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Summing up, Dr. Addison dealt with the lessons of the

war and the opportunities which the work of the Ministry had opened up. Experience pointed to • the closer co-operation of Capital and Labour on the basis that both parties should have a direct interest in the introduction of improved methods. Again, we had reclaimed or extended vital industries of which Germany had obtained control before the war. Next year we ought to have a capacity for steel production more than fifty per cent. greater than before the war. The home production of spelter, tungsten, and aluminium was being immensely increased; a new discovery promised to free us from our dependence on Germany for potash, and to provide every ounce required for the glass trade as well as largely to meet the needs of agriculture.