The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
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 Much has been said and written. as all know. to support the contention that the earth is hollow. Those who read works of fiction have been regal ed much and often with romantic &C., counts of people who have gone down into earth's interior. and of the won derful specimens of animal life found there. Whether the famous "symmes Hole" romance started them we cannot say. but it has been a rich field for story writers, and it is but fair to say that there has not lacked real scientists to insist that the theory of hollow earth is a sound one. The weak point in their theory is that they have never been able to prove it.
 Of late we have a new one in the shape of one William Reed who claims tha. he has several proofs that he is correct in his contention, though some of his reasoning is full of holes. For one thing. he says that icebergs are not formed on any portion of the earth's surface, and therefore they must come from it's interior. It is much as if one should say that inas- much as eggs the not formed on the outside of the hen they must come from the inside, overlooking the fact that we are able to prove where the eggs come from. while he cannot yet prove that icebergs come out of the earth's hollow interior. As to that matter, we thought 1t had been settled that the great Arctic glaciers were the source of icebergs. but that is evil dently not his idea.
 Then he cites penguins as another proof of the correctness of his theory These birde are found in high lati- .tudes, and as they cannot fly. how did they get there, he wants to know. Why, they walked out of the earth's 'innerds," of course. If that isn't proof what more do you want? 'But all these problems" says The Kansas City Journal "are to be settled speed fly. MT. William Reed has formed the Reed Hollow Earth Exploring club. the mission of which is to do at once what so many have tried to do, find the pole. But he is satisfied that there must in the nature of things be a great opening at each pole, and through that the explorers will pass in and see for themselves. It was not made clear why this expedition Is certain to reach the pole, when so many others have failed. but the announcement at a meeting held on Friday was positive that the thing would be done, and it was intimated that it would be pretty quick. too.'
 Now, we have little disposition or inclination to butt in when a real scientist proposes to do things, because we might thereby butt into trouble. but we think we can offer a sugges- ton just here. As The Journal ar- gues. Mir. Reed has not made 1t quite
  to the Pole, or how he proposes to | accomplish it. There have been so many efforts and failures that we are quie sure he will pardon any apparent incredulity on the subject. Perhaps he knows how 1t can be accomplished, but prefers to keep his secret, lest, some one else should take all the wind out of his sails by going there ahead of him. If that is true he shows wisdom by not letting out his secret. A close mouth is oftentimes a valu- able asset.
 But our suggestion may be of real advantage to him, if he will act on it. Instead of the troublesome and dan gerous task of attempting to make his way to the Pole by the surface route, we suggest that he select a suitable place at or near the equator and bore a hole right down into the great cen tral opening. Then he can rig up proper tackle and let himself and com panions and all necessary paraphernal-  ia down into the aching void and pro- ceed on his way rejoicing. Not only would he thus avoid the discomforts and dangers of the over-surface route, but would have the further advantage of a much shorter trip. In addition to that he could, when he gets to the opening, go either way and visit the North or South Pole. at his discretion. It is so evident that this plan offers many advantages over the old one that we need not go further into an exposi- tion of them, for all can see them. We charge nothing for this sugges- tion, but If 1t is successfully tried we claim part of the credit.
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