The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-24

known before. It can mot be said
truthfully that these business corpor-
atoms are entirely the result OF the
use Of mechanical power, for trading,
financial and other commercial COM
panies have been known for many
hundred years. but 1t is quite true to
say that their great Importance as a
factor in daily life comes from the use
of mechanical power.
In this way 1t seems to me that the
development of mechanical industry is
greatly widening the exercise Of hui
man intelligence. There is exercise for
great ability in directing the innumer-
able BUSINESS corporations, manufaet-
uring concerns, transportation con-
Germs, filming concerns, in every one of
which there is a distinct reward for
the man who can make a little better
mixture of the ingredients of efficien-
cy; but 1t Is not only the managers,
but practically all Of the employees
who have a widened scope for the ex-
ercise of their brains. Anyone who
exercises power beyond those of his
own body is using his intelligence
more than he otherwise would. Thus
the man who drives locomotive must
have experience and knowledge above
that of the man who simply walks.
Tthaaa ara facts that No infalIipant mn N
can deny. / believe 1t to be an abso-
lutte fact that those regions and those
races which have developed industry
best have developed mentality best.
They have developed industry because
they have had the mentality. and
while this is true, think 1t is also true
that a prosperous industry attracts
good human material to 1t. man
does not think highly VINO 10 conten,
with stupid unproductive labor OF
course, people without high intelli-
gence may move lot Of coal and iron
ut which is the more Intelligent man,
he who insists on moving coal aud iron
with his bare hands or he who does 1t
with a steam shovel? think the
question needs no answer Moreover,
] fully believe that the man who wishes
to use a steam shovel and make 1t work
Is the more likely to have valuable
IDEAS about art, literature, science and
the government, or whatever manifest
alton of mentality is desired.
The mechanical industries that have
sprung up in the United States and
Europe have produced great prosperity
and this prosperity has helped to de-
velop not only the natives of these re-
gions, but It has induced ambitious
and intelligent people to migrate to
those areas from other parts of the
world.
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating Where are the seats of learn
ing today? Where do you go to learn
art, literature, science, music-any-
thing you can think of? You do not
any longer go to Italy or to Greece or
to Egypt to learn these things. You
go to the great industrial countries, the
United States, England Germany and
to those portions of France that are
more particularly Industrial 1t should
be pointed out that power driven
machinery Is made of metals, particu-
larly of iron, and driven by coal. 1t
IL natural. therefore, that industry
should be most active In those regions
where iron can be successfully manu-
featured. This is the case to a great
er extent than most people realize The
areas Of the world in which iron is
successfully manufactured. This is the
case to a greater extent than most
people realize. The areas of the world
in which iron is successfully manu-
featured are relatively small There
are two great areas: A belt bordering
the Great Lakes from the upper Miss
issippi to the Atlantic coast in the
Of New York, and anoth-
er belt extending from the Irish sea
across England and into Germany, in
Belgium and northern France.
These are the areas in which at least
30 per cent of the iron of the world is
and very large per-
centage Of the machinery operated.
And what do you find there? You find
the six greatest cities of the world.
one after the other.
The more you examine into 1t the
more you will be impressed by the fact
that these areas have become the mar
ket and clearing house of the worlds
the centers to which all
other metals, including gold. must go
to be utilized. You will notice further
that these areas hold the reins of
power in human affairs. You find
there the financial, political, military,
Intellectual, social end artistic capitals
Of the modern world, to which not only
every article of trade, but human in
diligence itself, goes for cultivation
md development.
1t seems to me worth while to lay
stress on this situation because great
many people would like to believe
what have said is not all true. There
ire those who would have us believe
hat we are focusing our attention
90 much on the pursuit of industry
md wealth; that by so doing we miss
he chance to develop higher and bet