The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-07-21


SANTA FE, DENVER AND BLACK HILLS
MERIDIAN.
July
24-Storm wave on 'his meridian.
25-Wind changing.
26-Coolcr and clearing.
27-Fair and cool.
2s-Moderating.
29-Warmer
30-StOrm wave on this meridian.
GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY AND MINNIE
APOLIS MERIDIAN.
July
24-Warmer.
25-Storm wave on this meridian.
26-Wind changing.
27-Coolcr and clearing.
28-Fair and cool.
Collaborating.
3O-Warmcr.
ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSING
Collaborating.
25-.Warmer.
26-StOrm wave on this meridian.
27-Wind changing.
2s-Cooler and clearing.
29-Fair and cool.
30-Moderatins.
The Earth's Geology.
If the atmosphere at one time con-
tanned all the carbon now stored away
in the earth, it is claimed that plant life
would then have grown 1000 times more
rapidly than now, because carbon, in the
condition of carbonic acid, is the food
of plants. That may be true, but / do
not believe it.
The sunshine is Necessary to the
growth of plant life, but too much sun
shine will kill the plant. Water is nee
essary to plant life. but too much water
will4cstroy it. Carl onic acid is neccs-
sarys9to plant life, but let us increase
the amount now in the atmosphere 1000
times, and who will say that it would
not destroy plant life:
The Upas valley in Java is not nee
essarily a desert. but as no vegetable
grows there, it is believed that the car
bonic acid, which is eighteen feet deep,
is the cause of its bare fields.
There is not now enou ,h oxygen in
our mospherc 10 hold in combination
the carbon now deposited in our earth.
Carbon could not long exist in the at
mos phcre as carbon, bat mus have
combined with oxygen 10 form ear
b, ne acid. The theory that our Goa!
beds were derived from vegetable de-
cay requires that all the carbon did
once exist as carbonic acid, and this is
an imlo ssibility lecause of an insult.
ficient quantity of oxygen. Our geolo-
gists must invent some other theory OF
coal formation.
If 1850 feet of carhonic acid did
once surround the earth, such vegcta-
ton a; we now have could not have
: I g
sur. Carbonic ac.d is twice the weight
OF our atmosphere, and vegetation that
would grow under suth pressure
would not only bc as harl as stone lut
, would bc of exc" ednyly SOW growth,
and this does not answer the require
| ments, for the vegetable theory requires
| a rapid growth.
| have pretty thoroughly discussed
| the theories connected with vcyc able
| origin of coal. and back of that lies the
| impossihiiity of placing the carbon in
| the a mosphcrc. How came it there2
| If it was thrown out in the form Of
| smoke from a burning world. the heat
| of that burning weird would drive the
| oxygen out Of the atmosphere off into
space, and the carbon clouds or smoke
would remain in the atmosphere as n
consumed fuel.
Things are not what they seem. The
beautiful evening star we see following
| the sun as it sinks in the west is as
bright rs any of the blazing orbs that
are supposed to be on fire, but none of
our astronomers hold that Venus is a
burning world. In fact there is no
proof that any OF the planets contain
more hca, than does the earth, while il
is we'll known that Jupiter and Saturn
shine, to some extent, of their own
light. In fact. The earth shines of its
own light through its aurora, or north
ern lights, and these lights will yet Ia
recognized as of the same nature as the
inherent light of Jupiter, Saturn and
the sun.
Every astronomer declares that the
neon is h, rIed cut. dead body, de-
void of water, and without an atmos.
pherc, a cold and decaying world. But
Prof. Proctor says that the moon has q
pery eptiblc influence on our magnet,
needles. and as magnetism is the source
of light and heat. the magnetism, ligh
and heat of cur earth are affected 10y
the cold, dead moon.
Then ii is not neceG :ary that the sur
be a hot body. for its magnetism is al
sufficient to produce the light and hea
in our atmosphere. The supposed IN
herent heat of the sun is what lead:
biologists to the theory that the eartf
was once a burning body, as the SUI
now is.
We cannot have a correct basis TO
weather changes till We arrive at a cor
rect theory as to the physical force
and the building of universe, and al
my arguments on geology and physica
astronomy are directed toward the over
throw Of the false basis upon whicl
these two sciences are placed. When
shall have shown the earth could no
have come to its present condition
along the lines pointed out by astrono
mers and biologists, I will then pu
forth the only true basis on which I,
build the sciences of physical astronomy
geology, and meteOrology.
copyrighted 1892 by W. r. Foster