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Bubble Force Makes Billions j of copper production, and therefore of the electrical Industry, Is very largely dependent on the same forces that are at work In the soap bubble.” l ’rofessor Taggart declared that the demand for specialists In ore dressing with expert knowledge o f the design and operation of the bewildering array of machinery now employed has be come so Insistent that school curricula Knowledge of Colloid and Organic must be altered to offer the necessary Chemistry Necessary for the Flo preparatory courses. tation Millman— Skillful “ Ore dressing Is an Indispensable Work for a Profit link between mining and metallurgy In present-day practice In the extraction New York.— Billions are being added of metals from the earth,” said Pro to the world's wealth by the forces at fessor Taggart. “ It consists In non work In the soap bubble. The flotation chemical concentration of the valuable method of mineral separation, by part o f an ore Into a bulk much which every day In the year fortunes j smaller than that of the original ore, are literally extracted front froth. Is and at the same time rejection as now exercising so powerful an Influ waste o f the worthless portion. “ Until about fifteen years ago most ence on mining operations In this and other countries that, according to Co mills were small as compared with lumbia university authorities, the fu present-day standards and the ores ture o f copper production, and there were relatively high grade. The ore fore o f the electricnl Industry, largely treatment problem was a simple one, and ns a result the technical as well hinges on bubbles. The process of ore concentration has as the executive direction of the ore always been considered important In dressing plant could be nnd was Inci mining engineering schools and the flo dental to the direction with which the tation process Is a leading factor In concentrator was built. “ The services of a specialist In con laboratory practice at Columbia, where the ore dressing laboratory Is now un centration were considered unneces sary. With the development o f the dergoing considerable expansion. According to both Dean George B. large, low-grade, disseminated copper Pegram o f the Columbia School of deposits, the Importance of ore dress Mines, Engineering and Chemistry, and ing took a sudden Jump. These depos Arthur F. Taggart, professor of ore its contain only from twenty to forty dressing, the advent of flotation hns pounds of copper per ton o f ore. The wrorked a revolution In mining meth ore bodies as originally discovered con tained from 20,000,000 to 100,000,000 ods. “ The word ‘bubble’ used In connec tons each of such ore. For economical tion with mining properties formerly working of such deposits elaborate referred to a kind of financial manage concentrating plants, capable of han ment which could hardly be tolerated dling from 5,000 to 40,000 tons of ore In these dry and sober days, but in the per day were necessary. Skillful Work for Profit. last few years bubbles have taken on a “ These plants required the most new and more Important significance fo r the larger part o f the mining In skillful direction possible If a profit dustry,” said Dean Pegram. “ The most was to be made from their operation, Important problem o f the mining en and a demand for specialists In con gineers Is usually how to concentrate centration Immediately $rose. Within the mineral In low-grnde ore to such the last seven years the successful ap on extent that the working of the ore plication o f processes of froth flotation w ill be profitable. A process has been to the treatment of these low-grade developed which applies particularly ores has'resulted In the saving o f four to all sulphide ores, nnd these Include to six pounds more copper per ton than most o f the copper, zinc and lead ores, was formerly possible. “ The advent of flotation called for a in which the ores may be beautifully concentrated by the action o f fine bub mill man o f much broader scientific bles of air attaching themselves to the education than the old concentration particles o f mineral, finely ground and processes required. A flotation mill man needs a working knowledge of mixed with water. the newest branch of physical chemis Separate Sand and Froth. “ The bubbles with the sulphide min try, viz., colloid chemistry, and should eral then rise to the top as a thick also have some acquaintance with or froth, while the sand nnd other worth ganic chemistry. Coincident with the less material sink to the bottom of the advent o f flotation In milling there has vessel. This flotation process has not been a revolution In