The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-12

eOc10ioSy may live iii EefIin or St
Petersburg. Rome or London. or be
may live In Melbourne or San Fran
cisco or Buenos Aires. but In whatever
city he lives he must pay Iced to the
studies OF men who live In each Of
the other cities.
When In America we study labor
problems and attempt to deal with
subjects such as life insurance for
wageworkers. we turn to see what
you do here In Germany. and we also
turn to see what the faroff common
wealth Of New Zealand Is doing.
When a great German scientist IS
warning against the most dreaded en-
cmies Of mankind. creatures Of infin-
itesimal size which the microscope re-
veals in his blood. he may spend his
holidays Of study in central Africa or
in eastern Asia. and he must know
what is accomplished in the labora-
tories Of Tokyo. just as he must know
the details OF that practical application
Of science which hns changed the 18TH
mus OF Panama from a death trap into
I.
Mankind Knit Together.
From new discovery In science to
ing socialism. there is no movement
of note which can take place in any
part Of the globe without powerfully
affecting masses of people in Europe,
America and Australia, In Asia and
Africa. For veal or for woe. the peo-
closer than ever before.
A hundred years ago, when this uni
versity was founded, the methods OF
transportation did not differ in the es-
sentials from what they had been
among the highly civilized nations of
antiquity. Travellers and merchandise
went by land in wheeled vehicles or
on beasts Of burden. and by sea In
boats propelled by sails or by oars
and news was conveyed as it always
had been conveyed.
What improvements there had been
had been in degree only and not in
kind, and in some respects there had
been retrogression rather than advance
There were many parts Of Europe
where the roads were certainly worse
than the old Roman post roads. and the
Mediterranean sea, for instance, was
by no means as well policed as in the
days Of Trajan.
Now steam and electricity have
worked a complete revolution, and the
resulting immensely Increased ease of
communication has in its turn COM
pletely changed all the physical ques-
tons of human life
Moreover, the invention and use of
machinery run by steam or electricity
have worked a revolution in Industry
As great as the revolution in transpor-
tation. so that here again the differ
ence between ancient and modern civil
lization Is one not merely Of degree.
but of kind.
In many vital respects the huge
modern city differs more from all pre-
ceding cities than any OF these diff
fered one from the other, and the
giant factory town is Of and by itsel:
one OF the most formidable problems
Of modern life
Steam and electricity have given the
race dominion over land and water
such as 1t never had before. and nor
the conquest Of the air is directly i'm
pending. As books preserve though,
time. so the telegraph and.
telephone transmit it through the space
they annihflate. and therefore mind.
are swayed one by another without
regard to the limitations of space and
time which formerly forced each com
munity to work in comparative isola-
ton.
1t Is the same with the body as with
the brain. The machinery of the fac
tory and the farm enormously multi
plies bodily skill and vigor Countless
trained intelligences are at work to
teach US how to avoid or counteract
the effects Of waste.
Ironless Age 10 Coming.
The enormous and constantly In
output Of coal and iron neces-
sarily means the approach Of the day
when our children's children or their
children's children shall dwell in an
lronless age and. later on, In an age
without coal and will have to try to
Invent or develop new sources for the
production of heat and use OF energy.
But as regards many another natural
resource scientific civilization teaches
as how to preserve it through use.
The best use Of field and forest will
cave them decade by decade. century
~ century, more fruitful. and we have
barely begun to use the indestructible
power that comes from harnessed wa.
ter.
The conquests of surgery. OF meii-
line. the conquests in the entire field
IT hygiene and sanitation, have been
literally marvellous. The advances in
he past century or two have been
,ver more ground than was covered
Turing the entire previous history Of
he human race
In this movement there are signs of
much that BODIES i'll. The machinery
8 so highly geared. the tension and
strain are so great. the effort and the
'utput have alike so increased, that
here Is cause to dread the ruin that |
would co.ie from any great accident.
rom any breakdown. and also the ruin !
hat may come from the mere wearing /,
tut Of the machine itself.
One OF the prina dongnrc of ci,.;l;-.