Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-01-04
By TONNES R. LEIGH.
Professor, Of Chemistry in George
town College.

professor, OF chemistry IN GEORGE
town College.
Montgomery, Ala.-During the
past few months have heard the
Germans arraigned as blatant boor-
ish, barbarous, yet in nearly every
case the speakers suff1xed to their In
vectives such an expression as "but
w hen 1t comes brains you will have
to hand 1t to them; they have made
SCIENCE"
Why hand 1t to them? What ep-
och making invention or discovery is
Of German origin-exCept a stamp on
which is inscribed, "Made in Ger
many?" Their scientists have kicked
up q fair amount of spray as they
have gamboed In their pool, but the
world has,yet to hear Of a mighty
Teutonicf splash. Time and again
FreHh English, American and Itaa-
- inventors and discoveries have
tidal waves around the globe.
now be specific.
steam engine has been called
eatest of all Inventions; 1t
the shackles from slaves; 1t
ed the marts of the world. 1t
neighbOrs of the AntipOdes.
ID the patent for the first par
ccessful steam engine; Watt.
Imam, perfected~it; Cuynot
and Treviticx brought for
locomotive, not on German
soil; Stephenson, an Englishman, was
the first to apply the locomotive
steam engine to railways for passen-
ger traf1c; France, England and
America applied 1t to navigation.
When all had been completed, Ger
many pulled the whistle cord and
shouted, "Hoch der Kaiser!" and tag
ged 1t made in Germany"
The telegraph which brings us the
daily history of the world was inven-
ted by an American, Professor Morse,
who also suggested the Atlantic ca
hle, which was subsequently laid by
that American merchant-scientist .Cy-
rus Field, assisted in "mooring the
new world along side of the old" by
Lord Kelvin. the prince of physicists,
British subject. Graham Bell. the
chief inventor of the telephone. was
born in Scotland and grew to fame
in America. A young Italian. Marco
nj. gave wireless telegraphy to the
world. The house of Hohenzollern
has made great use of these inven-
tions in telling Great Britain, Ameri-
ca and Italy in arrogant verbiaee
what the vaterland has done for the
benighted peoples of the earth.
Cyrus Mccormick. a native Of Vir-
ginia. produced the reaping machine
which harvests the food of the world !;
Meikle of England brought forth the
threshing machine. Thus was fam
Inc banished; ELI Whitney Of Massa-
chusetts parentage. invented the cot
ton gin; Hargraves, an Englishman,
made the spinning jenny; Arkwright.
also English. supplied its efficiency
with his famous spinning frame; the
Englishman Kay introduced the fly
shuttle in weaving; Brunei, who de-
.vised the knitting machine, and Cart
wright, inventor of the power loom.
were British citizens. Thus was the
world clothed.
Altho Germany is militaristic and
worships at the shrine of Mars, what
votive Offering has she made to the
God of war? 1t was not she who
contributed gunpowder. smokeless
powder. percussion cap, nitroglycer-
inc, dynamite, torpedo. shrapnel. au-
tomato cannon, magazine rifle,
UIccCH loduiuS gun, NotlluS gun, iC-
volver, Maxim silencer. hammerless
gun, gunboat, ironclad battery OF
ship, armorplate, revolving turret
submarine or airplanes.
Since Germany borrowed her mil
ftary appliances from other nations,
we are not surprised that she obtain
ed her devices of prosperity from the
same source. She did not produce
the first aniline dye. vulcanized rub
Der, liquid gases. gas engines. water
gas: thermometer, 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. typewriter. calculating ma
chine. cash register. steel writing
pens, ct cetera ad infinitum.
The greatest thing Germany has
done is to falsely advertise herself as
the light of the world. No son OF
hers invented the electric light, the
kerosene light. the searchlight, the
flashlight. the safety lamp. the can
die dip or the friction match. Amer
lea, France, England and other ''un-
tutored nations performed these
tasks. The sun; moon and stars are
the only lights left for Germany's
contention. and according to the Mo-
kaic account. the Lord, and not the