The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-18
Expects to "Put South on
the Map" if He Gets
Mussel Shoals
VALUES WATER POWER
Says Nation Is Wasting Great
Supply Of Energy Letting
Streams Go Embarrassed
Hy ALLAN A. BENSON.

ABOARD TRAIN ES ROUTE
FROM DETROIT TO WASHING.
TON. Nov Henry tori has
Just given mo an intcrylc" in when
"lf the government viii soil us
Mutial shoals rrni""l : wul put tsa
south ON tho map
Just what do you mean by thar
( inquired.
600, 600 men in the south" ho re-.
ulrd ~ VIII establish Industries
that viii have % beneficial effect not
only upon The south. but upon Tho
whole country ! viii extract from
the air uiiratos that will Doe mffi-
Client Boo quantity 10 fcrtllizo the
entire cotton bolt
Edison Ready 20 Help.
Thomas A. Edison has boon
rcodY Tor the past month 90 go with
me 10 MuH1c, ShUH|H ana g!yo mo
export ndNiu" with regard 10 tho
nitrate plant Mr.. Edison aud / will
start south tho momont the govern
ment decides 20 turn the property
over Co me
~ the government will let me go
10 work at Muuol shoals / Will o.
tablish Vr"at aluminium, plant y.
which aluminium Will not only bo ex
tractod but manufactured into ma
Chinery parts will establish
plants IN which cotton viii be spun
aud woven into cloth. / viii put TO
work every horEcpnwcr that I can
wiring out OF Mussel Shoals, no mat.
ter how many plants Il may take to
consume it.
From my experience In other
places | have learned that ono man
~ employed for each horsepower OF
mechanical energy In u plant Mussol
shoals ~ good for 100000 horse
- ..aN. d 4
the government will let me- / Will
put "A million men at work
WIN Teach Nation Lesson.
- will give the whole nation an
object lesson, not only In the uHe Of
watcrpower but In modern REticul-
ture. The country Is fun OF unused
waterpower that should be har-
messed ana put to work. Thore is
fail OF 400 feet In the Mississippi
river between ~. Louis and New or
Leans, and not a dam on the river.
There should ho at least a dozen
dams on this great stream. No lana
worth anything need be flooded II
Is sufficient to install a low dam
and then take tho water off nt one
side In u great iron conduit and car
~ It along beside the river nntn the
fall has been sufficient TO run water
wheels
IL have nine damA on little
river 40 feet across that runs
through my farm At Dearborn.
Mich. and from this small stream
take 500 and 400 Horsepower. My
little stream furnishes light and heat
for my home and buildings ana the
rest OF the current is wired over to
my Dearborn plant.
How many homes could the Mis-
sissippi heat II ita power were con
vertcd into electricity How many
states could be fertillzod with the
nitrates that could be extracted ?
How many industries could be cstab-
lished2 How many millions of men
could be employed2
Opportunities Neglected.
II tell you ~ iH time that we
awakened TO the neglected oppor-
tunitics that our country pre-
do something more than complain
~ unemploymCnt II Is also time
that we paid some attention 10 mod
eru methods OF agriculture,
Farmers may not know Il. but
the old methods OF agriculture are
about ready 20 so. Tho farmers VI
the very near future are going TO
be bright, Snappy young men from
the clues They are going TO make
more money while dvNOting but
fraction OF the time Co agriculture
that the old fashioned farmers
put In.
Tho Future IN,rmcr.
'~rhc farmer of the worry near fu.
ture viii be "A man who Iyil divide
his time among three occuputions.
Twenty daya of each wear no will
deyote Ia ngriculnlrc. five or Zen
days more he will devote TO traua-
portation, during which he viii load
his products ON motor trucks and
yhiri them over GOOD roads 10 his
market. The rest of the wear no
Viii devote to industry. hy which I
mean that ho win hc rtnpIovcd tn a
factory near his homo. These fac
tories do NOT at prc4rnt exist Co any
great extent hui thoy ara coming.
have n furtor.es lu little Michigan
towns i'm which nave bcen able 10
devclop watorpo,rr and ann petab-
fishing moro RIl Tho Iifnr Iu th.se
factnvtrs com, 10 t,, ,,,t,.. ,,,.,,s
Of nv eptnr,ol.ila me-, ,nadn nro
far,rTy s''ii L, s.,,i,.t ,,h'I', ,tE.
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