The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-17

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} No. 81. 4
J What the World Owes to
a Few Great Men.
By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
copyrighted. 1919. BY the Twenty
first Century Eress.)

Recently Edison celebrated another
Dirt hday. BY common consent he is
easily the greatest inventor in the
world. Had he done nothing else but
discover the electric light and the pho
noGraph. his name would have been I'm
mortal lie has registered over TWO
thousand inventions in the patent office
, in Washington. He has lcsscned the
worlds drudgcry and redeemed men out
of gricvous toll to partial leisure. Edi-
son is the lasting proof of the falsity
Of the theory that working men.
through muscle. create wealth. The l.
W. W. men in the country, like the Boil
shCvki in Russia, never tire OF shouting
we created all property. Standing
hcrorr the multitude in Seattle, that
rcvoIutonist waved his hand toward the
city and shouted. as he pointed 10 the
buildings. You men. by your muscle.
made that city! Now ii is yours for the
taking. But il is perfectly plain that
the united labor of ten million Of mus
Gle machines In Seattle could never have
created Edisons phon"Erarh. When ten
thousand other mon unite to produce all
the parts in Edson's Magnetic, il Is
plain that Edison. and Edison alone,
shaped each particular part, SO that
when nil were assembled the electric
current was carried. y chorus Of five
hundred voices can sing Handcls Mes
siah," but Handel contributed the specl-
tic character of tho sounds hat were
sung by the five hundred men and wo-
men.
What tho Great Man Does for UA
Stephenson invented locomotive,
and straightway all the farmers and
druym"n must give up tho twu-whcclcd
cart and adjust themselves /" rapid
transit BesScmer and Alexander Holly
discovered and built a steel furnace. and
by their skill they so mix the chemical
elements in iron, coke and lime COM
hinrd with air that the pig iron that is
soft is transformed into steel that Is
hard. But all the muscle mon in tho
world. uniting their physical strength.
could not have found out that chemical
secret Sack "f All Jurisprudence.
therefore, stands a unique man. Moses.
Back Of the new astronomy stands 4
great mai hcmalician. Newton or kr1l"r,
Sack Of all the messages that nlf the
air today stands 4 great electrician.
Marroni. On" man is n pioneer. open
ir. up unsupported treasure, even M
Marshall opened w tho first gold mine
III taiiiOruIa. and then the common pc0-
pl" rushed i'll and took possession "T
all tho riches. ono star rlifTrr"th from
unu:h"r star in glory. One man does
head work. and another arm work. and
another foot work. but "" must con-
I"ss that tho discovery Of lsesscn"r
alone mad" possible steel rails. steel
bridges Baldwin locomotives. In IN"
hour that B"sS"m"r nndc that dIsc"v-
Try. through chemistry h" added nj least
as Il free gift on" dollar n day I" the
wage al every working man in an iron
Or steel plant.
To-day everybody is ANXIOUS To keep
wages from falling. hut W. want the
prices Of food and clothing and tools to
tall Sow the only way To keep the
wages ZIP and AT lhr sam" tim" bring
tn" prices down is To produce more
wealth Either, then. W" must discover
nrI tnulS. "r us" more skill. or do bet
ter work. Eighty per cent "f all tn"
coal burned in our furnaces is wasted
because heat goes UP IN" chimney. Tn"
vast" runs UP To hundreds Of millions
Of dollars n year. What this country
needs: is som" man Of genius 10 put a
t!amp"r IN IN" chimney. pump oxygen
into Inc furnaces. After a while some
man viii learn how 10 burn tn" coal in
The mine and convert ii into heat and