The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-04-09

1 octtcT " diioN tuiD ~OAN
OF siieht Partner to furnish the indus
W and the economy.
VINO snail measure the power q Q
river. for ever falling to the sea! How
many millions OF horses and men has
II sQuaied in its wasted power In each
geeefauon. 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-
oiiities Of its application. il 1t could
oe set TO wcrk? What equivalent of
human brain and Drawn could be val
ued against this careless. ceaseless
power. derived endlessly from the air
sne 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. 1t 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
Rawn.
Toll has always beer the human lot
We have carried the mechanical bur
dens as well as the mental burdens
OF life on our own human bodies and
souls; although all the time Thousands
OF patfen' giants we're waiting. willing
to serve US. John Rawn could sec
them waliing He knew to whom oI,s
day would be due the power. and the
kingdom. and the glory. He could
look toward the white-topped noun
tatns. foreseeing the day when they
would be put under tribute, because
they breed tumbling waters Of i'm.
measurahle strength and utility. Their
heritage of beauty and majesty ID
naught to minds such as that Of John
Rawn's. Utility is the one word in
the maAims Of such as these. men
beloved OF the immortal gods.
We speak of kings, of emperors. but
what emperor in all the history of the
world had servants such as these. sub
missive giants such as these, to 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 gat this silent partner OF
John Rawns its own tremendous
power? Out of the sun and the earth
the parents of humanity. The rain
drop on the leaf. shot through with
the shaft Of the sun. fell to some near
by rill and. joined by other rills
marched on alive, tireless. tremen
dous, toward the sea. Even far W
toward their source, had your little
boat lodged counter to the current. or
some rock or snag. and had you at
tempted 10 push it back against tbs
thrust Of the downcoming waters, yo,
might have got some knowledge O
the power of even little stream Ter
feet below you, that power agar
would lave been quite as great; ane
ten feet below that again as great
and so on, to the sea. 1t required tn.
advice of no professional maxim ma
kers TO teach q few of our great men
our specially endowed superiors. Johr
Rawn first among them. that this pow
er one day must be used. In accord
ance as it shall be used. the burden
of humanity may be lifted from hu
man shoulders. or thrust crushingly
down upon them until indeed human
ity shall cease to hope. The earth anc
its fullness are no more the Lord.
today. They are John Rawn's.
The simple plan Of the lnterna
tional Power company was to make
some strong obstruction inviting the
enormous resistance of the Father o.
the Waters. tantalizing that power
into being. Thus, in a manner perfect
ly simply, this force. once evoked ant
utilized. would turn numberless
wheels endlessly. tirelessly. So much
for the material side of manifested
power The essence. the soul. the In
tangible spirit Of that material pow
er was, in the plans OF International
to be transmitted by wire at first, and
later through the free air. Its sale in
definite and merchantable quantities
would come as near to the solution OF
the problem Of perpetual motion and
perpetual profit as may be arrived q
in this world of limitations.
ITO BE CONTINUED)