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Show GAS AND WATER IS" ONE- AS NECESSARY AS THE OTHER? I Citizens of Large Cities Say It Is, I Now York, Juno 13. In tho recent I agitation hero nbout tho prlco of gas, I the demand for lower rates wns sup I ported by tho argument that cvory I resident la as depondont upon a sup- I ply of gas as upon a supply of good I water. 1 It. has come to pass that the day I laborer uses gas as his only fuel for 1 looking, because of economy, and tho 1 rich pinn uses gas on account of Its I convenience. Gas for lighting, with I modern Improvements In burners, is w cheaper, better and moro satisfactory I than any other kind of light. Gas sells at $1.00 per thousand cubic feet In largo cities and from that to as ,hlgh as $3.00 in smaller1 towns. Tho consumer of gns In the country uses Acotyleno (pronounced a-sot-a-lone).' and each user makes his own gas and Is Independent of Gas and Electric Companies. Acetylene Is a more perfect lllumlnnnt than the gas sold by tho big gas companies in tho cities, and the cost to tho smallest user Is about tho equivalent of city gas at 85 cents per thousand. Acotyleno Is tho modern artificial light, tho latest addition to thp many invenllons that havq become "daily necessities. ' ' ' , Tne light from 'ato' acotyleno flamo Is soft, steady and' brilliant, and In 'quality Is only rivaled by tho sun's rays. If water and a solid materjal i known ns Calcium Carbide aro J brought .Into contact, the immediate - result" Is. the making of this wonder- ' ful gns. The generation of acetylene ' is so simple that experience or even t 'apparatus Is not neccssnry to make it. If It Is desired to mako it for prac- t tlcal lighting, and to keep It for im- j -. mediate use, then a small machine qaljed an "Acetylene Generator" Js employed. There aro many responst-,blo responst-,blo concerns making acetylene generators. gener-ators. In, practice, this gas Is distributed dis-tributed la small ' plpe3 throughout buildings, grounds, or entire cities ' and towns, In tho sajmo.. manner as ordinary city gas. Acetylene Is- tho only satisfactory means of lighting ' isolated buildings located in- tho country coun-try or suburbs at a dlstanco from city gas or electric plants., I |