The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-26
MOST ALL CORNERS OF
WORLD ARE SEARCHED
FOR WAR MATERIALS
Nearly Every Nook and Granny
Has Been Called Upon for Sup.
plies; old Railroad Rails Sold
for More Than They Cost New.

Washington y. G.. Feb. eG.-The
National Gcugrara,c society. with
headquarters an his city has issued
'nothot hullctin dealing with the geo.
rrtphy OF munitions with reference
90 the war IN Europe. In this bulio.
TN. the society shows how almost
every nook and Granny of the Worli
las been called upon Tor materials out
ol which the nations at war ma, fab.
Tc'tc the thuuderholts % Mars. The
luliotiu says.
The demands which the war IN
Europe has made upon the countries
Of the earth tor materials with which
60 prosecute il are as vast IN the
ttnpc OF materials used as in the
quantities required. Ouc can scarcely
navel Tar enough hncld to get away
from the war trade. only by going
into those retdute interiors of the
uopic world and the polar regions
whore civilization has only a ntfut oc-
rupaiton can one get away from u.
i,'u Zoe going there. men are hundi.
capped ~ the demands o. IA, war
tor Instance. Bartlett and Amundscu.
100 their plans 20 drift through the
Arctic ocean. ind that il IL costing
hlflI N'I"N uNiNAN w tA' as llIltI 'N NNl"
n! as % cost iu normal peace times.
Rubber I1om iiralil.
From the deep forests OF brazil
there comes much OF the rubber that
les required. From the waste places
Of the world there come the cheap
iurs which are used iu the MAX ug oi
felt Fror1 the gas rouse aud the taI
pot come those wonderful substances
out OF which are prepared the terrific
explosives which ar, heins used iu
~uph extensive fashion, From chm,
Comc the nitIutcs which are So vitality
demanded IN Wal time. Thousands %
locomotives and hundreds Of thous
auds ct ears are required. Stce! rails
10y the shlpload are ever iu demand
Automobiles by the tens 1T thousands
are constantly moving IN endless pro
cossiou toward the battle front. TIL"
earth b. Tansackcd tor metals rare
aud plentiful alike 10 AID the process
SEES of making munitions. The cotton
u'ld the mine. the cattle ranch. the
forest, the land the sea and oven the
az, itsclf as u were are forced To-
contribute to the grcn' aud greed
NAV ~ war.
Substitute Tor Tin.
Tin H. widely used IA tho muuufuc.
tlfo OF anti friction metals. soldiers.
and gun metals. The Malay state,
producc about ouc-hplf Of the world
normal output Of 100. 900 tons. The
ltrk 81 TIN has forced Germany 20 lind
other materials 20 substitute for IT,
THAT country has prohibited the usa
uf solder containing more Than 81
per cent Of tin, "a that so used mus;
have been recovered IRON scrap. The
maaiug Of soldcrcd Joints has been
restricted "a eases where tapping. riN-
,tluE aud clcotro-Wclding are imptuc.
ttcuhic Tho allied countries pruduc
al but ono ana a half pet cent uf IN,
nickel 81 the world Most Of his
rume from canada. Nl,kol g. an al
mos, indispensable part uf gun aud
prmur plate steel aud of The moderl
bullet aud m picrriug projcctile.
D. De- doubtful whether amy s%ttisiaC-
tory substitute IN known. Hardly less
important Be- chromium, an essential
constituent of armor plate and armut-
pirr,.ns pToi.ctilrs Bhodesia and
New caledonia furnish between them
the bulk ct the chromium ore. Rus
siu produces substantial amounts
More fcrro-tungsteu and iH
used today than was ever used before
90 the history of the world. Tungsten
that used 10 bring some slN or seven
dollars per uni, is now bringing M
much 1s tGG for the anne uuautitS
lsy,ry Manganese mluo iu the world h.
being worked twenty-tour hours "a day
iu the enort to turn out enough uf
this wonderful hardening substance"
far tho uTeunTutl0n of war uiatprluls.
Ira2ll alone has contracted 10 supply
goa. 0OO tons of Manganese ut approx
imutely GOO .Opu aid down. An
kinds Of old scrap b. NOW worth from
two 20 three times as much as u was
before the war broke OUT. Many a
railroad is able 20 sell it, old rails for
more than they cost when thcN Wer"
put down new. when Italy entered
the war. she combed the whole Unit
ed States for old locomotives and ear