The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-03
WORKOF The YEAR
Achievements of 1911 Set Forth
by Thomas A. Edison.
Discovery of Salvarasan Placed
in the Lead.
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Advancement in Aerial NaEIga-
ton and Typhoid Vaccination.
Predicts End of Monarchies Dur
ing the Century.

M, vorlzN Jan. Back in MS
,.tlor,+orv after a rest over New Year
with his family, Thomas A h0lsoi
has written out Visit OF what ne ~
ridered to be the greatest aehleVe-
ments in the void during 1911 Alsi
is is: c.,,;,oss
Attempt to establish a Chinese
republic. ,,,.ara-
San. a specific for the cure Of lnIee-
tioua disease
Unexpected rapidity Of the con-
struction OF the Panama canal
improvements in aerial naVlsa-
tion. =, snrei-
cal technique at the Rockeleiiei
6WFinal proof of the efficiency or
typhoid vaccination e..+;,,, of
the Diezl engine.
What he was asked, would you
say was the supremost achleNeAlSii0
in science for the year
DO YOU speak in a parochlai sense;
or have Won in mind the whole WoIlu
Tor the whole year2' he inquired.
THE whole world" was explained
Then. :" n answered, Il will say that
OF salvarasan The specific disease
for which it is a remedy is enormously
prevalent through contact or mere
dity. Most of persons have II anu
don't know IT,"
you put the experimentation OF
China on the general list. What 90
you think will happen to other mon
arches % was inquired of him.
within this century, said he de-
liberateIy, monarchies will be
through and done with. I do not
prophesy-they simply Will have to
20. If anv are left it will be only be-
cause the king remains a social fig
urehead These darn newspapers are
doing EN- up Newspapers and mon
arches don't jibe.
Improve Every Day.
You used to make a newspa per
have they improved q"
He responded earnestly:
They improve every day. Every
day 1 open one it is better. And the
greatest sight 1 know is that which
meets you on the crowded ferry at
evening wilderness of dinner pals /
and newspapers. That tells the tale. /
Nobody can ever do anything to this /
republic of ours so long as you see /
sights like thatl''
1t was mentioned that everywhere /
in the world there seemed to be I'M /
rest, a rise in the price of food and at
the same time an increase OIL riches /
and an increase of poverty"
over Mr. Edison's face there passed
a cloud. He thought moment took
a paper from the desk, looked at it
long, hesitated, then began to write on
a pad. The reporter felt that perhaps
he had presumed too long upon this
busy great mans time and that some
office work had interrupted the chat.
Suddenly Mr.. Edison handed over
the memorandum. 1t gave the name
and address of the author of a book
on the High Cost of Living"
If you want to do a good turn to
Workmen, said he, get that book and
write an article on it. He shows what
things cost and what the poor man has
to pay for them. Vary him bv the
United States bureau of commerce sta
tistics- It's the middle man that
causes the high costs Take IN the
poor mans Clothes the simple articles
he has in his home and you will an
swer your own question. It's outside
my lines"
1t was inquired of him whether he
thought Lloyd Georges .sold age nen-
5ions' and state insurance" for work
;ngmen We're going to help. He re-
piled at once:
People Don't Want Charity.
Very doubtful All that men want
from the government is a square deal !
Ihey don't want charity
: When you last spoke to the T \ ]
:. you mentioned that $4,000 mon are
scarce Somebody has remarked in fbe S
sang OF the day, that If $4,000 men