the methods of only made much more profitable the grinding ores preparatory to concen In the old concentration working o f the better grnde of copper, tration. zinc nnd lead ore, but has also made processes It was Impossible to treat very profitable the working o f ores very finely ground ore economically. "Hence all grinding was done with which previously could not have been the end In view of producing ns little handled without actual loss. “ The whole secret o f the bubbles of slime as possible. Flotation, however, air gathering up the mineral particles works best on finely pulverized ore. and leaving the sand depends upon Hence It was necessary, on the Intro treating the finely crushed ore In water duction o f flotation, to devise methods wtth one o f various chemical sub of grinding different from those at that stances, among them oleic acid and time In use, such methods being aimed pine oil. Only a very small amount of at producing slime. This resulted In the oil Is necessary, less than 1 per the Introduction o f grinding machinery cent liy weight o f the amount of min | o f an entirely different type. In con- nectlon with the new grinding and flo eral that is In the ore. “ A fter the proper reagent hns been tation machinery there was necessarily added to the water and the finely crushed ore, air Is Introduced into It either by hentlng It In with a stirrer or by forcing It In through fine pores i ----------- i lr. the bottom o f the vessel, or nn.v way j In which to bring fine bubbles of the I One-Reel Motion Picture Used by A g ricultural Depa.-tment In Edu air Into Intimate contact with the fine cational Campaign. particles o f the ore. The separation Is marvelously complete, the mineral go Why dust Is dangerous Is shown con ing to the top In bubbles, forming a thick froth, which Is collected by suit clusively In a one-reel motion picture, able arrangements, while the sand nnd “ Explosive Dusts,” recently Issued by other gangue material settles quite the United Stntes department of ag clean o f any valuable mineral to the riculture, In co-operation with the United States grain corporation. The bottom o f the vessel. “ O f course the process Is made to picture Is a popular presentation of a run continuously, nnd In some mills as subject that was covered more tech much ns 4,000 tons of mineral In froth nically aud at greater length In a pre Is separated each day. Altogether In vious two-reel subject. “ Grain-Dust 1918 there were 60,000,000 tons o f ore Explosions In Mills and Elevators," which traveled all over the United treated by the flotation process. “ It may truly be said that the future States and Into Canada and did yeo- M AK IN G CANNED SPEECH DRUGGISTS IN GIG NUMGERS GREAT SAVING OF COPPER Only 238 Permits for the Manufacture of Intoxicants Have B;en Issued, One-fourth of Them Being From California. Senator Warren G. Harding, Repub lican presidential nominee, dictating his first speech for a phonograph rec ord. His subject la Americanism and the record will be used In the cam paign. U A Washington. — More thnn 57,000 druggists, retail and wholesale, nnd manufacturers of proprietary medi cines, flavoring extracts, sirups, etc., have been licensed in the United States nnd Its consular possessions to date, under the national prohibition act, according to statistics Just com plied in the office of the prohibition commissioner, John II. Kramer. The records of the Internal revenue bureau also show that nearly 16,000 physicians In the United States, Ha waii and I’ orto Rico huve received per mits to write prescriptions calling for the dispensation of Intoxicating liq uors for medicinal purpose and that additional permits at the rate of 1,000 a month are being Issued to physi cians. Tabulation by states o f the physi cians licensed up to June 25 show that the prohibition director for Massachu setts has Issued more than 15 per cent of the number o f such permits dis tributed. New York state has another 15 per cent. Massachusetts Leads. The exact figures a re : Massachu setts, 2,450; New York, 2,421 Pennsyl vania. 1,525; Ohio, 1,450; Maryland. 1,225; Missouri, 1,150; Minnesota. 