176 HAPPY INDIA 



outlay would have to be charged against the production 

 of nitrolin. There are other chemical compounds 

 that can be made where there is a sufficient supply 

 of cheap hydro-electric power, and indeed iron- 

 works can be worked by that means ; but in the 

 first place the hydro-electric power should be used 

 for those productions which are necessary to increase 

 the fertility of the soil and so make the lives of 

 the poorer portion of the people of India more 

 tolerable. 



