Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-06-07

gazed upon the rushing streams of
the Wisconsin and the Fox and mar
veled at their possibilities-marr
lonly by the doubt that there was too
much power and energy to find en-
ployment. Gradually came men of
enterprise with wise foresight; indus
tries grew up-new Inventions lent
stimulus and manufacturing plants
dotted the shores of the rivers whose
rushing streams were harnessed TO
turn the wheels; towns were lighted
up as by the power of magic, and yet
there still remained moIe power
land energy than could be profitably
employed A child remembers the
desert waste at Rothschilds. Years
and years ago pioneer dreamed OF
the wealth in the rushing and wasted
power of the stream-it was useless
and of no value, for it needed courage,
enterprise, the gathering of the flow
age rights, the accumulation of lands,
the flooding of large area, the invest
ment of large capital, and the brain
and nerve TO supervise and direct, At
last there were found the brave,
courageous men for such an undertake
| ing, and the desert waste became
| hive of industry: more than million
dollars earned and accumulated in
other enterprises were invested and
people see new town springing up
and marvel at the bigness of the new
paper mills. Wausau talks of our
Million Dollar Paper Mill, and of Lake
| Wausau and al its pleasing possible
titles; each individual citizen takes
Especial pride and dreams dreams of
the future greatness of this Bright
Spot IN the heart Of Wisconsin.
As you walk the street of the city
this evening and view the brightness
Iof the electric lights and signs: as you
Istep on to the street car propelled by
unseen power, as you open your PILOT
and read the news of the day by the
bright light in the car, stop moment
and reflect: The paper you hold in
Your hand is the product of the trees
lof the forests the ruthless hand of
man has devastated; it was printed on
"a press run by the power furnished by
the harnessed stream, the energy OF
(which so long run to waste; the power
THAT propeIs the car to take you to
your home, the light by which you
Tread and that gives such cheerful
brightness to your streets at night, all
1.-THE result of real and true conserva-
ton of our natural resources, made
possible by the indomitable courage
of enterprising men. Are such men
appreciated Not by the reformer; to
him they are buccaneers of industry,
the pirates of the peoples wealth and
the representatives of the system; to
lift your voice in protest makes you
the cringing mouthpiece of the inter
ests. According to the uplifting re-
former these men are entitled to no
consideration;-th must be spec
Tally regulated Not such regulation
as will prevent unfair advantage to
individual rights, not such superyis-
ion only as should properly be vested
in government for and by the people,
but a new dictation and interference
with individual rights and property
dangerous in theory and revolutionary
in principle.
What an opportunity for the theor-
list and the reformer for more expert
ment and further agitation!
There are still many just such OPP
portunities afforded by the natural
}, resources as were present right here
where now is the city of Wausau.
Right beyond the limits of the city
are masses of richest, hardest granite;
the sculptor can people that barren
rock and conjure up visions of most
beautiful statuary and monuments:
the architect and builder can gaze
upon this boundless wealth and see
: visions of stately, massive buildings to
: grace the cities from Maine to Cali
fornia, bit think of the labor, the
energy, the capital, the genius and eff
fort to utilize this unlimited mass OF
material. In neatly every state there
: are unbounded opportunities await
, ing the magic touch of Drawn and
genius. To develop those opportuni-
, ties will require the same courageous
: spirit, the giving of the sweat of the
: brow, the hearts blood, nervous
energy and backbone of real men and
the accumulated capital of years OF
: labor, saving and profit. Such men
are scarce and capital is timid. Such
: enterprises and developments require
great possibilities, with assurances OF
stable legislative conditions. The
: agitating reformer shakes the founda-
lions of confidence and capital waits
or is taken elsewhere. And this has
/ been one of the results of the constant
! turmoil by the political agitators to
) reform everything and everybody but
themselves.
; More and more the people are feel
| ing every day that it is about time
: for an era of sanity, and for this, they
look not so much to political party
as TO the men who may be nominated
. to fill official position, so that the af-
: fairs of the state may be led back to
the methods and practices which
! govern the conservative, successful