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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

Necessity increases mans power
over elements. 1t teaches him 10 re-
solve solids into liquids, and TO con-
vert the air into solids. What grew
on the backs Of animals and flowed
through the veins Of trees ne Will
produce for himself where there are
neither animals nor trees,provided MS
need is great enough. England Is
matching the ingenuity of Germany
in these matters. Invention and
chemical research have been enor-
mously stimulated, and the results
as fast as they appear are comman-
deered for the common good.
Consumption
of Genius
Recently, under the Defence Of the
Realm Act, the British government
issued a regulation which is in eff
feet to conscript the fruits of sclen-
tiic exploration. Hereafter it shall
be lawful for the Admiralty, or
Army Council or Minister of Num-
tons, with a view to the more eifi-
Gent production of war materials, to
require any person to communicate
to the government, for its free use,
any invention, process or method
whereby the production Of war goods
may be facilitated or improved. The
government undertakes, after the
war, to return the information, with
out prejudice to the rights of the in
dividual then to enjoy it for his own
profit, in the legal manner known
before.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
What Cities
Throw Away

Then there are the by-products
Incidental to the everyday lives of
100, 100000 Americans. These may
be Jumped together as sewage,
sweepings and garbage. For the
greater part, these represent at
present an absolute waste and their
disposal monetary loss.
For each inhabitant, it is esti-
mated, there is daily yield Of 10.5
ounces of sewage sludge. At this
rate the 200 or so cities Of the
United States, with a population of
more than 10000 each, would pro-
duce 100000 tons of wet sludge q
year.
A survey Of selected American
cities Of more than 10000 inhabi-
tants shows n yield Of 1904 900 tons
Of street sweepings, only 1854
tons of which were used as fertilizer,
while 673,000 tons were used as fill
ing. AT this rate Of collection the
200 cities Of more than 10000 inhab-
itants would yield 100000 ton. Of
street sweepings annually.
The dead animal tankage Of these
cities is about $4,000 tons a year,
representing roughly 100000 tons of
carcasses.
The composition of garbage is al
most indeterminate, because Of the
great variety of material entering it.
1t is disposed Of by dumping and
burying on land, feeding TO swine,
dumping at sea, incinerating and
rendering. In the cities of over 3d.
600 population there is collected
about 100000 tons Of garbage an
nually. This, if rendered, should
yield 100000 tons Of dry tanknge,
worth s2,5OO,OOO.
II the waste from the stream Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Overlooking the
Cotton Bale

The government of the United
| States has said that there is a mini
mum loss of S50,OO0,0OO per annum
in wastage in our present method Of
handling the cotton crop. .And until
somewhat checked by legislation, I'M
bridled speculation in cotton cost the
trade fabulous sums Of money.
The crop of 10000 cost the spin
ner the enormous sum Of 0,000,-
900 more than the farmer got. That
was enough to duplicate the entire
cotton factories of Great Britain,
which at that time operated nearly
half the cotton spinning machinery
Of the world.
At the cotton gin we put on each
pound bale % pounds Of bagging
and ties. Yet bale Of East Indian
grown cotton weighing 412 pounds
travels twice the distance and ar
riyes at the factory in better condi-
ton wrapped in canvas and bands
weighing only eight pounds.
Proper packing would save in
freights alone on American cotton 10
cents a hundred pounds, which would
mean a saving of 100000 on a
/ $4,000, 000-bale crop.
These things make the big end OF
the cotton drain, though there are
many lesser leaks.
A cotton planter hauling his crop
to town will stuff 25 cents worth Of
cotton under the collar Of a mule,
when by taking ten steps he could
buy for 10 cents a pad which would
last ten times as long.
Many an owner Of "gin outfit"
viii do hundreds Of dollars Of damage
70 the cotton be handles in a season
rather than pay $40 to a "gin
tinker" Millions Of bales are left
out in the weather, lying fat on the
wet ground, when putting a couple
Of pieces Of cordwoOd under each
bale would save the growers from
deductions for country damage"
running into some millions Of dollars
each season.
Leave the cotton farm for a brief
look into the cotton factory. II is a
fact that Southern mill superinten-
dents have been discharged for re-
ducing the waste production. As
one mill president protestingly put
il: eve sell our waste for spot
cash"
There IL also lots Of room for
waste" efficiency in the woollen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

