Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-31
MEN AND CONDITIONS (
ARE ABNORMAL. WE MUST :
BE READY. SAYS EDISON I

From Interview With Thomas Edison in
New York Herald.


From Interview With Thomas Edison in
New York Herald.
Asked If he was kept busy as ever
these days. Thomas Edison waved his
hand to an adjoining room. Keep my
ped in there" he said. Mr.. Edison is
BACK at his old practice of grim labor,
and when he has to stick to a job all
night tumbles IN the cot for snatcheS
of sleep.
The war;" explained the inventor,
VIII go along for another ear In
Europe. When you have 100, 1000, 900 or
l4o,oO0.O00 Germans going, they won't
give up easily so long as their grub
holds out"
"Ail Depends On tho Germans"
ANY possibility of this country
getting In The row.
said Mr.. Edison. w ought to pro-
test, OF course, to a certain extent he
continued. But we ought not to carry
too far u protests, so as to make it
impossible for Germany to comply With
our demands. When a people are fight
ing for their lives you can't make dis
tlnctions too fine"
Stay In Mexico.
How about our duty in MeNico?"
was the next query.
"Ihe army ought to stay there until
they get the man we went after" was
MS instant answer.
Mr.. Edison said the Americans were
now apparently alert to the need for
preparedness.
mat is, everybody except Ford" he
said with a laugh" He does not want
n one to fight and wants to keep
every one rich. don't believe he
thinks how bad a mass of people can
get when they become dead mad. THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE AWAKE.
THEY CAN SEE CONDITIONS WE
HAVE TO FACE. THE WORLD is
NOT IN NORMAL CONDITION.. IF
MEN WE'RE NORMAL WE WOULD
NEED NO PREPAREDNESS. BUT
G0ND1TlONS THAT NOW EXIST.
WITH MEN ABNORMAL. AND CON-
SEQUENTLY UNABLE TO THINK
STRAIGHT. NO ONE IS SAFE TO-
DAY. Why, we see it every day, dur
ing M a strike. for instance. Old en-
fellows and loyal, are suddenly OBJ
sessed by the mob spirit. Then they
act as If they We're crazy and do things
that are simply awful. AND THAT
SEEMS TO BE THE WAY MEN ARE
THEIR NORMAL MEN
DISTURBED. In business affairs you
cannot ak to a man who is a dead
man.; wait until tomorrow. You can
90 no business with a man who has not
d norman mentality. CONSEQUENT
L9 WE NEED TO BE PREPARED,
OR WHAT NATION MAY BECOME
ABNORMAL"
He's a Real Man.
Switching the conversation TO things
political. MIR. Edison was asked IL he
still remained a warm admirer Of
Colonel Roosevelt. He paused a sec.
ond. then swung round n said quick
ly: He's a real man. His report is
good and clean. There is a man with
q wonderful intelligence Of our n
v1ronment. and. as far rs I can see. the
only man who comes right out and
speaks the truth. though in doing so
undre Of thousands of voters go
against him. Is there any other public
a In the United States who has done
this? If so I'd like to hear his name.
ability"
How about Justice Hughes? 90 was
the next query.
Shoemaker to His Last.
Hughes better not bother with poll
tics. He ought to stay on the bench.
Let the shoemaker stick to his last
And President Wilson," ~
President Wilson isn't bad" said
Mr.. Edison. But he's a
however. as presidents go, he's pretty
good" N'
IN this country will con-
tinue until the war ends and for a
year in addition, in Mr.. Edison's judg-
ment. Not for a time after the war
closes does the inventor expect there
will be any emigration to this COUNTRY
but later more than ever will come
over to u shores from Europe. In
the long run Mr.. Edison could not see
where we will gain anything by Ger
many, France and England becoming
exhausted by the fighting.
The world is lopsided now" said the
inventor. and we will have to paw for
some of this war before we are through
1t will be the same as if disaster visited
Illinois or Pennsylvania. We would
feel it, too"
Asked his views of Industrial lessons
taught America by the isolation Of
European countries which previously
League club, Of New York city, and Ii
supplied US with necessaries. Mr.. Edi-
son said h United States ought to
manufacture everything her natural
permit, and only buy from
n nations articles they beat us in,
considering quality or price.
But take dyes. America should
make her own. not buy from Germany.
There are many other things Germany
can make that are cheaper and better
n We manufacture, and we can take
these products from her in exchange
for articles we make"
Corn For Ammunition.
From the Wall Street Journal.
It's an i'll wind that doesn't blow the
farmers some good. The armies of Europe