Law Of Attraction
The system, when perfected, will work somewhat after this fashion: A
hundred yards or so before reaching the railroad crossing the
automobile will cross a platform somewhat on the order of a large
scale platform used for weighing heavy objects, and the weight of the
automobile will lower a gate and ring a gong. This will force the
automobile to slow down.
After the lapse of one minute the gate will again rise and the car may continue on its way. Meanwhile, there will have been plenty of time for observation of the track in both directions, to make sure that no trains are approaching. Imagination, plus some mechanical skill, will give the motorist this much needed safe-guard, and make the man who perfects the system all the money he needs and much more besides.
Some inventor who understands the value of imagination and has a working knowledge of the radio principle, may make a fortune by perfecting a burglar alarm system that will signal police headquarters and at the same time switch on lights and ring a gong in the place about to be burglarized, with the aid of apparatus similar to that now used for broadcasting.
Any farmer with enough imagination to create a plan, plus the use of a list of all automobile licenses issued in his state, may easily work up a clientele of motorists who will come to his farm and purchase all the vegetables he can produce and all the chickens he can raise, thus saving him the expense of hauling his products to the city. By contracting with each motorist for the season the farmer may accurately estimate the amount of produce he should provide.
The
advantage to the motorist, accruing under the arrangement, is that he
will be sure of direct-from-the-farm produce, at less cost than he
could purchase it from local dealers.
The roadside gasoline filling station owner can make effective use of
imagination by placing a lunch stand near his filling station, and then
doing some attractive advertising along the road in each direction,
calling attention to his "barbecue," "home-made sandwiches" or
whatever else he may wish to specialize on.
The lunch stand will cause the motorists to stop, and many of them will purchase gasoline before starting on their way again. These are simple suggestions, involving no particular amount of complication in connection with their use, yet it is just such uses of imagination that bring financial success.