The Arvada enterprise., 1921-12-15
American-Isms.
Baron Munehausen Of Oh Loses
His Record in the Light Of the
Present Day Prsvarieatoes Whose
Work 10 to Destroy All Coed.

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Old Baron Munchnusen In his day
helG the record for telling. untrue stO-
rles. But the old baron told these sto-
rIes wholly to amuse-he didn't expect
anyone to iseaieve them.
The fellows OF today who are doing
the Munchausen act are not telling
their stories TO amuse. They are tell
ing them asking people to believe-and
then act OH the belief.
The favored system of the modern
Baron Munchausen il to attack some
line of business or successful enter
prise, circulate stories about this bus
Ines or enterprise, which stories are
! wholly untrue-and then array to sus-
tain the stories, IL lot of untrue evil
dence-hOping the people will believe
because IL enough people believe then
the business or enterprise attacked will
ber uined.
One can not understand why men do
this until one knows what the motive
IL. The motive IL to ruin, of course.
And why ruin a business or successful
enterprise? Because those who are
seeking TO do this very thing think 1t
In going to advance them. This idea
did not originate In this cOuntry-it
was not conceived by those living in
the United States. When, through this
system, II sufficient number of people
can be aroused, filled with distrust
unrest, ill-feeling and class hatred,
then those engineering the plan hope
to force revOlution-they come
frankly out and say that is what they
hope to dO-OverthrOw the government,
confiscate all property and have IL nice
time OF 1t. They have worked the
same plan In Russia. They want to
RussiuniZe the United States. Some
call this Socialism; some call 1t Com
munism; some call 1t l. W. W.-ism, and
some call 1t government ownership.
Now that statement may sound IA.
ther Munchnuseny to II good many who
are loyal to American idens and Amer
lean systems, but the movement to de-
stroy is large, and operates under
many names. When the purpose Of
some organization seeking through de-
ceptiOn to gain recruits among the
thinking people, is found out, then they
usually change the name. In North
IA,I,n I,n I'm
Socialism to NOnpartisan l.engueism.
These organizations print and circu.
late good many newspapers, maga.
zines and other publications. Some OF
these cover up the purpose, but many
do not. Those which do not, circulate
among those who are friendly to the
destructive campaign-and the loyal,
high-minded people Of the nation are
not supposed to see them.
In New York there IL one Of this lat.
ter cluss called the Industrial Union.
ist, although not sponsored by legiti.
mate labor organizations, being an I.
W. W. publication. 1t is urging nnOth.
er strike In the steel industry. These
fellows are always urging men to stop
work. The editor .Of that paper re-
Gently said:
what will we do II we win Il strike
for the steel workers? Take over the
mills and turn them to the workers.
Maybe the workers will feel sorry for
Gary and give him u job ut " cents u
day. II We ever organize the workers
100 per cent-well. good nlght-it
means revolution"
Now that IL fine talk, isn't It! Yet
1t this sort Of stuff IL printed every
week In great many papers, read by
great many people. And the same
sort Of thing IL spoken from N good
many platforms every night In the
year.
Then there IL the work along the
sumo line with the better class Of peO.
pie. This high-clnss work, through
printed aud spoken utternncex supplies
lie bukkcbtiOus ~ tle INpute, tnut uii
forms OF business are legalized rob.
berry; for instance, that The bankers
are collecting unfair and unjust inter.
est that the merchants IRE parasites
on humanity und I'll no useful pur.
pose: that the public utilities are
grating Off the workers: that our gov
ernment Is part of the system and
should be changed.
These things arc not true, but mnny
people who have problems they wish
solved accept them MS excuses for the
existence of their problems. They
seem to think the remcdy-tlIc cure for
all their troublcs-lics In taking all
forms Of business, but their own, mind
you. away from those who own or
manage ut present, and turn these
lines OF business over to the state or
the national government to run. Their
attention Ii seldom called to the fact
n. III. AZ l..Is IL,