Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1919 — SOMEBODY DOES IT. [ARTICLE]

SOMEBODY DOES IT.

They say necessity is the mother of invention. What’s a necessity. The steamboat was a folly—everybody laughed at the idea—but somebody did it. Railroad trains could never be made to travel twelve miles per hour —but somebody did it. The telephone was impossible, let alone impractical—but somebody did L* Submarines make good reading in books, although it was hard on the imagination —but somebody did it. Horseless carriages met with due opposition —but somebody did it. Electricity, the aeroplane, the phonograph, the wirless and dozens the commonplaces of today—the discards of tomorrow. And it will always be. There is no secret, no necessity—somebody (generally some “fool”) just does it. ... The automobile of tomorrow will be a very light weight, air-cooled, all-year-round conveyance, expensive to purchase but cheap to maintain. The car ahead~—the car nearest the ultimate righ now is the Franklin car. When the perfect car is finally announced I certainly believe Franklin Will do it. THOMPSON & KIRK.