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Show IH CIMTl Progress of World Is Largely Large-ly Conditioned on a Metallic Easis. It is il common Having that nmlcul-turc nmlcul-turc and mining hto the two basic Industrie-. Wh.-n muii in-..- nboe the bnil I.-h Individualism of bis primordial st.itf it nd h--;au to d.-velop the Social j inMincl. tm turned to th.- soil, in order to win food for his family, lie puused In Ms migration; thr soil held hlin; 11 guve root In his rudliuf-iitury r.nn inuntt y ; it yave hi in Ihe rh'i m-i to uiiln 1 g,. his en-eigit'.s. en-eigit'.s. His track.-, be. -aim hP;hwtiyn, his rieis nr-niifs of Inoii-: and tin his li:if:u- ep.indi-l, mi !.:., 1 111:1 c.im t lou widen.-. I. M 11 1 1 1. oi:t ,.f th,. ,Tiidltl.-3 or coin-niuiuil coin-niuiuil d.-w!..p:n.-r.l urew lh cumpltM tie- ,.f rivll. Hoii. Hut the nomadic iuiMt lingered; the si-nit of the hmu.-r Miiiel in mail; a w and ever and it und-i er h wtood he -n-Mtli tin- starr.v dome tlr Hih tonst nrcli not knowli.g wh-dher he wiic h gtn-(t or .1 I'uuih in 1 br domain of nature. 'PI:.? lulls beckoned; the M-a;i culled; thfl more vrntvresomt' If rt the tt-nts of th MlPe in mnrch of mnteilal wh.iewlth tn fasbion their irn pleme ni s. Tln-v sought iron for vnipon,, ,-opper for to.-lr. Kold tor o: tuim.-nt. and found them tn various va-rious k-Ms. tn tre furth und.-r their feet, Th. - v !'r,-n ;i:e n.if n-rs. To t hose who debol mi. , ojifclly rnu,e power. Through- ! out the iKr.i :tu- moii' rufigetlc 11 nd )-! W'litui.Mj hu.Re from tlio plouli n nd I foisook iho catll- in ord,-r to eH"re j and to evploic. They furnished the metals j f'on wt.ili the Hitlfic.-rs fashioned en-;iiu-s of j'.iu'.-r and machines of intel-lU:.-iH-e. They wo:i the .n.i t e rla Is (or a Ui i jitructure lh.it. bused on Mi.ne and ":!; In iron ntid copper, soared in manv-ft manv-ft i-ru-d t r.n-ei v of t. towt-rs ra - dianl w;th !uht and vllui.nt to the nkv - towers so nr nbove Hi.- rommon ground thin man almost forgot his lowlv origin and r. : ne.1 kliudilp with the Mlars. chvihi-.aiion umn developed on a metal-he metal-he brtsss. not as r'K-Hi.ls n.oney, for cr-dlt Is the ev;,rt.ssum of an advancel STjt to of so-b-t'. b':t r.'Kiird.i lmplernenf an 1 Instruments, tn e;i nery ttr.. trHtii-pori trHtii-pori , f .i.'i t ; , , )i 1 ;, , ,1 romtmi -UP ation, all of whi.-h r. ipdre i ti.e use in.'t.i!- The i.-'r! of tli-i.t ard tr.e cons-o'.ier!! n-arket for th.-m tndu-.-i en-te-piiiu; mm to probe the hills and !"'.Mir (:,e drs.rt.i In m-arch nf the niln-e:;il niln-e:;il d-t'osits (but are .i Is t r 1 bu t ed with u -h - erilt irg i rreg ! i i ri t v In the outer crust ,.f the ..mil. The,. d-P'-"-lts were md to he found nf.ir th.- sir.i!lr:g .-or:i-rieid or tbe le iuhsioi, L"jt In re gions where krol. i,i,:,.t 1 ad pro duce,! in.. j..--. hties of roiifotir and r;.g-sjednet-s of tispef-t. where the !u ; wis ! are cf f : n,j , ,. , ,, , ,jt , eKrwe-l ' i(ie!r heart of ro-k. The nun.-r. there-fore. there-fore. left th sheltered vulley nnl pi ur ged int.. t e o ter w ilderne-n And in his wn ndr-rtn-s, ): found not onlv the metallic ore tn wan the irn:ndlHN? ob-J.-t of Ma quest. -e aIm, ,pfi-nered rew tracts of air-buli inl land, rt r d new weliinff phi.es f.-r hi tribe. Kef,rning h.-rr.". he Toll fnrr nr. shpherd tht fertile fle.d a -id h;h-r meadows wer aw.i:tl"g the-;, a.-r. s;, the ran re. Thev miL-raie 1 thither, while h again advent u ! e.i :, far '-r..vs the wot hd. ever pinr.eerii sj tee ad'-ane. Th's to re outi;n of n familiar storv has already been punctuated by vou with ni-moru-s of the romance that has marked your own national expansion. The story of mineral explorn turn and racial migration is r ec ulln rl v th heritage of our people, the A::g!o-Celt. It Is the n-orif that runs through the drama of F-ctrlifh ar.d American history, more r a r-tj r-tj ularlv during- the lapt hundred vear. Kven in its a re-t outline it serves tn sucest that the miner Is the pioneer of Industry and the herald of empire. T. V. Packard In Milling and Scientific Press. |
