Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12

Meets Daily Needs
OF Thousands

Of last week that was a fine portrayal
Of the most important manufacturing
business In the state. The lecture was
intensely interesting and was educa
tiOnal to the people who were present,
many Of whom were not familiar to
any degree with the fuel and iron In
dustry that enters so much into the
daily lives OF all of us.
Mr.. Lichty opened his talk with
description Of the raw materials that
his company takes from the ground. lie
said that the company takes from its
quarries 100000 tons of limestone an
nually; from its own iron mines and
by purchase about 100000 tons year
Of iron ore; and from its coal mines
coking coal. These three raw materials
are necessary In making pig iron. which
Is the basis Of all their steel and iron
products.
OF the finished products produced at
the Minnequa Steel Works, the larg-
est is the heavy rails and fastcnings
for the railroads and seven miles OF
new railroad are produced daily. Eight
Of the largest railroad companies of
this western territory are their regular
customers.
The company makes 420 different
kinds OF wire which are found in daily
use In the shape OF pamphlet fasteners.
milliner's frames for hats. clothes lines.
telephone and telegraph lines, hay bale
ties. wire gates. fences, tacks, staples,
nails. etc. II Is interesting to know
that the production OF hny bale ties
by the c. +. 4 l. every day amounts
to enough to tie 4l2,5OO bales OF hay,
or II the bales OF hay tied with this
wire were to be placed one on top OF
the other would rench 70 times as high
as Pixies peak. Mr.. Lichty also Illus
trated the enormous production OF
other steel wire products In the same
graphic manner.
Saved From Smoke.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
Of the lecture was the description Of
the hy-proiuct coke plant mt Pueblo.
Modern manufacturing pays par
ticular attention to elimination Of
waste. One of the ls.si known examples
Of this Is that of the packing plants
where "all of the Iig Is saved except
the slucal.' In the by-pr"iuci coke
plant. one can s.r less smoke escaping
from the stacks than is produced by
TIE ordinary piIs. or cigarcf. although
.sOO tons ~ raw coal nrc used daily In
making coke. The following by'prod-
ucss are taken ont OF the smoke mn'ic
by one ton Of coal:
iI.5O Cu ~. of Gas-which Is used
for fuel In various processes in the
steel works:
q Ih~. Amoninm sniphatcs-whichi IL
sold for fertilizer In California:
~ gals. Ans,nia I.iqnor-producing
amonia:
10 gals Tar-used for fuel and many
medicinal purposes:
~ gals. ILGht Oil:
10 gals. Benxol-May he uss.d for
making dyes, explosives. Ierfunery and
Others:
" gal. Toluoi-From which sae-
charine is made. also r. n. +.
y xni. Nyioi-uscd for printing Inks.
shoe polish. explosives for depth
homt,s:
!. gal solvent Nap,hslcne and X
H. Nnp&hairnc powder.
One billion dollars Is lost annually
in the United States through wasting
the af,ov- products In coal smoke. This
II snid 20 M the most incxrsssshlc
economic. waste ~ our time.
Easemeus Bssuine~a.
ncsi,l,r the great volume nj bisisA.s-
in steel aud Iron products, III" 4. =.
al. furnishes onc. hnif III its enormous
production of coal far railroad aud
domestic u-r. distributing coal Ia SIX
ncighboring states ns we'll as In Colo.
rndo, the other hnif of It's production
being u-cd In the com,nny'r plants.
The employees md their families
number nO.O00 persons mud the large
property holdings makes the company
large taxpayer, The company i- not
owned OF controlled by thu nockefcl.
lcrr hut the stockholders Numbering
over IsO) mud no one of whom own
a majority Of stock have united 20 In.
vest thcir money In mn enterprise that
IL producing wholesome. honorable en-.
pioynnnt under excellent working con.
dittons. at reasonable rntcs of i'ay for
many thousands Of parsons. Because
these things ar truc and also lsS~use
tke company 10 engaged In producing .
very Wide variety of usritil articles. II