Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1916 — NEW INGREDIENT FOR STEEL [ARTICLE]

NEW INGREDIENT FOR STEEL

Germans Said to Have Substitute for Ferro-Manganese —Nature Is Not Divulged. Amsterdam. —The problem of finding a substitute for ferro-manganese for the production of steel in Germany has been solved, according to a semiofiicial statement received here from Berlin. This substitute, the nature of which is not divulged, can be produced in large quantities from internal raw materials, it is said. Factories for the production of the new substance are already working and more are being constructed. It is asserted that this process will make Germany independent of imports in this line. '