The Glenwood post., 1924-09-18
urs.A Events fsr W uAnAEss
and 0fown-aDA, 1ss
FACTORIES, saaou
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"Hurry up and bring in those
clothes, children. I DON want them
out on the line any longer than nee
essary.'' It was Jacks mother talk.
ing about the SCOT and smoke that
had been pouring in the direction Of
their house all day long. A new fac
tory had been erected near town. and
the smoke from that factory drifted
in their direction.
"There ought to be some way to
stop that sort of thing" said pother.
at the supper table.
"There is in some places" answer
ed Uncle Ted. elm large cities and
towns they have smoke ordinances.
III certainly wish we would get
something like that here" said moth
+ er, "the smoke soils the clothes when
hung out to dry"
ssYes," answered Uncle Ted, "act
only that, but it has been shown by
the United States Weather bureau at
Washington, through DR.. b. 81. Kim
ball, who has made the Investigations,
that smoke also has decided effect
upon vegetation. We know it affects
the atmosphere. The conditions OF
heavy smoke and SCOT have improved
a great deal in recent years through
the activities and Investigations OF
Uncle Sam. We are learning many
things these days. 1t hasn't been
many years since people would have
laughed if you had told them that
smoke clouds limiting the sunshine
prevent many kinds of vegetation from
growing and that the tarry coating
over the leaves SO chokes the pores
that the plant dies for want Of air.
These are only two of the things
proved by the recent Investigations.
"The main topics covered by this
part of the investigation were atmos
preric gases, suspended particles in
the atmosphere, dust layers in the at
mosphere, the surface dust layer, the
quantity of SCOT in the air of cities
limits of visibility, the meteoroligica
effects of the smoke cloud and tn,
effect Of smoke on rain.''
"what do you mean by thatf'
asked Jack.
"You see, Jack, the rain come
originally from the surface of tn
earth. 1t is taken up into the air b
the sun and when the temperature get
just right it rains, sleets, or snow
according to the conditions. Thes
investigations have proven that cloud
of dense smoke, SCOT, and dirt ca
have big effect on the possibiht
of rain and on the dissipation of fol
"While we are talking of smok
and fog 1 am reminded of one of th
amazing and interesting achievement
of the keen scientists at the Bures
of Standards in Washington. No OF
ever dreamed of making photograph
through fog until the Bureau of Stan'
ards worked out plan. You. see ii
haze light produced by fog is blu
and that kind of light will fog th
plates in any ordinary, camera. l
order to shut out the blue and phot'
graph with red and yellow it is nece
sary to have plate that is very sci
sitive to red. The ordinary plate wi
reproduce red just like black, 80 th
Bureau of Standards found a 1AI
blus dye, bathed the plates in thi
dye and were then able to .photosfap
through fog a mile in the air whe
the naked eye could see nothing br
haze.
"But to get back to the smok
problem that we started talkin
about
eve are all of US glad to have
new factory started in our town {
in any other town in the Unite
States, for the factory supplies us wit
goods and provides employment for
lot If people. We are willing to sui
NIT to any necessary discomforts
order that desirable industries ma
operate But to the extent that smok
is unnecessary, we want it Suppressed
81 think ought to remind you this
the prevalence of smoke from the fu
naces of factories is most noticoab
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