605. In states such ns Illinois, Kansas and Indiana, where state codes will not permit o f the use of such permits, no physicians have been licensed by the government so to prescribe. Porto Itlcan physicians, apparently, are awake to their opportunities under prohibition, 176 licenses to physicians to prescribe Intoxicating liquors hav ing been Issued In that'territory, or more than have been Issued In Mlssls- © KM5CI. A. M tS S iX r iv.1. ■ ..... . . . . . . The zoo In Paris was unable longer to feed tuuuy of Its animals, and the camels were sold to a butcher, who slaughtered them uud offered the meat to his customers us a substitute for beef. developed also machinery for sizing slppl, Arkansas, New Mexico, Nevada, and dewatering the finely ground prod North Dakota, South Dukota. West uct. Virginia, Georgia, Florida and Maine "The men who will successfully combined. handle this work must understand the New York state Is far In the van In physical principles underlying the op number of retail and wholesale drug erations o f ore concentration, and gists, manufacturers of proprietary must have. In addition, the collateral medicines, extracts and other products engineering knowledge essential to the requiring the use of Intoxicating liquor designing of structures and the Instal ns an ingredient. Permits for these lation of machinery, sufficient grasp of dispensers o f products containing con the principles of economics and busi siderable quantities o f Intoxicants ness to be able to Judge results from.a have been Issued to 16,000 In New commercial standpoint, sufficient York state alone, or about 28 per cent knowledge o f mining to understand of the total In the country. how ores are produced to the surface Pennsylvania ranks second with of the ground, and, flnnlly, sufficient about 12,800 such permits Issued up to knowledge of metallurgy to understand Juno 25, Illinois Is third with nearly the demands o f the metallurgist as to 3,1)00, Massachusetts Is fourth with the character o f concentrate produced. about 1,800 nnd Ohio Is less thnn a “ The Instruction o f such men In col hundred behind In fifth place. lege then should consist In a founda More thnn twice ns many permits tion of the fundamental sciences and a fo r the snle alone of liquors have firm grounding In the use of the Eng been Issued In I’ ennsylvnnln ns In nny lish language to express ldens and to other state. There are 602 Issued In present results and conclusions; In other words, such basic Instruction as Is essential to the training of all engi neers. “ On this foundation should be built a superstructure composed o f courses leading to a thorough knowledge of the properties and occurrences of min erals, to an understanding of the prin ciples and simpler details o f the design of structures, the generation and trans mission of power, the methods of min ing, the general principles of metal Lack of Food and Materials Pre hibitive to build nn.v but tho simplest structures. However, It Is believed lurgy and the principles o f economics vents Their Working With that by fall conditions must Improve and business finance and accounting. somewhat nnd prices will he reduced. Old-Time Vigor. “ Flnnlly, following some elementary Prices on all commodities nre most Instruction In ore dressing, the stu exorbitant. Men's suits that were a dent should be assigned a definite, few years ago 120 marks nro now fairly difficult problem In that subject, bringing ns high ns 2,000 to 3,000 which he Is expected to carry through tnnrks. Shoes which were 18 to 25 to a conclusion largely by his own ef mnrks nre now 400 to 500. Only the forts and Initiative. Hope to Eetablish Friendship Between profiteers can afford such prices, nnd “ In connection with this problem two Countries, 8aye German Agent there nro profiteers in Germany ns there should be time In the curriculum — Country at Present Hae well ns elsewhere. All meat, flour, to allow the student to elect one or Nothing for Export. sugar, butter, milk and other neces more courses In some other depart sities nre still rntloned by the govern ment, preferably In chemistry, physics New York.— The German people are or metallurgy, such courses being along eager to work and readjust themselves ment, nnd It Is quite likely that this will continue for some time. the line o f the problem under Investi and pay their war Indemnities, but Trade With Italy. gation.” they cannot do so until they have help “ Trade has been established with In tho way o f food and materlnls, ac Italy and relations will, that country cording to Otto J. Marum, the German nro good, nnd gradually Improving. If ngent for an American Leather com the people of this country could get pany In Milwaukee, who recently ar real facts nnd correct statements, there rived from Germany. lie says that the would he little, If any, ill feeling be man service In helping to stop the dls German workman Is so underfed that tween tho two countries. The war feel asters that threatened America’s bread I ho ennnot possibly do a proper day's ing Is rapidly disappearing nnd In Ger supply during the war. work, and that the high prices for all many there Is none of the hate that The old two-reel picture Is being re- j the necessities