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"Civilization Must Stop Woste®? Wizard Steinmetz
Sun Energy is Boundless if Used by
j Mankind Intelligently.
$7 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, one of the great gen
s iuses of the world, came to America an immigrant
in the steerage, 34 years ago. He was a cripple
from birth, as his father had been before him, but
he brought from Breslau, Germany, a splendid ed
ucation, and a mind trained to hard application.
i Steinmetz laid the foundations upon which the
marvelous development of modern electricity has
-k been built. Every great electrical power plant tn
‘ ' America is a tnoihiment to his genius. He has
invented literally hundreds of improvements and
adaptations in the use of the electric current, but
the thing that has made his fame world wide is his
penetrating knowledge of the fundamentals, his
philosophy of civilization, and his sympathy with
the needs of humanity. . i
By CHARLES P. STEINMETZ
IT IS POSSIBLE* for us to heat our houses, cook our food, run
our great industries, recharge our automobile batteries, and give
energy to our radio sets by sun energy. Ihe great source of ,
life on earth —sun power —will be used more fully as mankind is i
forced by necessity to seek new means of generating heat. More
than one way may be found. Crops of new and rapidly growing
plants, for‘instance, may be developed by our botanists and grown
on vast acreage by the farmers, to be burned and turned into energy.
It only needs someone to find the proper electro-magnetic wave
and we will drive our factories by power transmitted by radio.
Picture a great power plant, fed by some scientific and inexpensive .
fuel, hurling immense waves of electric power into the air, tuned
to follow magnetic waves around the world.
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~ Wherever there were receiving sta-'
• tions built and equipped to tap that
• wave, actual power would be trans
~ mined to commerce and industry at
that foint. Such a development would
5 require international agreement but
" its practical development would quick
j ly secure the co-operation of every na-
I , tion ’
In that way the botanist could cut
; the coal bills of the nation until not
" only the necessities but the luxuries of
« life were within the reach of all. Such
E radio distribution of water power also
•; -is not merely an alluring vision but
Jtnay become an actuality.
j- i The wider development and use of
5 water power and its broader distri
“ jbution must come about in a few
■“ years. The state of New York alone
ijcould cut its coal bill for industrial
purposes and the use of pubpc
utilities Iwo-thirds- ’by • using'water
;power, even without radio transmis
sion. There is available in that state
* (4,000,000 horse power, or a-saving
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miGIN AND GROWTH
JF ROTARY IS TOLD
Splendid Organization Which
Now Girdles World Born in
Dream of Chicago Lawyer
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a vision of a happier and better
ifcorld.
• People, he told them, needed
Some doctrine of service making
dynamic the static, ethical princi
ple of the Golden Rule.
Why ont help him draft such a
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easier. The clever woman
finds many ways of making
it work for her.
1 Let us suggest a few cf
’’ the many uses to you.
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: of 34,000,000 tons of coal annually,
■ for you must remember, coal is a very
t wasteful commodity. A great deal of
I its heat goes up the chimney and a
t great deal more radiates from boilers
• and pipes and never serves any useful
■ purpose.
At present the consumption of fuel
: in New York is 54,000,000 tons yearly.
: Recent strikes m coal fields and on
: railroads have shown that neither of
them can be relied upon and that the
i only real solution of the matter is to
: become independent of them both.
Water power developing 1,300,000
horse power is now being used in
New York, saving annually 10,000,000
tons of coal. The Umted States uses
10,060,000 horse power, generated by
water, a saving of 80,000,000 tons pf
coal annually, and there is a latejit
■ IWirSe power of 50,000,000 more, or, a
saving of 400,000,000 tons. It woqtd
still be necessary to use 100,000,0(10
tons of coal a year for heating.
I philosophy? Why not plegde them- a
I selves to abide by it in, their dis-. c;
ferent walks, of life? . t (
Would they help him? They did.
One of the three was a coal deal- p
I er, another' a mining operator, and I pj
i the third, a merchant tailor. | C(
That was 18 years ago—Feb. 23,1 ( ]
rilbOb.. The men went out and in- sc
terested others in their creed. i b
And that was teh beginning of |
Rotary.
Idea Spreads. > a j
They called it “Rotary” because •
i" those early days members met in!?]
■ rotation in their offices and shops, j c
Three years alter the idea spread J tj
I to San Francisco. Then the germ 1 p
: descended in othe rparts of the Ip
■ country. The “National Associa-1 B
tion” was formed in 1910. |p
1 And today it’s Rotary Interna- p
tional. It’s the organization with p
which all Rotary clubs throughout ,|
the world are affiliated. It’s an t<
I organization of 1420 subsidiary t<
clubs, with approximately 90,000 A
members in 26 countries.
