The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-21

guns; Il has cS,pllcd the power
n the number OF shells; u o. stand
Ing guard over every mile OF war-car-
rying railroad track. and Is protectins
every engine axle aud car wheel from
failure In the rush of material to TIE
front. Aye. who knows but that tna
very scales OF victory win be turned
by the weight u throws into the bal
ances
The story Of Niaeara's role In the
battle u the nations Is an epic in tho
history ofwar.
"~Twcn,y-seven years ago certain
manufacturer. seeing the tremendous
amount Of power running TO waste
where the waters OF Superior. Michi-
gan. Huron and Erie leap from lake
level toward sen level. undertook the
Installation Of a great hydro-electric
plan, nj Niagara. Later other power
developing interests entered the field.
and then began a legislative and dip
liomatic wal W those who would
utilize some Of the power % Niagara
and those who would keep Il I'M
touched by the unscntlmental hand
OF commerciaiism.
Finally tho governments OF tho
United States and Canada made n
treaty regulating the moun Of water
that could be diverted for power pur-
poses. Canada has used her share
TO the last second-foot. but the United
states has never permitted the utiii-
~zs;ion 81 a considerable share OF her
allowance.
But for the part used there has been
rendered by the users one OF the most
remarkable accounts OF stewardship
in the history OF commercial progress.
The cheap power obtained made Nj
agara a laboratory where great ideas
could be transformed into nation
benefiting enterprises.
When Niagara power was firs;
developed efforts made TO make ar
uficial grinding materials were prov
irg a failure because OF a lack Of
electric current at n price the new
venture could afford to pay Those
who backed the process thereupon
went 10 Niagara Fails. set up a plant,
and founded the artificial abrasive
industry. How much it's success
means TO America cannot be over
estimated
Take the grinding machinery ont
OF the automobile factories. remove
Il from the munition plants. eliminate
II from the locomotive works, car
coundries and machine shops OF the
coun;ry. n you would paralyze the
nations whole Industrial system. And
that would have happened ere now
had not Niagara's artificial sbrasives
stepped In To save the day when the
war shut out our natural supply OF
emery and corundum from Asia
Minor.
"There is not a bearing IN our
automobiles hut is ground on Nj
aesra-made grindstones: crankshafts
are rouehened and finished with
them. pistons and cylinders are
made true. camshafts likewise. and
q hundred critical parts Of every car.
whether % the cheapest or the most
expensive make. II would be inn
possible TO build anything OF tool
steel on a commercial basis without
Niagara's abrasives.
mo shell goes to Europe whose
nose has not been ground into shape
on Niagari-made grindstones. Like
wise Il ~ Niagara's abrasives that
have done more than any one other
thing 20 master the 'hot-box' that
bette MORE ~ the American railroad
man. and the worst enemy OF schedule
time train transportation the world
.sround.
"But Niagara's bit in behalf OF
American arms does not end with the
story 81 abrasives. indeed. II only
well begins The story ~ ferro-sili.
icon Is another illustrators of how
beauty under the alchemy 90 science
IL transmitted into grim vlssged war.
Last year his country made more
steel than the whole world produced
when William Mckinley became pres.
dent Of the United states. Nearly
three-fourths OF that steel was made
by the ope hearth process, and
ferro-silicon was used az q d%euXidizer.
20 purify II by driving out the oxygen.
Furthermore. In the making of big
steel castings that alloy IL practically
indispensable IN the elimination ~
blow holes
The entire ferro-silicon indsutry.
practically. is centored at NIAGARA,
which thus gives pure steel and sound
csstings as another part ~ Americas
contribution 10 the cause Of allied
victory Every contract FOR shell
steel that has hcen made In two