Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-07-05
rsB sun AND rHr WIND.

In one Of the "spelling books, for
merly In use, there was an illustrated
fable, which should be still preserved
and reprinted. The "rising genera
ton " need 1t, as much as any rising
generation ever did !; and not a few Of
those who have reached mans estate
would be all the better for needing Its
teachings. The fable told how the Sun
and the Wind had a dispute about their
respective claims to strength. They
agreed to settle their dispute By trying
which could soonest compel a traveller
to throw of his cloak. The Wind
opened his battery, but the stoutest
breeze he could blow made the traveller
wrap his old cloak about him. The
Sun then threw down his hot beams,
and the traveller was soon persuaded to
toss of his wrapptngS sit down on the
ground, and breathe short In complete
exhaustion. The Sun Of course was
declared victor. The moral taught by
the old fable Is, that persuasion is bet
ter than force, and that strength does
not consist In bluster. These are con-
illusions which some people in the
world have failed to reach, either
through the spelling book or any other
medium. Disputes between nations
are ripened into actual hostilities, or
are prolonged through years and gen
erations by mutual bluster and windy
threats on both aides. A little Of the
calm sunshine Of comfy would settle
the matter in the beginning, and to
this complexion the dispute usually
comes at last. Reasonable discussion
and augmentation, mutual conces-
sions, and the mutual admission that
there must be rights and claims on both
sides, AUS the panoply of war to be
laid aside, as the traveller In the fable
threw Off his cloak; and wonder fol-
lows that the contestants had not
thought of this easy and rational mode
Of adjustment before. Opposing COM
mercial and industrial elements, dis
putes between labor and capital run
into wind and fury, to the damage of
both sides In the contest. AS there are
natural laws in the physical world
which must prevail, there are laws OF
demand and supply in the commercial
world, which will assert themselves ut
the last, however for a time impeded
by violence. The quiet operation Of
these laws can be deferred only by sac
rifice and suffering on the part Of those
who mistake windy buster for pre-
vailing strength. Bankruptcy, poverty,
hunger and distress are entailed upon
those who enter into such contests /;
and even after their adjustment there
are heavy arrears of loss to be recov-
cred, before progress forclbly inter-
rupted can be resumed. Personal dis
putes between private individuals are
aggravated from trifles into large pro-
portions. The newspapers mention q
case of two farmers, whose dispute
about q ten dollar land corne has
grown into q series Of suits involving
thousands Of dollars for legal expenses.
Somebody has not only to pay, but to
lose this ; since for the outlay Of money
there IL not the slightest show Of equiv
alent. The instance IL not peculiar.
There are many such. Indeed, If all
the cases of foolish and proftless It'll
CATION could be stricken from the Court
calendars, the claws delay" would
soon give way to the laws celebrity.
Adjourned aud protracted social dis.
putes and quarrels, which do not reach
the Courts, but foster In comparative
obscurity, might usually DO avoided by
sunshine and sunlight. Blast causes
counter-blast, and sound and fury, in
the beginning really signifying moth.
lug, grow in the end to signify friends
alienated and enmities created.