The Meeker herald., 1921-07-02

WIN plehsNi 10 note
carefully your Only Answer" publish
Ell in the issue Of the 1lth, which by
the way IL the real answer to solving
the railroad problem, and In turn the
problem Of What will Ike the future
Of Meeker
While I have Travelled over states
investigating natural resources Of ma
tiOnal Importance, i have never run
Into such wonderful resources In such
vast quantities as contained In your
county, and resources which can be &C.
Ononically developed, the development
Of which is absolutely essential to the
nations welfare. The average individ-
ual Ia not fully Informed as to the great
danger ahead Of the nation, dangers
caused by the war and the attempt to
settle with Germany. In which Ger
many must pay immense sums Of mon
ey and cun only do 80 by marketing
manufacturing products. To exist as 4
nation Germany must ecOnOmizc and
put every man Oh production Of COM
mercial goods. every manufacturing
plant that for many years produced
army supplies, nmunitiOns, artillery and
battleships. and every man who was
employed In these industries are now
engaged In producing commercial pro-
ducts, and because OF their. careful
scientific training. they will become the
efficient commercial organization In the
world. nnd due to this fnct France
must In way become associated with
Germany, one depending largely upon
the other for success. md the two op-
Grating az they must. with the greatest
economy. will naturally compel Amer
lean indutries to eliminate the great
waseful methods which we have always
employed In the past.
Only recently Il large manufactur-
ing plant has been erected In this coun-
try and nearly every pound Of macliin-
cry was purchased In Germany. most
excellent quality. and the cost after all
freight and duty was paid. Is said To
he 20 percent below the American
prices.
But why can't the American people
meet this competition! The reply can
no found In vase and wascfui methods
employed and not 20 much in price
paid to labor For example coal is ship
ped from Pennsylvania, the Virginias.
Kentucky, OhiO.s Indiana and Illinois,
to nearly every state In the West. The
loss In mining, transporting. power for
transporting. loss IN combustion, radia-
ton etc. OH nll our coal Is over %
rcr cent. leaving the small sum OF less
than 3 per cent as the amount OF ener-
nv actually applied. Fuel is the basis
Of production for all commerce. and at
3 per cent efficiency. $500 per ton coai
will cost just $50 per ton for efficiency
obtained. This Is OE.y one example ana
IN AZ much az we must as n nation com
pcte with the world, we must begin I"
employ scientific economy, and OF the
most important features of this must
he the elimination Of the necessity OF
shipping fuel long dltanccs. we must
also create many small manufacturing
centcrs 10 that freight will Ike paid on
the finished product only and not on
immense quantities Of waste material
which fs always contained in natural
resources from which the finished pro-
ducts are produced.
For example the production OF rad
ium. Large quantities Of ore IL shipped
even to Chicago from Colorado and
Utah, paying the freight OH many thou
sand tons that great distance to re-
cover only an ounce Of this precious
metal, when reduction plants could De
erected and operated more economical
near the mines.
Manganese IL shipped hundreds OF
miles to the smeltcr and In most chses'
from 10 to GO per cent IL waste after II
lands ut the smelter where they re-
ducc 1t to FerrO.
Your County contains immense de-
rosits of coal. an unusually high grilde
conl. coal which in distiliation will re-
cover from % to 40 gollon of high
vrc,,e oils, crcosOtc oils. internal COM
bustion engine oil. bcnzol. tars etc
from which over 1000 chemicals arc
recovered. Also from % to 80 pounds
of ammonium sulphate. 10000 feet OF
zoo b t IL gas and from 100 to l4oo
pounds Of carbon rcsidium per ton OF
raw coal mined.
These will all come in the Immediate
future to those localities In Colorado
Irtnh and wyoming, that constantly
lend their every effort to development
They will eventually come without
your aid, but they will come sooner
with it, and there are many ways you