โ Scribed by Cook, S. J.
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
iind it is already producccl by distillution of our coals. Pish-rcfusc plants on thc Atlantic and Pacific Consts ftirnish both nitrogen and phosphorus, and iiiorc swli plmts can be dcvclopcd. These offcr nil opportunity for the csport ninrkct, a : ivell as for domcstic itsc. Potnsh :ind phospltntc wiI1 probably continuo to bc iiiiportcd, hut i t is iinportnnt to noto that Cililndii's fclspiithic rocks contnin high pcrccntngcs of tlic foniicr, itnd tho irpatitc rocks of Qucbcc liiivc n liiglicr pliosp1i:itc contcnt than is foiiiid in tlic dcposits of sout.licrn Uiiitcil Stntcs. 'l'hc~c latter hnvc been llscd in the pnst, but iirc not at prcscnt workcd. liclp sciiwecil on tlic I'iicific Coast Iins been used to supply potnsh.
Before conclucling, two important iiitliistrics should bc mentioncd-cblorinc products froin snlt dcposits, iiiid a carbidc industry mitli morld mnrlccts using C!:iiiatlinn limestone and w t c r poacr.
The list is far from complctc. Wc would suggcst that those intcrcstcd should study tlic Cnn:idinii Govcrnment Statistics 01 prodaction of minerals and rnw nintcrials. Conibincd with nil intclligcnt apprcciation of Cnnada's otlicr assets, licr wiitcr po\vcrs, hcr forests, her coals, hcr :igriculturc nnd sonic study of licr imports, they suggest iiinny opportunities for industrinl dcvclopiiicnts along chcniicnl lincs which arc worth invcstigntion. The l>evclopnicnt Brnncli of. tlic Canndinn Pacific linilwny issues froin its Nontrcnl oflicc w r y coiivcnicnt and concise suinniorics on nll tlicsc rcsoiirccs wliich arc nvnilnblc to nll who ~isk for thcin.
By S. J. COOK dltlioiigli CimiidiL's totnl a r m is givcn as 3,797,123 square miles, tlic industrinl scctioii conipriscs ouly about 16% of this arcn ; occupicil farm lniids rcprcscnt approsiitintcly G% oE tlic L)oininion, SO t1iil.t tlicrc rcriiniiis only :dJoiit 10% of tlw totiil on wliicli tlicrc tire cstablishcd all the otlicr entities which go to ninltc domcstic and coinrncrcinl Canadii. This 10% is sprcnd out in n scctioii :3000 niilcs long from cast to west, hnving iin avcrngc width of about 120 Inilcs froin iiortli to south-n total :ma of 360,000 sqitiirc niilcs.
Appreciation of these fncts is ~~cccssii~y to i i proper understanding of industrial conditions iinil clevclopmcnts i ti Canadn. Scttlciticiit lins procccdcd froin tlic Atliiiitic ooiist Tvestwnrd, and h t c r along tlic I'ncific coiist, illit1 i n land.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
of process ccouotiiics imd the reco\wy of d l by-products kept the Lcl)liinc process nlivc iintil 1923, whilst the oompnrativc chcnpncss of icniiiiiioitin " soda iiindc possiblc by prolonged study ot all tlic clicuiicnl iind ctiginccring details of tlic original SoIvny proccss brought i t i i p i th
Sit lpli it ric-'1 c id llla n ufwt it rc. TI10 first cffcct of tho \vnr 011 tho licnry clicmicnl indnstrv rvns to incrcnsc cnorrnously tlic dcninnd for su~p~iul:ic ncici. Prior to ttic Iinr t ~i o production of olciiiii niid concontrntcd vitriol ans siiinll, nicrcly n Icm liiiiitlrcd tolls ~r e r \