The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-07-05
A QUIET TALK

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"When a fellow gets so he can't dis
cuss a subject without getting mad"
said Casey, the coal man, to his neigh
Dor, Welscnheimer che ought to shut
up and not talk at ALL When a fellow
begins to get mad it's a sure sign to
me that he's run out of arguments"
Certainly" said Weisenheimer.
"We should be tolerant of one anoth-
er's opinions. If we didn't exchange
opinions about things, we'd never learn
anything, and the best sign of culture
and good common sense, for that
matter-to my mind is the considera-
ton we give to other peoples ideas,
When 1 was at Heidelberg"
"That's what 1 say" interposed
Casey, earnestly. 81 tell you it pays
to listen to the other fellow. You'll
get different angle on the thing,
After all, none of us are always right
the other fellow is right sometimes
and just because he happens to diff
fer with you is no reason why you
shouldn't listen to what he says-he
may be right that particular time"
Certainly. Besides, the ability to
discuss matters with others from ar
absolutely unprejudiced standpoint
and from an honest desire to improve
our' knowledge upon the subject dis
cussed, is the highest test of intellect
ual poise. Our old professor of meta
physics used to say"
"You're right old man-thats the
point" said Casey. "There's nothing
makes me so sore as a fellow that alb
sOlutely can't and won't see but one
side to a question. 1 see ole
Wilson has fired another shot at the
kaiser"
"Shot? What kind Of a shot this
time, Brother Casey?" asked Weisen.
heimer, blandly.
about those Yarrowdale prisoners
that the kaiser is holding over there
Wilson tells him, cold turkey, he's got
to come across with them without any
more parley-that last note was
oAlAlSlL lIOlu tllc HllONlQGI.
"Yes-that's good. 1 hope they viii
be released. This unfortunate war
unfortunate? It's a blamed out
rage, that's what this war is The ides
of raising all that fuss about an Aus
trian archduke, or whatever he was
"Oh, there's a good deal more Il
this war than that little affair, Mr.
Casey. That was a mere incident. The
underlying causes are deep and funda
mental. 1t is really n struggle between
two antagonistic ideas of civilization
and progress"
ooh, back up with that stuff, Weisey
that makes me sick. There aim
anything to this war but old Bill Ho
henzoliern's rule-or-ruin policy. He's
going to run things over there or bus
'em up. He is just big political boss
with big army to back him up, that's
all BIZ is"
81 beg pardon, Mr.. Casey, now, real
ly, that don't sound good from a mar
Of your intelligence. If you've reat
the white Book"
white fiddlesticks-I hope you are
not falling for that bunc?"
Before I would talk about this wal
l would read the official documents
If | were you-what's the use of talk
ing to fellow like you, that don't read
anything"
Don't read anything? Now, there
you go, Welsey--why, l DOM do any
thing but read about the war. L
there's anything about the war tina
[ don't know, I'm darn sure you cam
tell me. The trouble with you, Weisey
is you're prejudlced."
"The trouble with you, Casey, is tina
you're bonehead-"
"Bonehead? Bonehead? Say
Weisey, if had head as hard a,
yours, I'd soak it in something, lik,
they do wood pulp, to soften it up, Sc
you can get an outside idea into +
once in a while. You think you know
1t all, and you don't know nothing"
Casey, there's two kinds Of people
| won't argue with, idiots and chill
.uren-anu you're no cnlld, III say tina
much for you"
ARGUE? Why, you can't argue. Yot
wouldn't know a fact If you saw il
coming up the middle of the street
with an affidavit on each side of it
Argue? You just think you are say
ing something when you're just max
ing funny sounds. If had head AZ
thick as yours, Weisey-"
Jaw, you ought to be going to schoo'
instead Of trying to sell shale fol
coal"
Say, you better go back to neIJel
berg"
you ignoramus." }FfAF
"You ivory-headed nut" ri
"Idiot." Egl1lg-EEV
"Bonehead." 3-7i,l7N