The Kartell Movement in the German Potash Industry

H. R. Tosdal

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1913, vol. 28, issue 1, 140-190

Abstract: I. Introductory. The German monopoly of natural resources, 140. — The different salts, 142. — Output and exports, 143. — II. Early agreements, 145. — The first syndicate (1888), 148. — III. The second and third syndicates (1898–1904), 151. — IV. The syndicate of 1904–09, 153. — 0rganization as a stock company; form of management, 156. — Increase in number of mines and difficult allocation of quotas, 158. — The Sollstedt mine and American purchasers, 160. — Continued increase in facilities, 164. — V. Negotiations for renewal, 1908–10, 168. — Failure in 1909, 174. — Contracts by independents with Americans, 175. — Law of 1910, giving imperial control over production and prices, 177. — Syndicate renewed in 1910, 179. — VI. The Potash Controversy between Germany and the United States, 179. — Terms of settlement, 181. — VII. Working of the Potash law of 1910, 182. — No check to increase of mines, 183. — VIII. Conclusion, 186.

Date: 1913
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