St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-04-27

During the last few months | have
heard the Germans argaigned as
blatant, boorish, Darbaric, yet in
nearly every case the speakers suf-
Axed to their inyectiyes such an eX-
oreesion as. But when it comes to
brains you have to hand it to them;
they have made science.
Why hand it to them? What
epoch- h-making invention or discovery
"a Of German origin except stamp
on which IS inscribed, Made in Ger
nany?" Their scientists have kick
ed up fair amount of spray as they
eamboled in their pool but the world
Ia yet to hear a mighty Teutonic
splash. Time and again French.
English, American. Italian and Span
III, inventors \and discoEerers have
cent tidal waves around the globe.
Let us now be specific.
The steam engine has been called
4 the greatest Of all inventions. 1t
broke the shaekels from Slaves; it
mingled the marts OF the world; it
!. made neighbors of the antipodes.
!. Newcomer, native Of Doyershire.
obtained the patent for the first par
tialS successful steam engine; Watt,
& 4eotchman, perfected it; Cuynet,
4uedock and TreXithick brought for
! ward the locomotive. not on German
soil; Stephenson, an Englishman,
n hn Hrct TO n ~ a
engine to railways for passenger
tfadic: France, England and America
applied it to navigation. When all
Aad been completed Germany pulled
the whistle cord. shouted "Hoeh der
Kaiser" and tagged it Made in
! Germany"
The telegraph, which brings us the
daily history Of the world was in
vented by an American, Prof. Morse,
4 Who also suggested the Atlantic
4 cable, which was subsequently laid
0y that American merchant-scientist
Cyrus Field, assisted in mooring the
new world alongside Of the old by
1 Lord Kelvin, the prince Of physicists,
British subject Graham Bell the
cnief inventor OF the telephone. was
porn in Scotland and grew to fame
n America. A young Italian. Mar
c0nl, gave wireless telegraphy to the
world. The house of HohenZollern
aas made great use OF these inven-
u0ns IN telling Great Brit In Ameri-
q and Italy in arrogant verbiage
what the fatherland has done for the
senighted peoples of the earth.
Cyrus Mccormick, a native OF
west Virginia. produced the reaping
machine which harvests the food of
the world; Meikle, Of England,
brought forth the threshing ma
caiAe; thus was fame hanished. Ely
WhItney. OF Massachusetts parent
sse, invented the cotton gin, Har-
sraves. an Englishman, made the
spnning jenny: Arkwright. also an
sagl1shman. supplied its deficiency
wHn MS famous spinning frame; the
aaSllshman Kay introduced the
sauttle In weaving; Brunei. who de-
n sisea the knitting machine, mad Cart
Wright. inventor Of the power loom,
we're British subjects. Thus was the
world clothed.
Atnough Germany is militaristic
sau worships at the shrine OF Mars,
- v0tiye Offering has she made
e the god Of war? It was not she
mo contributed gunpoNder, smoke
-. powder. percussion cap. nitro
sv0srine, gun-cotton, dynamite. tor
~, snrapnel. automatic cannon
ssazine rife, breech-loading gun
I uatling gun, revolver. Maxim silen-
nammerless gun. gunboat, iron
80 batteries or ship armor plate
plane. ~ -'''' . - -
0snce Germany borrowed her milf
1fy appliances from other nations
~. are not surprised that she OBJ.
s. aned her devices OF prosperity from
- same source. She did not pro
/ ~ ~ tne first aniline dye. vulcanized
liquid gases. gas engine
gas. Thermometer. barometer
,aao forte. barbed wire. cut nails
s glass, circular saw, cable car
se1slfc 1910 car, sleeping car, AIR brake
cie, automobile. pneumatic tire
q u .sA.s machine, typewriter. calcu
u 1919 machine, cash register. stee
lung ~ pens. etc, ad infinitum.
me greatest thing that German,
80 uone is to falsely advertise her
as the light OF the world. NJ
Ia. Oi hers invented the electric