Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-04-10

sheyisin. j. I might with wisdom ADOPT
the scientific method used by the doc
tor of medicine In arriving at d.
agnoSls The doctor examines ana
gathers the symptoms. the meaning OF
the disease He then determines what
diseases might produce these Sym
| toms. BY a process of elimination he
/ discards one pos sibiity after another
| until at last there ts but one disease
! left one thing that the symptoms can
mean.
| | discovered ar the outset that most
Of US have the habit of using terms
| loosely. Seldom do ye give time or
| thought TO the exact, real meaning OF
| things. The meaning of bolshevsm Is
too important TO the world not TO try
to understand 1t. There is a differ
ence between having the acquaintance
of a word and knowing; the former Is
a mere Introduction. the latter an in
timacy.
Since the war. when the fsstidiOus
diner YEARLY orders his cOneomme
and the waiter brings it bit tardily
or cold. he thinks to himself. or IL
courageous enough 10 speak his mind,
he calls the cook bolshevik. He has
found a word to express his Irritation.
II serves his profane feelings and at
the same time saves his Snug respect
ability.
See 5olshevism Everywhere.
Once the maid asking for aC az
tern0on off provoked a knowing smile.
Her mistress granted the request.
charged II up to a possible romance
and generally suspected the policeman
on the beat Since the war it is differ
emit The maid is looked upon with
suspicion. Her motives are questioned.
The request is considered a symptom
of the new terrible disease, bOlshevism.
The mistress thinks 10 herself: The
maid doeSn want TO work any more;
she Is down with the epidemic.
The office boy, working the reliable
excuse that his grandmother has died
again. to get an afternoon off to go
TO the ball game. is trying to Shirk
work. In the opinion of his employer.
who formerly, when such an appli-
cation was made from the same source,
chuckIed as he granted it. while his
memory took him back to his own boy
hood days when he used the grand
mother yarn TO answer the call of the
ball field.
Many captains OF industry see the
- 10.
movement and thought of the workers.
The demand for living conditions and
decent wages are grudglngly received
nv minds s0ured with the thought that
IL Is bolsAevlsn.
TIE hi-ers % child labor, looking
hatefu'y at Legislation designed to end
child slavery. cal! the leaders Of child
life conservation bolshevlsts. When
doctors and puhllc-spirited men ana
women insist that an irreparable in-
Jury Is being done the nation in a.
lowing women 10 work for a period n
excess Of the hours they are able TO
work without menacing their mother
hood. the pr0iteers from woman labor
cry OUT: "Y0u are invading the right
of private contract your are mad with
h0sheviSm."
Every Sort Of Definition.
The wing with the wit of a barber
dehned bolsheyism az wild idea sur
rounded by whiskers. The saloon
keeper, bowled over by prohibition.
= screams "hosheviSm." The anti-Sa-
loou leaders come back with the an
swer. Your personal liberty cry is
orly a camoulage for bol'heviSm.'
II anyone disagreeS with YOU. don't
grarr hun the right 10 an opinion.
don't reason with hm-iiuSt call him a
hoShevik The word has become an
epthet, popLlar invective a slur. an
insult. an outlet for contempt. CON
trmelv and hare It's parenthood in
fiuenres our definition of it. Most OF
us see the Russians with the eyes of
the carlca turSts, who for so many
years have portrayed the Russian as
the mouJik with high boots dlSheveled
hair, wild whskerS. the face Of an as
7assiu the body of terrorist in ac-
tion. the suggestion of a long dagger
smeared with hot blood under his
greutCoat.
II doctor, making an examination
of ell os the patients in a hospital,
discovered they all had certain symp-
toms In common such as temperature.
weakness and pain. and because OF
these findings should diagnose the
sickness of all of the patients as pneu-
monia. the doctor would be regarded
a lunatic. yet there are men in the
world today who are Us foolish as such
a doctor would be. They call every
symptom OF unrest. without regurd TO
its history. hOlsheVism.
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Roumania's Oil Wells.
Many of the Roumanian OH wells
are not IN working order. which Is
chiefly dus To the military measures