The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-31
COEUR DALENEs PLAY IMPORTANT PART
IN INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS REPORT
sTANLY A. EAsToN, STATE CHAIRMAN, WILL FILE COMPLETE
DATA COVERING IoAHos RESOURCES WITH NATION
AL ORGANIZATION AT WASHINGTON

among the states Nilen IL comes to
casting vote in the electoral college
for president but when the report of
Stanly A. Easton, Idaho chairman of
the naval consulting boards commit
tee on industrial preparedness, is filed
with the officials in Washington, D. c.,
II will be seen that the state is of con-
siderable importance among the sis
terhood when it comes to making an
inventory of the country's resources
which could be drawn upon for the
national defense in time of need.
For three months Mr. Easton, as
chairman of the Idaho committee has
been carrying on an exhaustive study
of the resources of Idaho, gathering
accurate data as to manufacturing
concerns and their capacity and what
material they could produce for The
firing line, together with the produce
ton of the mines of the state and
what they could do under pressure of
war demands from the national gov
ernment. In this work Mr.. Easton has
been assisted by M. S. Parker of st.
Maries, George F. Waddell of Squirrel,
o. G. F. Marknus of Boise and j. Shir-
ley Jones of Moscow.
information of Great Value.
While none of the information thus
secured is to become available for pub
lie use, the data gathered vii! be Of
inestimable value to the military
boards and will form the basis Of the
work of the naval CONSULTING board in
its recommendation for preparedness.
"The work of taking an inventory of
the resources of Idaho is now practie-
ally completed" stated Mr. Easton.
This will be forwarded to Washing
ton in a short time. While | am not
at liberty to give out any informati)n IN
concerning the report, | ann pleased t.
state that our committee has met
with hearty response on the part Of all
the manufacturing concerns and pro-
ducers of any materials which might
be used in preparing our country for
defense In not d single Instance did
we fail to get the earnest cooperation
of corporation heads and all have
worked in harmony with The commit
tee in making the inventory of Idaho's
resources complete and for this the
committee is very grateful"
Lead Production Factor.
With Idaho producing practically
one third of all the lead mined in the
United States, amounting last year to
345, ,999, ,466 pounds, and with the zinc
output totaling 70,153,234 pounds aud
copper 6,97S,71S pounds, it readily ne-
comes apparent that the state is OF
more than passing Importance when 1t
comes to discussing national prepar-
edness. OF considerable bearing
on the subject will be the new
Bunker Hill smelter and refinery,
which will prepare the lead for inn
mediate use and make way for the
establishment of various lines of man
ufacturing plants. Included in the re-
ports from the state will be shown not
only all producing mines and manu-
featuring plants, but foundries, ma
chine shops, chemical and metallurgl-
cal plants. Along with this will be
shown the number of skilled laborers
in the state. Maps and drawings OF
great value to the government are
also being contributed by many grea
mining and industrial companies.
Shows 5000 Producing Mines.
From preliminary estimates it ha:
been shown that in the United States
are more than 10000 manufacturing
concerns each doing business o
over 100000 year. Along with thi
are more than 5000 producing mines
Of all kinds, together with thousand
of foundries and large machine shops
all capable of becoming valuable unit
in a national defense movement.
What Mr.. Easton and his eoworker
have been doing in Idaho, AZ simila
boards, with a membership OF "a
leading engineers and business mer
have been doing in each state in tn
union and Alaska, the 49 boards com
prising the committee on industria
preparedness WIN hOWdTu IL Coiih Z"
chairman. What would generally b
reckoned task for years has bee
virtually completed by these skille
engineers working without compensa
ton, other than love of country,
less than three months. 1t was an un
dertaking with staggering outloo
but by a systematic and thoroug
campaign the mobilizing of America
industry for defense has been brougf
swiftly to successful state OF con
pleteness.
Societies Select Directors.
Each of the five directors in eao
state were named by one of the fN
great technical societies: the America
institute of Mining Engineers, Il
Amesican Society of Mechanical Ef
gineers. the American Institute
Electrical Engineers, American socie
of Civil Engineers, and the Americs
Chemical Society, the recommend
tions of these societies being submit