The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-10-13
some THINGS
and OTHER THINGS


This war has proven that the fools
/ of the present are the wise men of
tomorrow. Yesterday we laughed at
the crazy-fool notions of men, today
we are taking stock in their fool
crazy notions;" and we, the public
are taking = strong hand in denounc-
| ing some of our idols, and are rapid
| ~ going to the Roosevelt movement,
urging the use of the mailed fist to
| be used upon some of our former
favorites.
We are always reproving our bene-
| fcators, who seek to improve u.s. We
| always deride until we decide. We
stand around and jeer every innova-
ton offered, then cheer all ovations.
1t is nine to one that when a bene-
factor comes into our town we class
him as a grating faker, but receive
with open arms the blood-sucking
takers
The epochal makers have been the
| accomplishments of men, men of giant
! natures, of unconquerable wills;
men who are willing to struggle
against the terrible odds of stupid
marjorities. We all know that evoIu-
ton is the unseen change of the mas
ses, but revolution is the inspiration
of ore mind.
No true greatness is ever found un-
| less it is fortified with long suffering
and forbearance. No coward ever
convinced society that he had any
thing worth doing Rooters are not
the real doors in any undertaking or
| conquest The man who does the
cheering is never the man who is win
ming the victory
1t Is impossible to tell what you
will become-the great lathe of cir
cumstances is now whirling to carve
your career.
1t does not matter where you be-
gan; the Mississippi began business
in the blind heart of a mountain
range but it managed to work itself
across mighty continent
1t does not matter how thick the
crowd may be the leader always tow
ers among his interiors.
A superior force can not be re-
strained. Roosevelt is the leading
force in America regardless of the
action of congress;
In all history Demosthenes was the
only sufferer that ever became a
great orator; most Sufferers you
know have their mouths full when
they try to follow conversation. much
less to lead it.
The heads that rise the highest
must expect to become targets for
the fools of society;
If you have spent your time read
ing the dead languages you must be
correspondingly ignorant of the live
issues. We do not care to know or
hear how they did things yesterday
is Times refuse
Fate seems to be full of whims.
She seems to be full of sardonic hu-
mOur, and will postpone her day of
settlement sRsas to increase her hard
ships She often lulls the vicious
cheat into a sense of responsibility
and security permitting him to as
pire for finer things of life then drag
: him down to his earlier level, and
then collect all in a rude way with
compound interest.
Opportunities are equal but the
ability to grasp them are not-this
you know varies with the individual
Ambitions abound but only ambition
backed by brain ever climbs very
high or goes very far.
I sometimes wonder how many
ideas have been shipwrecked on the
Reef and Ridicule and lost to civil
cation. Men have been able
to think and suggest. but were
not strong hearted enough to navi-
gate the seas of irony, ridicule and
sarcasm.
When you have used your strength
and other recourses to fight against
organized opposition to any real re-
form it may take you long time to
reach your objective. Most opposi-
ton is from ignorance. After YOU
have won you will hear them say eve
did not understand; how stupid we
were; we want to do right " If we
did not have to spend so much time
fighting cooperating stupidity the
world would soon be a better place In
which to live. Prison bars are by nc
means the ultimate punishment; iron
gratings are more often easier fol
men to endure than the grating con
tempt of their associates.
If you will use your memory a lit
tie you will recall, that We have seer
the waffle hunt turned into
the rude Indian dugout, trans,
fered into submarine, the flick
ering tallow dip-wick brighten in.
to a brilliant Tungsten. We have
seen the kite changed into airplanes
to be the eyes of the army and the
most dreaded instrument of war. We
have watched Science emerge from
the crysalis OF wizardy into full
winged glory. We have seen medi-
cine develop from the chicanery of
the medicine man to precision We
have seen the knife wrested from the
hands of the stupid leech and placed
into the hands of the trained surgeon.
These are \big days in which to live
and dOubters, fools and professors
find no place in which they may serve.
Are You Saving Seed for Spring.
The best seed of corn or sorghums
is that gathered IN the field before
the frost. The Fort Hays Experiment
Station saves some this way each
year.
The next best plan is to select-seed
from the field at once after frost.
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