The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-13
The Cost of waste.

The Cost of Waste.
Men do not reap in the spring. my
dear
Nor are, sranaries filled IN May.
Save It be with harvest OF former
stored up for a, former day.
The seasons viii keep their own
true time.
You can hurry nor furrow nor 500:
It's honest labor and steadfast tnriis
That alone are blessed by God
ALFRED AUSTIN
A prominent aSricuIturist says that
many American farmers have not got
down 10 farming as business. anu
1hat the richness of their soil is me
only thing that saves them from
Speaking of the waste Of fodder.
he says:
There are weeds enough in many a,
corn fields to fatten carload OF
sheep. allowing them TO eat the down
stalks, the lower blades, and the 10"
hanging ears that the farmer would
hardly miss.
fodder. All through Ohio and 1ndf-
ana. and even IN New England, one
sees farmers busy taking down thef
corn shocks. all weather beaten on
I a
hand. throwing the corn into piles on
the ground, to be picked up again.
and then tying up the fodder. leaving
much of the valuable fodder outside
10 be weathered before II Is fed 10
the stock.
Even greater waste is that in the
corn that is not harvested. Iowa, III
inois. eastern Kansas ana SeofasKa;
and southern Minnesota had about
forty million acres of corn last year.
of which probably not more than one
fourth was harvested for the silo o.
the shock or for Shedding The resi-
goes to waste, and 1t amounts TO over
one-third of the feeding value OF tns
whole crop"
Bue the city dweller. be he bust
ness man or manufacturer. can NOT
afford TO point the finger of scorn al
the farmer as a waster. because waste
lis rampant IN the cities Likewise
Lewis 4 Theis. who has investi-
gated the subject thoroughly, Is au-
thority for the statement that unnec-
essary coal smoke costs American
industries and American cities
very great many millions OF dollars
yearly.
Black smoke consists largely Of
unconsumed coal particles thrown
into the atmosphere by improper
stoking Smoke also contains acids
of value which not only are usually
wasted, but they are also destructive
of everything they touch
The pollution of our atmosphere
with smoke places a heavy burden
upon US. It greatly increases the
death rate. 1t lowers our ehlclency-
Engineers have estimated that the
cost to the city of Cleveland because
of It's smoking factories is $6.ooo,eVe
a year The loss to Chicago Is estt-
mated ut SIT. o00.00o year me
loeople Of PittsburS suffer an annual
loss of $4,000. 900 through smoke
The annual bill on account OF smok-
! ing factory chimneys is reckoned a.
500, 600. 900.
one Pittsburg manufacturing COM
pany alone has effected a saving o.
I $50 .0oe year through the abolition
/ of smoke in its chimneys by means
of double steam pressure and
mechanical stokers-
Installation of smoke-consUmfnS
machinery and proper sfokinS. en-
eineers claim. will prevent much OF
the loss now suffered from TINS
source.
We are Mortified by the stipend
Gus waste being wrought by the de-
tstructve forces of war on the otneT
sde of the globe. Let US not overlook
the fact that individually and collect
Ifyelv we Americans are responsible
for an aggregate of waste which Is
almost If not quite as stupendous.
and the fact that historys most de-
yastating war is now IN progress
should impeI US to wage unremlt-
ting war on waste of all kinds in our
| own country