The Red Cloud chief., 1895-07-19

- world moving back.
ward. There are
learned men who
honestly believe that the world reached
the highest plane Of civilization In the
memorable year Of 1898 and that the
pendulum has begun to swing the other
way. These men claim that In 900
years the American continent Will
have been completely stripped OF Its
ancient glories and that the race OF
that time will be q greatly inferior one
even to the point Of ceasins to build
places Of shelter and refusing to avail
themselves Of clothing. The promulsa-
tors Of this belief have thousands OF
followers. especially among those who
have battled with the pangs Of pow
erty since the panic Of 1893. These un-
1ortunates see no hope In the future.
They at present form . calm and SOL
emn multitude. the fret black cloud
(say the .leaders) Of the coming bar
barrie state Of mankind. Even the op-
timist raises his eyes and sees this
cloud rising In the west. but he dis
Germs Q silver or . golden lining. ac-
cording to his theory Of social saliva
ton. and then resumes his daily occu-
patton. A soon a. the theory which he
advocates is given . chance all will be
we'll again. But should all theories
now advanced fail Of their purpose.
what then? Who knows absolutely
that they are not all false Or made
Quate. though honestly and sincerely
urged? II civilization Is still to pro-
gress what course can II pursue? The
FIRST writer Of any prominence to at
tempt to solve the great problem 10
Prof. Hiram Forbes. who brushes aside
gold. silver. and tariffs and claims
that electricity IL the key to the situa-
ton. In nifty years. the professor be-
lieves, all or nearly all the labor now
performed by man will be done BY cleo
trio power. Not only shall It perfofm
labor. but It will extract from the air
and the earth the elements which now
sustain human life. and the man or
woman born in 1880 may live TO SEE the
ill-advised prophecy Of Caesars Col
unn" fade before the wonderful light
Of the twenty-sixth century. The great
electricians Of today are actually work
ing along this line Of progress and II
the secrets Of the Tesla or Edison lab
oratories were known the world would
be appalled,. One Of the most startling
discoveries said BY good authority to
have been made II to the effect that
after all We need not dig down into
the bowels Of the earth after gold or
silver. BY the use Of electricity II 10
proposed to extract the precious metals
from the waters Of the oceans. and
that In d years time An amount SUI
ncient car Be accumulated to outbai-
ancc that given up By the earth In
1000 years. This discovery has been
made by Edison. Il has been known
for two centuries that the waters Of
the Q are highly charged with
particles Of the purest gold and silver,
and many methods have been devised
with q view Of utilizing. but failure has
mel every attempt up to the time Of
Edison's experiment. Edison proposes
this time to reap the benefit Of his own
discovery. Heretofore big s~yndicatss
have taken hold Of his inventions and
today he 10 . poor mar. But once he
starts dumping gold and silver bullion
into the United States mlnts 1t the
rate OF . ton or 70 . day he would
soon not only own the United Statsd
but the earth q we'll. The only chancs
Of salvation would b for the govern
ment - compel Edison to give Up his
secret Tor the bsnsht Of all the people.
But could the government compel Ed
ison to give up his secret! BY At.
tempting It the government would
commit itself to the basic principle Of
socialism. BY allowing him TO pro-
coed It would commit itself to snarch-
ism-as the term 10 properly under.
stood. Il might demonetixe both gold
and silver. and thereby render the dis.
covery Improbable from . coinage
standpoint A plethora Of new ques-
lions would arise and the proper action
to take would be readily seen - the
crisis forced itself.