The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-22

the Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories
or Chicago. -Advt.
Ignite, because cheap fuel and cheap
| power are basic factors in industrial
| growth. The gradual development Of
the Ignite industry in the way which
I have pointed out will result in d
great stimulus and growth Of our lig-
mite mining as well as in the gas and
| electric power plants which, in them
selves, become industries Of no small
Importance. The development Of
cheap and abundant power will be a
great aid, not only to the growth Of
manufacturing industries, but also to
agriculture. .
"On the farm there are many kinds
of work which "a be very advan-
! ~tageously done by electric power.
Manufacturers are beginning to adapt
many farm machines to electricity
and producers in some regions are be-
ginning to extend their transmission
lines into the rural districts, while
many u~p-to-date scientific farmers
are finding in electricity a new form
Of power which is proving to be a
wonderful helper in relieving the te-
dunn of certain routine farm
work. In nearly all cases
where modern electric devices
for the farm have been adopted,
a large. saving has been effected, es-
pec1ally in time and hand labor with
a consequent reduction in the amount
of hired help required, one Of the most
difficult problems the farmer has to
meet.
Data secured from some sixty
farmers, in q district in an east CEN
trail state, who have connected their
farms with electric transmission lines
gives some interesting information as
to usefulness, cost of installation and
cost Of operation. In most cases cleo
tricity was adopted for a great vari-
ETY. of. purposes such as lighting
houses, barns, ETC., pumping water,
grinding feed, saving wood, elevating
grain and fodder, running ream sepa-
rators, churnS, washing machines,
sewing machines, and for many other
| purposes.
1.-THE cost of wiring, meters and
about forty lights, ETC., for house and
barn for light and power amounted to
about $1S5. Two small motors are
not included in these figures. These
motors are usually about one-half
horse power for house use and about
three hor@o power for general farm
purposes. Both Of these are common .
ly made portable so they can be moved
where wanted. Lighting current in
these cases was charged at about 10
cents per X. W. hour and power at
about 5 cents per k. w. hour. Thus a
Is c. P. Tunsten lamp los about one
fifth cent per hour and the power cost
about 3 LIZ to 4 cents per hour per
horse power.
considering h fact that the cost
ceases when the work is finished and
the current Off and other points Of ad-
vantage, electricity has in these cases
proven very economical and a great
convenience and comfort.
BY the use of waste gas from a
combined by-product and briquetting
plant, electricity could be produced
ready for distribution at 8 cents or
less per k. W., probably less.
Among the many industries which
abundant fuel and cheap power would
greatly stimulate and which could be
developed in this state, might be men
toned the -four industry, creameries,
cheese factories, starch factories, pos
s1bly sugar beet factories Gin the
western part Of the state), plants for
the conversion VI flax into fibre, cloth,
Durlap, paper, Irvine, etc., wooden
mills, sash and door mills, foundries
n machine shops, canning and pick
ing factories, combination box, cabi-
net, etc, factories, soap factories,
combined overalls and knitting fac
tories, implement factories and a
large number of smaller factories
giving employment to a few families,
IN addition to which should be the de-
Velopment of our vast high grade clay
resources in the western part of the
state to which l ave already alluded.
giving in themselves a variety Of in
dustrles such as plants for making
pressed brick, fire brick, hollow ware,
| nayjnp hrinE drain tile coruo -
stoneWare and various grades Of pot
terry.
"All of these industries would he
enormously aided and stimulated bv
the greater development or our Ignite
industry and by cheap gas for fuel,
power or cheap electricity. any of which
might be provided as a b~y-product in
the development of our Ignite depos-
it's.
"By the methods we have pointed out
there can be produced from Ignite a
gas which can be converted into power
with a marked saving. In addition 20
tes nearly equal to anthracite in fuel
value n so uniform and desirable
that the product can find a market in
competition with other coal for a long
distance from the deposits. All OF this
will, of course, mean in the aggregate
the saving Of large sums of money for
the citizens of this state, the develop
ment in a very large way of our coal
oA0 way uCpOSiSo III LllS iIlIIouuCLlCu
of a variety of manufacturing indus
tries in an otherwise purely agricul-
tural region. s.
Let us awaksn to the great resour-
ces and opportunities of our state. LIE
not the people of his or n other
section of the state overlook the fact
that there is dawning for North Da-
kota a new and marvellous develop
ment. Let us be the first to help it
forward. Let us be active and enthus.
iastic in all that will aid in lettering
our farming interests and in building
with our agricultural. a condition
which will bring a new era of prosper.
ity and stability which few states can
excel.
thusiastic but also active in boosting
for IN industrial as we'll as an agri-
cultural development which will make