Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-12


4 FAN River aud its mills dcmandi Tho an.
swer must be, the whole United States.
But says my questionor, 1T you only
Z distribute this money which was taken
] from MS for the extra price among Us an
J again who paid IL, what IS the goodfn II
that were all there was To IL. ] could stlll
answer that at least there was no loss. but
beyond a question this system establishes
diversified industries. Nobody can doubt
that. Diversified industries call out all the
working powers Of the world Some men
art fitted for one thing, some for another.
T The only way 20 utilize all the powers OF
> body and mind in a nation IS to have some
thing which suits ALL Hy this means the
7 great army OF the unemployed can he kent
down. a nation which Keeps It's pcople
employed IS In the end sure to show tho
largest gains even of wealth. Diversified
industries educate the people and give them
Z broader education than books can give
and so help them on the road 10 greater
T civilization, We have already seen that
I greater civilization leads TO higher wages,
/ to greater production. In a country Of high
wages there are greater inducements for In
ventors, for they can save more by their in
/ vontions, which are therefore more readily
I adopted.
Wowere talking awhile ago about higher
/ wages. The question naturally comes up,
/ How can those higher wages be gotf There
must be something for them to come from,
just think moment what wages arr. They
are the devourefs Of cunsumnble wealth.
In order 60 have more consumable wealth
you must have an incentive for It's creation.
Wealth will mover be made unless o CON
sumner stands ready, More consumablo
wealth. therefore, depends upon broaden.
ing market This have already shown
does not meSu more purchasers, but pull
chasers with better purses though for that
matter in this country we have both.
But how can you make more wealth with
the same number OF workers. By using
the forces Of nature aud byutiliEing human
brains How can you do THAR BY inoen.
tiyes, The brain no more works without
incentive than the body does,
Necessity the Mother OF Invention.
To hear the discussions In congress you
would suppose that invention dropped FROM
heaven, like mama TO the Jews You
would suppose that James Watt reached
out into the darkness and pulled back a
steam engine, II was not so. All invention
Is the product OF necessities and OF pressure
When the boy who wanted 20 OH to play,
aud 80 rugged the stopoocks that the engine
went itself, he was not only true inventor
] NAh uN uNN Allt NAiAAt ANONAAt-iAN NHfNNMNA
Bdvantage-thut all inventors have, and
Ike them was urged ON by business mecca
stiles
What originated Bcsssmer steel - Sir
Henry Bessemeri No, but the necessities
of railroads which would, every une Of them,
been bankrupt without steel rails. n Sir
Henry had not Invented the prolcss some
body else would, II detracta not one iota
from the fame OF Alexander pell that
dozen men were close on hls track Il has
been 80 In every great invention, I suy,
therefore, that IL "a the liberalization OF
our industries that has stimulated hlven.
tons. Otherwise all the Inventive power
OF America would have run to waste, and
when u man calculates the wonders Of
American inventive gcnius he knows
where some q our wealth comes from.
As a further proof that Invention ia born
OF necessity, toll mo why great inventions
never come until the world II In such RiApo
IA 20 enjoy themi What would the urusa-
dcrs have done with railroads. There was
not money enough IN the world or travel OF
merchandise to keep them going week.
And this brings me to another fact. No
invention IL worth rs salt which does not
have Increased consumption behind H.
Take the very case Of railroads Arc rail
roads economicalP Certainly, ~ yon reply.
'Thcy can carry passengers Tor half cont
a mile, for n quarter Of ~ cent, and u New
York hack viii cost you e., and even a lum-
bering coach may cost you 10 cents OF
course IL Is economical" Bnt suppose you
had only stageload TO carry every day,
would II pay 10 build railroad and would
that conveyance be cheapi Hardly, You
can make an AZ handle with machine IN
two seconds; without, IN three hours. "
would pay 10 build a machine TO make
l,O0OU0O AK handles but not TO make one.
Protection Gives MONEY aud Afcn.
The gentleman from Illinois (AiT. Blael)
has noticed TINT men come here, and he
does not want them 10 como. Hence he IS
willing that our wages shall DO lowered 10
keep people away, Well, this is not tho
time to discuss Immigration. But while
people are coming / am glad they have not
yet imbibed tho Rentlemnn's ideas and
have not yet begun TO olnmOr for lower
wages. | really cannot help adding that
when the gentleman from Illinois (Mr
Black) starts his reformed emigration Of
men who come here "unawed By influence
and unhrihed by GAIN nope TO be there
for It would DO sight hitherto unknown
on earth OF meu who forsook their homes
without being either pushed or pulled.
To sum It up, II this protection gives US
money and men. and our vast country needs
both, Il may show why We have so wonder
fully prospered II II docs, AIN inclined
10 think that the way to have two Jobs
hunting one man is TO keep on mnltlng new
mills and try TO prevent the committee on
! ways and means from pulling down old
= ones.
I "But," says come gentleman fuller OF po-
litioal economy than Of sense, why do you
not transfer your capital from these pro
s,oted industries 20 the more proniableF
Yes. that would be good idea, We VIII
commence ia West Virginia and take up
the coal mine holeb and stick them down
somewhere else, unless we can utilize them
'. MS places Of refuge for the committed after
the election There Is what used 20 be 81
I 10000 worth Of stun belonging 10 the pco'
ple that make sorcwr. Let rs take that up.
, But IL is not worth SSo0,0o0, letalone 5000
600. The bill has dropped $500 Oo-that
cannot be transferred anywhere
But what do You Hny about tue farmer'
Well, on that subject do not profess any
special learning. but there Is one simple
statement l wish 10 make and leave the
question there.
II with cities growing mp like magic,