The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-28
SAVING WASTE.

clamation Section of the War Industries Board
was organized for salvaging materials needed by
the Government in the prosecution of the war.
Announcement was made on January that this
work is to be taken over at once by the Depart
ment of Commerce and expanded into perma-
nent waste reclamation service. In making this
announcement the department reports that "at
the time the armistice signed the waste re-
clamation work had been organized by this de-
partment to such an extent throughout the coun-
try that the total value of waste material then
being reclaimed announced to $15OO,OOO,OOO a
year. With the expansion in the work that is
expected to under the plans which Mr..
Frayne has laid before Secretary Redfield of the
Department of Commerce for more complete
ganization, it is estimated that an additional
$500, 100000 year may be added to the annual
value of the waste materials salvaged. In fur
Their evidence of the need for such work it can
be stated that many of the weapons with which
the American forces hacked and blasted their
way through the German lines made from
| materials which came from dump and scrap
| throughout the United States.
cat the time the armistice was signed local
reclamation councils had been formed in eighty
six cities of the country, and two hundred 9TH
ers were in process of formation, destined to
| make an endless chain involving the assistance
| of civic and fraternal organizations as well as
school children. Many cities went to the extent
of organizing, and many are planning to organize,
permanent municipal bureaus to collect and re-
claim all waste materials just as garbage and
ashes collected.
'"This tremendous network of organization it is
proposed to have the section continue to use af-
| ter it has been taken over by the Department of
Commerce. with the idea in view always of ex-
tending the work to the end of conserving ma
terlals for peace-time industries. Practically the
entire personnel of the section will be taken over
norder that there may be interruption in the
policy laid down for the work under way. j. D.
Jones, now executive secretary, will be chief of
the section. Mr.. Frayne will continue his con-
nection in advisory capacity From every
part of the country have come demands that the
waste reclamation work be continued, men in all
industries being especially enthusiastic over the
possibilities for the future.
| THE Waste Trade Board estimating the val
ues OF the waste materials reclaimed during the
year by principal items, has complied the follow
ing summary:
| Scrap iron " $500 O0O oOo
| Scrap metal ............. 3OO,OOO,OOO
| Old waste paper and other rags 2OOOOO,OOO
WOODEN rags .............. 100000
| Cotton and wool waste ~ 100000 900
/ via ruDDer ............. 100000 900 '
| secondhand bags %.... 25OOO,OOO
cotton liners ............. 100000
| AS an illustration to show what can be ac-
compllshed through well-regulated system of
waste reclamation, the Reclamation Division of
the Quartermasters Department of the Army
during the period from January l. 1918. under
this plan reclaimed 1878, 592 articles valued at
over S2O,0OO,OO0
/ 1t is expected that the reproduction of raw
and waste products from waste materials will in
the future play an important part in the develop
ment OF American export trade, offering Ameri-
can producers and commercial interests a better
competitive chance with foreign rivals without
IN any way affecting changing labor condi-
lions by lowering the standards of the workers
D1shwashing and all its discomforts will be
abolished from the homes of Pittsburg forever
II the plans of the local congress of women's
clubs for the reform of housekeeping, the elm
lnation Of waste and the conservation of women's
talents carried out
! They're still taking lake boats, at enormous
expense, through the Welland canal, only to have
them sunk in the first Atlantic storm.