INCREASED PRODUCTION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 36, 6 November 1917, Page 6

INCREASED PRODUCTION

will deny that the urgency of the. need rf an increased output of our prmary products, I was rather astonished to 9 * that Parliament closed down without dving Sγ consideration to the appheaBoTC a southern syndicate for tin water rights over Bowen Falls JMiWort Sound) for the generation of, power with which to erfract nilratw from the air. Our Ministers onlj■ha™ to consult the experts of the Agricultural Department to ascertain how extremely valuable an asset it would l>» if we could produce any quantity of nitrogenous manures with,whi<hj° accelerate the growth of gram throughout the country, and aleo what a.ton.* would be if the same works could tuin out carbide, now in such short supply in. New 'Zealand. Apart altogether fiom. the value of nure nitrates and their pro. ducts (which include nitric acid) in wartime, nitrogenous manures will M absolutely essential to the economic development of the country on lines that will insure increased production. Mr. .r. Orchiston has proved as ably as anyone can on paper that the Bowen Falls is the most favoured spot on earth for tha» direct fixation of atmospheric nitrogen,, and though this power is goinjr *» w , a . st f' the Government would not stir itself ta grant the rights asked for, though it was competent for it to impose practically any reasonable ..conditions. lJie action of the Hon. W. Eraser would lead one to believe that he had been etronriyand wrongly advised in the matter. T mt thTs should b& is unfortunate for tlm Government, thff country, and the synuicate, as the refusal to grant such Rights must be a deterrent to endeavour in this country, and is an act deliberately opposed t.to the consummation of Mr. Ferguson's and your idea, viz., increased p ro Suction.-lam.etc., mpLßxED _

[Wo havo received a largo number oE letters, sonio condemnatory of and others defending the claims of the Second Division League. In view of the publicity; already given to tho questions involved and the close of Parliament we cannot at the present time give further spact* to correspondence on the subject. Uβ must apply tho same restriction to the, controversy on the use of the terma "Catholic" and "Roman Catholic, and also the discussion arising out of references to the Unitarian Church and the war.l ___—