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Show Tht Valut of a Scrap Heap. The enterprising Mr, Yerkes, of Chicago, Chi-cago, who Is about to tear up a large part of London In his rapid transit schemes, Intimates In tho latest Interview Inter-view that the English need a rummage rum-mage ssle ot some of their present belongings. "I tell you what," he declares de-clares with choice Chicago directness, "the trouble with the English concerns con-cerns Is that they don't know tbl value of a scrap heap." There Is a good deal ot truth and philosophy In the observation. America Amer-ica bss stepped to lesdershlp on Ita scrap heaps, The other day, In New York, four million dollars' worth of cable equipment went to the junk shop because electricity was better. Down at league laland there was a scrap heap ot old monitors which were hardly valuable even as objects of Interest, In-terest, and If the recent work of the new projectile In smashing the strongest strong-est armor plate la continued there will be other scrsp heaps of Isrger vei- m tels, which have cost the government M millions ot dollars. It has not been M rainy years slnco the newspapers bad E to make scrap heaps of their old By preaaea. In fact In every department u of effort the scrap heap has been the 31 sign ot progress and success. It would Sj be fortunate If men could deal aa jjf promptly In their Ideas and prejudices m u tbey do In their machinery. The E spoils system In politics would make I good junk. The excessive tariff pro- S toctlon would look well as a second- 11 class ruin. Some of tho present navl- S gallon laws might bo sacrificed Tilth H profit And there are other things. A I government needs scrap heaps as much I as n corporation. H |