can mills grind into shoddy. An Cd
servant buyer Of waste from textile
factories would make the best sort OF
credit man to pass on their rating.
Indeed, from many textile establish
ment much more money passes out
in the waste bag than reaches the
stockholders in dividend checks.
From the dye houses liquid color
enough to stain a continent runs
down the drain pipes every year.
And while we import immense guam
titles of linen we burn up in the
straw uncounted tons Of fax fibre
every year.
One important factor in farming
economy as yet only in its initial
stage is the utilization of by-prod-
rcts. Under the best cultural meth
DDS there is always percentage OF
the crop that will not grade suffi-
GENTLY high to justify shipment. In
a recent year, according to estimates,
100000 carloads of agricultural
products went to waste In the United
/ States.
There are good commercial values
being neglected which can be profit
ably obtained by the recovery Of oil
yielding residues from raisin seed
waste and O number Of other neg
lected plants.
Farm Land
Washed Into Sea
Another cause of immense pernra-
nent loss to the farmer is soil ero-
sion, which is costing the United
States many millions Of dollars a
year. The amount Of good soil ma
terial passing yearly to the sea by
Just such process exceeds by more
than two times the total amount OF
material removed in digging the
Idnama Cdnhl.
One day American landowners
will realize that the ruthless cutting
of timber is a costly practice. 1t
destroys the value of the land either
as forest land or for reforestation,
and contributes to results such as
those pointed out by the Geological
Survey, which reported that the
amount of silt carried by the Hud-
son River was 24O, 900 tons year and
that the Roanoke, Susquehanna, Ala
bama, Savannah, Tennessee rivers
and the Missouri above Ruegg car
ried to the sea annually no less than
194,279,000 tons Of silt.
The Mississippi River drains over
one-third of the area Of the United
States and delivers to the Gulf of
Mexico from $40 to $50 million tons
of suspended material yearly. Much
of all this great loss is preventable,
and this part of the loss at very
low estimate is reckoned at $4,000
600 a year. The Piedmont region
of North Carolina loses unneces-
sarily over 100000 a year from
the same cause. Four million acres
Of American land are actually de-
stroyed by erosion every twelve
months.
Two methods are being employed
to stop this waste. The first is &C
complished by the incorporation Of
organic matter in the soil and break
ing the soil to a considerable depth.
The second is brought about by i'm
posing terraces to decrease the We
locity of the surface run off. It Is
mainly a question with the farmer
in many areas whether he will re-
tain for use part of his land or lose
it all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
W0stetuluess the Great Sin
OF the american People
For Four Hundred Years the White Man on Ibis Con-
tinent Has Ravished Nature of Her
Accumulated Stores
By WILLIAM WHITTAM
Accumulated Stores

mean in fuel conservation, if put to
use, may be figured from the fact
that to produce q continuous horse
power year from six to twenty tons
of coal are required. Taking the
higher estimate of fifty millions
latent water horsepower and ten
tons of coal per continuous horse
power year this would equal the total
coal production of the United States
during 1911.
Stripping OF
the Forests
Incredible wastefulness has char
acterized the exploitation of our for
ests. Careful computation shows
that on an average Go per cent Of
every tree felled does not reach the
market, but is thrown away. A ride
through many forest areas will show
standing thousands of dead trees,
stripped of their bark to be used in
the manufacture Of tanning extract.
There is wasted in the United States
each year 100000 tons of slabs,
edgings and sawdust, each ton OF
which is capable of yielding fifteen
gallons of alcohol.
Mountains of waste wood, as big
as colliery culm piles, are scattered
all over the yellow pine regions Of
the Southern States and the chemi-
cal engineer is demonstrating that
paper fibre can be extracted from
them on a commercially profitable
scale.
Indeed, a new industry, based on
this wood waste as raw material,
has already started in the South.
Two factories have been set up to
manufacture from these immense &C
foundations of waste the pulp from
which the strong, brown wrapping
paper, known as Kraft" is made.
At present we are importing some
10000 tons annually of this special
grade Of pulp, And, too, our lum-
bermen complain of legislative re-
strictions which prevent cooperation,
thus encouraging cut-throat competi-
ton which compels the marketing OF
only the cream of the stumpage and
the throwing away Of immense guam
titles of valuable material which
ought to be utilized.
Extensive investigations by the
Bureau of Chemistry have demon
strated that by utilizing the stumps,
dead trees, sawdust and other waste
material of the lumber industry not
only all the turpentine used in this
country can be proftably produced,
but that all the tar pitch, rosin
spirits, rosin oils, nethyl alcohol,
acetate of lime and acetone can be
extracted from the same waste prod
ucts. In addition there could be ma
terial left for making large quaint
ties of ethyl alcohol, paper, oxalic
acid and other chemicals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

