Evening star., 1924-01-07

twenty years after is a very
short time. But It. is. recalled by
editors everywhere that in this par
ticular instance the Wright brothers
"out-Dumased" Dumas, and the de-
velopment of their "hying bird" at
kittyhawk December II, 1903, up to
the present at least, has meant more
in war than in peace. Incidentally,
In reviewing the developments Of the
year just ended, It aIsoS Is pointed
out by those who have made study
OF aviation that no less than thirty
three world records came, into pos
session OF American. avfators during.
1923, and this in the face of meager
appropriations for Army and Navy
aerial development with practically
no progress in commercial flying.
Ninety per cent OF the editors who
have discussed this insist the time
has come when Congress must loosen
the purse strings so that aviation can
be favored science in the United
States, while the remaining 10 per
cent in addition suggest something
also must be done to encourage pri-
yate aviation: Incidentally It is
everywhere emphasized that the day
of tho, air f1ivver is at hand and
there. is some speculation whether
Detroit may not be the mother city
in this line as 1t is In the auto field.
In the latter connection the In
dianapolis News points out that mo
longer are planes regarded as pri-
marily for war purposes; it Is as an
aid to peaceful progress that they
appeal to all. In two decades the
airplane has proven its possibilities
for influencing the development of
the world" That prophets were not
without honor, save in. their own
country. was emphasized in the case
Of the Wrights. suggests the Omaha
World-Herald in recalling it was not
until they had gone to France and
interested French experts in their
invention that the Wrights received
any recognition in America, and the
Omaha World-Herald feels 'ft is q
portstion and undersea Transports
tion, both the result OF American
inventive genius, should have been at
first cast of by their own country
and forced to seek room for growth
on foreign soil. 1t is still more a
for their impetus Of growth upon
the hatreds of war instead of the
progressiVeness Of peace. Airplanes
are good things to have in war, but
they are better things in peace. And
they are good things to remind any
one whose ambition may be faltertng,
who may think that time is flying
terribly fast, that much may be done
in twenty years."
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Twenty years ago the Wrights
were regarded as crazy men whose
splendid energies and money were
being wasted upon, a hopeless propo-
.sition," the Paterson: Call points OUT
"but today nobody knows the names
OF those persons In Dayton who pohed
fun at the young bicycle repair men
but the names of Orville and Whour
Wright are forever written IN the
book, Of fame The first night
LASTED only twelve seconds" the new
York Evening World recalls, In ask
ling '"in what branch OF human
achievement have two decades seeh
progress more startling anu spSS
tacular? Reviewing AVIATION sartv stv
the Wright brothers a man OF torr9 ny
today can feel like patriarch; 40
which the Albany Knickerbocker
Press adds .'there is lesson In the
twenty years that have aooeo 81
much to the story of mankind since
the wrights fiuttered rev roGs g
above the earth in their pioneer an
nlane TheS lesson could well be used
to meet the challenge of the twenty
years which are ahead. what aoout
the drean1ers of today? Are they also
o. be contemptuousiy, dismissed. Inc
,Vriehts were not stopped py tne
|decisien Of the multitude when they
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