Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1908 — Godspeed to the Rainmakers. [ARTICLE]

Godspeed to the Rainmakers.

The world can get along very weH without the airship and the wireless, but there is no doubt that a little control over the output of the clouds would be a boon to humanity. It is conceded that the rainfall averages about the same throughout a series of years. Since it is bound to fall anyway nnd is needed for duty on the crops, It would be a boon to have it come down when the crops are thirsting. Too much rain at one time makes too little rain at another time inevitable. Rain has apparently been made out of time by the use of explosives, although some experts say the coincidence between bombardment of the clouds and rainfall was purely accidental These same experts recognize that atmospheric conditions and pressure govern the rainfall. The problem, then, for rainmaking seems to be to coax or irritate or squeeze the shy atmosphere until It gives down rain. Balloting machines were used in twelve states at the late election, but they’ll not Ik* used again in some communities if the voters have the say about them. For sdtne reason ex-Governor Black’s idea that the “square deal” is a principle and not a mere trademark has met with resentment in spots. Think what may happen to the bumptious individual who beards Roosevelt in his den with letters “To the Editor.’’; Russia now wants to whip Austria, but with Russia there is always a great gap betwixt the will and the deed. An appropriate motto for the Day Magazine wonld b« “Ten Minutes