Americans have wasted enough to
nav the cost of the present war In
Europe many times over.
For four hundred years and more
the white man on this hemisphere
has ravished nature Of her treasures
and wantonly wasted wellnigh as
much of them as he has turned into
use.
The time has now come for an in
telligent economy in the use Of our
resources. for while Nature is open
handed with her accumulated sur
pluses. she is niggardly in the re-
production of many Of them.
When the war is over and the
people of the belligerent nations take
I'D the task of recouping their stu
pendous losses, they will approach 1t
with a training in thrift generations
long, intensified by forced new econ
omies that will make them super
frugal for many a year to come
They will match this superfrugality
against the new extravaganza bred
by war profit prosperity in this
country.
American families, the Depart
ment of Agriculture has estimated,
waste up to one-ffth Of the edible
portion of the food they purchase.
However, it is in the larger units
of industrial, mining and agricult-
ural activities that the element Of
waste in this country becomes more
concretely apparent. Efforts to
check wasteful processes have not
been entirely lacking in recent years,
but as yet the saving effected IN
most instances has been only partial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
White Fuel
Unharnessed

In any examination Of the natura,
resources Of this country water
cover or white COAL" as tho
French term il, calls for attention
when II is variously estimated that
from thirty 20 fifty million horse
power is running 10 waste down un-
developed American watercourses.
Some idea Of what this would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Coal Goes Up
the Chimney


the Chimney
For every ton Of coal mined In the
United States half a ton is wasted,
or left underground in such shape
that it will never be used. Govern
ment Investigators have said that in
1911 for 5O0,O0O,00O tons Of coal pro
duced 25O,OO0,000 tons were thus
lost, and this amount is increased by
the unmeasured millions of tons
belched from house and factory
chimneys in the form Of black smoke,
due in the main to inefficient stoking.
But we are checking some Of our
fuel extravaganza. Mechanical stok-
ers, damper regulators and appara-
tus known as "fuel economizers, y
have done much, and the coal opera
tor has also helped, as is shown by
the more than sixty million tons Of
coal recovered since the first
"washerie" was established in 1890
and the 100000 tons annually re-
claimed from the culm banks and
river bottoms Even some Of the
shale is now being usefully employed
as an ingredient in a superior quail
ity Of building bricks, while coal
dust is being put up in the form Of
fuei briQuettes. Recent economy
goes stin further, for during 1915
100000 gallons of tar was OBJ
tanned at coal gas plants
The recovery Of what were for
merly coal wastes, such as tar, am
monia, benzol. naphthalene and cokt
amounted in 1915 10 $80,3O0, 900.
Coke Ovens
Yield By-PIoducts
1t is but recently that a waste Of
between $50, 000, 900 and $4,000, 00(
year could be charged against the
neglect TO recover the by-product;
which escaped from the beehive coke
ovens of the country. The waste
saving has now proceeded to such ar
extent that during last year (1915)
138,400,000 gallons Of tar was OBJ
tanned in connection with the manu-
facture Of coke in this country alone
And our by-product coke plants also
yielded $4,000 tons of ammonium
sulphate during the same period
Coke and retort carbon produced was
l5,796,461 tons, valued at approx
mately s56,000,00O.
In another branch Of mining we
are also inordinately prodigal, for il
Is estimated that our waste Of metal
liferous ores amounts TO about Is pei
cent Of the total output Of the mines
Natural Gas
Leaks
Although in 1925 Fredonia, N. Y.
was lighted with natural gas, it wa!
only during 1872 that in Titusyille
Penn, the first natural gas line wa!
laid in this country and the first us,
made of it in a city for domestic
purposes To-day we are turning
loose into the atmosphere a guam
tity Of natural gas larger than thu
total output Of artificial gas during
the same period in all the towns anC
cities Of the United States. Much oi
the appalling waste could be stopped
~ compulsory conservation and the
use Of methods and appliances for
combustion.
''NI;t~ ErsF'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
Hear Charles Harrison
in a Recital Tomorrow

