El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-09
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TAsHINGTON. D. c., Feb. g.
M According TO the council OF
national defence. the saving
of coal ranks side by side in impor-
lance with the saving Of wheat. The
Gay is fas. coming when a shovelful
Of coal wfl be worth almost as much
as a pound loaf Of bread. Tt has al
ready come to that in Italy and
France. and it may come to that in
the United States as far as waging
the war is concerned We must save
for our immediate needs here at home
and for those Of our allies abr Dad,
and we must save TO maintain the
foundation OF our Industrial success
for the future. I have written of
our VAST coal reserves and shown
how small a part Of the whole we
have mined. have shown that he
have more than haIf the coal Of the
world. and that more shan s9ls per
cent OF that is stiu in the ground.
Coal in the Ground No Help.
But coal in the ground is NOT coal
in the cellar IT is like money in
the bank with your account over
drawn and no right TO check 1t is
like the sweet tooth of the boy whose
nose Is against the candy store VIM
dow, with a half inch of plate glass
between. As far as our present needs
are concerned. we have only the coal
we can mine, and our situation as to
labor and transportation is such that
we cannot get more coal out of the
ground ana into the hands OF the peo-
pie.
II IS no use To say that We are
mining more coal than ever before
The amount taken out In 1917 was
more than G9o.000,e00 tons. enough 10
fiH a solid train Of so ton cars reach
ing almost four times around the
equator Nevertheless, the supply
was more than 100, 200. 900 tons short
or the needs Of ourselves and our
allies. and if we would win The war
We mast save coal in every possible
way The saving VIII have TO be-
come an individual matter and il is
me duty OF every man who runs a
factory or foundry TO watch mis- fires
and see that no fuel is lost As we
need more men AT the front. tie labor
supply at the mines VIII grow shorter
and shorter and the freight conges-
demand for more shipments abroad
People Use Twice Too much.
During the past year the coal
burned for household purposes and
FOR heating our hotels, schools and
public buildings of one kind or an
other has been in the neighborhJod
OF 10e,00d.9o0 tons. Say that one
bushel in every eight has gone into
the heating Of our houses The bu-
reau OF mines estimates that the av-
erage house uses twice TOO much /
coal II So the saving I'D that item +
alone would be 4g,gU0.aee tons. OF
twice what Italy needs. Dr. Man /.
ming, the director Of the bureau Of /
mines, gives the instance OF a New I
England college professor who heated 1
ten room house one whole winter {
for just nalf what his neigh bors Were {
using. and he kept his house al an 4
average temperature Of 90 degrees (
from October until Aay. If every i
family in the United States had done I
the same. we would have had more Z
than enough coal TO supply the short I
age IN France.
The bureau u mines has ISSUED a /
pamphlet showing how one can save fuel 4
IN heating the house. and any one who /
wishes 70 cut down the cost Of his fuel /
consumption tcan do so bs following The I
directions given therein IL seiis you All [
about coal. and the best kinds TO burn
T. gives directions for taking care OF
moving the ashes. and II you follow Them
you ought 10 save from so To 100 per cent
This bulletin IS for free distribution. and
you can get II by writing to Dr.. Van H
Manning, the director OF the bureau Of
Industries Waste Much Coal.
There Is an enormous waste "a the fuel
US b. cur industries. or all the coat
shovsled into the furnaces Il is estimated
that - per cent Of the heat IS lost in
the boiler rooms. and that only 81 Der 1
inf - cd for he r7rrr- Of FHH ]
that 81 per cent only 10 per cent goes into
mechanical energy. and Of the 10 per cent
about is usually lost in the friction OF
the engines and in The Transmission lines
through which the machinery Is driven 4
This means that only per cent Of the
original heat OF the coal Is utilized 30
ure that 10y keeping the boilers clean ths
losses there can be reduced from TO TO
Is per cent. and that great reiuctlc1
also can be made in the waste in fric-
ton and transmission say that alto l
Eethsr - per cent could be saved the
amount would be enormous A mining
expert recently estimated that or losses
from that source alone in 1916 were co.
600 900 tons or enough TO fil more THAI
three solid trains Of 50-ton cars as long
as the distance between Philadelphia ana
London That amount was All waste. I
which could have been prevented by good
machinery. careful firing and cleaning
the boilers Some OF the losses Went into 7
dry chimney gases which were caused
the furnaces. and much OF the heat was
lost by incomplete combustion and radla-
ton
Efficiency Coal sheets Needed.
EFerF factory should have an efficiency
coal sheet and cut down the amount Of
its fuel consumption II possible the heat
and power should be brought from a
specialized plant and wherever hydro
electric power can be- had II should BE-
employed To save transportation coal
TODAV,SDATH