El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-05

large as the coal fields Of all Europe.
and more than 80 times the area OF
those Of Great Britain.
West Virginia alone has more coal
than Great Britain. and Prof Tyndall
has said that the seat of that coun-
| try's greatness lies in her coal mines
As II is now, we are supplying 30
per cent Of the worlds coal, and at
| the present rate Of consumption We
| have enough left in the earth to keep
US going for 1000 years We took
I out enough last year TO equal p tons
/ for every family in the country. and
the black diamonds were worth at
the mines more than $I0O.OO0.000-
There is one little patch or anthra-
cite in Pennsylvania, whose yearly
output is worth more than one third
Of all the gold that is annually mined
Greatest OIL Fields On Earth
We have the biggest oil fields OF
I the world I want 10 visit those OF
California and of the great south
west. This is the age Of gasoline and
I fuel oil Gasoline moves the war
| tractors, the military automobiles and
! the scouting airplaneSs and fuel oil
sends the trains over the railroads
and our naval vessels through the
/ water at express speed Petroleum
has become a vital necessity IN time
Of war. and a nation is powerful or
weak in proportion TO its supply OF
] this mineral. Here again the United
/ States leads the powers. It Is now
producing more than half OF all the
I oil that comes from the eartn. anu
our annual product from Texas,
/ Louisiana and Oklahoma alone IS
worth more than S2OO,O00,OOO- So
/ far, we have furnished so per cent
of all the petroleum that has ever
been used by mankind, and TO-DAY our
/ OF! fields are turning out four times
as much as those Of Russia. with
| the war squirting the latter 10 their
! fullest activity
Workshop Of the World.
The farms and the mines are only
: the b2sis for cur great manuIactur-
: ing industries Here is another asset
| of Uncle Sans wealth, which is so
I great that the human mind cannot
/ comprehend it. We are only at thS
| beginning of our national existence.
I but we have become the workshop OF
] the world We have more than 1000
millions OF dollars invested IN FAC
I tories, and our product is worth more
I than 25,0OO,000. 600 a year
/ We have about twice as many men
as there are in our standing army
/ engaged in making iron and steel OF
I one kind or other. and the additional
men in the foundries and machins
shops are more than One-third Of a
million. We have about 500, 900 hands
I engaged in the lumber Industry and
more than $4,000 employed in the
cotton mills Altogether We have
more than 10000 men and women
who are earning their living by the
work Of their hands. and their wages
are greater now than ever before
Our manufacturing product steadily
I increases. and the variety OF our IN
dustries extends from year to year
The great war in Europe has forced
US into new lines OF labor, and we
are now making hundreds OF articles
which we formerly brought at high
Z prices from over the oceans
1 want to investigate the new chem
" - aaHm 2 y
| been established in different parts OF
the United States. and to show how
they viii make US independent as to
paints. dyes and drugs Germany has
l invested vast quantities IN the making
/ Of dyestuffs. and she has almost $780,
I 000. 600 devoted to the production OF
I potash.
The United States ought 10 be IN
dustrially independent. and we shall
manufacture a great proportion OF
such things in the near future We
Z shall get our eolOrs from our own
coal supply. and shall eventually
grind our potash out OF our rocks.
I We hope TO become independent even
of Chile. and congress has lately ap-
propriate6 10000 to squeeze our
nitrate out Of our own circunambient
air.
American Electrical Resources.
4 I want TO visit our great electrical
works, which are among the wonders
of the world. There IS a company al
| Pittsbure that employs 10000 hands.
and another at Schenectady whose
+ factories cover the area Of a good
sized farm They are making new
I things in electricity for the factory,
the house and the farm. and the day
will come when all thai men VIII
have TO do Will De 10 press a button
and this lightning in harness" viii
do the rest
Speaking of electricity brings up
/ the subject Of Uncle Sans water
/ power I expect to show what the
/ falls OF Niagara are doing and how
We have hundreds OF other waterfalls
working day and night all the year
I through to add to the wealth of the
nation 1t is claimed by government
officials that we have about 60.O00.-
l 600 horsepower which IS still unde-
velOped, and that in addition to the
| amount already in use This means
] that We have that vast force gong
I to waste. 1t is as though we had &C.
I 00o. 600 horses pent up in our stables
from one years end to the other The
| engineers estimate that the force -
equal to the energy produced BY 400
/ 600 900 tons OF coal II would De
| enough TO operate all the factories
run all the street cars. light all the
I houses and heat all the homes Of the
I United States. This force represents
/ a loss in coal and labor OF more than
l $500 goo 600 per annum, and this loss
will continue until the hydraulic
/ engineers round up the water power
I bronchos and break them 10 harness
Forests n Mighty Resource.
/ But il is impossible to mention all
| the assets in the great balance sheet
! Of Uncle Sans wealth 7 might speak
I Of our forests, which. Notwithstanding
: the waste of the past. are stin enough
] to make a boardwalk 80 feet wide and
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