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Show LITTLE STORY OF CREOSOTE. jH You hnvo seen a stream that Is- jJ bordered by a gat) plant, Its shores iH blnckcned with conl tar, Its wators ,H polluted with wastes. That stream. H Is ugly and rcpulslvo nnd lll-smolllng iH and barren of life becnuso tho gas tH plant throws away what It should save. jH Germany, Instead of treating coal tar, iH as a nulBnnco nnd n thing to get rid or, even at tho cost ot polluting tha H streams, saves it carefully and from iH It obtains a thousand useful products. ,H Among them is creosote, 500,000,000 ! gallons of which sho sells to thq IH United States as a timber prcscrva- tH tlvo The country which wastes Its H resources Is tho eager customer ot ''H tho ono which conserved Its resources. jH From Texas comes tho rry that plants JH which treat brldga timbers nnd cross jH ties with creosote will havo to Bhut jH down becnuso of tho lack of tho pro. lH serving material. Tho war Is n wall j'H botween tho thrifty German manufnc- jH turcrs nnd their markit In tho coun IH try of un'.hrlft. The gas makers and 'H tho coke makers can go on wasting a ,H useful by-product and the wood pro- H serving plants can stay closed. Or iH tho coal tar can bo saved nnd distilled iH and tho demnnd for crcosoto met. H |