The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28

they have, come to think Of II, been
lately feeling q kind of Spiritual Urge.
he comes pounding down the main road
of his violet ray discourse Ly showing
them that the best way they can speed
up their business and accelerate Civil
izatlon's Grand March Is to contract
for his line of implements-iO and 10.
sixty days, . per cent. TO- cash-which
will grow better crops, make the farmers
more prosperous and happy, give the
farmers boys a chance to go to Rah
Rah School and study boozeology. and
thus dust up the nation educationally
80 that 1t can go after Its God-giNen
mission right.
This feeling OF patriotism for your
own country and tell with the others is
another subconscious registration CEN
turtles old. 1t has been pumped into
every Subconscious Mind on this here
| little planet or ours since the Stone Age
until to-day all Of us perfectly good
Chrirtians around the world are 30
puffed up under the arms with II that
| when anybody comes along and tells us
! that our Patriotism is nothing but q
musty hangover OF Barbarism and that
| the whole human bunch Is one we don't
| do n thing but fall upon his fiat traitor
GUS chest and beat him to a phos-
phorescent pulp.
| IPublishers Notice-Prof will shift the
rest OF this from his bosom at the HEX
willie Opera House
1t Is well to tattoo upon the Students
! mind right hero tho fact that every
body in the world, without regard TO
race, creed, color or name on linen, Is
out with the purpose of influencing
somebody else. We are all on the same
Job, whether we know 1t or not, and all
OF us are under the jurisdiction OF this
Law of Suggestion. 1t Is not a man
made law or the Supreme Court would
have declared 1t unconstitutional Ions
ago. 1t always was, and always will
be, would without end, prosit! 1t works
every day In the week and pays nv
more attention to the Sunday Closing
Law than II IL were a barroom.
Newspaper editors are on to It, so arr
the preachers, doctors. lawyers an'
other wise professional mammalia. The.
all play up the subconscious mind. /
Is their meal ticket.
Newspapers, for instance, mould wha
Is called public opinion" 1t is calle'
public opinion because 1t Isn't. II L
private opinion showed on the public
The public has no opinion OF It's owl
because It never gets busy with tn
mental vacuum cleaner and doesn'
know an original idea from McFaddeI
sandwich. Newspapers mould publ
opinion like you would mould an irol
bean pot. Sometimes they prepare tn
templates a year or so before they begi
/ moulding.
For example. the trusts get togethe
and after passing around the stogie
they say, "Well, boys. let's mould littl
. bunch Of public opinion. What shall
, be?" Standard OIL speaks up and says
, :" move we tell the boobs that pr
vately owned trust Is a good thing 70
the people" Motion carried.
; The dodgy little press agents OF tn
trusts then set to work and grind ou
, all kinds Of pathetic articles shown
/ what "a thankless. sweaty struggle tn
. poor trust owners have had beating u
| rivals, plnching Legislatures, cannin
= laws, boosting prices, buying wine ia
5 musical comedy broilers. getting oil
{ vorces, and SO forth-all this might
= struggle that they might finally com
!. to the people with efficient service.
The public. whose subconscious min