Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-08-19
reasons Why the Airship Fails TO
Meet Expectations.

M'ti expectations
This part is intended for the bene-
fit of those interested in airships as It
money-making proposition, 50 | will
discuss the subject from this stand
point, In the first place, we must
create a demand before we can fill
the supply.
To do this it is necessary to have Il
! good ship, one that viii be capable Of
flying in a moderate wind and viii
be able to return to the starting point.
also an operator who can handle it
properly. Get me say here that it
viii be easier to secure a ship than a
competent, first-class OPERATOR, II
YOU have these the demand has been
created and YOU are ready to fiji the
supply, both being Identical in this in.
stance.
1t has been a point with ship own
ers up to the present time to look
upon others entering the business as
dangerous competitors, but it is
wrong to think hat with more ships,
you will have less chance of getting
yours
OF course, there is a limit, for
there is such a thing rs extremes in
all eases. but the time viii never
come when there will be too many
good ships, although in a short time
there will be II number of bad
ones-in fact. this is the ease at the
present time. In order to haVc Il
ship that viii fly successfully and do
what is claimed for it the builder and
operator must possess a knowledge of
science. astronomy, chemistry. phys
les and mechanics, and must be clever
and use good judgment, and, last but
not least, must state to the press rep
resentativc ana manager exactly
what he knows the ship ear do in
stead of what he thinks it can do, as
has been the case up to date,
Mr.. Princes f. Woodward, in The
Billboard of August 4, hit the nail on
the head when he said: If the late
T. +. Barnum could hear some of the
kicks made by people who have been
and thoroughly fooled, too, he
withdraw the statement that
the people like to be h~umbugged.'
lie further states that h~umhugging
does not go with the people any
They must have their
moneys worth and more. For this
reason the man that talks to the peo-
Die and the man who describes the
offered for their enter
.ainmcnt, must exercise unusual care
a. avoid Misrepresentation. His work
must h. accurate. the description he
true and all his statements I
ponafidc. In the newspapers. on the ;
,iIlboards and everywhere that am q
are made the facts must G
De given. !
| know positively that statements. /
hat could not possibly be carried out
re made daily To- amusement man
gers. press agents and reporters by s.
ONE airship managers and owners ,
are swallowed up by the conf II
they have in their ship and i,
hus fool thcselves. the amusement h
manager and the people If
am personally acquainted with O.
our-fiths of the airship men in the -
'nited states today and know posi-
that only "a few of these know
nNthing Of the requirements neces- ri
lrv To- build and operate q ship sue q
Some. after much expert 81
lentaiion and a great deal of eN- o.
ensc. have perfected their ship until u
the, can give q fairly good per- u
Others were Wis and Sc "
ured experts for each particular lie Ill
artment and got q first class snip le
ON the start AT less cost while the Is
percentage have ploddrd along ~
M do nor possess the brain or me ki
-anieai ability to make a success "a
ven Ct hey We're TO hanS on i'r ~
ears. -
Imagine an artist or musician Try I"
~ 10 build his own automobile ana J n