The joint organ and song recital
arranged for tomorrow evening in
the Bethlehem Lutheran church will
attract a large audience, for this is
the first appearance in the city of
Charles Harrison, tenor soloist of the
Brick Church, New York City, whose
beautiful tenor voice heard in records
of various talking machines has
brought him widely before the pub
lie. Mr.. Harrison's selections will in
clude famous oratorio numbers and
q choice group of songs.
Miss Clara Cromleigh, organist of
the church, one of the finest musicians
of the city will play several organ Sc
lections of great beauty. Doors will
be open at 1880 o'clock and the pro-
gram will begin promptly at S:15.
The rules governing the church
building will not permit the selling of
tickets, only taking a silver collection,
no subscriptions are solicited to
help pay expenses. Subscribers pay
ing fifty cents each will receive pat
ron's cards, and no further pay is
asked. The cards may be secured at
the music stores of C. M. Sigler, Inc,
j. Fl. Troup, p. NJ. Oyler and Yohn
Brothers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
Henry Andrew Baer's Party
on Thirteenth Birthday

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Baer of 1903
Penn street gave a party in honor of
their son, Henry Andrew Baer, who
celebrated his thirteenth birthday
anniversary. The diningroom was
decorated in pink and white.
The centerpiece for the supper
table was a birthday cake with thir-
teen lighted candles and the favors
for the young folks were boxes in
the shape of English walnuts filled
with bon bons
The guests were Donald o. Rankin,
Valiant w. Kenney, Leroy c. Conrad,
Ralph e. Burtnet, William +. Tyson,
Henry S. Jordan, Lloyd w. Gotwalt,
and Henry A. Baer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS
WORK OF Y.W.C.A.
TO BE EXPLOITED
People of the City Have OPP
portunity to See All Glasses
at Work Tomorrow

A special feature of the Y. w. c.
class night" tomorrow evening at
the association rooms, Fourth and
Walnut streets.
Miss M Caroline Weiss will be hos
tess for the educational classes and
Miss Fanny M. Eby for the gym
nasium girls. This inspection of cluO
work will be most interesting for the
Domestic Science class will be seen
cooking; the latest Spring styles in
hats will be given, beautiful baskets
woven and dresses shown in the max
ing. Mrs. Menges has asked the use
of the stage as a setting for her Span
ish colony, with the senoras and sem
oritas in gay colored costumes will
speak and sing in native tongue.
The gym girls will go through many
attractive stunts and the exhibition
will be from to 10 o'clock with re-
freshments served.
Annual Report of Secretary
At the anniversary meeting last
evening, Mrs. John w. Reilly, the
president presided, reports of the
years work were presented and the
following Board of Directors unani-
mously elected:
Mrs William M. Hahn, Mrs. Will
Mrs. Charles Kunkel, Mrs. Henry Nc
Cormick. Miss Fannie Eby, and Mrs.
Mabel Cronise Jones. This board
will elect the officers of the associa-
ton at their next meeting.
Miss Ella Stitt, general secretary in
her report for the past year, the first
spent in the new building, showed
that the approximate attendance
there had been SS,077 and that the
paid membership is ,211. There are
now 237 girls taking lessons in domes-
tic science and Ill enrolled in the
painting, dressmaking, millinery,
basketry and plain sewing classes.
There were also during the year 16S
children under 16 in the different
classes. Eighty-eight persons studied
English, Spanish, French and Ger
man.
Mrs. George Vaux, Jr., of Philadel-
phia, a field secretary spoke of "OuI
Jubilee Aim" and the larger and
broader work of the association PLAN
ned for the future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
February Social Events
of the Colonial Club

The entertainment committee of the
Colonial Country Club announces the
following social events for the month
of February:
Formal dinner dance, Saturday eve-
ming, February 5. Dinner at o'clock,
dancing to begin at s. The Updegrove
orchestra will play and the Steward
must be notified of the guests to at
tend
Card Night, Tuesday, February g.
Various card games will be enjoyed.
Martha Washington dance on Tues
day evening, February %. This prom
ises to be one of the most delightful
events ever held by the club. Mem
bers are busy arranging their cos
tunes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
NATIONAL MUSIC
GIVEN BY CLUB
Camp Hill Organization Pre-.
sents Interesting Program
of American Music

