The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-08

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new inventions that may bc offered %
the war. navy OF other departments
of our government. This IL In line
with the good old custom hat al
ready has lost This country a good
many advantages in the struggle for
peace. and h what h. to be aNpested.
no more. NO less
Just why Il Is the American tein-
permanent 10 neelec, or ignore any op-
%portunisy 10 better her war-makins
machinery land that means her
poace-prescrvlng equipment ~ tina
may be offered IL a mystery. Yet -
81 is.
u ia only a few years since Langley
gave his very nfe-biood to this
Try. offering Il the supremacy OF the
air. ~ a matter Of fact, and received
the shahhiest treatment that was ever
given an inventor, almost Every
aeronauucal authority today agrees
that ~I-anriey's aerodrome would have
flown - launched properly many Of
them say st will ~ today.
Langley had an accident with tho
launching apparatus. and what was
said Of him That he wax a dreamer.
possessed Of a chimefical idea. a
whAnsy 20 silly as 10 be beyond
laughter. even.
His Machine wal wrecked IN trifls
CONGRESS refused him further AID.
after IL bad taken the most s%trcnuous
effort for him to secure the ~ieggariy
appropriation with which he had
built the apparatus and conducted ex-
reriments His theories we've on
demaod. He was co0ed az d hls
launching apparatus denounced as
Impractical Yet today %aeroplanc-
launch forth from the deyk Of d ware
shin on "a wire. Just as Langiey's ma
chine would have launched had he
been permitted 20 perfect hi- appa-
ratas.
A few years nter l Nrishts
feoobea practical flight Do, th, same
theories which Langley bad tpplicd
What happened to them They wer,
told their success was falsc. that aero
planes would not ny. aud a lot NOR,
thinps The United states lost a.,
mastery OF tho air again. Tor. o..
buned al home. the inventors sold
their machines 10 othei nations
Not very long ago Secretary Dam
iels said that acroplaues Of 20,
America" type Hore futile and im.
practical for war purposes Yet Goo.
day a dozen Of them are putrolllur
the English channel Cor Great Britain
MI Daniels hyman judgment was h
error.
Escn great rrianes are bela.
built by Gcrman w. carr ns ua
ONE but two mufhl, me-. armed lut
equipped % prey upon tho smalic.
machines 81 other nations Tim
pinne rs but an extension Of th,
Americu idea.
Coming from the air Co The water
and even descending beneath Us sur
Lakes submarine. Lakes ideas wor.
scodcd at and thrown aside. when a0
them America might have possess,,
AL the submarines In the world, aH.
ruled the sea Tor many years there
with. This was even before Holland
day, FOR public opinion TO Tire con
trary notwithl tandinR. Lakes boat
would trsvel under water aud cout
have been used bon warfare.
Then Holland offered his IDEAS, de
Nelopcd beyond those Of Latte. VIVA
happened? Another chance q, Obtain
tho mastery Of the oceans wos lost
Holland sold his boiss abroad Noy
an the world has what the Unitc'
states might have had and used 4.
preserve peace.
Tho establishment OF "a board o.
advisory experts in the navy depart
ment hints % better days Co come
When good Inventions viii be- re-
tanned instead Of being discarded ant
America. as "a nation. viii profit from
Tho brains of her citizens. but with.
out funds this board viii uo ham.
pered beyond an conscience or whaI
good a know Of an invention That
VIII make the safety Of An erica @
certainty Tor generations, waen that
invention may not be developed to
perfection? what b. the Justice Boa cx-
pecting an inventor 90 spend hla time,
money aud energy deyelopine some-
thing Cor which h. wll not ue paid
Waat We should like 10 see is q
fund sufficiently large placed m tho
hands ~ a proper board OF experts
90 be used fof the purchase and de-