El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-06

Editor FL Pas0 Herald
HAVE Just read with interest the
appended very interesting article
4 by DR.. Townes F. Leigh, OF
Georgetown college, on the things
the Germans have NOT done for the
world. II IS so Illuminating IN view
OF the claims Of the Germans 10 be-
ing the worlds leaders in culture,
that I believe Herald readers would
be interested in its reproduction II
shows that Germany has adopted the
great inventions OF the World, but
that Germany has never produced
these great men. and explodss-as
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills exploded
Germany's claim 20 musical superior
ity-the claim Of the Germans 20 be-
ing world benefactors-
George ". Crutcher,
The article by Dr. Leigh follows;
have heard the Germans ar
raiEued as blatant. bOOrish. barbaric;
yet in nearly every case the speakers
suffiXed 10 their iuvectives such an
expression as. But when it comes 10
brains you viii have 20 hand II 10
them; they have made science
Why What epoch-malling inveu-
ton or discovery Is OF German origin,
expect a stamp on which Is insert BED
Made in Germany Time and again
French. English American. Spanish
and Italian inventors. and discover
ers have sent tidal waves around the
globe
The steam engine has been called
the greatest Of all inventions New
comen. a native Of Devonshire, OBJ
TALLY successful steam engine; Wat
a Scotchman, perfected IL; Cuynot
Murdoch and Trevithick brought for
ward the locomotive. not on German
soil Stephenson. an Englishman. was
the first TO apply the locomotive
steam engine TO railways for pas
senger traffic; France. England and
America applied IL 10 navigation
Inventions Of Peace
The telegraph which brings Us the
daliy history or the world. was IN
vented by an American. Prof. Morse,
wno also suggested the Atlantic cable.
which was subsequently laid by that
American merchant scientist. Cyrus
Field, assisted. IN "mooring The new
world alongside OF the old by lord
British subject Graham Bell, the
chief inventor Of the telephone, was
born In Scotland and grew 70 fame IN
America. a young Italian, MarconL
gave wireless uelegraphy 10 the
world
Cyrus Mccormick, a native OF West
Virginia. produced the reaping ma
chine which harvests the food OF the
world: Nickel OF England. brought
forth the threshing machine Ely
Whitney OF Massachusetts parentase
invented the cotton gin; Hargravesi
an Englishman, made the spinning
jenny, ArkWright. also English, sup
piled its deficiency with his famous
spinning frame; the Englfshman Kay I
introduced the fly shuttle in weaving;
Brunei who devised the knitting ma
chine and Cartwright, inventor or .
the power loom, we're British ciu- I
zens
Inventions OF War.
Although Germany Is militarisllc .
and Worships az the shrine OF Mars, T
what votive offering has she made
TO the god OF war; II was not she
who contributed gunpowder. smoke
less powder. percussion cap, nitro
glycerine. gun cotton, dynamite. tor
pedo, sharpnel, automatic cannopi
magazine rifle. breech loading gun,
satling sun, revolver, armor plate,
revolving turret, submarine or air.
plane She did not produce the first
aniline dye. vulcanized rubber. LIQUID
gases, gas engine. water gas, thermo-
meter, barometer, piano forte, barbed
wire, cut nails, plate glass, Circular
saw, cable car, electric car, sleeping
car, air brake, bicycle, automobile,
pneumatic tire, sewing machine, type
writer, calculating machine, cash