The Brunswick news., 1919-01-18
INJUSTICE OF sLANpEREss.

and slander the press, the newsps
pers OF the country. And unfortur
ately, some we'll meaning men seen
TO have been taken in by such Sian
ders- slanders which usually orig
mate with men whose ideas will nc
stand the light of publicity Durin,
the recent war, for example, one o
the most vicious pieces of German
propaganda was the German sneal
effort to discrcedit those psper.
which, outraged by Germany's treat
ment CT Belgium, the Lusitania, etc.
Stirred up America until this nation
entered the war on the side of hu-
manity.
Undoubtedly some newspaper men
arc not what they ought to be, but
we have known a lot of them. and
there is no more reason or justice in
attacking the class as a whole th3n
there is in attacking the whole class
Il doctors, preachers, or farmers.
There is an old saying, "A man
thinks the world without like that
within" and a man is usually judg-
ing others by himself when he says,
All lawyers are liars" and All
doctors are quacks," ami "Au
preachers are preaching just for tie
money there is in it," and Every
GARNER will swindle you by putting
often fruit in the middle of the
barrel, if he has a chance"
Are such things true? We know
hey are not Man, made in Gods
mage. does not always live up to his
nigh calling, but it is safe to believe
shat men in other classes of honor
able business are just as honest as
men in our own ella s.
Just now in the ferment of ideas
following the war, we need to be
especially or guard against class
etanders of all sorts. One of mans
9reatest needs today is more trust in
Wis fellows, more faith in hum II
lature-for only on this foundation
can we build love and brotherhood
and comradeship and cooperation
and however honest he may be, any
man does humanity real disservice
when he helps to break down this
confidence and trust in his fellow
mortals
Any man Oh organization seeking
TO build popularity on hatred, Sian
der, and envy will never get far. The
foundation is wrong. God is love:
the devil is hate-and in the long
-un, the God-principle triumphs over
the opposite principle Watch the
man who tries to be a leader. See
whether he is moved by love of his
rellow or hatred OF other fellows
There are many wrongs to be righted
il: this country. And one of the
greatest is the uneaqual distribution
Of wealth. The rich have too muoh
The poor not enough But the fault
is rather with an ancient system than
with individuals, and even in right
ing ILLS SIcdICSt SCOIOlllC WIOiLSi
We shall do well to remember that
while there are some selfish and dis
honest poor men, and some selfish
and dishonest rich, yet most people
in both classes are honest, and de-
spite occasion human failings are
eeeking "to follow the right as God
gives them to see the right" The
man who fights for reforms because
hC loves the poor man and appeals
to love is a good man to follow and
will help us to nobler America
The man who urges change because
he hates the well-to-do and appe1ls
70 hatred, is a dangerous man to fol-
low, and can only help carry Ameri-
ca toward the disorder, anarchy
famine and wholesale bloodshed
which class-hating Bolsheviki have
brought on Russia.
In the great work of reconstruc-