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510 CORK INSULATION<br />

A GOOD DRINK OF WATER.*<br />

Speaking of Values.—Years ago an authority <strong>on</strong> ec<strong>on</strong>omics pointed<br />

out that values were of two different kinds: Value in exchange, and<br />

value in use. Gold, for example, was xnenti<strong>on</strong>ed as possessing a rela-<br />

tively high exchange value, due to its scarcity and the demand for it<br />

for ornamentati<strong>on</strong>; but as having practically no real value in use,<br />

as it was in no sense necessary to mankind. Water, <strong>on</strong> the other<br />

hand, was referred to as having no exchange value, as it was never<br />

sold; but as possessing an extraordinary high value in use because<br />

it was an absolute necessity to mankind.<br />

While these examples can still be used today for the purpose of<br />

illustrating the difference between these two classes of values, yet<br />

the real value of gold and the exchange value of water have both<br />

increased immeasurably since about the ISth century. Gold is today<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sidered necessary as the basis of our m<strong>on</strong>etary exchange; and<br />

good water has a very definite m<strong>on</strong>etary value to those who are in<br />

positi<strong>on</strong> to dispense it.<br />

A Good Drink of Water.—Especially is this true of good drinking<br />

water. But good water and good drinking water may be two<br />

wholly different things; especially in the industries and in most pub-<br />

lic buildings. While water may be pure, it is not necessarily fit for<br />

human c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>. It must be available at the proper temperature.<br />

If it is too warm it does not satisfy and workers complain or seek<br />

employment elsewhere. If it is too cold the health of the c<strong>on</strong>sumer<br />

is very vitally impaired. Medical science has c<strong>on</strong>clusively dem<strong>on</strong>-<br />

strated that at 45° to 50° F. pure drinking water is best; in fact, extremely<br />

essential to the health and well-being of all classes of<br />

workers.<br />

Thus, pure drinking water of the proper temperature has a high<br />

exchange value today, c<strong>on</strong>sidering that the efficiency or productive-<br />

ness of workers depends so very much up<strong>on</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> of their<br />

minds and bodies. And if such wholesome drinking water is easily<br />

available in adequate quantity, procurable without risk of c<strong>on</strong>tamina-<br />

ti<strong>on</strong>, and does not cost too much to provide, it can easily be a source<br />

of large m<strong>on</strong>etary profit to the individual or c<strong>on</strong>cern supplying it.<br />

While this profit is an indirect <strong>on</strong>e, yet it is a real profit notwith-<br />

standing in that it c<strong>on</strong>stitutes a saving over old methods of sup-<br />

plying workers with drinking water.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>sider the Facts.—In too many factories, mills and public build-<br />

ings, the worker, in order to obtain his daily requirement of drink-<br />

ing water, must be away from his employment for a c<strong>on</strong>siderable<br />

period of time each day. He must usually walk an appreciable<br />

•Advertisement, copyright, 1923, Armstr<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cork</str<strong>on</strong>g> & Insulati<strong>on</strong> Company, Pittsburgh,<br />

Penna. Reprinted by permissi<strong>on</strong>.

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