Delegates from all these nations b
are gathering in, St. Louis for their h
annual world meeting, June 18-22. f,
From all parts of the globe they're
coming. f
The lawyer-founder of Rotary is c
Paul P. Harirs, president emeritus c
of Rotary International. Born in ] (
Vermont, he went west after leav- a
ing Princeton University. H' e was h
admtited to the bar in lowa in
1891. But he wasn’t ready to start -
practice then.
For five years he worked nearly
all over the world. He was a re
porter on daily papers in San Fran
cisco and Denver, and rode the
arnge in the cow country. Then
he picked oranges in Southern
Louisiana, sold marble and granite
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; Our present form of governra>ent is ap
parently successful for the main reason
'that United States is a rich! country
full of great natural resources* and we
have been able to use them wastefully
'for many years. The time is (Coming
when we cannot longer use them so
recklessly. We must make the best use
of what we have. We must do things,,
bigger and better things than wehave
ever done before, but we must do
them by using intelligence.
One of the most wasteful methods!
we have now for instance and one
that is responsible for part of ourhighj
prices is the way we have of deliver-*
ing goods. Some even think that thetj
small retailer will in time awake tot]
find himself passed in the race anda
that there will be no place in the com-J
mercial fabric of the nation for
any more. I do not believe that isj
exactly true.
There is certainly a frightful
efficiency among the individual small!
scale distributors and a great loss ■ infl
the high prices that they pass down t<«
the consumer. And I do believe that!
either our industrial progress will J
come to a standstill and we will begin <|
ind crossed the Atlantic twice on,
Mattel ships and made a third trip
:o Europe later.
In 1896 eh hung out his shingle
n Chicago. He had neither rela
tive's nor friends theer. But he
considered Chicago the city of
letsiny—the city wherein many
social and industrial problems could
tie' solved.
Many Speakers
Harris wilp be teh leading light
it the convention.
Other conspicuous figures will in
clude Raymond Mt Havens, Kansas
L'ity, Mo., retiring president, Ro
ary International; Frank Eastman,
Perth Scotland, president Rotary
International Association for Great
Britain and Ireland; Chesley R.
Perry, Chicago, escertary of Rotary
International; Anton Verkade,
president, Rtoary club, Amster
dam, Rolland; Patterson, Day-
ton, 0., vice-president, Rotary In
ternational, and former Premier
Arthur Meighen of Canada.
Broadening the scope of its
boys’ work will be one of the most
important questions Rotary will
face at this year’s sessions.
The Rotarians, since entering this
field, have erected gymnasiums anil
clubhouses for the youth of many
cities, sponsored Boy Scout troops,
looked after the newsies’ interests
and labored among the luckless lads
hailed before the juvenile courts.
GOOD USED CARS
Studebakers and Fords
1921 Model Light Studebaker Touring
Car.
1 92 I Model Light 6 Studebaker Coupe
Roadster.
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1923 Practically New Ford Touring
Car, Fully Equipped.
Ford Sedan, Practically New—
. Light Delivery Ford Truck, good buy SSO
Light Delivery Ford Truck, a bargain S6O
Gatewood Motor Co.
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r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
’■ /f '•asßOjl'• Wq A-~sr
d >go backward, or else we must adopt
the same methods in the field of distri
i| bution that are already being used in
the field of production. There is a
- possibility that efficient distribution on
s a large scale will wipe out the mass
of small distributors unless they, too,
if become efficient. The elimination of
Ji the conservative middle class would
w spell disaster.
a So the small distributor must give
| earnest attention to keeping down costs.
] He cannot afford to deliver by old
fl fashioned methods. He must take ad
fl vantage of the power of electricity,
« not alone in the proper lighting of his
4 place of business, but in deliveries as
1 well. The electric delivery truck will
| cut the costs of the distributor, and
<5 that will ultimately cut the costs to the
Society
MR. AND MRS. MALLARD
ENTERTAINED AT TEA ROOM
Delightfuly informal was the
dinner-party at which Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Smithwick entertained Sat
urday evening at the Sign of the
Pine Tea Room, complimenting Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Mallard, of Co
lumbus.
A basket of sweet peas in the
dainty pastel shades formed a cen
tral decoration of the table, and a
delicious dinner was served at 7
o’clock.
Covers' were laid for Mr. and
Mrs. Mallard, Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Allen, Mrs. S. H. Young, Mr. and
Mrs. 11. W. Smithwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Curry have
returned to their home in Tampa,
. Fla., afte ra visit of several days
to Mrs. Curry’s sisters, Miss Mar
tha Wheatley, and Mrs. G. W. Ba
cot, on College street. Mr. and
Mrs. Curry were accompanied
t home by Miss Wheatley and Miss
. Flora Bacot who will spend two
weeks as their guests. •
Mrs. Sam Burgin, Miss Frances
' Oliver, and Miss Marguerite Hua
! son, of Plains, were among the out
of-town shoppers in Americus to
day.
