The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14
THE REWARD OF GENIUS
copyright. 1909. by John Elfvcth
M.nIIlIsl- \

Copyright. 1909, by John llfrc'h
WatNinSN
The reward OF genius is far moro
prompt thau ii ever was before ana i"'
more generous as well
Within q month after his Homecoming
Dr. Cook was receiving $4,000 night ior
lectures cu his polar trip. one lecture
has probably netted him more than ~"
realized IN halt-gcar previous 10 ms
departure for the Arctic. aud he has al
ready realized, on puh'ic apprecle.'oHi' H
of his success, more than President laI L
win receive for two wears OF hard WORK
at his trade. DR. Cook is said TO have
b7cu in debt whom h" returned iron tll"
north. and his house Is alleged 10 nave
been mortEaged TO pay for TN" r"Iicf
expedition that was sent ior him. but al
ready the gratitude of his countrymcn
has built him Fortune I" be written
In siY figures. Ills reward has hcSh
immcdia tc. rs waS Mr PcaryS attol ~
made his "far,hcst north record IN loO6
And IL is food FOR optimism 10 not"
how times have had TO chang" in order
To bring about such = condition oi tue
public mind. Christopher Columbus. att
or opening the gates of ihe new world
finally came home TO Ill" In '1uulor altnr
= period uf shameful neglect priNatinu
and even hunger And John Cabot by
discovering the mainland OF North Amer
lea. did not splash loudly enough mt"
antciuortcm fame Ia have tn" dates or
place OF either his birth or death record
cd in history. Then thcu" was Joliet
who caVc us our Father OF Waters. IL"
had to struSGl" along on q pitiancc after
his Great lJbors N"rc over. Will" iona
than Carver who unlocked Canada and
the regions beyond tho Mississippi after
NSlniy trying To earn his bread by ped
ding n book describing his exploits. be
came clerk IN u lottery ana finally died
I'm dcstitujinn, leaving family 10 hc
l"scucd 10y literary charity. The world
In those davs had little appreciation Of
tho courage demanded by such exploits
over thousands of miles pcopcd by hostile
indians. II was the same story with
i:ob"S; Gray. who found FOR us tho Coz
lumbj1 river and its basin. Public nee
let lsft him 80 poor that his widow had
iu appeal 10 congress iur aid. Sat con
gross WIS not always generous In such
eases. When Lieut. William Clark re
tClUci tr"m The expedition whUrrin l."
aud Lewis opened nj TIN" on;irC Louisi-
ana purchase. Jefferson proW"t"tl him +"
lieutenant colonel but IN" sonat" re-
from th' army. Nll of these men hay"
enjoyed pos:hm1US Fame. but rs the
late speaker Reed said:
Tafy Better Than Obituary.
AN ounce OF tany is better than
ton NJ obituary
Eu, our own generation has been char
E"tcrizpJ by growing generosity toward
men who bring back tdloS 81 newly found
lauds aud of curi"siiloS that they have
unlocked from nat'r" Siur"h0uS". Thus
rs a reward for his African exploration,
Henry Nj. Stanley was ahowcrcd with all
sorts OF hnn"rs varying from diamond
studded suur boxes "f gold given 10y
ROYALTY - tn" freedom uG thc city of
London and from the Legion Of Honor To
EnSiSh knigIthood and tho thanks Of our
own congress
His receipts from James Gordon Fen
nett the London Telegraph ANA King
Leopold oi Belgium Tor opening ~ Africa
u'c understood To have been princcly
Wrights' Big Earnings.
Inventors. too, are getting prumptor
reward than they used To. Here is Will
bur Wright receiving Sl2.5OO for his dlr-
ing airShiD rid" over the Hudson from
the Battery tu Grants tomb and back.
This Is more than the vice president or
tue secretary OF state gets for 4 whole
years labor In tb" SGop. but nobody be
crudgos the plucky Wrights their awards
Of small fortunes for flights here and
abroad. which Logan To br earned within
less than year after they had perfected
their bipan".
All Of this Is In sharp contrast with the
manner in which rewards cam" TO epoch
making inventors OF previous generations
Fitch, after having invented the worlds ;
first steamboat --onc that regularly car