The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-02-10
CAUSING PEOPLE TO THINK


CAUSING PEOPLE TO THINK
You often hear Of william Ran
!. 2clDh Hearst's newspapers and their
immense circulation In four OF the
largest cities of the country. These
publications. are known as the yellow
Get type Of Journalism. and whenever
ehere Is any sensational news they
fairly scream in big head lines and
lurid English to describe corruption.
crime and social scandal To say
that these, publications do not have
8 far-resefihE influence Is to wholly
disregard the tacts.
:, Allied. with Mr.. Hearst, is, Arthur
Brisbane. You seldom hear Of Bris-
bAne; II b always Hearst that appears
q The fore front Of any publicity that
Attaches to his newspapers. But,
nevertheless, It is Brisbane who fur
uksAee the brains and his salary, as
editorial writer, is $50. geo Q. year. as
smuch as the president Is now paid.
Brisbane Is an enigma. . literary
giant In his. own peculiar way. who
has the peculiar knack OF writing Of
philosophy, politics and political &C.
norant can understand.
Brisbane contends that back of all
the sensationaiism OF the Hearst
papers is 4 well defined purpose. a
serious attempt to make the great
underworld THINK. 1t Is his con-
tention that the journals. with which
he is allied, form a safety valve for
the disconnected Individual, who, IL
he were not championed by some
newspaper in the larger city would
become a dangerous foe to society, by
reading of anarchistic literature,
wholly destroying in its effect on sane
thinking.
While dealing in sensation there
fore, to attract this class of sub
scribers, Brisbane feeds his millions
OF readers each day something like
the following editorial from the Chi
cago American, under the title. ITO
Be Misunderstood is to Be in Hades
zone of our readers. Mr.. George
F. Hoffman, suggests an editorial on
the subject 'misunders TODD
"He says:
at was a condition that exist
ed before the Savior came on earth
as we'll as all others in all walks or
life. 1t has plunged natl ms into
war, and no doubt has wrecked many
homes. and has been tic weapon Of
the villain. Henry Ward Beecher is
quoted as saying. ITO be misunder-
stood is to be in Hades.
Yes, it is hard and painful TO be
misunderstood. And it is IMPOS-
SIBLE NOT TO BE MISUNDER-
STOOD.
"Our whole life here is one long
misunderstanding. The baby in the
cradle is misunderstood; he doesn't
understand himself He bites his
own toe when he can reach 1t, and
then bowls with grief and indigna-
ton. All through life he is biting
himself and bowling more or less
for some reason o. other.
1--WE misunderstood one another,
misunderstood and misapply the emo
tions within Il. They ought TO guide
rs, and they are now forever push
ing us off the track and into trouble.
I'VE misunderstood this universe
we misunderstood our energies and
their uses.
else in this world. because we don t
UNDERSTAND OURSELVES. We
call ourselves human and civilized,
but We are really primitive creatures
living down here at the bottom of
the air. just as the fish live down
under the water. We rush about in
our little life medium attacking. mis-
understanding aud devouring one
another, as the fishes do. aud as the
old reptiles did la the early ages.
THE saddest misunderstanding. of
course, is the misuRdersta nding Of Il
chiid-for, that means killing future
opportunity. There are children fill
ed with imagination. Nfe and Hight.
endowed with great possibilities.
+. DSll-minded parents 'Wisunde cstnnd
them. They mistake often true To-
dieations OF genius for childish dts-
obedience. And while they ar, try
ing to stamp ont q the rlisunder-
standing child the splendid quail
ties that they cannot understand,
THEY ARE KILLING IN THE
/. CHILD THE VERY POWER THAT
WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT A
CHANCE.
nc OH raRSV vic WIS unucf6 tOou,
and are not appreciated ip our, day.
Ycuth 10 conceded and selAsh.S The
hfndness, benevAiepce and 1 wisdon
OF age are neglected. or not ever
seen.
And young girls ara misunder-
stood, and unhappy. because Of that.
~But the whole thing is q part OF
our half-baked. half dashed civiliga-
tion. When human souls understand
one another. ana cease inGlctine pain
through misundeBtaRdicg. this will
be very different world and human
beings will be different and infinite
ly more highly developed. That day
is far on. We Shall have to founder
on through misunderstanding, SUI
fering and brutality for many years
yet"
This characteristic expression from
Mr.. Brisbane illustrates his method
OF appeal to the thinking apparatus
of even the most ignorant 1t is q
heavy bit of phiiOsoaay stated in