TACOMA SPORTSMEN'S CLUB ^^^ 



industry to prevent the charge of discrimination. Permits 

 must not be used to legalize pollution. 



It has come to my attention and various 

 state officials that agriculture uses 90 percent of the 

 water within their state. Pulp mills also use tremendous 

 amounts of water of the purest type. Now include the water 

 used by other industries, therefore how much water is 

 actually used by the average home owner within the overall 

 total? In view of the fact that agriculture uses 90 per- 

 cent of the water as an industry, what anti pollution 

 measures are going to be used regarding the use of 

 pesticides such as DDT for example? The Washington state 

 Sportsmen's Council has gone on record as banning the use 

 of DDT in the United States and is supporting such Federal 

 legislation. 



Industry wants "speed limits". The goal 

 has to be "prevention and elimination of pollution'.' 

 The technology is available. 



The pulping industry has the right to use 

 a process of their own choice to prevent and eliminate 

 pollution but apparently they have not solved the problem. 

 Therefore, may we suggest the following as published in 

 Business Week magazine of September 23, 1961, page 38, 

 which states the following about the hydrotropic pulping 

 process : 



