Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-08
OESBRET EVENING GBWS.
wsaas.aay. october :. ,,po !
OUR GREAT DEEr To ScIEyrE.

stApn, the eictiTic light. II lie ON lf,,.
electric caIs, and sigh Tor further a.
piicatiOns u electricity 10 "a. pe,,.,,.
and uses Of everyday life. But they
never think OF Galvauiand his frnce,
legs Take out of the world all that
science-s.udivd for the pure love
Of it-has done, and the hahif.bl,.
giobe would be In just the state Of
uncivilizati0n that Central Africa j.
today Science dues not create IA.
Dor, nor the industries flowing IN IN
it. On the one hand. science i
the progeny Of the industrial ART:
on the other, Of the experiences and
perceptions that gradually attach
themselves 10 these arts. Industrial
labor Is one of the parents. ami sci
ence IS the child; but, as We uiten
see in the commercial world, the SON
becomes richer than tn. father, aud
raises his position.
Man Is the warJ az scieuce. an
from his necessities spr NJ tie IL
dustTial ar,S. the mole can mine
and tunnel under the ground; the
tailor bind can sew; the fishing frog
can throw out iiue aud bait that
nature gives him: the beaver can
plaster his hOuss; the spider AN
spin and weave: bat neither in his
hands or feet has man the tools fpr
sGch work as Ice must peTiolm Ia
order - live. HOx have the arts
received their great impulses from
science? In the early AGES the raw
material AZ hani led e. il industrial
application; anu lI.er on the couf-
try foSs -SSing the raw ugateIili L.
came IMPRESSED with the chara ter
Of its industries. The mound build
ems Of America became c1ppersmiihs.
because they found native copper
which they considered a varsity VI
stone, anu chipPeI and hamnlersl
IL into tools without knowing how
II the region q: native ~ ntrtls
became workers IL stone, flat, horn,
bone, or shell.
as civilization advanced aud com
mere became established, the mere
possession II PAW materials wa- not
the only condition OF Industry.
Possessed q what they considered
good geIpYus. h2rbaruus nations
broke through the hlrriers that shut
them from tnc outside world. While
the Thraciaus were scalpiEg their
enemies, and spending much time
"a tsttOoiug th,ir h0i.Us, their
lei shbJr-, tne Pnenicia1s- sailing
The MetIttfrauean - thu Tysiaus
lad done bef0re then. found tbeir
Eay cut Into the Atlantic, aud
thence 10 the British i-ie-.. The
natives Of these isles. dressed In
skins, ami with their bodies daubed
over with yellow Ocher or Euai,
we've living aud fighting over mines
oftiu aud other minerals that they
knew not %. The PhguiCiaus fsInu
tEese nine, ;o,k lack Tin and
other MINERALS Wilh them, and 49,
tablisbed metaliurgic Industries.
They were acting under the guild
ance Of an infant science.
As Intelligence rose IN the Brit
;sh Is!es, anu an iuitiatory science
vas developed fro "a industrial psr-
suits, the people n longer sud their
raw mineral material 81 dist ant IA
uOus. Tut manufactured il for Them
elves. Sll5ng a. the growing in
diligence OF "a nation equals or eN-
setsi- that u auy n=ighbprins ma
lion, it, prosperity j. secure. The
moment any nation allows tire in
tellectual element ~ production d
fall brl1w that OF its uri shlgfs, a
mere local advantage no longer in-
surs-s superiority. Science and
comme having OPENED uP paths
.frapii lat r,oulmInilIiOl around
he glJi,e. tue cost Of cIrryius rag
material J. !gssene. and. given an
intellectually inferior nation with
raw material, the intellectual
superiority OF another nation far
Iutba'1ucss the possession % that
raw material. Intellect il The great
factor in commercial success, wheth-
er OF individuals CT nations.
Take the case Of the skilled brick
laver aud 81 the hid carrier; the
frst = using brains ia his WORK. the
second j using brute force. When
he goes up the ladder with rs hod
of bricks, he has T. car v al~o his
own weight-thus wastefully *
pending force. some one notices
this, and substitutes for the brute
force Of the human that Of The
horse: then the horse j. displaced
by the mechanical force u steam
rngine, which can 10 the work %
fifteen men or of iT0 hoses IA the
same time. Coal converted into
heat Is doing all the wOsk. The
coal mined each year ia the United
states rear,sents in actual work
more than the sum Of the force Of
the total POI ulaiion OF the globe,
assuming all 10 be strong men.
Thus the sIb5titIticn OF natural
force for human power veS-ly in
creases the productive cap.ci-y Of
the human race. Guided by az in
teIlect taught by science, the natural
forces can DO in a lew hours what
the unaiied labOr Of many men
could rot do In & lifetime.
Ii was mo- prophecy, but Hash
of genius. that drew from Stephen
son the assertion that il i the sun
that drives the locomotive engine,
by being liberated from the coal IN
which il las been stored for ages.
But man eau nelthe. create forces
nor endow anything with properties;
all that ne can lois b convert ana
combine them into utilities Tine
nan that does tLis with knOwledge
Is SHARED the Cismal failures OF ig-
norauce. hut ne that tries 10 use
r.oUers without understanding them
Is inevitably punished for his Fa-h
presumption. II i this presumption
that causes the mortality and disease
that follow I'm the vase. Of civiliza-
tion. Natural law, Ike the civil,
never admits Ignorance y an eX-
cu-e.
In this country three scientists
nave revolutiOnize commerce
Oer-;ed. ( Copenhagen, and Far
J.y ana Wheatstone, Of LONDON II
vas of FaTaaay hat Huxl y said,
IA effect. that any uaton would d.
well 10 spend $50, 00o IA discovering
such n man, and an equal amount
in educating and setting him 10
work. Z sseuier. studying away II
ste,.I. his rrvoiutionizad ship build
ing Dr. Joule's studies in the me-
chanical equivalent Of heat pro
duceI the compound engine. by
which til. necessary amount OF cuai
for carrying a given cargo has been
reduced more than forty time; that
l.. a steamship that in 1879 carried a
cargo at au expenditure Of ~ 500 lbs.
Il coal to a ton, now does the same
work by burning about $50 Us.
Joule's studies In heat have made ii
possible for a cube Of coal that will
pass through n ring the size Of .
cent piece 10 drive one ton Of carsU
for two miles ia one Of the most inn
proved steamships In lSsO the rate
on grain from New York To Liver
pooi wa Sid; in lSs6 it was III. a
bushel. The reduction was prinaTi-
ly due to the scientist Jouie.
Every time We strike a match we
are indebted TO the men that have
studied science for the mere love Of
IL. The men that worked away AT
coal tar sjusi to see what was ia il"
made the whole wOri1 their debtons