Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-09

increasing efficiency in their utilization.
Inere can be no suggestion looking to
the curtailment of present needs; these
needs Will increase in proportion as the
nation grows In population, and in the
extent and diversity of it's industries
And Whine the present generation has "a
right to use the fuel which 1t actute,y
needs, 1t y bound by every principlehis
right and Justice not to waste, but1
properly conserve for heir future A5;s
lne birthright of the generations fhe
unborn.
The people of the Uuited States an
sumed during the past year all
4l6, 100000 tons Of coal beside Large
quantities OF oil and gas and wood. The
total cost of this fuel in the furnaces
appropriated $2.000,00O 1000.
Must Dig Deeper
THE future growing scarcity of wood,
gas and oil, and the increasing cost of
mining the coal as the surface beds are
exhausted and the deeper ones must be
reached, wnl naturally increase the ag-
gregate expenditure for fuel even faster
than the tonnage increases; but the well
lare of the nation demands not only that
the future has coal supply, but that the
cost of this supply be kept as low as
possible.
I'VE cannot continue this enormous
consumption of our fuel resources and at
the same time perpetuate the supply of
cheap fuels. The only solution of the
problem is that we must learn to use our
fuels more efficiently. We must stop
this enormous waste.
THE recent investigations conducted
by the geological survey indicate great
possibilities in this direction. 1t has been
demonstrated that the low grade Goals.
containing as hig-l as 80 per cent ash.
.tnl, TIT, Af ot
years have been left under ground and
wasted because they could not be burned
in the ordinary furnaces can now be used
advantageously for power and heating
development by means of the gas producer
and gas engine. 1t has also been shown
that with this new form of equipment
the better Goals can hereafter be made to
yield from two to three times the amount
of power that they are now yielding in
ordinary steam furnaces.
Improve Quality
''It has been demonstrated further that
the quality of many of these dirty In
ferior Goals can be improved by various
washing processes.
"a study of coal mining conditions is
demonstrating the fact that in the mining
operations much larger percentage OF
coal can be brought to the surface tnan
was formerly believed to be pracucaplc'
Further Investigations along these lines
indicate possibilities in the way OF waste
prevention and increasingly efficient use
in connection with the utilization of our
fuel supplies Upon the progress along
these lines depends the future welfare OF
the whole people of the country.
''In every civilized country the conser-
vation Of fuels and other great resources,
or public utilities, is properly coming 70
be regarded as national problem, be-
cause in every country these fuels serve
as a basis of national welfare The IN
dividual citizen looks to the present He
sees little beyond his Individual interest
of today. The nation. while helping the
citizen today, must safeguard the weliare
of the citizen of tomorrow py Juaicious
conservation of these resources. which. in
reality belong not to the individual but to
mankind"