Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1918 — Gets Potash From Dust. [ARTICLE]

Gets Potash From Dust.

Pittsburgh.—James D. Rhodes, a Pittsburgh manufacturer, says he has discovered a process by which he can extract potash from the dust from cement during manufacture in the kilns. Federa l Judge Charles P. Orr heard the process explained and ordered Rhodes to enter Into an agreement with an Ohio cement company to jebsT periment with a view of aiding th 4 government to obtain potash for munitions and fertilizers. • ■; ■