The Camp Hill Music Club present
ed a most interesting program of "Oui
National Music" at a meeting held
yesterday afternoon.
The numbers included
America" by entire club; Mary.
land, My Maryland" Miss Kurzen.
knabe: Guard the Flag" Mrs. Gil.
bert; Current events, Mrs. Pardoe
ITO Thee, % Country" (Eichberg)
chorus; Dixie Mrs. Steinmetz
piano duet, Medley of Nationa
Airs" Mrs. Pardoe, Mrs. Lebo; piano
solo, Mrs. Geishaber; The Origin oi
Our National Anthem" paper, by
Mrs. Dennison; THE Star Spangled
Banner" by entire club.
A small American flag was present
ed each of the ladies, and the hall was
decorated with flags.
The next working musicale will be
held February 18TH
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
SERVANTS OF THE KING
HEAR INTERESTING STORY

"The Servants of the King" of Pine
regular meeting in the social room
of the church last evening. Miss
Helen Smiley, the president presided
Mrs. Albert Chesley superintendent OF
the group gave an interesting story
of the life of John Burns, the Noun
tain Worker which was the subject
for the February meeting. After the
lesson discussion the meeting closed
with prayer, by Mrs Chesley. The
regular meeting was followed by a
social hour with music furnished by
a victrola, and refreshments.
About thirty members were present.
The subject for next months meeting
will be Kali YAKIMA, the Frances Will
lard of Japan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
Mrs. Alden's Luncheon
to Guest From Boston

The prettily appointed luncheon
given yesterday afternoon by Mrs.
Charles A. Alden, of Pine street, Steel
ton, was in honor of her sister, Miss
Florence Champney, of Boston.
Sweet peas formed the table center
piece and the guests included Mrs.
Lewis e. Johnson. Mrs. Samuel Brad
shaw, Mrs. ]. V. w. Reynders, Mrs.
William Paul Starkey, Mrs. William f.
Darby, Mrs. Anson p. Dare, Mrs. Gill
bert S. Vickery, Mrs. William II. Nell,
Mrs. Eugene Seal, Mrs. Oscar G. Wick
ersham. Mrs. Frank b. Wickersham,
Mgs. f. G. Feidt, of New Cumber-
land; Mrs. Charles Mercer, Mrs.
Charles .Yost, Mrs. Charles Holton,
Mrs. Frank NJ. Delamater, Mrs. Will
liam Middleton, Miss Catherine Darby,
Miss Gertrude Dare. of Baltimore.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
WOMEN
WILL CELEBRATE
Harrisburg Chapter d. AR. to
Observe Washington's
Birthday

Harrisburg Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution is planning
for one of the most delightful events
in its history-Washingto Birthday
celebration-on the afternoon of Feb.
22, in assembly hall of the Y. NJ. C. A.
The Rev. DIR. George Edward
Hawes of the Market Square Presby-
terian church, an orator of wide repu-
tation will make an address on Pat
riotlsm." There will be special music,
o sketch of work in the Hindman
settlement school OF Kentucky where
the chapter supports u girl student
or Revolutionary ancestry and other
interesting features. Tea will be
served and members have the privi-
Iege of inviting guests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
Keystone Chapter 1912
Publishes New Booklet

At a meeting of Keystone chapter,
United States Daughters of 1912 to-
morrow afternoon at the residence of
Mrs. James Barr Mersereau, 1904
North Second street, the new booklets
published by the chapter giving it's
history and work will be ready for
distribution and members are asked
to bring their money for them at this
time.
The program will include a talk by
the Rev. William b. Cooke on Present
Day Conditions in the Philippines, "
reports of various officers, resume of
the recent State convention of the
organization in Philadelphia, current
events and vocal music. social hour
with the hostess will follow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Saul. of 314
Boyd street, announce the birth of a
son. Paul Kenneth Saul, Friday, jan
uary %. 1916. Mrs. Saul was Miss
Marie Relder of Steelton, prior to her
marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Long. of 1911
Green street. announce the birth of a
son. Frank Martin Long, Saturday,
Janaury 29. 1916.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Burton, of Phila-
delphia, announce the birth of a
daughter, Carolyn Hale Burton, Thurs
day. January 81, 1916. Mr.. and Mrs.
Burton were former Harrisburgers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-02
HAIR COMING OUT?

Dandruff causes feverlsh irritation
of the scalp. the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp of every particle of dan
druff. get 25-cent bottle of Danderine
at any drug store. pour a little in your
hand and rub it into the scalp. After
a few applications the hair stops com
ing out and you can't find any dan
druff.-AdV