Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-21
A NATION OF MASTERS

AS result Of the and the consequent shortage of
dyes which mostly came from Germany plant costing
$000O000 is being erected Pitsburg for the pur
pose OF utilizing the byproducts OF the cOng furnaces
In Germany all these are used the principal being
the basis of dyes Not only will the heretofore wasted
materials be utilized but the smoke and gasses will be
done away with and unmitgaed nuisance gotten rid
Of at the same time. The war is teaching America vast
number of things that will be of material benefit to her
through all the years to 1t is teaching her stop
waste in hundreds Of places and to extract from her
materials all their values without saving few and dump
ing the balance into the waste pile
1t is claimed that the saw dust wasted daily in the
mills of the northwest would make 10000 tons Of paper
and that from the mills of the south still larger amount
Yet for all the time mills have been running in this
country that product has gone to waste. At the same
time there is almost paper famine, is shown by the
east ordering print paper from the mills at Oregon City
but few days agOthe first ORDER by the way sent
the west for paper of this kind In the eastern cities
thousands of tons of old paper destroyed In fact of
all this material there is practically used the second
time or for any valuable purpose than kndng for
the fires.
1t is so in all lines We as people are just naturally
wasters. We throw away the remnants from our tables
that people of other nations gladly save and make over
into paatable dishes.
We waste in wearing materials and were it not for
someone with thrifty disposition who sees the values
in these wastes would probably burn most of old
clothes, as indeed many do
There is sample of this here in Salem just now, that
shows how much is wasted Mr.. Stenbach is preparing
for shipment to the east some 80 of wooden rags cast
off clothing that but for his thrift and energy would have
been entire waste but which not only will net him
snug but really help to fill the Unsuitable demand
for rags.
Before the war thousands Of tons of rags were inn
ported from Europe when the tariff wool was the
highest and these made into shoddy. Many an
Americans best suit manufactured largely from the
cast off garments of those who had not nearly as much
money or half the wage.
1t is so in most manufacturing plants in this country
The big packing plants noted exception for it said
of them they every part of the hogs they kill except
the squea They get old Dutch cleanser product
pepsn another brstes hides glue from the hoofs the
Fat of the oa is saved and the oa itself is worked up
and sold as fertilizer.
What the packers have done in their business the
thrifty Germans have done in practically all lines They
have studied every phase of their products and have
practically utilized all of them.
That lesson are perfOrce learning, and thus while
Europe is eXhaustng its in are just
learning utilize ours and to that extent becoming self
sustaining The countries that found America their
best market will learn before long that their enforced
keeping out of markets have taught us to supply them
for ourselves and they will be lost to them forever We
have been wastres and pendthfs and easy picking for
our more sensible and more thrifty neighbOrS; now at
the worst will only take advantage of the utrhift of
our own people