there, combined with some of tho newspapers speak of. talned for the use o f workers In the! the pny of the laborer with the mark There exlxts the best of feeling bureau of chemistry. The new one-] at Its present low rate of value, Is throughout Germany for tho Ameri reeler Is especially designed for show causing hardships and great suffering cans in genernl. ing In high schools nnd other scholas among the working classes that can "The Influx of the Senegal negroes tic Institutions, as well ns before grain scarcely be realized. to Frankfort nnd other places In Oer- “ The visitors who come to Germany, and nilUtng men, fire prevention and mnny enused no end of III feeling nnd Insurance associations, and others di put up at the best hotels where there misunderstanding, with keen bitter Is plenty of good food, and make a rectly Interested In the subject. ness. Tho negroes were quartered In Requests for the lonn o f the film superficial Inspection of some of the tho school bouses nnd other public should be made through some field more accessible districts, cannot Judgo buildings nnd so much disorder result worker o f the department o f agricul o f the lack o f food throughout the ed that flnnlly the French were obliged ture, or they may be sent directly to country," said Mr. Marum. “ Deformed to remove them. the department. Arrangements also children nre seen everywhere where "Th e German people nre mainly law have been made enabling outside per-1 the working people live, but one falls abiding, nnd the holshevlkl will never sons and institutions to buy prints of to take Into consideration that their take a strong hold there. Tho great whole organism Is undermined und the film at the cost of manufacture. mass of people ore good workers nnd that they will always bear the marks very Industrious, If given a chance, of what they have suffered In the last and nre not at all In sympathy with few years. the methods of the present disturbers Nothing for Export. Modern Sampson Unhurt of Europe. Their ambition Is to be “ There Is nothing at present for ex come n steady, progressive country, By Toppling Building port, partly because of the great but they greatly need assistance to dearth of coal for factories and manu i build up anil grow strong again. Their Sampson was pretty good at facturing purposes, nnd also hcenuse i coal fields are now owned by Frnnce; handling buildings but he could there nre so few raw materials. The i their farm lands bnvo deteriorated, boast o f no superiority over raw materluls now available fill only a nnd much of their manufacturing run- John Pettlbone, a New York very small percentage of the domestic ! ehlnery la gone. It Is next to tmpos- city laborer. needs. The people are striving to at \ stble for the farmers to operate, be A fter a two-story frame build tain their old-tline efficiency, but liv cause of the senrrity of farm lnbor ing had toppled over on Petti- ing costs must go down In order that and tlie cost o f that available. There bone, and the employees, whose wages may be reduced for profitable ; la a great shortage of potatoes, ns the lives he had saved by his shout production. \ [s>tnto fields of Posen are now owned o f warning, together with a de “ Th e same general problems that con . by tlie Polish nation.” tail o f police and two fire com front other countries now are present panies had dog him out, Pettl In Gennuny In a more aggravated bone walked disdainfully home, Sitters Meet After Years. form. For Instance, the housing prob leaving the ambulance and pul- Springfield, O.— Mrs. Thomas Smith lem had reached a much more acute motor crews rubbing their eyes. state than here. The government made of Jackson, O., nnd Mrs. James Dela SttirCrCrtrtrtrCrCrtiirtrtr'uirù an effort to adjust this by obliging ney o f Pot^svlllc, I ’a., sisters, met here those wtth more rooms In their resi the other day for the first time In 58 dences thnn were actually needed for I years at the home of Sirs. Smith's son, Gray Timber W olf Killed. their own fnin'lles to take others Into Thomas M. Smith. Both lived In Richmond, Ind.