The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-03
BEST ROOFS IN WORLD
THEY ARE MADE OF ZINC
COST LESS THAN OTHER ROOF
ING AND LAST MANY
YEARS LONGER.

dead, Zinc and Copper Journal
Joplin, Mo-
The greatest use that has been made
of zinc has been in Belgium France,
Germany and Austria. In Germany
and France it is almost exclusively
used for roofing purposes. Here in
the United States almost none i has
been used for roofing purposes.
If it will last so to 100 years on the
other side of the ocean, why not look
up those old roofs which have stood
20 and 80 years here2 There are rath-
er few of them, to be sure, but never
theless they are here. At the present
time zinc roofs are being put on in the
east and in the west to try out it's
qualifications to stand the extreme
changes of temperature met with in
this country.
A 32-year- roof in Illinois where
the extremes of temperature are equal
to those almost of any other part of
the United States. has caused its own
er no trouble, and if it will do it in one
place it will do it in another. Just
think that over. 1t requires some care
to provide for its peculiar character
istcs
Try Zinc Roof.
If ample provision is made for ex-
pansion and contraction no man need !
ever worry about the zinc roof having |
TO be replaced. Don't be in a hurry to !
condemn the metal and say that it
won't do that it lacks the toughness
of steel and is too much trouble to !
lay. Just remember that it has its
disadvantages which makes it worth |
while to meet it's peculiarities as they |
should be met in a practical, work
manlike manner and in accordance
with the knowledge that has come
into the possession of those who have
observed and know about it.
Too many have discussed zinc and
very freely. particularly for roofing
purposes, have had absolutely no ex-
perience and no knowledge 1t is not
too soon for you to hang a piece of
zinc out in the weather and see what
happens to it,
There has not been a thing said
here but what almost any man can
experience Zinc as found on the
market is pure and has a toughness.
Don't overlook that little fact but put
it to the test realizing that it has not
the tensile strengh of either steel, iron
or copper, but nevertheless if it is
handled properly and put into place
carefully it will stay there and the
ravages of time will make very little
impression on it.
Campaign of Education.
Another drawback that is making
zinc roofing slow to become popular
is the lack of the boosting spirit on
the part of the people interested in
promoting this new enterprise. They
must remember that only a small per
cent of the American people know
anything at all about the values and
benefits of zinc roofing. and that a
campaign of education is necessary to
get the public interested. They must
be told about zinc time and again
Zines advantages must be drummed :,
into them persistently, until they be- ;,
come impressed and convinced of the
wonderful virtues of that great metal.
Sheet zinc owes its value for roofing
10 it's durability, lightness and econo-
my as compared with other roofing
The comparatively low
cost of sheet zinc has secured it's ap-
Dlication on structures of all kinds in n
Europe, palaces, municipal and state
buildings, cathedrals, chapels, schools, r
churches, universities hospitals, no
els. theatres. warehouses, manufac-
uries. stores and private dwellings. d
This is the time for action, not for 5
ethargy. 1t is a time for the zinc in
erests to get busy and pull together Il
or better results and the betterment n
If the zinc industry in general. a