The Carlisle independent., 1919-03-06
oy's without ever having per- formed days honest work un- der the harness of industry.
 STEAM NERSIrS ur An,rrr,
STEAM VERSUS WATER

I ,I Misnamed conservation of
 the Water-poWer of the country
 has been defended on the ground that unusual profits might be
 realized from the operation of
 water power plants. The United
 States Cham Der of Commerce in presenting it's referendum con cernlng water power develop ment, 10 the organizations throughout the Nation, submit ted the report of a special com mlttee on water-p power develop ment. made up of the best au- CnofitleS of the country and in this report showed that the lnltlal cost of steam plant is in general but one half to one fifth that of water-power plant of equal capacity" and that be cause steam plant can be enlarged from time to time, the Initial development of a water power plant ID ust, in general, be much larger proportion of the ultimate contemplated develop 1 ment than in the case of a steam plant" ]"
 Another most interesting fea- ture of the report says that the present demand for the develop. ment of water power comes, not from capitalists, but from com munities which on account of the high price and scarcity of fuel, are desirous in their own inter. est. of inducing capital to make such developments.
 CONSERVATION" A QUEER BIRD
 Americans have frequently been accused of being wasters. 1t has become apparent that the committee report of the National Chamber of Commerce, to which reference has already been made speaks broad truths. In com pairing water-power with other natural resources, the report says; Conservation of every oth- CT natural resource means re striction in it's own use, for use means consumption, and perma- nent destruction. Every pound of coal burned IS forever with drawn from use On the other hand every horse power or wa ter power not used is lost, and horse power conserved and used saves not only the horsepower but It's equivalent in coal and may incidentally improve naviga- tion. ,
 Engineers of high standing have told Congress that the pas. sage of proper water power de. velopment law would result in pioneer industrial activities in twenty five states. Senator Jones made the statement that these hydroelectric develop ments in the West would have | an ultimate aggregate capacity of about 100000 horsepower, requiring an investment of S250- 000,0C0" He further stated that the industrial plants erected to use this vast amount of power wovld give permanent employ ment to 500, ,000 operatives.
 CAPITAL AND TITLES ENTER IN Under the law regulating wa ter power rights. authority was vested in the Secretary of the Interior to recapture" private water powers at any time he deemed the Governments inter ests demanded such action. The result was that private capital would notinvest in water-power
 Because of the Government in- action nothing was accomplished. Senator Shafroth says that when you go to build one of these water power sites you find enormous capital is required. sometimes as high as twenty, or thirty or forty million dollars. ;" He goes on further to say that the promoter of water-power de velopments is always asked: What title have you?" When