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...stationary. Thus, in the "Fertilizer Year" (which begins June 1) of 1927-1928, synthetic production of pure nitrogen was 1,267,000 metric tons, Chilean 390,300. Chemically, Chilean nitrate is superior to synthetic because of its high iodine content. Other distinctions between the two are of little commercial import. Hence competition is largely a matter of price, which in turn depends on production costs. So far nitrogen fixation plants like that of the Allied Chemical and Dye Corp. at Hopewell, Va., have been able to make nitrate more economically than it can be dug out of the Chilean plateau...
Mystery. When Mr. Mills did arrive in Paris, he carefully explained he was going on a holiday yachting trip in the Mediterranean. Nevertheless his presence in France generated an atmosphere of intense expectancy. Was his story of the usual diplomatic kind that conceals a secret mission of high international import? He insisted he would see no French officials ?and then he waited over 24 hours on the chance of conferring with Premier André Tardieu. A mysterious appointment was made for 5 p.m. The French Premier waited two hours for Mr. Mills to arrive, only to learn that...
Charges: Mr. Campbell's men have been lax in not enforcing the letter of the Pharmacopoeia, one pound ergot to one pint of extract; they have been lax in admitting to import filthy Russian ergot; the Russian extract contains obstetrically harmful adulterants; the Administration has, for improper reasons, been condoning the breaking of pure food laws by drug manufacturers...
...Rates. Import rates under the Tariff Act of 1922 and under what, with the President's signature, will become the Tariff Act of 1930: Commodity...
Failures. A period of economic stress and strain is always ominously punctuated by bank failures. Ten banks last week closed their doors. Some were small, their failure consequently significant only to the immediate neighborhood. Of more general import were the following...