The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
At THE MOMENT
ALWAYS UNPOPULAR

ance.
Take. for instance, the theory that
"all men are created free and equal.
las we are all creatures of the same
God, and all alike were given domin.
ion over the earth, one would have
thought that proposition so just and
fair would have been universally &C
cepted, but it has not yet beat its
way into the intellect and consciences
of the people, and largely more than
half the population of the earth is
being held in subsection by those who
believe in the contrary opinion, viz:
the divine right of kings" and at this
very blessed hour we are told that
three millions of men are confront
ing each other in line of battle, max
ing a sacrifice of their lives for the
perpetuation of this monstrous prop
osition.
Search the world as you may and
you cannot find one who does not be-
lieve in the theory of the "rotundity
of the EARTH" but brush off the cob
webs from the annals of history and
see what was done to it's author and
those who at first had the temerity
to believe with him.
It's illumination ibathed the earth
in blood and tears.
The records will bear out the state
ment that to grind this theory into
the consciences of the people mil
lions upon top of millions were put
to death, and many of them in the
most barbaric manner, because they
essayed to teach this now universally
accepted doctrine.
AS it has been in the moral and
political world so it has been in the
physical world.
All along the pathways of progress
all innovations intended for the bet
terment and uplift of mankind have
met with stubborn and not unfre-
quently with fierce opposition.
When the establishment of the |
stage coach was first proposed in /
England the inn-keepers were in |
arms.
1t was stoutly maintained that it |
was done for the purpose of running
them out of business, and as result
the stage coaches iligences" they
were called-were met with angry |
mobs, the inmates assaulted and the
vehicles wrecked.
Before that time travel was done
on horseback principally, and some
times fifteen and twenty men and
horses were lodged at these inns, and
on account of rains and bad weather
were frequently detained for several
days.
The inn-keepers naturally did no:
want any change or inter:erencel
with these conditions.
But progress was not to be stopped
in that way, and the stage coach and
its successor, the railway car, have
multiplied the hotel business in Eng
land and in all parts of the world /
many thousand fold.
When the first cylinder press was
patented it was compelled to be op.
Grated behind closed doors in order
to prevent an angry mob of printers
from demolishing it for fear that they
would be driven out of business if
the old hand-press was substituted
by faster ones.
1t was so with the sewing machine.
When it was first installed all the
sewing women in the cities at once
saw their occupations take wings and |
fly away.
But we all know that the sewing
machine has been priceless boon to
the working woman-it has been her
meat and bread.
Here just lately the installation of
the Mergenthaler type-setting ma
chine met with the same reception.
Printers babe long farewell to
the printing business, but there are
now more printers in the world than
ever before, and printers are more
universally in demand.
1t is now the concensus of opinion
that Eli Whitney did a great thing |
for the world when ne invented the |
cotton gin. But vast numbers of his |
contemporaries did not think so. This
invention which has done so much for
the world had no more favorable re-
ception than the stage coach, the
cylinder press, the sewing machine |
or the Mergenthaler type-setting ma
chine.
Some persons-and many of their
summarizing friendS-a1wavS feel |