The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
Days Of Thirty Years Contest
Passed, Says Wizard.
SUBMARINES ARE EFFECTIVE
Their Exploits Teach Lessons In
Building of 5sttlsships-Boom In
Business Here to Be Tremendous
After the War - Worry2 Think of
the Kaiser!

The year 1914 dealt a staggering
blow to civilization. the arts and the
sciences" said Thomas A. Edison at
his laboratory In West Orange. But
civilization will recover from the blow
very soon after the war ends"
And that will beT" asked CORE
spondent OF the New York World.
Not for two years. | fear" said the
great inventor This war has taught
The world that the killing OF men In
war Is scientific proposition now.
With all the implements of destruction
and plans for offensive and defensive
operations SO carefully mapped out and
with the great number of men that can
he drawn into the fray by both sides.
the conflict will be long drawn out.
There have been wars that have
lasted thirty years but those days are
past Killing men is different prop
osition today. but / believe the present
struggle will NOT end for at least two
years, although ! pray 1t will end
sooner than any OF US expects"
Mr. Edison added that the subma-
rine has been the greatest offensive
instrument in the world conflict and
said
While the submarine has not OBJ
Waited the necessity of the Dread
nOught. il surely has lessened Its val
Ne But you can bet the ships Eng
and is constructing now are SO built
hos hnw f.se
submarine torpedoes The effect of a
primary explosion can be greatly min
imiZed by the interior construction of a
Dreadnought. and this. In all likeli
hood. is being done by the allies now ."
The hearty old gentleman. from
whose pockets the destruction of his
plant by fire took S3.OOOOOO a short
time ago. seemed entirely happy.
Did your loss persuade you to
make any New Years resolutionsT
he was asked
Worry2 Think of the Kaiser!
Resolutions he repeated. Non
sense! Years ago | formed my rules
of life and | have adhered to them.
The chief OF them all is Work No,
the loss of the money does not worry
me Nothing was burned that cannot
be replaced. was up against harder
proposition when we built the brst
electric lighting plant In New York.
1t was something new-electric light
ing-then. A fortune had been invest
ed and the whole world was awaiting
the outcome. Everything depended
upon the success Of that plant, but as
a result of 1t the world has become
electrically Illuminated at night, as IL
were.
When any one talks about worry
be might apply my new standard OF
worry Just think OF the kaiser. now
on the defensive. with nearly 700 miles
of battlefront. all told. on the east and
west. Why. the average mans wor-
ries sink into insignificance compared
TO this. Another standard of disaster
is Belgium-little, gritty Belgium!
''It has surprised me 10 see how
Americans have become weakened
over this war. They seem to be strick-
en- with a sort Of commercial paralysis
They want 10 get out and do some
thing; now is the opportune time.
Why. you can put building up cheap
er today than you could before the
war. and yet many OF our supposed
good business men will wait until the
war is over as a sign of prosperity and
pay more for the building. The wise
man will prepare now for the boom In
trade that we will soon experience and
which viii be tremendous after the
war"