Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — United States Should Conserve Radium [ARTICLE]

United States Should Conserve Radium

By FRANKLIN K. LANE,

k LANE, Secrc’ary of !’:r Intcrio;

THERE appear to lu> ill the l"i:i»• - ed States loss tl’mn uv.o”ht:;> of radium—that is, '.-Ivys tlun; one-fourth of an ounce. This is valued at one hundred and t weiitv thousand dollars a grain, and ail ol it has been procured from Europe, where there are in France, Austria, Germany and England laboratories for its discovert. THREE-FOURTHS OF THE RADIUM PRODUCED IN THE WORLD DURING THE YEAR 1912 CAME FROM AMERICAN ORES, YET WE HAVE UP TO THE PRESENT TIME TAKEN NO STEPS WHATEVER TO PRESERVE FOR OUR OWN PEOPLE THIS INVALUABLE METAL. Under all these circumstances it seems to me that the only prudent course that the United States can follow is toi WITHDRAW SUCH OF ITS LANDS AS ARE*SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN RADIUM FROM PUBLIC ENTRY. This will guard against these lands being taken up by those who would not put them to their highest and most beneficial use.