Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-16


"The man who sleeps too much
suffers from it in many ways and
gains nothing from it. The average
man who sleeps seven or eight ol
nine hours daily is continually OPP
pressed by lassitude.
Never Had a Dream.
| Il haves never oversight, and
have never had a dream. good or bad
so far as | know, in my life.
| Nothing in the world is more
dangerous to the efficiency of human
| ity than too much sleep, except, per-
haps, stimulation. The elimination OF
all stimulant would be a fine thing
| for the race. The temperance move
ment's advance ought to be a sub
| ject for general congratulation. Pres
emily we shall be cutting out tobac-
co. tea and coffee, and we all shall be
better for it.
suppose a crusade which would
educate the people might be started
which would keep the 10000. 600
people of the United States out of bed
one hour each night.
That would add 365 hours a year
to each individuals life, or much
more than a month of working days
of ten hours each. To the 100000
it would give about 3,500,000 hours
every year.
Il can think of no way in which a
vast addition to the wealth of the
world could be made so certainly as
by this method, but this nation and
the world will be slow in its adop-
ton. But there is a vast economic
gain which humanity may make
without the help of any new inven-
ton.
Another and even greater one
might be accomplished if the world
would stop is overeating. l con-
sumo five ounces to a meal, three
times a day, including the water in
the food. l drink lots of water.
1.-The man engaged at hard physi-
cal labor, whose work makes the
engine of his body require more fuel
than mine does, could get on perfect
ly well with eight or ten ounces to
meal. although he might find the
achievement of the habit difficult.
"On the average, men. would get
on better if they reduced their food
consumption by two-thirds. They do
the work of three horsepower en-
gins and consume the fuel which
should operate so horsepower en-
gines.
Would Erase Poverty.
IF the world would cease its over
eating. it thereby would do away
with poverty. Stop and think this
matter out. We now are consuming
as food 100000 bushels Of wheat to
accomplish a result which would be
accomplished better by the con-
sumption of 100000 bushels of wheat.
This is wasteful in more ways
than one and, by making the sup
ply short, makes it expensive and de-
creases the power of each acre of
land to support human life.
In the second place, it increases
the death-and illness-rate of those
who overeat Putrefaction Of food
stufrs in the lower intestines is the
cause of most diseases.
Humanity will never reach its
ultimate development until it cuts
down sleep and food. l consider this
the most important conclusion which
have come to during my years of
hard and constant effort"
At this | finally asked Mr.. Edison
Just what he felt willing to say about
the European war.
Not much" he answered. This
war had to come. The tower of
armament had reached its apex, a
point at which it had to stop. 1t
reached il and stopped. When 1t
stopped the war came.
"Of course. it is world disaster,
but if it results in general disarma-
ment it will be an evil of which great
good will emerge.
1T will take the world a long time
to recover from the evils Of the war
but the whole disaster would be far
more than offset by the advantages
of IA general disarmament.
After the war an era of general
and rapid advance will begin. In
stead of turning toward military de-
velopment the worlds mental ener-
ges will be devoted to invention, en-
gineering and productive labor.
II firmly believe that in few
years after the end Of the war we
shall see the greatest constructive
era that the world has ever known"
In the opinion Of naval men, II
the problem of an ineXhaustible air
supply for submarines can be solved
as easily as Mr.. Edison says, there
remains only the problem of fuel to
give a new type submarine the same
travelling radius as the present
dreadnought type Of battleships.