Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-11
TEsLA,s GRAND VISION.
Elect richly Now ut Work. TrsnsforsoIn.
the worlds Ana.rs.

a sketch OF the famous elSctricias,
Nikola TeSln, concludes with the state
meEt Of his belief that the development
OF applied electricity will DC the emaD-
cipGtiCn of mankind; that the labor
saving devices which may be operated
by the mysterious energy will reduce
the necessary hours of tabor aud level
the difference between the ricn and the
poor. To chat cud he is bending his
energies aud using his wonderful tai
ents for invention and Investigation.
His purpose is "a great aud noble one;
his belief is sublime-pe rhaps some will
say il is impraeticable and foolish.
II is fact, however, that the achieve
mcntS OF the era tlsa. began with Amer
lean Independence and the un tram
meied opportunity OF man have made
il possible for twice as many people so
live comfortably within = given area
as before that time. The capacity for
production has been 50 enlarged aud the
processes ~ cheapened tlhat the fear
of oyerpopulating the earth has bee.
forgotten. and that. too, i'm the face c.
the most rapid Increase of population
within historic times
We are all accustomed 20 note the
tremendous increase in population in
this country. large portion Of which IA
due to Immigration, hut ia is not SO com
mon TO recognize the fact that the pop
ulations of the lands from which our
immigrants are drawn are increasing
more rapidly than they were cente.v
~ hnlf century ago. Yet such is really
the fact. Great Britain, Germany.
France, Italy, Austria, Belgium and
Holland, which were considered crowd
ed and in need OF new lands TO which
the surplus population might cmgratc
century ago, now contain double the
population Of that time and are not
overcrOwded as they then seemed TO be.
This wonderful change has been
wrought by the invention Of labor
saving machinery, by the Development
of applied steam power. The contrast
of wealth and poverty has Not been
abolished by any moons. but the poor
have been made 10 enjoy some Of the
comforts that could only be afforded
by the very wealthy century ego. The
discovery Of new applications for cleo
trical energy has already added ma
tcriailr TO the worlds resources. and ia
H. rs certain as anything human can be
that this power will develop i'm many
more useful directions i'm the future.
II is probable that it may do vastly moro
than has been done by steam TO supper:
added population. IL not To wipe out the
differences Of wealth.
Robert Fulton's invention for the ap-
plication OF steam power for useful pur.
po-cs has not only made it possible 10
produce from n given area the nccessi-
ties and comforts for doubTy dense
population, but il has made accessible
vast regions that svere formerly mae.
cessible. II has made il possible for all
the people of the earth to exchange
commodities; il has opened the interior
o. he American continents TO the world
aEi Is rapidly opening the almost un-
known regions OF Africa and Asia 10
production and commerce. The ST.
bcr;an railroad alone-made possible bv
this American invention-has opened to
settlement region capable. with pres
en' devices, of supporting a popula-
ton twice as great as that the Russian
empire contains at present
Iiut all that steam has done to al
vance CIVILIZATION and contribute 10 the
wants Of mankind may be eclipsed by
the young giant, applied electricity. II
Is possible that discovery of processes
for generating the current direct from
coat and means Of conserving the gem
GRATED energy may so cheaper light.
heat and power that AL mankind may
be supplied with the necessities and
comforts OF life almost without lahor.
That is Air. Tesla's thought To the
man unfamiliar with what has been
accomplished in the field Of applied cleo
tricity ii may seem like a ha2y dream
of the unattainable. But TO Mr.. Tesla.
deep in the mysteries Of wonderful
/ energy that seems 10 pervade the whole
universe, it is the distinct perception o.
/ that from which he is divided by only a
/ thin veil, and which he might view face
/ 10 face if he could but find the means "a
rend the curtain.-Pittsburgh Dispatch