The St. Louis Republic. [volume], January 24, 1904, Magazine Section, Image 41

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HE overricb. those sated with
X I the pursuit of wealth anil seek-
I mc roracthins new some new
qB' way in which to employ their
beggins Bold will find here a
dine of original sussestlon.suggcstioti. all
fresh from the minds of the lcadins scifii
tists of this country, men who have de
voted their lives to special studies, and
who tell now what they would do with JL
000,000. If that sum were placed at their
disposal to be expended in the b.est Inter
est of science. '
Naturally, each specialist -ftould expend
it'in his own particular Held, and from rly
ins machines to agriculture the ideas run:
from those who would quit the earth in
aerial motors to those who would delve
Into its depths: from the cultivation of
art for the bencfit-of the aesthetic tcvr to
those, who would wreak the destruction of
parasites for the good of all.
Some -would make a research of the
laws governing the life of plants: others
of the rules which control atmospheric dis
turbances; some would rim; out the shapes
of foul disease, and some ring in the liner
fowL
The reader will note a vein, of cynicism
running through most cf the communica
tions as to the probability of any scien
tist ever being given such sum of money
as that indicated, to be employed for Uie
advance of science.
But. as the Mexicans say. Quicn sabet
Who knows but that some millionaire
may become enough interested in some of
the various ideas advanced to devote a.
sum sufficient for thefurtherance of one
or morel ,
The genesis of this congress of opinion
is as follows:
Several members of a.'club were discuss
ing the recent advances mado in sclensc,
when one propounded the Question:
"What would you do if you were left .a
legacy ot Jt.WWO, the stipulation being
that you must 'expend it in accordance
with what, in your opinion, would bo of
One. who Is Interested In geology, replied
that ho wouWcmploy It In cltiktnc a shaft
into-tfas. cajU, as deep aa Uuma energy. ,
and skill could carry It. and woulcfemploj;
some eminent geoIogUt to examine eacS
stratum of earth brought to the surface.
"Ms argument was that, whereas w
know about all there is to know of th
earth'a surface, we have hut scratched
that surface and know nothing of thamja.
terles under foot.
A copv of the letter was sent to a. num
ber of the leading sclcntlsti of the coun
try, with the request that they tell what
they would do with the money it it wera
left to them under the like conditions.
AGRICULTURE.
lint tre will Join walnst our foes
The haiUttcke &1 the storm.
And the rrU and rusUins cloud tht Moti
Tlie locust's mile-deep ftvarm:
Froat and murrain, and floods let loose
SiLll launch u side by aide
in tne boly Tars that have no uuct
Tirtxt ed and harvest tide.
The Settler.
Iir JAJIES "WILSON.
Secretary of Agriculture.
Vour favor,- asking me what I would do
with a million dollars If that sum were
left me to be used In the interests cf sci
ence. i3" received.
I have, directly and Indirectly. JS.000.500
to spend now In the interests of science.
At the rate the United States borrows
money it would take an investment of
SMMXXMXX) to produce that sum.
I have as much income as the'comblned
Incomes ot the' live-greatest universltlesMa
America, but if I had a million dollars a
year more 1-would.spend it along the Una
of teaching the people who llvef by work
ing in the fields with their coats oft the
science that relates to agriculture.
Wo have in the United States a 'magnifi
cent system of education that' takes care
of everybody but the farmer. Congress. In
ISfS. endowed agricultural: colleges, and la
1SSI experiment stations.
More is being done by this countryto
help the farmer than by all other coun
tries on earth.
The results are somewhat striking. I tan
speak by the card with regard to my tlm
In oulco here. When I came'' to Wakhbi-
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