Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-08
BURIED TREASURES
UNCLE SAM THE CUSTODIAN.

He Can Tell You Many Methods by
Which Big Money May Be Made, and
He ls Not Only Willing but Anxious
to Give You This Information.
Scattered through my reports on
agriculture" says Uncle Sam. "are
hundreds Of ideas for making money
have heard Of men who have spent
npge sums In fitting out expeditions to
recover covered or sunken treasure II
they would only dig up the treasures
that lie buried in the millions and mil
Hons Of pages that | have written on
soil Improvement, on utilizing waste
woods and stumpage, on growing new,
valuable fruits that even Burbank new
er dreamed of, on preventing canned
vegetables from spelling and on con-
verting anything that grows into
salable product!
IF the farmers would only realize
that If all the knowledge that have
gained and that | am ready to impart
free Of charge were to be applied by
the farms of the country the value of
their crops would be increased S10,O00.-
go for each growing day in the year.
IA fortune can be made I'm this coun-
try by growing such medicinal plants
as belladonna, japanese mint from
which menthol Is obtained, digitalis
Drescribed by physicians for heart
trouble) and hundred others. am
experimenting with drug plants in Vir-
ginia, in Maryland and In the upper
Mississippi valley, so that know just
what the cost of production and mar
keting should be. Why doesn't some
one write to me about this?
'Most Of our red pepper and paprika
is imported. In country with such
varied soil and climate as ours why
can't we raise our own red pepper? |
asked myself that question some years
ago. Now. can indicate very clearly
how paprika can be successfully grown
here Why not take the trouble to
read my Department Bulletin No. 43
on the subject and find out whether 1t
would not pay you to become paprika
grower?
"Man alive. I could string the list of
chances out until you would be weary
of reading 1t.
-Four years ago | began an invesh-
CATION to determine If there were not
some way of making pure apple cider
tsat would endure transportation with
out the use Of preservatives. found
that If the cider is frozen, crushed and
whirled In centrifugal machine It
can be concentrated for less than 20
cents gallon and that the finished
product can be transported to market
without the use of preseryatives. One
plant has been erected to make use Of
this success Why are there not more
such plants?
Il have chemically studied eggs
which are unfit to eat. and ! am con-
vinced that denatured egg yolk can be
used in tanning without injuring leath
er. Why am not overwhelmed with
an avalanche of letters from tanners
implorlng me to tell them about my re-
suits?
1.-TWO years ago began an investi-
cation of enameled cooking utensils in
the bureau of chemistry. have cook
ed all kinds of foods in enameled ware
to discover What kind of enamel is
least affected by, the food and what
kind is therefore the safest to use. The
man who first conscientiously carries
OK in actual practice the scientific pro-
cedure that have evolved ought to die
rich. Who is he?
81 wonder who will be the first to
take advantage Of an investigation that
! am now conducting to determine why
wagon and haystack covers mildew;
? who will learn from me how book
binders leather can be made that will
not deteriorate; who will introduce my
economical methods of making potato
starch; who will buy the waste yeast
of breweries and convert 1t into fat
tenning cattle food in way that will
explain; who viii build a machine that
/ have designed for packing sardines
in cans efficiently and cheaply, and
who will profit by the study Of coffee
roasting that I have made?
Where is the Cortez who will con-
auer the south with my methods Of
economically utilizing the long leaf
yellow pine? Where are the Balboas
and Pizarros whom am ready to arm
so that they may triumph in the art
of paper making?
~ must stop here simply to catch my
boIth and not because could not re-
cite hundreds of business opportuni-
ties. hundreds Of processes that am
ready to disclose to any American citi-
zen. whether he be manufacturer or
q farmer.
"And Americans, supposed TO be the
most agile minded, the most astute
people in the world, say they haven't
chancer-Waldema Kaempffert in Nc
NCure's Magazine.