Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-03-23

but the times of our more valuable
discoveries discoveries of gold in
other forms-have just dawned. For
tunes are easier made today than yes
terday."
Mr.. Rockefeller, who has devoted a
long life to successfully grasping
golden mines of opportunity" gave
no specific directions as TO Just where
few mines might be found, but he
hit the nail squarely on the head just
the same. The modern fortune-hunt-
er does not carry a six-shooter at his
belt and diploma for accuracy in it's
use notched in the butt of it. He dis
likes bloodshed, loves good dinners,
goes to theatres and. as frequently as
not, owns an automobile. Perhaps he
strikes a mine" in the midst OF a
crowded street, or he hits upon 1t
while listening to a Sunday sermon in
church. 1t was there, while bowed
in prayer, that one of the most val
liable keys to wireless telegraphy
came to its inventor.
Last year the country saved about
forty million dollars in the utilization
of what, up until a few years ago, was
known as waste" and of all the
fields which Mr.. Rockefeller might
name there is probably none which
offers greater opportunities at the
present time to men OF very small as
well as large capital, than this. The
utilization of wastes is not an entire
ly new idea. 1t has attracted great
deal of attention during the past six
years, especially, and it's wonders"
have been exploited many tinfes-the
wonders, for instance, OF coal tar by
products, of ink made from the rusty
hoops of old barrels, of silk ties made
of the limbs Of trees, and of the re-
markable utilization of everything
from hoof to tail in our slaughter
houses. 1t has been estimated that
q hundred million dollars could be
saved, or made, each year by utiliza
tion Of wastes instead of forty Million
and that such a department would
within few years be as valuable as
the Department of Agriculture, which
has worked a revolution in the farm
ing methods of the nation. This de-
partment would be of value not only
to the large manufacturers and pro-
ducers, who are the sole waste prod
uct" utiliZers of today, but would open
mines of profit to thousands of mer-
chants, wholesale men. small dealers
and manufacturers, and would open
up, as well, new fields for eth
er small or large capital. 1t would
show wholesale dealers how the thou
sands of bushels of fruit which spoil
on their hands each season could be
made to pay the wages of their work
ang forces; how the great dry goods
merchant could add a good percentage
to his profSs by utilizing in various
ways, and It would show where new
by-product business could be started
and carried on at a profit In every
city. 1t is pointed out that practically
the only utilization OF waste" busi-
ness with which the mass Of people
are acquainted, and in which they
take part, is that of old paper and old
rags!
In the employ of the Canadian gov
ernment, the writer spent part Of
last year in a study of the situation
between the north shore of Lake Su-
perior and the Pacific coast The his
tory of the States has taught Canada
that the conservation of the Surface
wealth" of a country is tremendous
ly important matter. and the govern
ment is making great efforts to profit
by our mistakes. In spite of these ef-
forts, millions of dollars are being
thrown away each year in western
Canada-millions OF dollars which
American capital and American brains
could save.
It may seem a little exaggerated
when / say that q hundred fortunes
could be made today in Canadian saw.
dust What Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota we're in the numbering