The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
By M. Hamilton Talbot

high as 50 600 "a week
Il would seem as II nothing further
could be done to extract wealth from
the waste of the slaughter house, but
there Is, for even the tank water i'm
which all the bits and scraps and scrap
ings have been cooked, contains vain
residual fat is skinned of and the last
bits Of glue taken from It. There ls
glycerine there, too, and this crude form
goes Ito the manufacturers of dynamite,
which is uitrOglycerine mixed with infus-
orial earth, so as to weaken It,
WT HERE Is the pile Of sawdust which
w used 10 be back OF the sawmill? In
New York alone, the business of collect.
Ing and disposing of sawdust Is an indus
try OF considerable proportions, amount
Ing 20 $2,OOO,OOO annually. Sawdust nov
commands a price all over the country
or $3.50 per load, while a few years ago
it was rubbish. When distilled there is
found acetic acid. wood alcohol, naph-
tina, and wOOd-tar, 70 say nothing CT
sugar from birch sawdust. And our
French neigh5Ors have found a way OF
preparing sawdust which gives It a value
known as "Bois durcl." IL Is capable
OF being nodded into any shape and
takes more brilliant polish than either
ebony. rosewood or mahogany. The rea-
son there Is not more money for as IN
the sawdust Is because we have as a
nation, more faith In cog Wheels than IN
test tubes.
II Is for this same reason that the
Germans are getting a large amount OF
our money for their coal-tar products.
which include VARIABLE drugs, perfumes
and dyes. They furnish the French the
alizarin which dyes the red trousers OF
the French soldiers. This Is a coal tar
wards OF 100000 Is used sp snas uiR n
this country for dyes and chemicals I'm
orr textile mills, we can see where mil-
hons might stay in this country by a
greater utilization OF offensive coal-tar.
The pile OF scraps back of the tin shop
~ also found no more. And who could
guess that the bloom OF youth on the
faces or 50 many ladies OF the present
day can be directly traced TO the old
TIN pans and cups which the rag man
Corrected. These vessels are made of
TIA and after they are picked" all
rust and other substances must be
washed OF with acids and water-the
picking liquo In not emptied out but
allowed 90 evapOrase and there Is found
In the vessel Venetian red and iron pig
ments, which are made up into rouge.
illuminating gas has 20 be washed and
scrubbed before IL Is introduced into
our homes. From this scrub water OF
the gashouses and the furnace gas of
iron works. thousands of tons of am
past few years has Increased her wealth
by Sl.OOOOOO year in utilizing the
waste gases Of blast furnaces for work
And, speaking Of the utilization Of
gases From the top of the furnace I'm
which iron ore is liquifying In the fer
~ carbon monoXide. whose hunger for
oxygen has been only half satisfied II
II could get that other atom OF oxygen
II would be gas that would only I
smother us when IL didn't make the soda |
fountain fzz. AS IL Is, carbon monoxido !
is a deadly poison. 1t has to be put TO /
some use. II won't burn under a boiler
very well. 1t is necessary to keep a bel
or Goals going so that the furnace gas
may stay lighted. But it has been found
out that even when Il Is too poor 20
keep alight Il Will explode In the com
bustion chamber Of a gas engine.
TT has been discovered also that a fur
mace smelling seven tons OF pig iron an
hour viii make enough furnace gas to
supply 9,lOO horsepower per hour. De
Quoting gas and power that can be eco
nomically used on the premises Il has
been estimated that there will be n sur
plus Of power 10 sell OF 5000 horse
power per hour. AS we are now able 10
transmit power cheaply by high-tension
currents, IL is not hard to see what this
means In the creation Of wealth. In our
large cities they sell electromotive force
Tor from four cents per horse power an
hour, up to twelve cents Call Il three !
cents, and 5000 horsepower per hour
means $50. which is more money than
seven tons Of pig iron will bring
When the men from the various char
ity organizations are collecting your old
and newspapers. you may
know they will appear again as paste
board boxes. The paper business Is
centrally an Industry created from using
wastes For many years old rope, straw
and linen and cotton rags, were the only
materials Of which paper was made. but
since chemistry has taught us that the
resins and gums In which the hbers OF