The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-20

vii be held in the Caucus Room o.
tie Honse 81 Representatives or
Monday, August 2gnd. Hon S
Wallace Dempsey, 81 New York,
Chairman q the COMMITTEES en
river and llafb on. md Hon. WIN
ID. Riei;et d OHIO if1latf o.
the snb4eo commit ee on isheries Of
the committee on merchant marine
and fisheries have also been invited
ito attend.
Mr.. Rosenbloom expressed the
hope that as q result of the meet.
ing some welI-defined plan would
be evolved which would insure pro-
lection for the fish, and OF the same
time prevent embarrassment Of the
industries located along the banks
of the Ohio, which require an OUT
let for the acids used in the pro
cess Of manufacture, and which at
the present time causes the anni-
hilRt ton of millions Of fish each
year. He believes that II feasible
plan could be devised allowing the
fish to thrive, that many people
could provide themselves with food
by the fish caught in the river.
Mr.. Rosenhloom, who is a mem.
Der of the subcommittee of fish
cries stated, that It was a waste Of
money to continually stock the
small streams with fish for breed
ing, and to have them exterminated
BY the acids from thu mills and fac
tories along the Ohio, when they
get into that stream. Some Of the
states bordering the Ohio have at
tempted legislation to prevent river
pollution to protect the fish, but
Congressman Rosenbloom believes
that this cannot be done except by
national legislation.
In many cities along the Ohio
people must use the river water for
drinking purposes, and this makes
1t vitality necessary that steps be
taken to prevent pollution. At the
present time the engineers III
charge Of the government dams
along the Ohio are complaining that
this acid has considerable to do
with the damaging of the steel
structures Of the various locks,
Women are complaining that the
acid in the water is ruinous to
clothing washed in tho river water.
The acid in the water causes un-
told damage to boiler-tubes in the
boilers of steamboats, operating on
the river, and as well boilers used
in manufacturing establishments.
Mr.. Rosenbloom further stated
that since nearly every state bor-
dering on the Ohio river has passed
Legislation providing penalties for
dynamiting for fish, that any move
ment looking toward a cessation of
pollution Of the water ought to be
favorably received, because tho re-
sultant destruction to the fish by
dynamiting is comparably insig-
nificaft to the destruction OCCASION
ed by noxous acids.
1t Is believed that the outcome
Of the meeting will be IN endeavor
to induce manufacturers who are
compelled to use acids which will
pollute the water TO install a tiltra.
ton system of some kind to ncu.
tralize or dilute the acids before
they are permitted to be dumped
into the river. This has been sat.
isfactorily tried in several Euro.
pean countries, and It may be that
the delegation attending the meet.
ing will petition Congress for tho
appointment Of a Commission to
visit European countries to ascer.
tain the efficiency and result of this
method Of dealing with the prob.
lem.
Congressman Rosenbloom fur
ther expressed himself Of the opin.
ion that, IL a filtration system could
be satisfactorily operated, the
states and federal government