Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-06-03


wish to express belief that there
Is fair solution to the problem of
the technical school problem. The
boys from these schools are some
what different from others. A young
man who has ambition and persist
ence enough to go through one of
these schools Is worth more than
the ordinary Scrub" and Is more
capable; but In justice we must rec
ognize that our shops have many
youngsters made of just as good
timber. Th,, whole thing lies just
Hheres How can we pay q uniform
scale of wages until all men are
born equal and alike7 We must be
satisfied at this stage Of the world
to accept differences; we can notlall
be President OF the United States or
superintendent of the works; but
more of us than now seem to admit
II could do better than we are DOING
and could improve our position in
the world by studying and attending
to our own business. Knowledge Is
a power--a greater power than the
card; the young man who will de-
vote his spare moments to work out
of time in the shop,practicing a hard
Job will come out all right. The
boy who wants to do right will get
proper instructions; he can get them
II he really desires.
Returning to the trade-school
boys; / want to point out an import
ant point. They will try TO run their
tools and produce the work as dl-
rected by the foreman. You will
notice that they have learned the
lesson to obey at school, while the
other boys have not learned this
either In school or at home. This de-
feet of home training is being felt
throughout the whole country, In all
departments of work, and what we
shall do In the future for good ALL
aroNnd mechanics Is a mystery to me.
Many of our shops are willing to
teach boys, but what do they get
in return? When the apprentice has
been In the shop about two years, he
becomes dissatisfied with his pay and
leaves to enter another shop as a
journeyman. believe that manu-
featuring concerns should require
a written certificate as TO the past
OF men applying for
positions; Il would tend to correct
this evil.-C. II. McCahey In Engin-
eerlng Magazine.
A Fresh Source of Paper Pulp.
Englemann spruce Is compare
lively small tree of rather slow
growth whose range Is on the high |
slopes OF the interior mountain sys-
tenn from British Columbia south
ward to Arizona and New Mexico. |
Within this range II Is used TO some |
extent for lumber, mining tImbers, |
ties and general construction, but II |
has not been considered n very val |
iable lumber tree and Il Is employed |
)nly because OF lack OF better ma
.erial. No estimate of the total |
amount OF standing timber is avail
ible, hut reports OF stands show |
more than one and one-half billion
BOARD feet as occarring on four of |
he national forests, and this is prob
lbly only a small part OF the actual
quantity standing. Throughout It's
sntlre range there Is much material
n. the form OF dead and mature tim
.er. .. |
The existence OF such quantities OF
wood OF seemingly little value has
Induced the United States Forest
Service TO undertake experiments TO
determine whether this wood can be
lSed for making paper pulp. Samples
lave been received from the national
orests OF Wyoming. Colorado and
Utah. These have been treated by
he sulnhlte process and pulp has
,een obtained. which. unbleached,
s In color nearly as good as Eastern
pruce lnder similar conditions, and
n strength, cleanliness and other
Qualities seems to be equally as
,ood. The results OF preliminary
rials on seasoned wood show that
/ cooks without dlfficulty and gives
yield OF fiber nearly equal In vol
Ime 10 that from its Eastern rela-
I've. The amount OF screenings is