Show f The ff Waste ste of Wood WoodA 9 A 1 GOVERNMENT forest service sor bulletin 1 Just issued says fias there are wasted waste annually annually annually an an- cords of wood In tho the form of slabs shavings sawdust etc To theman tho the thoman thoman man who Is paying prIces high for lumber or f fuel lel this seem enormous Also much of this might seemingly be available a for or paper-making paper in this time of ot shor shortage Is r this another caso of tho wasteful American spirit Or is It a n. result of high cost of labor The men who arc are running lumber umber industries should be able to market marketan an any available product If It they are arc burning up this material to get rid of it it the they must consider it of ot too little value to pay truck truck- ng age and freight to markets It does docs cost everlastingly e to get any l kind ind of work worl dOlie Marketing a waste product might perhaps seem to pa pay but It mIght night not be possible to got get it done simply because no help could couta be had American- American born men are getting above such primitive operations as lumbering The They want Jobs In n factories and stores That leaves the tho lumberman dependent on foreign help which is now scarce carce The printer who is paying an enormous price for his paper looks longingly at this figure of wood products wasted He Ho wonders won won- ders if more of ot it could be made available for tor newspaper use If It after atter war paper materials are going to continue continuo somewhat scarce It will be bo up to science to find ways of saving sa and utilizing material formerly thought worthless l America is wasting resources and great reservoirs of material for all arts are re being depleted Careful and economical methods methods meth meth- will be needed and nd will pa pay Fortunes have c been built up in many lines by elimination elimination elim dim of or aate There are such rewards for tor men who can figure out before utilization utilization tion of pf products by-products o of lumbering President Wilson has declined to advance the date of ot Thanksgiving day for one week Such is unflinching determination in high I p places laces |