El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-11


Z The cyanide process OF extracting gold
worked out in the laboratory in 1880 by
I Macarthur and Forrest, is responsible
for fully One-third Of the worlds pro-
I ouction Of gold, and makes possible the
I five million annual production Of the
/ Homestake mine in North Dakota and
I the AS million Of South Africa.
Discovery Made Cities.
Blrming ham, P1ttsburg and many
other cities could never have come in
TO being but for the discoveries Of
Bessemer. Thomas and Siemens on the
open hearth process Of producing steel
Just now the O. s. governments eXper-
perts are completing the experiments
on obtaining power by the burning
Of coal gas. instead Of our old process OF
burning the coal under water to produce
power by steam Four times as much
power can be obtained from a ton OF
coal in this way as by the old pro-
cess The immense amount OF money
saved by this experiment is difficult
to imagine Another Illustration OF the
value Of higher education in chemistry
and mining is seen when one compares
Germany and England
In 1880 Englandis production OF pig
Iron was nearly three times as great
as Germany's. But since that time
Germany replenished her technical uni
Versities and sent out trained experts
to her mines, with the result that Ger
many production OF iron was, in 1903.
1900 600 tons more than Englands. AT
percent more than English ore. This
result from trained university experts
has added $3.50, 100000 per year TO Ger
many's wealth.
Germany Aided by Study.
Not only has this higher education
brought Germany ahead OF England in
iron production, but In the production
Of chemicals also. The service Of hun
dreds OF university trained chemists
In German factories has enriched that
course this increase was partly brought
about by discoveries, but these discoy-
cries happened IN the experimenting
laboratories Of the university trained
men, Even such discoveries and in
ventiOns in America as those OF Bell,
Franklin and Faraday, were only ex-
periments In scientific study but these
wonderful inventions of the telegraph,
telephone. electric motor and light
have poured thousands Of dollars into
the laps Of the Americans. Other
chemical Investigations. as that which
destroys the Oat smut, and the bacteria
millions OF dollars. The father Of Pas
teur was a sheep shearer. yet through
education his discoveries alone would
more than pay for every university
and college in the world
In Treating Tuberculosis.
Every one can realize the immense
value OF the discovery and cure for
iberia or typhoid, OF smallpox High
er chemical investigation was the only
means by which these great cures could
be discovered. Nowadays, less than 8
percent Of the patients Of either one OF
these diseases are lost The method
of incubation has brought about this
wonderful change The dreadful losses
IN the south by yellow fever, malaria
and the hOokworm have been greatly
lessened by scientific treatment Not
only was the death rate enormous, but
the commercial loss IN Cuba, Panama,
Mexico and the southern states was
millions Of dollars every year. Now
with improved sanitation and scientlIlC
treatment, all this has been changed,
and there is little doubt that within
the next few decades the higher sci
ence VIII have made such strides that
a cure VIII be found for nearly every
KIND of disease IN the world.
Educated Men Necessary.
Not only are educated men necessary
70 the scientific world, but they are
necessary to the Industrial prosperity
o. the state There can be no low
NnetS lhere Is no security of life and
property, and where justice is lacking.
70 secure these conditions we must
nave educated leaders to frame our
avs and the citizens must be edu-
Sets9- ana how can they become edu-
Celeu SO as TO raise the efficiency Of I
tAe state and the Individual unless |
me state carefully provides for schools
e-- , Lor teachers TO improve every To-
-e--ts- II little time and less money Is Z
sven 10 the advancement of higher
SoituIe certainly little progress viii
DS maze Quantities or raw products {
VIII De raised only to be sent to for
S-sH states. where they viii be made
mo manufactured articles. 4 state
VIII never lead unless Its citizens re-
SelEe All the best advantages of edu-
eetlon- This IS proved by the lead
9isA-P OF sucn states as New York