The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-01-01
Edison Sees
Big ADVANCE
Wizard Foretells Wonders
Which are to Come
Electrical Motors Will Take
tae Place Of Railroad Trains
&c. &c.

wonderful advance in science and inve
ton that tie world has ever known
or hoped for. So vast will ttist adj
vance lie dlap we can now have scarce
ly any conception OF It's scope, al
ready a great many of the inventions
of the future are assured, writes Tl.os.
A. Edison, in the New York Times.
1t is only o. those whach regard as
practical certainties that l speak hene.
First-Within the next twenty or
thirty years-and it will start wiohin
the next two or three-concrete archi'
lecture will take enormous strides for
ward the art of moulding concrete Will
be reduced to science of perfection
and, what is equally important, OF
, cheapness; there will rise up large
number of gifted architects, and
through their efforts cities and towns
will spring up in this country beside
which Turner's picture of ancient Rome
and Carthage Wi n pale into potdingness
and the buildings of the Columbia ex-
hibition Will appear common. But
great expense will not attend this; it
will be done SO that the poor will be
able to enjoy houses more beautiful
THAI the rich now aspire to, and tine
man earning $3.50 a day, VITA a fami-
ly to support will be better housed
than the man of to-day vino is earn
ing 10.
Second--Moving picture machines will
be so perfected that the characters wiz
not only move, but will speak and all
the accessories and effects of the stage
will be faithfully produced on tine liv-
ing picture stage. This of course, will
not be done as we'll as on the regular
stage, but its standard will approach
very near to that, and the fact that
such entertainment will be furnished
for &c will draw vast numbers of the
working classes. TIE result will be
that the masses will have the advan-
tage of the moral of good drama, they
will find an inexpensive end improv-
ing way of spending the evening,
and the death knell of the saloon will
be sounded.
Third.-In perhaps fifteen or twenty
years-depending on the financial con-
dition of the Countrywide locomotive
will pass almost altogether out of
use and all our main trunk lines will
be operated by electricity.
Fourth-A new fertilizer will spring
into existence. containing large per-
centage of nitrogen. This will be
drawn from the air by electricity and
; will be used to increase tine arability
of the land. Even now this is done
to large extent in Sweden.
Fifth-All our water power will be
utilized by electricity to an extent
now almost unthought Of and will be
used with great advantage, both indus
trially and for railroads.
Six1h--A successful aerial navigation
will be stabkshed-perhaps for mails
and will achieve a sound, practical
working basis.
Seventh--We shall be abld TO protect
ourselves against environment by tine
use OF serums and things Of that sort
SO that the general state of neadh
will improve and Ute average span OF
life will increase by large percentag
The grand fight which is being made
against tuberculosis and cancer will
reach a successful elimination and
those diseases will be entirely master
ed.
Eighth.-A new force in nature, of
some sort or other, will be discovered
by which many things not now un-
derstood will be explained. We. unfor
tunately, have only five senses; il we
had eight we'd know more.
Nineth.-We snail realize the possil
Titles of our coal supplies better and
will learn how to utilize them SO that
80 per cent of the efficiency will MOI
be thrown away, as 1t is to-day.
Finally let 1t be said hardly any
piece of machinery now manufactured
IS more than 10 pr cent perfect. AZ
the years go on this will be improved
upon tremendously; more automatic
machinery Will luxury will be produce
In enormous numbers at such small
cost that all classes will be able, 10
enjoy the benefits of chem.
These are some Of the inventions
which the world is awarding which 1t
is sure of seeing realized. Just how
they will be reallzed rs what the in
ventors are working now 10 determine
What Burbanks has Done.