Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
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but the times of our more valuable
'discoveries'-di of gold in
other forms-nave just dawned. For
tunes are easier made today than yes
terday"
Mr.. Rockefeller, who has devoted
long life to successfully gras ping
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 -hunE
er does not carry six shooter at his
belt and diploma for accuracy in its
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 mine" in the midst of
crowded street, OF 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
uable keys to wireless telegraphy
came to it's inventor
Last year the country saved about
forty million dollars in the utilization
of what. up until 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
we'll as large capital, than this The
utilization OF wastes is not an entire
ly new idea. It has attracted great
deal of attention during the past six
years. especially, and it's wonders"
have been exploited many times-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
hundred million dollars could be
saved, or made, each year by utiliza-
tion of wastes instead of forty million,
and that such department would
within few years be as valuable as
the Department of Agriculture, which
has worked revolution in the farm
ing methods of the nation This de-
partmsnt would be of value not only
to the large manufacturers and pro-
ducers, who are the sole waste prod
uct" ,tilizers of today. but would open
mines of profit to thousands of mer-
chants. wholesale men, small dealers
and manufacturers, and would open
up, as we'll, new fields for eth
er snail or large capital. 1t would
shoW wholesale dealers how the thou
sands of bushels of fruit which spoil
on heir hands each season could be
made to pay the wages of their work
ing forces; how the great dry goods
merchant could add good percentage
| to his profits by utilizing" in various
ways, and it would show where new
bf-product business could be started
and carried on at profit in every
:ity. 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 q 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-millias of dollars which
American capita and American brains
| could save.
1t may seem \ little exaggerated
when 1 say that ! hundred fortunes
could be made toda in Canadian saw.
dust. What Michian, Wisconsin and
Minnesota we're IL the numbering