Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09
What Men See.

Men see according to the measure o1
their mental activity and expert
The Yankee who exclaimed upon look
ing at Niagara Falls, What . mighty
.waterpoWer running to waste! was II
nowise different from his fellows. Ho8
revealed in his remark that he had had
more to do with utilizing the forces q
nature than in going about the country
to gaze upon its great curiosities. .s:
1t is the purpose Of this article tc
speak of the difference in mems unpre-
mediated thoughts as to great things
when newly presented. .Ss f .z II s=s.sz.
The Chicago Board of Trade was
visited by two men for; the first time
One exclaimed, what a Babel? These
men must be lunatics!'' The other
thoughtfully looked for a time, and re:
marked, Here are determined the sell l
ling values, and how the two parties
defend the line! 1t looks as if the hold
er and consumer could not do better If
here themselves" +
Another gentleman, an author. walk
ed down the avenues of one of our large
wholesale book stores, between the
piles of books, and remarked: '*l see
in this evidence of vast and rapidly
developing country. More than 700,
0O0 copies of my spoilers were sold
in this western world alone last year. ,"
Two men climbed to the top of one
of our grain elevators, filed with corn.
One exclaimed What can be done
with such a vast mass of grainp It
must reduce the price. Who would
lose this, if it were to burn?" The
other remarked: ''Here is the industry
OF communities, townships, counties,
and States, concentrated. The mercan-
tile and all other businesses are de-
pendent upon and supported by this;
and, upon the other hand, the labor of
other regions is depending upon this
grain for bread. Here it concentrates
for market, and from here it is distri-
outed to market 1t is the growth of
this trade which pays the cost of city,
toW1, anu country growth.
Another pair visited the Stock Yards.
One was filled with amazcment and
wonder, expressing doubt in the ability
OF the markets of the entire earth to
absorb and consume the flesh there Of
tered for sale, and wondering where it
all came from. The other, a man of
reading and observation, made inteIli-
gent inquiry as to what states produced
the best cattle. where the Colorados,
Texans, and scalawags found market,
etc. He realized that the market which
drew such supply of stock must have
corresponding consumption.
Similar remarks have been listened.
to regarding the mercantile interests,
the schools, the railroads, the churches.
and so on. Like conditions are true
OF the country as we'll as the city. The
one looks upon plat of land and sees
for what it is aptcd-another sees
naught but a barren waste. The mill
tary man sees in every landscape it's
strategic possibilitics-its waters, its
detenses, its supplies. The hunter dis
covers its adaptation for sport, the
cattle-grower for stock, the engineer
sees its possibilities for bridges, rail-
way routes and towns, the politician
sees the future State, and so on; each
and all see according to their eyes and
knowledge.
Listen while the dressmaker or tailor
looks over the piles of new goods In
each piece they see the possibilities for
this or that sort of garment, while in
the eyes of the non-tradcsman the
goods are but plain cloth. Human
minds do not all see a Creek slave in
every block Of marble, and it is a GOOD
thing that they do not. The right
thing fer each to do is to learn the
best possibilities in some one direction
to apply them, and become an expert in
that line. A successful life need not
cover great area, but should learn
one line thoronghly.-Ch Chicuqo Ledder.