Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-02-23
CHAPTER x.
The Silent Partner.

many quarters printed maxims EN-,
bodying full formulae covering the Sc.
cret of successes il each case from one
who has not succeeded. Nothing is
cheaper than maXims, in type. in
worsteds, or in transparencies. To be
In the fashion you should have Ger.
tain Of these above your desk, ana
should Incline your ear to those who
profess to teach what can not be
taught even by those most nearly At
TED to teach
John Rawn cared litCle for maxi rs
being above them In his oisE Ez--.g
at least IN al Likelihood he had neT
or read the advice OF the phiIos1pha-,
70 wit: that each man should hi-c5
his wagon 70 a star. No, he knew
something better. He hitched his 70
9 river.
Worry naturally, John Rawn selected
the largest river he could find His
silent partner was none less than the
Father OF the WataTsl
There is this 10 be said about q
river. that II Is wholly tireIess and
immeasurably poeerful; that it enters
into no combinations against capital,
and does It's work without uHseeslly
disturbances Rawn was wise enough
70 know these things, nor asked any
1Haxims to advise him therein In his
belisf il ARas better to allow this sort
Of silent partner 10 furnish the indus
try and the economy.
Who shall measure tho power of a
river, for ever falling TO the sea2 How
many millions Of horses and men has
It eeuaied in its wasted power in each
generation. in each decade, in each
year? Certainly sufficient to lift the
entire burden OF labor from the shoul
ders Of the world.
What mind can measure the extent
of such a force, or dream the posi-
biIities of its application, If II could
be set to work. What equivalent OF
human brain and Drawn could be val
Ted against this careless, ceaseless
power. derived endlessly from the all
and the earth-power given to the
peoples of the earth before the arrival
of our present political and industrial
masters; given them in the time when
the earth was the Lords and the full.
ness thereof. The minerals under the
earth. the food produced in the soil,
the waters offering paths and power
before the earth and its fullness
passed from the hands Of the Lord
into those Of our present masters.
these, it may be conceived, were in
tended as the Lords gift to the
peoples Of the earth. That, however,
was quite before the advent of John
Ravn.
Toll has always been the human lot.
We have carried the mechanical bur
dens as we'll as the mental burdens
Of life on our own human bodies and
souls: although all the time thousands
OF patient giants were waiting. willing
TO serve US. John Rawn could see
theTs waiting. He knew to whom one
day would be due the power, and the
kingdom, and the glory. He could
look toward the white-tOpped noun
tains, f7reseeiHg the day when they
would be put under tribute, because
they breed aumbIing waters of i'm
measurable strength and utility. Their
heritage Of beauty and majesty is
nauEHt TO minds such as that Of John
Rawn's Utility is the one word in
the maNims Of such as these, men
beloved Of the immortal gods.
We speak Of kings, Of enperors. but
what emperor in al the history OF the
world had servants such as these, sub
missive giants such as these. 10 work
for him. We speak Of miracles OF
old What miracles ever equaled the
business wonders, the money-piling
miracles. Of the last twenty years in
America
Where CAT this silent partner Of
John Rawnis its own tremendous
pover2 Out Of the sun and the earth.
the parents of humanity The rain
drop or the leaf. shot through with
the shaft Of the sun. fell to some near
BY riH and. Joined b. other riils,
marched on, alive, tiTeless, tremen-
douE, toward the sea. Even far up
toward their source. had your Httls
boat lodged. counter to the current, or
some rock or snag. and had you at
tempted to push il back against the
thrust ~ the dnvncoming waters, ToU
might have got some knowledge O.
the power Of even a Httle stream. Ter
feet below you, that power agaiI
would have been quite as great; and
ter feet below that again as great;
and 90 on. 70 the sea. II required the
advice Of no professional maxim ma
kers to teach a few Of our great men.
our specially endowed superiors, John
Rawn first among them, that this pow
er ore day must be used. In accord
sneeias Il stall Be used the burden
Df hapanity may be Hfted from hu
man shoulders. or thrust crushingly
down upon them until indeed human
rs shall cease to hope The. earth and
It's sfullness are no more the Lords
today. They are John Rawns
The simple plan OF the Interna
donsl Power company was 10 make
gone strong Obstruction -iHxiting the