Arizona republican., 1922-01-02


Editor, Republican,:
In The Republican OF Dec. 2, 1921,
Frank Crane says; mo one Qs)
disposed to complain of loyalty, to
disparage the love of country, but
often to a philosophical mind 1t
seems a bit absurd. AS matter of
fact, the important things in the
world of the twentieth century are
commerce, social life, art, literature,
and things of that sort, all of which
have nothing in the world to do with
flag waving. More and more, nations
are becoming convenient pigeon
holes whereby the human race is
classified. and-it is hardly worth
while which pigeon hole they happen
to be i'm
Again, Jan. /, 1922: "There never
has been any progress in the world
under the leadership of governments.
All national governments can do is
to step in once in a while and wreck
a train. What the business and in
tellectual world ought to ask of gov
ernments is simply to get off the road
and quit meddling. out OF my
sight-All the world asks of the va
rious nations is some such thing"
If / asserted without proof that
such utterances had been, l will not
say written, but even spoken. / would
be called an alarmist, an IDIOT, liar.
almost anything,-but / refer you to
the paper and the date and you can
read for yourself. These extracts
should be considered both on their
intrinsic desserts, and on the pres
tige and authority standing behind
their utterance. AS to- the latter first:
Crane, understand, Is a syndicate
writer, his copy being bought and
paid for by a large number of papers
throughout the country, in which it
appears simultaneously. 1t is there
for not in the class of open forum
discussions. as is this article, which
the paper prints, but at the head of
the column disclaims all responsible
ity. A man must have a reputation
before marketing syndicate stuff, and
the papers printing it are really, II
not avowedly, just as much respon-
sible for principles enunciated or
facts deduced as il they appeared
in their editorial or news columns.
We trust the papers to present in
such column ideas that are good
and facts that are true. Cranes ar
ticles usually are good and uplifting,
-he is a lay preacher, dwelling on
the various virtues of life, which
gives him a place in our confidence,
and an opportunity to set out doc
trines as the above under the guise
of writing good things and with our
vigilance off guard.
AS to their merits. I will state as
a premise that there are two insti-
tutions that overshadow all else in
the world, which are essential De-
cause of being of the very nature OF
man, to which all others are subor-
dinate and without which none 9TH
ers could exist The state, in the
realization of which we find the gov
ernment and the family. The latter
has not been questioned, and there
for, with its recognition, we can pass
it. 1t is against the governmental
governments-that Crane directs his
fulminations. The man who has ex-
ercised more influence on the race
than any other man who ever lived
says, Render unto Caesar that which
is Caesars" thus recognizing abso-
lutely the existence and authority OF
the state and government. Aristotle |
says: Man is political animal.
The greatest Of modern philosophers
works out the scheme Of man as an |
integral part of the state, state not |
a shadow, not bugaboo, not an |
enormity superimposed upon us from |
without, but as a living entity IN |
which and of which we have our be-
ing. So much for authority. The |
government is the head, the highest
form in which the state clothes 1t
self. Laws are many, but they are
few as compared with the millions
of multitudinous details, acts and
dealings of mankind that are guided,
directed, nurtured and protected
thereby. What is good for man, pro-
tecting, developing, uplifting, emo
bling, is formulated and condensed
into laws adopted and enforced by
governments, which solidify, protect
and perpetuate the advance in ciVill-
zation made by mankind, and afford
a sure foundation embracing what
has been accomplished, and from
which to advance farther in the work