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Show THE AGE OF ALUMINUM. The increase in the production of aluminum is wonderful. It began in 1883 with an outpW. of e;ghty-three pounds. In 1885 it amounted to 2sS pounds, in 1890 it had grown to 61,281 pounds, five years later it increased to 7,150,000 pounds. In 1905 it had increased to'10,000,000 pounds. When the price gets a little less men will begin to build and adorn houses with it, for it doe not corrode, it holds its luster as steadily as silver, and it is so light that it could be used easily for internal decorations. One of these days there will be cities built out of it and they will be like the new Jerusalem. When the sun at dawn or at evening strikes npon it the whole city will shine like gold. |