The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-01
ON BOARD THE GOOD SHIP EARTH"
The Iron Ags--ana Then Hhaf9
BY HERBERT QUICK.

bins God has stored almost twice as much--Andrew
Carnegie thinks about 2.500.oo0,O 900 tons-snd the
best OF this the Entity picked up stormy day In
1907 when Mr. Roosevelt let Gary have the Tennessee
Coal a. Iron Co--to prevent a panic Altogether we
have In the United States about 1oo0oooo.oOo tons
or iron which Is worth taking into account. That's
what the Laird OF Skibo thnksbut he also says that
the bodies when worked out usually fall short OF
the estimates.
There Is no reason to think we shall nd any great
supply 10 add to these-not- In the United States.
Canada is promising place to search and In the
unexpored mountains of the other continents great
deal may be found-but to depend on such thing Is
like throwing found money to the dogs In the con-
dent expectation OF picking treasure troye before
it's gone. Germany and Britain and Sweden have
the only other supplies comparable to ours-though
Cuba and Brazil have immense deposits--but they do
not relieve the anxieties much, OF Passenger who
cares what becomes OF the folks on board
Now without any increase In the rate OF mining,
the known supply in the Lake Superior region win
give out within thirty years Judge Gsrys Entity ,
will empty those bunkers By 1888 half the workable
in this country will be gone-and all the time
Sweden, Britain and Germany will be eating up their
supply-and then, resorting TO the poorer Ores the
work will go on until by the year 1000 our supply
will be gone.
i think the case Is one that demands attention on
the part OF those who expect to leave descendantor
who care about the descendants of others-and that
ought to take In about everybody.
We a should see to IL that iron Is saved by
all possible For this reason. IL for no other.
should provide for the carrying OF freight on
natural artificial waterways. as to prevent the
loss by wearing OF steel rails In carry
est way of carrying freight. anyhow. More water
ways and less spending of iron railways. And It
would half the coal bill for transportation too
thus easing up the emptying OF the coal bunkers
We should concrete for all erections for which
II IL adaptedfor there Is cement and stone in plenty
for all ages The next age should be the Age of
Concrete.
We should stop building battleships.
Think OF robbing the bunkers filed by the Master
who built and launched the ship with things neees-
sary to the highest good OF the Passengers, and OF
making the goods into murderfactories like
warships And the warship industry 10 what keeps
lot Of seam-shovels at work scooping out our iron
day after day. year after year. Think OF Passengers
using the supplies weapons with which to kill
each other.
Then we should see to It that all iron when worn
out Is saved. worked up into new forms and used
instead iron from the earth For iron. unlike
coal is not limited to occasion Of use. II lasts
Probably the store In increases the need for
dirgfnR Il out Of the bunkers will lessen. Let US
hope 30. But those steel ships sunk In war-they
were lost forsvsri Stop wasting our iron on war
shipsi
For. be a. optimistic a. WILL should re-
member that only two Of the i've continents are at
ALI we'll supplied with railways and that when the
two-thirds Of the Passengers who do not mine iron
or use many machines really wake up. We may face
an iron famine. which will endangsr civilization
itself.
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