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Show NITRATE RESOURCES ARE BIG ASSET FOR PERU VALPARISO, Chile, Sept. Foreign For-eign demand for nitrate of soda, chiefly chief-ly usefl us fertilizer is expected to amount to 3,000.000 tons during the nitrate year which began in July, reports re-ports of G. H Jones, president of the Association of Nitrate I 'roelueers. Production Pro-duction of nitrate In this country s most Important Industry. Exportation bv the Producers' Association Asso-ciation In the calendar year of 1 9 1 ! amounted to 91 a, 4 On tonsagulnst more than -' 000,1 tons shipped abroad In i9i. But. from January to Jul--, 1920, exportation reached 1.481,300 toni the highest figure hitherto recorded re-corded In a like period. The uport estimates the producing capacity of the associated companies at 3,480,000 - while that of companies not in the association is placed at 867,800 1 tones .i total of 4.137,800 tons. Importance of the industcv an a na-1 tlonal asset Is shown In B recent re-I port of the ministry of the treasury I which estimates that from 1S80 to I 1918 the amount received by the gOV-ernment gOV-ernment In export duties and from sales of land was approximately $700,-; 000,000 or slightly more than 44 per-oent per-oent Of the nation s total revenue. Nearly fiO.ooii workmen are employed In the nitrate regions during times of normal production, |