The chronicle=news., 1914-06-17
NATIONAL
RESOURCES $AY$
NINE WEAu CHEF

Washinst0s. Juss l7.-Thsl The
eostisued prosperity II the usits4
s,sie. depsads spss the riskifsi sss
Of its aaiussi resources. sssrh - eoal.
oil. asiHssi s.s ssA the other aia-
erals. ssa that ss~hsrksA vsses
mssss posessy ssa ssis to say ress.
Try. sas the wssstss issued BY IN.
jessph A. iiolses. aisertor a The
usii-a sssiss bureau II siaes 70
The ~ssshss.yss The Natural d.a ~
sneisstos u 'Anesisa At their ssesal
rosSeattos il ~, i.osks. No
Tho director II the sasess. vko
believes that eoasssvsatos II thess
scsoasves n oss sf The asass tmnoss,
sat prohissas eoaisussiss the people
Of the eoastsy today. said. - sn
moi istrsrsasd 10 ssy wsS II thai
soss of eossessAiios which lnaks to-
ward the iorhtax sp of the ssiaEal
Ersnusrss Of the eosatsy fos The fs-
iusv Sh~a us seed ihass E~unssrea
narse,ses dsvtag the pgsssas sssssa-
tioa, ! thiak 90 wili sii sssss ~
psssiiesI dnrssise ot eoss~rssiiss.
ihsi ~hite ~1 have . stshs 10 uas
esesyth1ax ~~ ss-d ~ tho psesssl
iia~. ~~ have no right To sAss- ~.
s~r<sssstis what - 'hy heritage a
s~s~ssttnas yet 10 ruas~. II y hard.
! tisd. to ri i,-opie In sesitsp the
imroSssae~ at eoss~rsisg ass aais.
raj r~Soasr~s nader lhss pstsriple. e.
,,sslaSty In st-~ af the tart that 80
have q n~w aad 10 snss~ cxs~as. NJ.
d~setop~d coan'ry. bet II saitlss
with p-opie frun the a,ars roasssies
ilkr Great Rrjtsis. whese they have
os,~sal~d Industries for . lhuasasa
YEAR, rs compared with osv oac hua-
is-d y~ass. ! fisd that they rrsliss
what . Thousand y~srs sseaa asa
they sraiis~ hov the resoasres Which
they arr aow usiag st % ssptd .
s.s~ wiii. IN . few husdsed ysess.
hs practically exhausted ssa that
~h~a lhoas rrsoarv~s ssv exhausted
Il means almost saaihilstios Tor ssy
eo.assy situated ~ Great lssissia b.
aud which u 20 entirely dci'cudest
for iss comas~rciai success uiroa the
dsv~lopmsat Of its tartosss Wlnvsas
rrsourrra with whteh u hss bssa
% xraeruasly bioaed. Aad whoa v~
rvailse the impostaaec d prevea,iae
waste At mineral resources. dsawiss
cur insofmattoa fro0 the sxpesSeses
Of the older eouatrses. u makes 10
more serious ia deaiisx With this In.
rorsaat problem II this eoun'ry.
"In the last few decades. wc have
bceome . great manufacturing snd
Industrial nation. In the earlier
vcass Of our history wc were aa AZ.
ricuiturai people. hut ~hen you look
a, our production of eoal. which b
,ccomlug more and more an index
cs the great Industrial prosrcss Of
the nation. Il makes rs realize potni-
rdly tho Importance Of conservation
IN Wow os Increased demand. for YOU
will find that during the past 100
ycars-it was just about 100 years
| ssu that wc beean To usc coal In tho
United slatcx-wc have doubled our
consumption Of coal every decade. In
other words. from 1900 to 1910 VIZ
used aimost ~ much coal as we had
usrd during tho az years preceding.
| When you say that To man he Ii
apt to reply. "Of course that cannot
keen mn in,lrfinitciv. but why inay
not consumption ot roai increase
| enormously! We used 10 years ago
about one ton Of coal per capita. Dur
inS tho past year VIZ used nearly
sly tons Of coal per rapiin. More
and more wc arc becoming n labor
saving country: more and more VIC
npe becoming n manufacturing coun-
try: more and more VIC arc bccom-
ing n country Of transportation and
all our industries depend upon the
| utilization Of our natural fuels.
| MY opinion Is that replacement
of fuels by water power IL going to
ho somewhat like the replacement OF
the street transportation facilities of
n great city like New York by sub
ways and elevated roads. You may
remember when the construction ot
elevated roads in New York city was
proposed people said that these roads
would destroy the surface lines. hut
they arc crowded: and when the SUBJ
ways were projected they were "a
accommodate everybody. and yet the
surface cars are Just as crowded now
as they were before the elevated OF
tho subways were used. I don't be-
,ieye We will ever notice 4 differ