The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-26

When the Suez canal was proposed
Lord palmerston, the then prime min
lister Of Great Britain, declared in an
impassioned uttcrance: ut shall not
be made, it cannot be made, it will
not be made, but if it were made
there would be war between France
and England for the possession OF
Egypt"
Although it did not take ten years
TO prove Lord Palmerston in the
wrong, this incident is an epitomc OF
the whole story Of invention and re-
form, both before and since. The
rank and file Of the world is hopeless
ly inert. Their inertia makes them
resist with all their sluggish strength
the efforts Of those who would has
ten forward In every age there are
few geniuses, few discerning men,
who are supposed to see visions and
| theories Of to-day have way of be-
coming the matter Of fact history OF
tomorrow.
| Marconi, whose praise is now ring
| ing in every nation, is the same Mar
conf who eight years ago was worry
/ ing his parents about sending mes
Usage through hill on their estate,
land about whose wild schemes thous-
lands were predicting the direct fail
lure few years later. Opposition had
Ian effect upon Marconi which was ia
Ayorablc rather than otherwise.
"In the beginning he says, II
had the whole scientific world against
he, saying and doing everything pos
bible to upset me, but l want to state
That feel grateful to them FOR their
opposition. Particularly do wish 10
thank the leaders who continually op.
Nosed me. / am sure | would not
lave been half so successful if it had
Pt been for them. And afterward, {,
dhen they changed their attitudes,
ihelped me so, as it had good effect
bon the public confidence in my
1prk. If they had not noticed me at
81, il would have done me more harm
tlan anything else. Their criticism
made me olook forward with all the
m!re determination to the time when
I ahould be ;able to show them that
thsy were wrong
Fhe triumph of George Wrestling
hohse, second only to his invention Of
tho air brake, was the lighting of
woeld's fair in 1893. His SUCCESS only
cane because Of his indomitable will
and courage. c Heohad taken the con-
tradt for 81. 100000 less than the offer
of any otherMcompany, and every
meahs was adopted to throw obstacles
in his way. Ipjunctions were served
upoh him without number, but glor-
ious success crowned his efforts, and
it was we'll aknown that the million
dollar surplus { divided among the
stockholders after flair was over
was the amount saved in the lighting
contract.
When after nine long years of re-
search and experiment, Bell complet.
ed the first telephone in 1876. il was
not accepted as feasible by the world
at large. A few scientific men pro-
nounced it "a wonder in electric tele-
; graphy," but most people considered
'rit only novelty and scientific toy.
; Business men generally doubted if it
would ever be useful factor in the
daily life Of the business world. No.
body dreamed that it would revolu-
tionize business as it has or that it
would become the untold blessing to
man that it has. Bell ard his back.
ers had endless skepticiem to over.
come before the time came when he
" began to draw his large dividends.
The discouragements which have
been offered to American inventors
are as nothing, however, to those
which have been thrown in the path
of such men in England, : Stephenson