Show I 1 mik all A ML 0 01 isaf NJ MIN FRANKL I 1 h a te Is t W i A meri um n qi V aw 71 IM XI W r P 1 1 wo I 1 I 1 J an thit PANTING scientist DY WEW words that storms travel inan opposite diorec alon to the winda ills investigations concerning the weather resulted in the establishment of our united states weather bureau of which he Is to I 1 of day acknowledged to be tho father 15 de amin ile conceived and organized the junto the risom tia MU RAL 5 N C forerunner of all rotary kiwanis Ki wants lions and bust of frank raan laiq 1 in n f fhe h e hall cd 1 of fame me by ELMO SCOTT WATSON w 17 Is the anniversary odthe of the I 1 I 1 birth of the grege greatest st american benj j jalph aran insofar aj as the memory 0 Y M laaff a 0 years bicentennial cele brigit tony lonel honoring the birth of agy washington Is still fresh in ta ponds of most am americans eri cans there foe those who read this article swall exclaim ben ft greater american IV tin i george washington several years ago a historian an isber that question in th the air affirmative irma tive and gave sis 8 filp asins the following the ne expression of franklins greatness did j depend on events be beyond bayot yoT his control he would have baye been it a great man in a any p period mod of worlds history histo in any cand 8 3 ile he would have beeri been among the great even if his endeavors had been confined to one only of serenal lines of activity in which his achievements were of the highest rank 4 he would be a gleat man if he were I 1 living iving today 5 franklin was known throughout the world as a great man long before the revolution in which ch he played placed a part as big ns as that of any other great man of the period greatness began wl w h b the revolution 6 there Is no exact standard by which human buman greatness can be measured or compared but on one e erf criterion terion lg Is the 0 op inan of citizens of other nations free fee from the p r c either elthe for or against held beld by the fellow of it a great man outside rutilde the united states franklin would be named more than any other american as the greatest american and abone as one of thee w greatest men of all time and in comparing these thee two great americans what finer tribute could he e paid to the great greatness rss of benjamin franklin frankiln than was once paid by washington himself writing from new york on september 23 21 1789 to express lill his lymp sympathy athy for an illness which had struck franklin down washington said would to god my dear sir that I 1 could congratulate yon ou upon the re moval boval of that excruciating claring pain under which you labor and that your existence might close with as much ease to yourself as its cohel nuance has been ben beneficial P to our country land dmd useful to mankind 11 or if the united wishes of a free people joined with the earnest prayers of every friend of science and humanity could relieve the th e body from pains or that you could claim an ohp exemption nip tion on this wre but this cannot he be ana and you have within yourself 66 only resource to which we can confidently apply for relief a philosophic mind ff if to hf he venera venerated fed for benevolence if to be admired for talents lf ii to be esteemed fot for patriotism if to be loved for philanthropy cap gratify the human mind apu y must havethe have the Ol pleasing easing consolation i t to know that you rn u hake hae not lived in tn vain rain 11 but dispensing with any invidious comparison between two greit men th the listing of the following of franklin kiln should be ample proof pf af the Just justness iless of characterizing him ns as the greatest Arner american ienn he disen discovered vered that lightning Is electricity proved it first firs tiby by observation and logic and second by actual test with his kite also invented the lightning rod which dri charles said eald Is still the best bapst and most reliable protection WP we havo have against lightning he was the first to discover that a current of electricity has a magnetic effect I 1 e that it can 11 magnetic a piece of steel reel tills this la Is the ohp fundamental mental principle on inn wh I 1 ach tha th telegraph the telephone and the electr iare are based ile hei gave the world ae the best ih POTy of elec triciti and modern ia 1 ra y conclusions these were that electricity consists ts of very minute particles so eo that they can pass between the atoms or matter the y are re now called electrons and dav lafe 1 l 4 t bosq the radio lie he invented the Franf din jtb batove the urs t SU baic ta wood burning stove used jn tt aj and he invented invented the invaluable contrivance I 1 rn nc e by which a fire th firof consuming stove store ar t ile he helped establish the first char chartered charthern tern d ore 1 in a urn nee re company in america A boong no ng his many inventions should A bein be in eluded a three wheel clock a library chair that it fr frank di ankli 11 arts printing press ss could j be converted into a stepladder au an artificial arm for taking books booke lown down from high shelves in a library a one arm chair that could be used like a desk or table for writing waltin g the pulse glass an electric jack io for turning a roast of meat over the fire the laundry mangle a copying press jor taking epple copies of letters or other writing and double spectacles near and glasses although not the discoverer he was the first to demonstrate the production of cold by