Show KE W WASTE IN es 5 IS S TOLD IN BILLIONS L Losses in American es les Staggering Declares Declares De- De clares Scientist YORK ORK Nov 20 Billions Billions of ot I are ate vanishing annually ins in as' as s a result of fuel waste in ini an i homes according to Joseph ue- ue industrial e economist of ot this scientist in charge f 41 investigation of energy re- re for tor the Smithsonian re tier tion fir Mr P Pogue's gues gue's declaration is contained con con- contained con I in a statement by the commit commit com com- mit Ue tte en cn information and service of I th the fuel section of the American Society Society Society So So- of of ot Mechanical Engineers now I conducting from its national head- head q titters I tel'S in this city a countrywide inquiry ly into fuel conditions W. W N. N is chairman of the committee tee which in addition to Mr Fogue includes F. F G. G Tryon statistician statistician statistician statis statis- of the United States geological survey E E. A A. Lucey C. C C. C Phelps Floyd W. W Parsons and Charles E. E Lucke professor of mechanical engi- engi at Columbia university who was prominent in planning warfare against the U The 01 work of the committee will not be confined merely to the mechanical i I aspects of the energy problem but butwill will Hl include also the relationship of its technique to the social and economic economic economic eco eco- problems involved d. d I THROW AWAY CASH If each f family milY in in- inthe the United States were required by custom to throw throwaway throwaway throwaway away five 10 10 bills each year and I then fined for the damage I wrought by the indiscriminate manner manner manner man man- ner in which the sum were cast to the I. I winds there would pr probably bably be considerable considerable considerable con con- objection to such a needless I and wasteful performance said Mr 11 Pogue's statement issued through the committee Yet such is essentially what is isnow isnow isnow I now bein in this country when raw coal is burned in millions of homes and factories and countless columns of dense black smoke are are al allowed allowed al- al I aI-I lowed to escape escape into th the atmosphere I Ito to contaminate its purity dilute its I brightness and besmear the surroundings surroundings surroundings surround surround- I I ings with soot and grime The value of the ammonia I and gas which is thus annually turned loose into the air in the United States is conservatively estimated at while the damage to property health and comfort occasioned occasioned occasioned occa occa- by this waste is at least least- occa twice that figure though it would be difficult difficult difficult cult ti to place a money value on the I losses suffered by by society especially In cities clUes on that score 0 SMOKE NUISANCE I And the smoke nuisance far from l I improving is becoming worse as city after city is forced to turn to soft I coal in the place of the relatively smokeless anthracite which is becoming becoming becom becom- ing increasingly difficult to obtain Insufficient in insufficient insufficient j sufficient quantity I |