Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-03
THE BRAINS
OF GERMANY


grown tired of hearing Germany
praised for its brains. He refers TO
this as follows:
During the last few months have
heard the Germans arraigned as blat
ant, boorish. barbarous, yet in nearly
every case the speakers sufllxed TO
But when II comes to brains you will
have to hand it TO them; they have
made science
WHY hand it to them? What epoch
making invention or discovery is of
German origin-eXcept a stamp on
which is inscribed, Made in Ger
many?' Their scientists have kicked
up fair amount Of spray as they gam
boiled in their pool. but the world has
vet TO hear of mighty Teutonic
splash Time and again French, Eng
lish, American, Spanish. and Italian
inventors and discoveries have sent
tidal waves around the globe. Let us
now be specific.
The steam engine has been called
the greatest OF all inventions: II broke
the shackles from slaves; IL mingled
the marts of the world. II made
neighbors of the antipodes. Newco-
men. a native of Dovenshire, obtained
the patent for the first partially sue
cessful steam engine; Watt, Scotch
man, perfected lit; Cupnot, Murdoch
and Trevitick brought forward the
locomotive, not on German soil; Steph-
enson, an Englishman, was the first to
apply the locomotive steam engine to
railways for passenger traffic; France.
England, and America applied 1t to
navigation. When all had been COM
pleted Germany pulled. the whistle
cord, shouted Hook der kaiser! and
tagged it Made in Germany
"The telegraph which brings us the
daily history of the world was invent
ed by an American. Prof. Morse, who
ESQ suggested the Atlantic cable.
which was subsequently laid by that
American merchantscientist, Cyrus
Field. assisted in "mooring the new
world alongside of the old by Lord
Kelvin. the prince of physicists, a
British subject. Graham Bell, the
chief inventor of the telephone, was
born in Scotland and grew to fame
in America. A young Italian, Marconi
gave wireless telegraphy to the world.
The house OF Hohenzollern has made
great use of these inventions in telling
Great Britain. America, and Italy in
arrogant verbiage 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 famine
banished. Eli Whitney, of Massachus'
etts parentage, invented the cotton
gin; Hargraves. an Englishman, made
the spinning jenny; Arkwright, also
English, supplied its efficiency with
his famous spinning frame; the Eng
llshman Kay introduced the fly shuttle
in weaving; Brunei. who devised the
knitting machine, and Cart right, in
ventor of the power loom. re British
citizens. Thus was the world clothed
Although Germany is militaristiC
and worships at the shrine of Mars
what votive offering has she made 10
the god of war? 1t was not she who
= contributed guncotton, gun powder
smokeless powder. percussion cap
nitroglycerin, dynamite torpedo,
shrapnel. automatic cannon, magazine
rifle. breach.loading gun. Calling gun,
revolver, Maxim silencer. hammerless
gun. gunb3lt. ironclad battery or ship.
armor plate, revolving turret, subma.
rine or aiTplanes.
"Since Germany borrowed her mill
tary appliances from other nations. we
are not surprised that she obtained
her devices of prosperity from the
same source. She did not produce the
first aniline dyes, vulCanized rubber.
liquid gases, gas engine, watcrgas,
thermometer, pianofortc. barbcd wire,
cut ncils, plate glass, circular saw, ca
bic car, electric car. 81, eping car, air
brake. bicycle. automobile, pneumatic
tire, sewing machine, steel writing
pen, ct cetera ad inGnitum.
The greatest thing Germany has
done is to falsely advertise herself as
the light of the world. No son OF her
invented the electric light the gas
light, the acetylene light, the kerosen,
light, the searchlight. the nashlight
the safety lamp. the candle dip or tn,
friction match. America. france, Eng
land and other 'untutorcd nations per
formed these tasks. The sun. moon
and stars are the only lights left 70
Germany's contention, and. accordin
to the Mosaic account. the Lord, an
not the kaiser, made and placed ther
In the armament.
"Daguerre. Frenchman, presente
US with photography Our own Ediso