Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-25
Schools Of Invention.

reports more are made here than in all
other countries combined New cOun-
tries are generally prolific Of inventions,
and the same is true of those in which
there are great variety of industrial
interests. This country is new, the
number of industrial pursuits very
large, and until recently there has not
been sufficient number OF persons to
do all the work required. ThesN ankee
is an active industrious person. but he
has no special fondneSS for work. In
fact he dislikeS what passes for drudg-
cry. He desires the result of labor and
is at great pains to find means to pos
sesS it without much bodily toll AS a
consequence he devoteS his mind to the
constructions Of labor-saving machines.
In this class of inventions the United
States has surpassed all other countries.
Our vast agricultural exports are not
due to a rich soil or to better methods
of farming than are practical abroad,
but to Qua labor-Saving machines, which
plOw, plant SOW, cultivate and harvest
every crop we prodube.
Our success i'm manufacturing opera
tions has been chiefly due to the same
cause. We do not make better goods
than they do in England, France, Ger
many and Switzerland, but by the en-
plOyment Of labor-saving machines we
produce them cheaper. We have sim
Gle machines for making boots, shoes
hats, nails. screws, matches, and Vari-
Gus other articles, that do the work of
more than hundred men. Americans
have invented and put in successful
operation machines for doing almost
every kind of work that is performed
elsewhere by the use of hand tools
BY this means they have been able not
only to supply their own wants, but to
export large amount of the products
of their fields and factories
The fame acquired and the fortunes
gained by successful inventors, have
done much to stimulate the inventive
faculty, which Is wei, developed in the
American people. AS consequence
almost every person seeks to contrive
something new, that shall save manual
labor, or entirely dispense with it.
Many persons, while working in the
field, mine or factory, are studying on
the construction of some implement that
will tighten their toll, or of some ma
chine, that will render manual labor en-
tirely unnecessary, Professional men,
too, are anxious TO become inventors,
and not a few Of them have been very
successful Recently, quite a number
of women, though the inventive facul-
ty is not strong with them, have de
vised and perfected many very useful
implements.
y large proportion of inventors
work blindly. a bright idea comes
into the head" of some persons of in
ventive turn of mind, and he at once
proceeds to put it into practical form
He goes to work, and, with the aid Of
skilled mechanics. constructs an inn
plement or machine. He then has Il
working model and drawings made !:
specification drawn up, and applies for
patent. After the expenditure Of CON
siderable time and money, and numerous
delays, he learns that there is nothing
new in his invention. or that a similar
cOntriVmce is already i'm use. Some
times he learns that the work he pro-
poses to do by means of his invention,
is already much better performed by
one in successful operation. 4 very
large proportion OF all the inventions
made and patented me entirely useless.
There may be some novel feature about
them, or some new combination of
parts Of old machines, but they sub
seyre to no useful purpose Thousands
Of things are patented every year, that
would not sell for enough, on their real