Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-10
(By G. S. s~trandvold.)

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~Present-day attempts to create a
of existing dissatisfaction do not vary
greatly from those of former ages,
except in some Of the methods chosen.
Extreme Socialism, Syndicalism,
B~olshevism. Anarchism. Spartacism.
and the misnamed "Nonpartisan"
movement are, when subjected to
calm analysis, fundamentally alike
with respect to the goals they want
to attain. and also in regard to a num-
Der of the means they employ.
The essential characteristic COM
mon to them all is their impatience.
They have no use for the doctrine Of
gradual development. and do not rec
ognize the existence of any social law
which makes it imperative that eco
non1ic progress keep step with pro-
gress in all other fields.
A principal mistake Of Missionaries
is that they ignore facts: that which
actually exists is substituted in their
minds with what they WANT to ex-
list, and the premise upon which they
reason is that conditions of life are
unbearable wherefore they conclude
that their own particular scheme for
revolt or reform is the sole remedy.
But-whenever premises are err
%roneous. conclusions must of necessity
be equally p
Spirit of Hatred Encouraged.
Dreamers of the revolutionary sort
are. however. not given much to
reasoning. They prefer to jump to
conclusions and generally ignore basic
principles.
AS it is dificult for them to make
arguments out of air, they must in
vent more effective methods-and
they have succeeded in doing so,
| When the various cults advocating
social overhauling realized that they
were losing ground-and they have
been forced to DO that yer so often
during the a two cGnturies-they
applied the poison sas Of political
propaganda: Hatred.
No more do the extremists refer to
people of other views and opinions as
their opponents. They are enemies
and even in this respect the Social
ist leaders and organs of North Da-
kota have outdone the B~olshevists in
Russia who speak about their op-
ponents merely as "our friends in the
other camp"
The weapon Of class hatred tempts
frequent use-and extremists find II
very dificult to resist temptations OF
this sort. For this it is
welded early and late and derives its
evil strength from The Lie.
The Lie appears in a myriad OF
variations and often is 80 cleverly in
vented that it looks almost like truth
for a moment, anyhow. The gen.
eral rule. however. is that it is soon
uncovered and thus loses its intended
effect altogether.
Intolerance . Favofite.
Growing out of hatred and decep-
ton is the Undesirable intolerance
which is typical for all who want to
reform the world Sin a jiffy." 1t used
to be a principal tenet of the Social
istic programs that the spirit OF
tolerance was to be encouraged and
cultivated.
But tina was long a&o-eo long thai
it has been forgotten. The thing to
do now is to impress the masses with
the supposed fact hat all the "ene-
mfes"-meaninE all political oppon-
ents-are intolerant while the vision
aries themselves are EMBODIED in the
benign shroud of intolerance.
That. of course. is clearly enough a
lie. Tux most ~intolerant and o
trinaire individuals are found amone
the extremists of today. They simply
refuse to recognize anything which
the opposition claims right and just
All that the opposition says, does