The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-09

Out e1o t10o0 a our more valuable
'dlsoovsries' discoveries Of sold IN
other forms-Aave Just dawnsd. For
tunes are easier made today thaA yss-
tsr1ay."
Mr.. Rockefeller. who has devoted .
long life to successfully srasping
golden mines Of opportunity" save
no specific directions - to Just whore
. few mines might be found, but hs
hit the nail sauarsly ON the head Just
the same. The modern fortuns-hunt
er does not carry = six-shootsr at his
belt snd Q diploma for accuracy in its
use notchsd in the butt Of 1t. He dis
likes hloodshed. loves good dinners,
goes to theatres and. ~ frsqusntly -
not. owns an automobile. Perhaps he
strikes q mine" In the midst Of q
crowded street. or he hits upon It
while listening to . Sunday sermon in
church. 1t was there. while bowed
In prayer. that one Of the most val.
liable keys to wireless telsgraphy
cape 70 its inventor,
Last year the country saved about
forty million dollars In the utilization
Of what. up until few ysars $50. was
known ~ waste" and Of all the
fields which Mr.. Rockefeller might
name there Il probably none which
o6efs greater opportunities at the
present time to men Of very small ~
we'll ~ large capital. than this. The
utilization Of wastes 10 not an entire
ly new idea. II has attracted . great
deal Of attention during the past six
years. especially. and its 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
a 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 4 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, a. we'll, 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
ing forces: how the great dry goods
merchant could add = good percentage
to his profits by utilizing" in various
ways, and 1t would show where new
by-product business could be started
and carried on at \ profit in every
city. II 10 pointed out that practically
the only utilization Of waste" bust.
ness with which the mass Of people
are acquainted. and in which they
take part. IL that Of old paper and old
rags!
In the employ Of the Canadian gov.
eminent. the writer spent part Of
last year In . study Of the situation
between the north shore Of Lake su'
peTior and the Pacific coast. The his.
tory Of the States has taught Canads
that the conservation Of the "surfaoa
wealth" Of . country 10 tremendous
ly important matter. and the govern
meat 10 making great efforts to proAt
By our mistakes. In spite Of these ef
forts, millions Of dollars are being
thrown away each year in western
Csnada-milltoas of dollars which
American capital and American brains
could save.
It may seem . little sxaggsrstsd
VIXEN I say that . hundrsd forennss
could bs made today IN Canadian saw
dust. What Michigan. Wisconsin and
Minnesota wsrs in the numbering