The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-11-26
The Stupidity OF 1t All.

There comes TO Logan not inirc
qucntly travelling clairvoyant who
can reveal the past, present and iu
ture, give infalliblc advice in business
affairs, affairs of the heart, can cure
all diseases, and is in such close touch
with the unseen and unSccable that
nothing is really impossible to him.
Although this gentleman invariably
wears a Prince Albert that has seen
better days, has two weeks growth
OF whiSkers and hat that is irayed
around the edges, he attracts no little
attention, commands confidence and
soon has a following that unqueStion-
ably nets MIN a handsome financial re-
turn. One need not push the memory
very hard TO remember at least one
instance in which such fakir make
an exceptionally rich haul in this city.
Why is IL that clairvoyantS, who
can give others information about the
future course Of stocks, do not them.
selves acquire fabulous wealth? Or
rather, to putthe question accurately,
is IL not odd that so many apparently
sane human beings are found every
year TO trusts palmiSts, clairvoyantS,
get-rich-quick schemes, and friends
who give them sue things on horse
racing, markets and politics? The ut
ter absence Of fact and evidence seems
10 be one Of the most persistent hui
man traits, and we presume that LO-
gan citizens will continue to prove
victims TO their own credulity' and the
oily tongues of these fakes.
Golfers Weekly, however, is of the
opinion that many newspaper men
are as great fools. 1t says: THE
dupeS who imagine they understand
the stock market, or VINO pay five dol
lars for a clairvOyant'S opinion of the
future, are after all on the level intel.
lectuaIly with the horde of trained
editors who, thousands of miles from
the scene, give such precise advice to
generals in the field. Innocent of mil
tary training, ignorant of the number
and quality Of troops engaged. with
out knowledge Of geography, lacking.
indeed, every kind Of information on
which conclusion should be based.
newspapers all over the world have
been buSily telling kurOpatkin, Oya-
ma, KurOki, Togo and StoeSsel pre-
clSely what TO do, and freely deciding
their faults and merits. The Delphic
oracle, looking around for men who re-
stricted their convictions to what
they had sufficient reasons TO believe,
would find them as rare today as in
the time Of Socrates"
There are few who cannot call to
mind many individuals who know bet
ter how TO run another'S business
than their own. The average sinner
can give the minister pointers on how
10 scrmonile: the man who never
saved cent nor made successful
business transaction IN his life can
give bankers and big promoters point
ers any day ~ the week, and il all
comes so easy that he doesn't want
pay for it; many who never saw the in
side OF Il print shop and who could not
write Il three line local, can tell lust
exactly how to run ncwSpaper:pract-
lcally every old woman in the country
knows more about medicine and dis.
eases than any physician in the coun-
try. Thus it goes, towards and ignor,
amuSeS tight aud win wars on paper
and criticize generals on the field, and
those who have followed newspaper
comments on the Eastern situation
can enter into Golfers remarks in
good spirit.
Cut out clairvOyants, fortune tellers
and such like, and in criticism don't
oilcr II until you know you are right.
If you do this, ten times out of nine
you won't offer the criticism
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