Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-06
THE WORLD PROGRESSES.

THE WORLD PROGRESSES.
our esteemed contemporary, the
Morning News. today printed an ex-
ecnent editorial entitled Trying to
Revive the Re-, SCARF" which pumps
a few loads OF truth into certain forces
IN America which view with alarm
the rapid growth of Bolsheviks be-
hind lamp posts. and the increased
number OF red~> >revolutionists in the
rarb OF workingmen. =
The News cites the fact that "a
subcommittee of the Industrial Re
lasions Committee Of the Philadel-
phia Chamber Of Commerce has dis
covered that red films are being
shown in secret in Philadelphia.
The committee has ascertained
other alarming things. but thanks
he. the committee has no fear that
the radical elements viii be able to
overthrow the government We are
HI. safe for the time being. Even the
committee admits that. There is no
need for the minute men 10 spring
into action. The radical bogy dies
hard. however"
The News then shows that instead
81 increasing. the membership in the
Socialist party has actually decreased
IN the last few years, and tells Of
the dire failure Of the revolution"
which was to have been held re-
Gently in Chicago. Says the News in
IT'S final summing up:
The committee of the Philadelphia
Chamber might think that the ordi-
nary teachings OF political economy
were decidedly radical. We have no
doubt that if the committee heard
some OF these teachings in the class
rooms Of the universities they would
be somewhat shocked. But il the
students, and the public also. are
not to understand what radicalism
is. which is a COW of many colors.
how in the world are such doctrines
10 he successfully combatted2"
We take pleasure in congratulating
the News upon the liberal and sane
views which II expressed in its edi-
toriai. 1t has been noticeable within
the past six months that certain Re
publican journals have. taken upon
themselves the task Of saving the
country. and have performed the saw
ing act by clubbing every one swho
disagreed with them ''bolsheviks, .
"revolutionists," and the like. But the
News has been an exception.
The final paragraph Of it's editorial
we heartily commend. Some time ago
when a distinguished jurist, visiting
Wilmington, threw the red scare into
the populace, and demanded that no
student even be permitted to ascer-
tain what radicalism is, we asked al
most the same pertinent question, IF
the students, and the public also, are
not TO understand what radicaiism is.
which is, COW Of many colors. how
In the world are such doctrines to be
comhatted?~
Democracy is a, poor form of gov
ernment indeed unless it can with
stand the onslaughts of mouthing
radicals But TO understand democ-
racy, one must comprehend other
forms of governments, so as to know
In what mann er our government ex-
cells. And il should be needless 10 add
that when you prevent a student from
asccrtaining the facts about mat
ter that you whet his curiosity. and
cause him to go, possibly, to unsafe
sources for his information.
The trouble with a great many of
our business men is that they lack
foresight and judgment, and espe-
cially lack imagination. They do not
and cannot plan ahead, and provide
against all economic emergencies.
Consequently. when they try TO put
eighteenth century economic ideas
into force in the twentieth century.
they get rude shocks. Thereupon
they shout "bolsheviks."
Take the case of Henry Ford.
Hank" may be wrong on some ideas.
He certainly messed up his private
peace pa1eys, and he has made silly
ass OF himself by his anti-Semitic
screeds; but one must admit that al
though he is woefulIy ignorant of
history. be knows his economies as
Do few mcsi today. You never heard
Of \ ssriks in hn pant did you? And