Arizona republican., 1922-03-26

with his saw. the shoemaker with
his awl, the blacksmith his hammer,
the printer with his stick, carried his
trade with him wherever he went
That was individualism.
Then came a great modern de-
velopment. Huge machines sup
planted the tool They enormously
increased the ratio of production.
You illustrate the tendency Of CEN
tralization in your own home every
day. You don't go down to the pump
or to the well for watsr. You don't
light the kerosene lamp. In many
cases you don't even produce your
own heat. All these come from cen
trail power plants. This is centrali
zation.
At one period. for centuries, in
fact. individualism dominated trans
portation The man with horse and
wagon, the man with boat, both are
instances. Then great steamships,
steam railways and electric trolleys
took the transportation mediums
from the individuals.
This was combination, improved
public service, and these great medi-
ums viii always be with US in
place commanding importance.
But transportation has also seen
return to the individual facilities. a
most unusual development.
In both freight haulage and pass
enger transportation the motor vehi-
Gle has turned back the hands on the
face OF the clock of time and we now
supplement centralized transporta-
ton with an Individual medium sub
ject entirely to your own ,whim,
preference or need. This is great
economic development it is potent
now and destined TO be still more so.
AS a background / should like TO
draw you a prepaid picture OF trans
portation development.
We. in this country, are great ad-
mirers of the pioneer. We revere
a Columbus or a Magellan. We thrill
at the courage of the Louis Clarke
expedition. but gentlemen. actually
we do not carry our admiration Tar
enough, because we seldom consider
how inadequate were the mediums
of Transportation with which THESE
men yentured over uncharted oceans
or penetrated fathomless forests.
/ should like to direct your atten-
tion to starting thought. Nothing
in the world has been so slothful in its
development as transportation. Ninety
per cent OF all the years that have
elapsed since the birth of Christ saw
in use the same primitive mediums
| of transportation that prevailed dur
| ing his life time. In 1900 years the
world has not advanced beyond the
! point OF man hauled or the beast
! hauled wagon or cart or the man
propelled or wind propelled boat. 1t
| is an amazing thought when set
| against all that happened in the
world in that time.
The culture of Greece, the FAR
flung power Of Rome. the mighty
empire OF Charlemagne, all had their
! rise, their history and their fall The
Dark Ages and the Middle Ages
| came and went
In the fifteenth and sixteenth CEN
| turtles came the great outburst of ex-
ploration that carried the mariners
| OF Europe all over the world to the
| discovery of new countries. Three
| great revolutions. in England In 1858,
/ in our country in 1916. and in France
! i'm 1892, made their contributions 10
| free institutions.
Yet during all that long period,
the world still clung to that same
| kind of transportation that the dis
| ciples of Christ knew. If the world
was in transportation. it WIS not
1 slow in the fundamentals OF govern
| ment
The Magno Charta, the great basis
! Of all civil liberty. antedates the
! coming of a new kind of transpor-
! tation bv six centuries. The Decla-
/ ration of Rights in England. and the
| Declaration of Independence in the
! United States also antedate any
\ transDortatiOn advance.
Inventors achieved both for good
and i'll. They discovered gunpowder
| They invented printing. They did
/ nothing for transportation. The
| great art works OF all times, paint
! inRs. statues, buildings, mountain
| peaks of human genius. all came 10
! the world while transportation sull
depended upon the wind and upon
! the muscles OF man and beast Act
ually the history OF modern trans
| portation can be written within the
| last 12O years. The world has &C
! comDlisbed more in that interval
than in 1900 years OF prior Christian
| history.
When Robert Fulton launched the
| C'lermont on the Hudson, and when
| Stephenson two decades later in
vented the steam locomotive. they
discounted everything that had gone
before in the entire history OF trans
! portation.
Now at the beginning OF the twen
tieth century. wehave also motor We
! hicle and aeroplane, depending upon
internal combustion motors, gasoline
driven. just as their predecessors de
pended upon steam and electricity.
/ -O-
A $4,000 church of all nations is
! to be erected on the site Of one
time notorious dive in the old district
/ of New York City.
A 13-year- old girl has been granted
| a license to preach by the Northeast