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UCLE SAM has very goqd reason
to plume himself because of a
number of important recent
achievements that most distinctly
make for progress. Some of
triumphs have taken the form of
that were virtually impossible of
accomplishment heretofore and
others, none the less valuable,
have been in the line of discov.
eries of ways and means for doing things that
have been done heretofore, but of doing then
more easily, more quickly, more economically
or more effectively than has heretofore been
deemed possible.
The national government has been taking
"the lead in scientific; mechanical and engi
nseering development to a constantly increas
ing extent in late years. For, of course, the
*reader will understand that in speaking of
acle Sam's current triumphs in the field of
nvention and experiment, reference is made
Iot to the federal government as represented
by its own experts and employes. Now the
national government has always been a con
tributor to the cause of science and invention,
there being dual reasons for its activity in
such direction. On the one hand the central
government, with paternal instinct, has been
bound to contribute in every way to the well
being of the whole people and as is well
known such benefit is more often than not con
ferred through the instrumentality of scien
.flc discoveries and inventions. Obviously
then it is up to Uncle Sam to foster Yankee
ngenuity by every possible means.
