﻿THE 
  NEW 
  COAL 
  AGE 
  SLOSSON" 
  253 
  

  

  still 
  in 
  the 
  ground. 
  Coal 
  is 
  coal 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  dug 
  by 
  Germans, 
  

   British, 
  or 
  Frenchmen, 
  or 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  American 
  mines, 
  by 
  all 
  

   the 
  races 
  of 
  Europe 
  working 
  together. 
  

  

  The 
  nation 
  that 
  deserves 
  the 
  most 
  credit 
  is 
  that 
  which 
  makes 
  best 
  

   use 
  of 
  its 
  share 
  of 
  fossil 
  fuel, 
  and 
  making 
  the 
  best 
  use 
  of 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   mean 
  using 
  it 
  up 
  fastest. 
  We 
  owe 
  a 
  duty 
  to 
  posterity, 
  and 
  we 
  con- 
  

   demn 
  a 
  spendthrift 
  father 
  who 
  dissipates 
  his 
  fortune 
  and 
  leaves 
  his 
  

   son 
  destitute. 
  When 
  we 
  learn 
  that 
  60 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  coal 
  tar 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  burned 
  for 
  fuel, 
  we 
  feel 
  that 
  something 
  

   is 
  wrong, 
  but 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  remedy 
  it. 
  We 
  can 
  not 
  compel 
  

   a 
  man 
  to 
  save 
  by-products 
  that 
  he 
  can 
  not 
  sell 
  or 
  to 
  work 
  land 
  that 
  

   does 
  not 
  pay. 
  The 
  frequent 
  admonition 
  of 
  a 
  mother 
  to 
  her 
  child 
  at 
  

   table, 
  " 
  Eat 
  your 
  crust; 
  some 
  day 
  you 
  may 
  be 
  starving 
  and 
  be 
  glad 
  

   to 
  get 
  it," 
  is 
  not 
  convincing. 
  The 
  normal 
  child 
  can 
  not 
  conceive 
  of 
  

   ever 
  being 
  hungry 
  enough 
  to 
  eat 
  that 
  crust, 
  and 
  he 
  can 
  not 
  see 
  how 
  

   eating 
  the 
  crust 
  now 
  would 
  provide 
  it 
  for 
  him 
  on 
  that 
  hypothetical 
  

   day 
  of 
  destitution. 
  We 
  can 
  not 
  store 
  up 
  unusable 
  stuff 
  for 
  an 
  in- 
  

   definite 
  future 
  nor 
  refuse 
  to 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  our 
  buried 
  treasure 
  for 
  the 
  

   present 
  needs 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  our 
  grandchildren 
  may 
  make 
  more 
  

   out 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  world 
  organization 
  that 
  can 
  exercise 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  emi- 
  

   nent 
  domain 
  over 
  natural 
  resources 
  and 
  compel 
  a 
  country 
  to 
  stop 
  

   wasting 
  its 
  coal 
  and 
  oil 
  or 
  to 
  employ 
  its 
  unused 
  land 
  and 
  water 
  

   power. 
  But 
  all 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  more, 
  we 
  should 
  all 
  rejoice 
  

   when 
  anyone 
  discovers 
  how 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  profit 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  waste 
  product 
  

   or 
  how 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  process 
  more 
  efficient. 
  Wlien 
  a 
  Vv^ay 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  

   convert 
  a 
  low-grade 
  lignite 
  into 
  a 
  high-class 
  motor 
  fuel, 
  or 
  to 
  liiake 
  

   manufactured 
  alcohols 
  and 
  acids 
  of 
  the 
  gas 
  that 
  used 
  to 
  flare 
  from 
  

   the 
  tops 
  of 
  blast 
  furnaces, 
  or 
  to 
  clear 
  the 
  air 
  of 
  our 
  industrial 
  towns, 
  

   or 
  to 
  raise 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  a 
  fuel 
  by 
  low-temperature 
  carbonization, 
  

   he 
  has 
  thereby 
  benefited 
  the 
  human 
  race, 
  living 
  and 
  to 
  come, 
  whether 
  

   he 
  makes 
  money 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  patent 
  or 
  not. 
  All 
  knowledge 
  goes 
  ulti- 
  

   mately 
  into 
  a 
  common 
  pool 
  from 
  which 
  every 
  man 
  may 
  draw 
  what 
  

   he 
  can 
  use. 
  Pure 
  science 
  is 
  essentially 
  international, 
  however 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  nationally 
  applied. 
  

  

  