The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-06

Proriteering, especially profiteerins
upon food. is today not only business
error but n social ofrense.
The world demand for food Is such as
OF itself 70 maintain food prices higher
than any one wishes but the desire Tor
personal gain ought to be mitigateu pS
a sense OF patriotic and social duty.
The thought Of patriotic and social
duty leads naturally to the neeo Oh
policy for developing our inheritance
the United States of America
Much public comment and discussion
seems futile and inept. Pages are nlieu
with print and hours with speeches on
important and interesting subjects, out
which. after all. do not advance the ma
tional development. We talk and write
, Great deal Of what VIC have done and
are doing and how It should be done.
and the rules to be made for its doing
and address ourselves relatively little
70 doing tho practical things that are
undonc, and by doing which many OIL
our troubles will pass.
ENpcricnCe in congress and IN" exc
ccutiyr has taught that il is very nara
10 get either concentrated attention 10
or sufficient appropriations for the
practical work OF the government MS
distinguished from its political WORK
Ey political" we do not mean partisan
but rather all those matters which com"
under the head OF government policy
matters Of statccraft. of regulation. OF
the police power, etc. TheSe rcqu'r'
thoughtful discussion and study. but
there also are practical services or as
great or perhaps greater value 10 the
country which need more attention.
In factory ono may dcbat" prin-
cinles so far as to neglect practice. W"
need not say less pro or con ABOUT IN"
League OF Nations in order 10 nave our
coast properly surveyed. Let us discuss
trust ana antitrust. but why not de-
velop our wealth Of non-fcrrcouS met
oIs, Roads and tractors mean more to
the country than many things amour
which more pages are nIIeo. FuleSt
Ares cost lives and wealth, but we think
about them less than about certain
taxes over which We Erowl
We complainant justly-oVcr 1000
nrices hut no concentrated opinion gets
hehind congress TO insist thar the SWAMP
areas Of the country shall be Drained
and its arid lands reclaimed on larger
scale ,a,.a,ocd
-oiIway rates, but th"~' who advocate
he large development "i "ur waterways
md no universal body Of opinion
Swinging to their support
We spcnd-and property vast sums
for var bur what would become of him
who would urge congress 10 give IN"
nriCe Zach year Of a Jingle small cruiser
10 the der%lopm"ni N SoIIu uuS'S Va
Tho countrys foreign commerce! we
pass with enthusiasm. AFTER long ~
hotoa statutes which are restrictive or
reguIatiye or which in one or the oth'r
wav exprcss nCgutluns. We move $40"
Iv and with hating steps along athrma-
tive lines. 49,, .i.,. ,r
concentrated nDlniOn INSISTS
thoi there shall be no longer delay y,
nIttinr. our numerous water powers 1T
the public services ,,,a,,
W., do not seem TO see IN" huiiai.
wrong involved in forcing men I" ""rN
in thr darl. bowels of the earth to cN-
,rort rucl by hard toll while streams
that offer light. heat and power IN inv
npen day wasted To the sea We hi'mH ,
that the beehive coke oven wastes EaSi
Quantities Of products which we n,ru
FOR r,otorg and other useful purposes
but few would respond TO inc suEE'S-
lion thnt = ruhlc waste OF TINS or any
similar kind Is m actual offcnSe against
the pubiC veal which enlightened "p'"
ion would not permit to continue.
We waste in making lumber moro
thnn half tho values known To exist III
:hc tree. yet we know perfectly vel tn"i
our forest reserves are GONG i"S' """
have their near limit.
A leading authority thus writes me:
TN the ordinary practice OF the Feilo"
pjno Industry only about onc-thlrd OF
the entire tree reaches the markri anu
two thirds Of tho trcc ar" vested. II
follows. therefore. that when the tn,al
annual cut produces lI.OOO.OOO.OOO feet
board measure. Of understandable lumber;
'wtc" rs much other material d Srin"dd
from the same trees. has been allowed
10 90 IN waste The amount OF tins
waste in tn" yellow pine industry alone me
js cnCurh tn furnish raw material Tor
the production every day Of 10000 tons
of paper. 1000 tons of resin; $@" ;r
pcntinc. and 600 o0O gallons Of ethyl
! (grajn) alcohol. The potential values
! Of these products are many times great
or than The total values now developed
by the Industry.
! Forest flrcs are prCVcntahl" at an out
Law trinlng as compared with the loss
but sim We seem to regard them as SO
There will be names OF other good men
before the convention. but none that Will
moro clearly and definitely typify sound
AmcriCaniSm, san" and progressive
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