New-York tribune., 1898-11-21
RiILjNG AT PROGRESS.

Once in a while the car Of progress sips u cog
and for a moment seems 10 stand stlll' "her'@
upon the men who have II in charge eNhDT gr'a'
concern and some OF them perhaps write letters
10 ther favoritp journals asking wv h'her are
we drirting:" OF course. they are nO' drh'I"s
q, all. but before anybody has chance 10 'eii
them 50 the cog is put in plarc again III" o'u
chr moves forward and that particular Crisis III
,he moving drama of civilization is closed ne
history Of the race is largely record oi such
TEMPORARY arrests in its onward movement.
The anxious fears excited hy them ar" entirely
natural though oflcntimcS there i about 'h'h
q suggestion of the ludicrous as We look PACK
and see how utterly groundlcSS they We're
Ru, oven more ludicrous is tho spectacle ot
those who fill the air with clamor not because
the car of progress stops. hut because 1t moves.
Tho critics of progress have always existed
though they have not always had newspapers III
which TO print their walls. Doubtless thev
were lust as vrulent in the primitive age OF
man and opposed just as stouly every forward
ston of the race as q dangerous plunge into the
unknown. contrary to all the sacred traditions
handed down from the fathers. The man VINO
| first discovered that raw flesh as diet was IN
| ferior to cooked flesh did great ihing III MS
| way for the race. but We are entirely certain
| that he was denounced by many wise ana con
| scrvative men of his time. ro them the strange
| and mysterious fire god was an abhorrcnt thing.
and those who would persuade men To employ II
were enemies OF the race. As for the new
! tangled talk about the duly Of men Ia reach ont
! after a larger lfc il the mcrcst nonsense
| So These stern opponents OF destiny continued
| IN o,o,mv forcboding 10 eat larger quantity
! than usual Of raw flesh protest against the
new and dangerous policy of expansion.
| TN. same spirit manifested itself in ancient
| Greece and Rome. The cxpanSinpNi> of these
Two great empires did an ncalculablc service 20
the world not simply lay developing high and
IN many respects noble ideal of civilization. but
bv spreading it abroad all ever the world by
| means Of their cOnquering armies Yer We may
| be sure there were plenty Of Little Greeks In
| Athens railing at this wicked policy of cxpan-
sion and Little Romans in Rome dcnouncing i'm
| perialism. But the great car OF progress moved
! on toward the distant goal OF destiny and the
! Protests of lis critics are cnvelopcd In the
silence Of oblivion.
We suspect that whal has happened in the
last VIII continue To happen in the future. I'm"
human race will move forward. though often
times il may not more than one step ahead
NJ II of course. this will alarm timid folLs :
who believe in the sacredness OF things as they
ore and many Of them will make Il loud outcry
about the folly and the danger Of developing n
new and untrcd policy even when events have
forced i, u,on Ms The natural habitat of these
people * IA cyclone pit. and even In such an
abode they would need TO stuff cotton In their
ears 20 keep from hearing the hum Of the
worlds life and progress. The curious thing
about some of these people * tho violent anger
they display when any one In the community