American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-11-21

For number of years society has been vayaid by ag
ltators According to them social were all
wrong They have preached class hatred and proclaimed
loud and long that the people robbed and on
pressed by the greedy few and that unless shackes
were stricken from labor and the producing classes rescued
from the clutches of the trusts condition universal sr
dom would result Insincere politicians actuaed nv
selfish and unworthy motives order secure the votes
OF the aborng and producing up the crv and
political parties added dignity and respecabty to the
outhngs OF these enemies of society by soernny adoptin
their screes into party platforms Whole armies of par
sans then oersprad the land scattering seeds of dscon
tent. FROM them the agtator takes courage With
the respectable endorsement received he becomes
more blatant and vindcve than ever The whole oarnu+
OF language is in search of bemeanng terms A few
converts and these in become scfconstituted
savors of the world leave off work begin the preach
ing OF discomfort An increasing spirit unrest be-
gins to grow People who had any idea there was
anything the matter with the country become apprehen
sive then alarmed and finally Join in the dismal chorus of
discomfort The dissatisfied divide into camps The
honestly inclined through political avenues to cure
evils that imaginary than real and by continued
agitation unsette business and bring about period of de-
preston which works cure by removing the
that brought the evils into existence The element
resorts to violence with the torch bomb as weap
ons Destruction of property murder are defend
ed as social Crimes, and clothed by outward respec
liability and occupying positions of trust responsibility
condone conn1ve at and engage in their commission.
The trial of the head officials of the Structural Iron
workers now in progress at Indianapolis more
than fifty hitherto regarded worthy citizens with
od OF years Millions of property destroyed lives
sacrhced and thousands endangered yet deeds
defended by thousands ground that they are nee
essary to restore society hcah condition and save
the people from oppression
No doubt of these defendants have criminals
at heart from childhood The larger part however in
all likelihood products of agitator and but for hin,
would have led upright and uneventfu lives The muck
rakers the political charatan and the anarchist differ only
degree and the former dangerous than the
ter because OF the respectabty with which they hedged
about The anarchist repes by his brutality the aRitor
leads his victim by gradual steps from right thinking
plane where the doctrine of destruction welcomed Crime
OF this nature is not spontaneous. 1t is growing
mental disorder, the seeds of which sown bv men
agencies that proclaim corruption high places in
weigh against the courts and social industrial
1tions and nurtured by agencies mostly political which
lope to obtain power by catering the dissatisfied
Orchards, McNamaras Ryans and Tvetmoes are prod II
acts of the gospel of discomfort of yellow journalism and
political macOntents Withdraw the nurturing and semi
supplied by these agencies and anarchy would
perish of it's very hideousness IL