evaporation a fact up to that time unknown to science ile he vas nas the originator of the modern science of the artof art of ventilation lie ile was the first to discover the he polso polis quality which repeated respirations iiii impart art to the air in a room lie ile was the first to call attention to the folly of 6 excluding fresh air from hospitals and sick rooms lie pointed out the advantage later adopted ahr throughout ti the universe of building ships with daei taking the hint from the chinese ile he was s the first to discover that the temperature th eGulf stream Is higher than that pi of the and the first to have the gulf stream charted ile he was the first to demonstrate that oil on the w water ater I 1 the waves ile he was the first to discover that hat north northwest wes t storms storms coane c qu t of the southwest in other cibos vi louicy JUB into the american philosophical society americas first organization of scientists in which he took great interest and pride and of which he Is justly acknowledged to be the founder he konc conceived elved the idea and established in philadelphia the first successful circulating library the mother of all our free circulating libraries of today he founded the university of pennsylvania and originated the elec elective tire system of college studies and also the so called group system adopted later by many of americas leading universities versi ties he was as the first writer on education to recommend the teaching of modern lanu gages such as french and german in preference to the exclusive study of latin and greek he was the first american educator to appreciate the importance of advanced teaching of history political economy and the science of government also of technical training in agriculture and in the arts and sciences he was likewise the first to prescribe athletics as an adjunct to college education ile he introduced the following useful plants or grains into america scotch kale hale the kohlrabi chinese rhubarb and swiss barley he promoted silk culture in pennsylvania ile he introduced the yellow willow into Ame america for basket making he taught the farmers of pennsylvania to plaster their land he introduced broom corn into pennsylvania from virginia ho he was probably the first american to direct re ct attention in a published writing to the value of education in agricultural science and probably the first also to suggest the insurance of crops against storms plant di diseases ceases and insect pests he was the first american economist he was the first president of the society for political inquiries of philadelphia the first society in the united states interested in promoting the study of political economy he started the first thrift campaign ills his maxims of poor richard did more to encouraged thrift and industry in the colonies than any other one thing and they were circulated all over the world they have been more often translated and printed than any other work of an american author ire he was the first to propose daylight saving ile he devised a reformed alphabet which whdeh was based on simplified or phonetic spelling ile he devised devise d the first scheme for uniting the colo colonies nies more than 20 years before the revolution and his plan of confederation was finally adopted in all its essential features and binds our union together today ile he organized our postal service and was our first postmaster general he helper jefferson write the declaration of independence he was our greatest grea lest diplomat and aid secured tor for us the aid of france in the revolution and millions in money without which our independence at that time could not have been established ile he edited the best newspaper and the most successful newspaper in the colonies he waa the first to attempt to Illustrate lustrate ll the he news in an american newspaper and also the first to publish quest questions ibris and answers in a newspaper ile he Is said to have drawn the first mews newspaper paper cartoon the picture of a snake cut in sections to represent the colonies before the revolution he was the first to turn to great account the engine of advertising now an indispensable element in modern business ile he established in 1732 the philadelphia a zel tung the first american newspaper to be printed in a foreign language nn guage he was a master propagandist Amer americas leas first ile he constantly issued pamphlets or wrote newspaper articles to promote the interests of his city alt or his country or th the good of mankind ills his methods were always thes the same amein in promoting a cause to develop informed public opinion on the question he first wrote something for publication li cation that would attract public attention of all the patriots franklin was the only one foreign to all five of the great state papers the declaration of independence the treaty of amity and commerce with france the treaty of alliance with france the treaty of peace with england and the constitution of the united k 1 ife he was waa the originator of the idea et ef a league leabu a i of jat ions aw he sugg suggested esteA a united party of 4 1 virtue ana an f ht lorl alrich woul d matters matt erd from the view point if of f nil na nations dons he was the first id advocate adro cate s 3 t lathe U nate d 1 state diate s of a policy of legal ron tion and li punishment of a cation untidy alil commits aggress 1 aej wa warfare afa 1 Z by amt sr per union 5 y |