New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1929, Page 13

NITRATE COUNTRY WORLD'SDRY SPOT Chileans Disturbed by Fall of Slightest Mist Antofagasta, Chile, March 8 (P)— There are never any prayers for rain in Antofagasta. Iquique and other Chilean cities which live only by the grace of nitrate. In fact there are prayers for dry weather on the few days' when a light mist falls. A heavy rain, which is unlikely, as there never has been one in the memory of the oldest inhabitants, would mean ruin to the nitrate fields. It would dissolve the nitrate of sodium in the *caliche.” “Caliche™ is word in the Ci s the name en to the mineral in which notrate of sodium is found * zlong with a number of other salts. Chile’s notrate zone is a desert plateau lying between 2,000 and 5,- 000 feet above the smea. This plateau is over 200 miles long and some 40 miles wide. It is bounded on the east by the Andes and on the ocean side by a lower range of moun- tains. Scientists estimate that Chile has enough notrate to supply American and European farmers with fer- tilizer for 300 years. But the monopoly which Chile had of nitrate before the great war forced belligerent powers to extract nitrogen from the air has been broken and the Chilean industry is work of strange nervously watching the scientists who are playing pranks with Mother Nature. Synthetic nitrate, that is nitrate manufactured by taking nitrogen from the air, has become a terrify- ing competitor of the Chilean prod- uct. Germany, the United States, Czecho-Slovakia, Japan and several other countries which use nitrate mannfactured it on a large scale. As Chile imposes an export tax of $12.50 a ton on nitrate and de- | rives about one-third of her national income from this source, the probh- lem is a serious one. There is a furious battle on be- tween scientists who are fighting to reduce the cost of both the syn- thetic and natural nitrate. Producers of natural nitrate say it is better than the eynthetic prod- uct. But the artificial nitrate h; been proved to be very satisfacto and it is now clearly a question of price, The Guggenheim interests have developed a new method of produc- ing natural nitrate which is expect- ed to make possible to land Chil nitrate in American ports for slightly more than $30 a ton. MISSING MAN'S TRAIL ENDS AT ALBANY, N.Y (Continued from First Page) that time is not known. He was to | have been in superior court the next day to plead to a charge of extor- tion, for which, it is understood, he was to have been sentenced to state's prison. His wife told his counsel, Albert A. Greenberg, Wed- nesday morning at 7:20 o'clock that he had left the house flve minutes earlier and George A. Quigley claims to have seen him about 9 o'clock on Railroad arcade. Scrgeant O'Mara believes that Miggins made the trip from Spring- field to Albany on a train about an hour later than the one on which the sergeant was traveling. It would have been possible for Hig- | gins to have returned by train to Hartford, arriving early Wednesday | morning and reaching his home in time to retire for an hour or two be- fore 7 o'clock, but the purpose of leaving | his trip to Albany on Tuesday can- not be explained in his abscnce. It was learned today that County Detective Edward J. Hickey receiv- led information yesterday that Ser- geant O‘Mara had seen Higgins in Albany. The sergeant, on arriving in New Britain, was surprised to learn that the information had preceded him to the county detective's office and was at a loss to account for it. He noticed that Higgins was accom- panied by a man not known to the sergeant, and whether this party !had any connection with getting the |information back to Hartford is not known. H. 5. BASKETBALL MAN SUSPENDED FROM TEAM Baylock Played With Team at Boys' Club and Violates School Rule. | George Baylock, forward on the |New Britain high school second {team, has been barred from further | | participation in busketball for the | remainder of the scason because he | !took part in a recent game at the | Boys' club. Being a member of an | outside team is a violation of the |school's rule. He was scheduled {start as a forward on the regulfr| {team in its game with the Hartford | {high second team tonight. This is the first time in two years a high |school player has felt the effects of |this ruling. | Coach George M. Cassidy has de- cided to start the following am tonight: Grimala center; hmarr and Ross, forwards; Lip- man and Carlson guards. On the sec- | ond team: Ludwinowicz, center; ‘lh rkowitz and Vanesse, forwards; !Grip and Potts, guards, will take | part. | ] - 14 }Azlz Grotto May Move To New Masonic Temple Although 1t originally was under- | stood that Aziz Grotto would not !move into the new Masonic temple when it is constructed, plans now ‘)wmg considered indicat change | in this policy. At a mc to be held March 15, the Grotto members will vote on moving from their pres- | ent quarters on the top floor of the | Capitol theater building to the new | temple. { Contractors’ Licenses | The rccommendation made by a special committee of the common council, to have building contractors licensed and bo' “cd, was again tabled by the ordinance committee | last night, and In all probability wili 'not be approved. At a meeting of the | committee in January, it was voted to table the matter for a month | and when it came up last night, it was voted to continue it on the table | |for another month. 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