The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-29

dominant Influence of the business
classes, the protests OF inc SKcP'tCS
men travelled without agitation up ana
down the fictitious line Of thought that
uncontrolled competition IN the accum-
ulntion of wealth. guided by the auto
matte rule OF suppl! ana ueir'"n"' anu
the consequent aCquitislon or n couh- !
try's resources by the shrcwd and cum |
ming expressed social justice. In fine. |
that shrewdncSS in Individual enterprise
cs artfulneSS in diplomacy and prowcSs I
in war gave just warrant for superior I
happiness, for acquisition OF territory |
and wealth and monopoly Of trade. !
Strange II IS. that century or Two !
passed b,iorr tn" sk"pti"$ could project !
into the minds Of practical men even ;
doubt that alrrrwdncsS and artfulnesS !
in acquiring property and other forms |
Of mower, and proves III war were the :
highest qualities Of humanity and were |
even more TO l." strlvcn for and entitled /
to greater reward than g"n'roSity and
public service. Few thoughtful men |
win now proclaim MAT Sire wdncSS IN |
individual enterprise. arttuincsS In di- I
plomuCv and pr"w"ss In war deserve
the rewards they receive: but law ana /
religion. and customs and moralS-even !
Justice itselr-hayc become 50 cntanSled |
in tie fiction that II still seems IN TACT !
TO rule in the affairs IF men.
Challenge Quack Remedies
''Ou thr other hand. the unheiieVerS I
who have forever uProoi"d hciei IN the |
fiction that the present SuC!ai "rd"r ~ !
IN, b,st expression Of Justice and econ /,
omy, challenge III" quark patent rome
dies OF all extreme inHoHaturs. IhcE |
refuse 10 believe with peaceful anar- ;
Chists that law Is the cause rather IMAM |
the prevention of competition ana STRIFE !
and thai the ending Of turcible control !
of men by law would I've the beginning I!
Of eternal peace and good will. :;
Yet the skeptIC. with his intcllectual ,
humility, scotfs at none Of these new
theories He realizes that they are me |
products of great minds. influenced by !
the dream Of the generous Of all the !
ages and stirred by tho noble impulS" |
10 find n remedy for justice; and that
they have In them much or the good ad-
voCatcd by the cnthron"d leader or me
moral conceptions OF ChriSlendom. The |
skeptiCs would warn those who occup" !
the vantage ground in the present So /
C!al order that that order Is on tTldl loT |
its life, that the tide OF condemnation !
sweeping upon Il cannot b" turned back !,
hy cynical ComplaccnCy nor indignant
dcnuuciatiou. that safety les only IN /
patient questioning. and the findinE ana |
adoption Of all that IS good III the |
proposed innOVauos (
Undismayed by Radicals
ON tho other hand the SkcptIc stands |
und smnyod in III" path Of labOrers. op- !
pressed though they have been. who as
Scrt the right not only to stop work. ,
but TO deprive mankind or the Things !
necessary 10 eNistHncc-to starve men
and women into submission. He even
asserts that the rule of violenC" IS no !
Improvement over the rule Of :hrewd
ness In trade and artfulncss in tiplom- /
acy He asks IL II Is not peSsim:m and !
class CnnCeit run mad to assert that
human conceptions OF justice and bust
ness arc at such low ebh that no board
Of arbitration. no tribunal. can he Gre
atnd among men from whom Synpa-
thetIc appreciation Of the needs and ,
iuSt decisions OF the causes Of the !
rrupcrtIlcss class can be expected. Is
nor the assertion Of the right OF any |
class ur men To adJudlcate their own
cause by violence. regardless uf the /
community. the assertion that warfare
nud rhysIcnl strife alone can be relied !
on 10 decide great causes. leaving only !
reason under the enlightenment Of |
nr,,,f and nuhlc d,sruseiono Is not
The call to leaders Of labor. TO legis- |
lators to members Of the bar und TO
all citizens to perfect the tribunals OF
the world md teach all individuals as
wei as mutttudes to trust themselves.
Profit BY Experience
"A hCtlOn hOary with aye is that
existing social customs. farming meth |
DDS, civil and criminal law, religious
r,usn ,h,r arc hasrd on Tho suucrIor
,rt.Io,, IA oro,,"r cxner,cnCes - orr
anrnsin-s s'' ns Handed dom nv tradi,j"ns
and written in their books. The skep,ic |
Enr,Tan, To,,md i, noCcssary "a .Gbnce
aIobcratr arguments To- prove thrt we
ara moi WORTHY Of our ancestors. If,
with additional cxr.ricnce we are not
N,i.c- fhnn rbcv
when it is considered that in our
,nd indeed THROUGHOUT the
world the moor wore mnedmcateS and
m riIi, in fIurnrcd nv rirrumstances into
nm cxcoss OF lndivtdualism to the great
neglect Of community vision and srry-
ice. is there even n strong PRESUMPTION
I'm favor Of the CorrcCtness Of tho vision
OF our ancestors a. To- law. education.
religion and prOncrty rights?
Council OF Nations
"Perhaps the notion md provincial
ism which n" man If Intellectual hui
mility regards tho grcatest source Of
ovil. is the conrcit INDUCED I'm hy A
large number OF pconIr in every marion
that thy have higher culture, better
laws. and customs. md morals and Ancr
history Than any other pcorlrs Out Of
this CnnCnN has crown the belief Tint
Deity has chosen people whom he
favurs ngpIpS+ other nations and conn
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