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Show I POLITICS CHANGED BY THE WAR. I From Marysville, Utah, word haB been received that the alunite deposits depos-its in that district arc almost inexhaustible, inex-haustible, and two mills are in operation opera-tion and others are to be constructed. Alunite Is an oro from which potash pot-ash is obtained, and potash is an in-' in-' , dispensable fertilizer and chemical j which, prior to the, war, was imported ' in large quantities from Germany. When the conflict opened, the United Unit-ed States suddenly discovered that this country was dopondent on Germany Ger-many for this valuable material. Immediately Im-mediately the experts of the government govern-ment set about to find potash. The salt marshes were explored, because in Germany the potash was obtained from borings through similar formation, forma-tion, the chemical being brought to the surface in solution, as is salt in New York state. Then it was discovered that potash could be extracted in commercial quantities from feldspar and other rocks, and lately, at the cement plants, tests showed that large quantities of. potash were escaping in the form of dust American capital is going into, tikta j industry and when finally thiB coun try is made independent in its manufacture manu-facture of potash, the money invested must be protected. In conversation with a Democrat who is a leader in his party, a repre sentative of The Standard, discussing the political outlook, said grcal j changes may come to our politics lr the next few years. , "Yes," was the reply "there may bf U a radical realignment. No one cai forecast the politics of the future. To U day the two great parties have nt sharply dividing iBsue, and, unless,on grows out of the war, the line of de marcatlon will be nothing more thai a choice of leadership. This war has taught us not to trust a nation like Germany in free trado markets, for back of the Gorman export Industries Is an organization as cleverly conceived con-ceived and aa Intensely developed as la tho Kaiser's war machine, with so-crecy so-crecy and doublo dealing, supported by the Imperial government. No independent in-dependent Industry can stand against the machinations of tho scheming combination. For instance, It has boon made ovldent that the chemical trado of the world was being monopolized monopo-lized by Gorman manufacturers, with the assistance of tho Gorman government. govern-ment. Markets wero Invaded regardless regard-less of Initial losses, trado broken down and control obtained. With tho establishing of a monopoly, prices were advanced and the foreign consumers con-sumers then made to pay the cost of destroying their own factories. By this method, a very big percentage of tho chomical business of tho United, States was taken ovor by the Germans. What lesson does this teach? Simply this, that the potash, glass, drug, and other industries which are now being developed in this country, must bo protected after tho war, and tho applying apply-ing of this protection eliminates tho last of the great issues which have separated Democracy and Republicanism. Republic-anism. While there are autocracies lending themselves to trade conspiracies, conspira-cies, no republic can go on trusting to an open field and a fair market which otherwise would be an ideal condition in the working out of economic fitness. fit-ness. '.'Furthermore, It is plain, we must allow the combining of powerful commercial com-mercial interests in the United States to meet the equally powerful German combines reaching out for the business busi-ness of the world." |