H posits of the states of Utah, Wyoming, H Idaho and Montana, whore, in an ad- H ' inlttcdly Imporfoctly prospected., area, Hj . there are known to exist many bll- H j lions of tons of phosphoric acid rock H ( demonstrates that when tho condl- Hj tions admit of the proper development H of these untouched fields of wealth H there will be born Innumerable Iudu6- B l trios of great magnltudo for these vnr- H Ions states. But there are many prob- H lems that must bo solved before this B wealth nan be realized on B In the first place, the government, Ht with an oyo to- tho conservation of un- H I tional resources, hns withdrawn prac- ! tlcally all this phosphate laud, and somo system of operating the same must be cvolvod olthcr on goornmont 1 " or private account, and until this H J problem Is solved tho fields will ro- H ' main Idle. In tho second place, there H ' must bo a market for this material, H V whoso solo purposo will bo for fertl- H Mzlng soils. Jn limp the westorn R country will domand fertilizers, whilo H j the process of reducing these deposits Hl v to commercial form oventually may H be brought to tho point whero the H wostorn fortillzors may bo brought B . into successful compotitlon with those H of the mlddlo wost and cast P Hoyt S. Galo of tho geological sur- H j vey intimates that this phosphate rock should bo concontratod on tho B ground, thereby eliminating useless K t freight charges. There is a field here H- for the experimentally Inclined, for B the phosphoric acid will only yield ' to a chemical procoss of purification and not to a mere mechanical process. The advocates of conservation certainly cer-tainly hao room for congratulation nt tho manner In which tho western phosphate fields havo been guardod by tho government, while tho practically practi-cally unlimited quantities of the same doubtloss afford abundant reason why they should rub their hands with satisfaction sat-isfaction when thinking of tho coming com-ing generations of owners of.worked-out of.worked-out agricultural lands. |