The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-20

ONCE upon time the world F'V'f,
berated with explanations OF
adulation in honor OF German ell
cheney" 1t was explained by those
who were admirers OF the economic
resourcefulneSs Of the Central Euro
pean empire that one of the great Sc
crets Of German efficiency was the
science OF salvage employed by her
captains Of industry. which, carried
into every household became potent
factor In the utilization OF every ounce
OF commercial energy. For every Ger
man product placed on the markets OF
the world there are countless by
products made possible by her system
Of waste reclamation.
Soon after the Huns released their
army corps upon defenseless Belgium
and ruthlessly battered their way past
the fortresses dt Liege and Namur
toward the much-desised Partisan goal
the world began to hear even more
and more Of this German efficiency"
II was related by the war correspond
ents that every ounce Of metal from
the battlefields. every button from
every tncapacitated fighting unit. every
old gun wheel was removed to the
rear. The battledelds were secured at
night after the battles OF the day.
Every dead horse was removed. It
was even related that the bodies OF
dead men were dissected and inciner-
oted to get the required sinewa Of
war
What Of American efficiency. It
took the world war. with all its car
rage and desolation. TO point the way
to the new era Of conservation. Ben
Franklin's almanac. with It's proverbs
anent frugality. has come into It's own.
anG by the adaptation Of every bit OF
resourcefulness that formerly was ex.
pended in othor directions America
demonstrates the inherent efficiency in
waste redemption that was hers all
the t!me-to wit. the announcement
by the leaders OF the National Waste
Material Dealers that Uncle Sam in 4
single year has saved $1,000. 100000
Junk" and turned it into useful COM
modities essential to the maintenance
OF national life.
Birth of the Movement
All Of which has given birth TO the
organization Of the national salvage
committee Of the American Civic AsSo-
citation. headed by Mrs. John Allen
Dougherty. an interchangeable worker in
the cause Of democracy. who. at the
beginning Of the world war. was en-
toying the butterfly life Of the wife
OF an American naval attache in Uncle
Sans retinue In far-off Pekin. Head
ing a movement which takes in the
millions Of cluowomeu OF America
banded together in civic associations
grouped under the American Civic AS
ISOLATION. Mrs. DouGherty is initiating
a system of household salvage that
will endure long after the war. For.
as she points o2t, America Will cung
to her new habits Of frugality and
economy long after the war-when she
has realized by these years OF saving
and redemption just what can be &C
co.nplished by habit in saving waste.
When the war began Mrs. Dougherty
.ould not keep out Of it America. TO
he sure, was not involved In 1914:
but the call of humanity stirred her
impulses and she responded with
a,acrity and with the clear vision OF
a duty to be performed. Hurrying to
London, she forthwith offered her
services for any desired line OF &C
tivity and. accordingly. served Tor
time with the American group at the
American ambulance at Neuilly' In
France.
Utilization Of waste in the hospitals
and on the battlefields. employed py
friend and foe. enlisted her attention
and she decided forthwith to special
i.e along those lines. Always there
is some little incident on which is
pivoted all the big and important
things Of 4lte. There was one in the
life Of rs. Dougherty. She remem-
bered it ut this juncture and it stood
. her we'll in the development and or
canization Of the idea that now has
led to the upbuilding Of the national
salvage committee in America.
Some few years ago western news