Great electrical inventor sees sun-power
and water-power broadcasted by Radio.
Humanity must have food at lower cost
by more intelligent delivery methods. ■
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4 «4*v - < <'t>y *- •'
consumer. _ <
It is foolish to merely predict great '
things for the future of electricity
while there are so many ways of '
solving our problems by it now. We ’
are on our way to great discoveries I
as to new and simpler means of j
creating electrical energy without the i
Charles Wheatley spent Sunday
with friends in Cordele.
Mrs. Charles Mauk, of LaCrosse,
was shopping in. Americus today.
: Mrs. A. J. Perry, of Leslie, and
• daughter, Mrs. Kill, were visitors
• in Americus today.
Jeff Taylor spent Sunday with
■ relatives in Ameircus.
! Frank Stapleton spent the
' week-end with his parents, Mr.
1 and Mrs. Lawson Stapleton, on
Church street. •
‘ Mr. and Mrs. James N. McNutt
• and two children, James and Dor
' othy, of Knoxville, Tenn., will ar-
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1 00 healthy men at age 25, at age 65 one is rich, four are
well to-do, five support themselves, fifty-four (54) are
dependent upon relatives, friends or charity, and the oth
er thirty-six have died. .. •
It can be done, though! We have devised a policy
that has the usual provision in event of death, with the
added provision if you live to age 65 that you will receive
a monthly income of any stipulated amount as long as you
live. And you would be surprised at the low cost.
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use of coal. But it behooves us to
make the best and fullest use of such
things as electricity has to offer in the
present.
It is possible that the future of the
world lies in the hands of the botan
ists who will, sooner or later tell the
farmers what crops to grow to get the
most out of the sun's energy. But the
present of the world, and particularly
America, lies in the intelligent eco
nomical use of what we already have.
There is no ultimate benefit to the
consumer if the great factory turns
out goods at an economical price and
then the delivery charges -ad-d to
them make them so costly that only a
few can possess them.
Heat and the ability to move rapidly
from place to place are the two great
necessities of progress in this climate.
ißut much of the problem in delivery
H>f ypods to the house holder lies not
■alone in speed, but in speed at small
•cost and with the minimum of repairs.
I see in the wider use of the electric
I delivery truck a very great step in the
j right direction. By its use rhe «ma!l
1 distributor v.'ll keep pace with the
rive in Americus by motor to visit
Mrs. Lucius Harvey for some time
before going to Butler, where they |
will ■ visit Mrs. J. J. McCants and j
other relatives in Southern Geor-1
gia. Mrs. McNutt is remembered ;
here as Miss Ethel McGarrah.
Mrs. James T. Jones and lif>-
tle daughter, Gertrude, of Knox
ville, Tenn., will spend some time
in Butler as the guest of Mrs.
Jones’ mother, Mrs. J. J. McCants.'
She was Miss Lucia Gilmore be
fore her marriage several years
ago, and is pleasantly remember
ed here by many friends.
Rev. James B. Lawrerfce left
this morning for Blakely to spend 1
several days.
MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE-11, 1923
times and cut his costs so a minimum.
Through its use prices to the ultimate
purchaser will drop. -
We are nearing the edges of a new
geological era. Coal and oil are not
going to last forever in quantities that
make their nresent wastful and extra
vagant use possible. Even water power
is not so plentiful as many suppose.
When all the water power of the
United States is put to work from the
smallest static head to the greatest
cataract, the horse power produced
will only equal that now produced t>y
the 900,000,000 tons of coal consumed
tn the United States every year. Wate
power alone will never give us enough
energy to maintain our present indus
trial life and leave any room for
growth.
We have y... m make the fullest and
best use of die energy we have at our
command while experimenting with
new ways of producing more. One
of the first steps waiting to be taken <s
.economy in distribution
GT love America,”
* says Dr. Charles
P. Steinmetz, the
great scientist and !
philosopher of Sche
nectady.
“It took me, a crip-
i pled boy, and gave
me a chance. I have
faith in it and, through
' my electrical inven
tions, I want to help
the America of the I
future. i i i|
“We will succeed i
soonest by giving j
everyone a chance.
Prices must be lower,
the waste of industri-,
al life must be less.
We must do things in
the most economics.'
way.”
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Mr. anti Mrs. Charles S. Mallard,
Columbus, were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wi-
Smith Wick at ,their home on
Brooklyn Heights.
Hamilton Holt, of Columbus,
spent the week-end in Americus.
Dr. B. C. Keister arrived from
Washington, D. C., Sunday to
spend several days with Mrs. Keis
ter and Miss Helen Keister here,
and later in the week will return
to Washington in their car to
make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams and
Virginia Williams are spending some
time at Myrtle Springs.