— A gray timber their homes— ns renters, of course— Pottavllle when little girls. Flfty- j wolf, weighing 60 pounds or more, was but since they are allowed the use of ! eight years ago Mrs. Smith earn« to ; killed the other day by James Kees. the kitchens and laundries nnd other Ohio nnd settled In Jnrkson. The long ! who lives east o f this d ty. In a woods parts o f the houses the arrangement 1 separation was the result o f both hav I adjoining the golf links o f the Rich has made for great confusion and ing large families which required their mond Country club. The animal had ( much discontent. I attention. Mrs. Smith has 17 children been preying on poultry In the vicinity “ The high prices for all building and Mrs. Dclnney lias 14. One o f Mrs. for several days. Kees killed the anl- materials nnd the high wages for i Delaney's sons, Thomas, o f Phllndel- I mat with a rifle after several shot*. workmen hare made It almost pro 1 phla, cam“ here with her. DANGERS OF DUST SHOWN Just to show that the disturbance recently enacted at Lbe opening o f her show In London Is deeply regretted, the English theater going public. Is now tendering to Laurette Taylor many demonstrations of their approval. At a performance a week ago, she was presented with a beautiful wreath of flower*, and the boys' band from one o f the orphan homes near London played for her. Camel Meat Is Put on Sale in Paris Nearly 16,000 Physicians Have Received Permits to Write Prescriptions. Fortunes Extracted Daily From Froth by Treatment of Low- Grade Ores. Now Making It U p to Her ‘DRY’ LICENSES EXCEED 57,000 German People Eager to W ork HAVE NO HATE FOR AMERICANS the Keystone stnte out of 3,243 for the entire country. These are Issued prin cipally to distillers nnd others, having Intoxicating stuff In bond, but soma wholesale liquor dealers nnd possibly some druggists mny be found In this class. Permit* for Manufacture. Only 238 permits for the manufac ture of Intoxicants have been Issued, nnd more than a fourth o f these, or 64, hnve gone to the wineries o f Cali fornia. Tw o permits of this class hnve been Issued to distillers of whisky, both In Pennsylvania, according to en forcement officials. Thirty-five of the sixty ^ctlflcrs' license have been granted to firms In New York state. Ohio’s state prohibition director hns Issued more permits for the trans portation of Intoxicating liquor than nny other, with 350. Kentucky ts sec ond with 251 nnd Pennsylvania third with 199. Massachusetts ranks fourth with 147, California fifth with 140, New York sixth with 128, Connecticut seventh wtth 112 and Missouri eighth with 99. All other classes o f permits for tha use In nny way of intoxicating liquor, In Its Importation or exportation, for mnnufncture or use o f Intoxlcnttng cider for conversion Into vinegar, and for the sale or purchase of nlcohollc preparations, sirups und beverages of more thnn hnlf of 1 per cent alcoholic contents nre Issued direct from the prohibition commissioner's office, aa also nro penults to operate dealcohol« lzlng plants and rectification establish ments. Permits “ H " for the use of Intoxi cating liquors— In the manufacture of medicinal preparations, extracts, sir ups, etc.— have been Issued rip to the number of 45,808 nnd permits “ I” for tho “ use nnd sale” o f such liquors have been Issued up to the number of 11,370. These two classes o f permits lake In both wholesalers and retailers of Intoxicants—always with tho quali fication "fo r medicinal purposes"— nnd because of the confusion resulting from these similar classifications. " I f ” nnd "1" permits now are being consol idated In many Instances so that drug gists, for Instance, mny not only dis pense whisky, etc., on prescription, hut may njso use It In concocting medicinal preparations o f more than nnu half o f 1 per cent nlcohollc content. At the present rate of withdrawal from bond It will take only five years for the available supply of whisky In the United States to be consumed. FEUDS K ILL TOWN OF 1,000 Ferguson, Okla., Dies Fighting— Had No Church and but Small School. Oklahoma City, Okla.— Hate killed Ferguson. Fifteen years ago n town of 1,000 people, having n large salt factory, n gypsum plant and shipping facilities, Ferguson today Is dead. Ry order of tho post offee department tho office hns been closed, nnd soon the rnllrond will be discontinued, with trains running only to Hitchcock. Ferguson Is said to have died fight ing ns It had lived. Main street fights were common. West o f town alleged outlaws "Yeager" nnd “ Black," had their rendezvous, from where they are said to hnve stolen horses and cattle o f farmers and citizens. Ferguson never hnd a chnrcli, nor talk of a church. Tho only school- house In Its history would not seat more thnn twenty-five children. To Flog Profiteers Is Aim of This Bill Budapest.— In deference to urgent requests o f the nntlonnl assembly the Hungarian gov ernment hns drafted n hill pre scribing corporal punishment for profiteers. ^ ‘j f r ù ù ’i r ù irtitr tr fiù-CrCfCrù-Crùi Create Civilian Union*. Brussels.— Most o f the large cities of Belgium, following the examples given In France and Switzerland, nre creating civilian unions, whose chief aim la to combat political strikes and assure the working of public service*