The Arvada enterprise., 1922-03-16


A. c. Townley OF the Nonpartisan
League. and Ben A. Marsh OF the Peo-
ple's Reconstruction League, to organ
Ize farmers under the name of the
Farmers National Bloc, and then affil-
'nte them with the most radical 80
:alled labor organizations at the prim-
ary polls to dominate one Of the old
line parties, said:
Honestly. can you beat It? But how
will business men, farmers and the real
wage-earners Of the land know the
truth about this mOvement?"
And there II the rub-how win theyf
1t seems impossible to impress upon
business men. farmers and real wage
earners that there is well directed
and nationwide movement to destroy
all OF them In the interest Of the ex-
treme radicals who come teaching,
preaching and exp0unding foreign doc
trines-the same doctrines We now find
In action In soviet Russia.
The best way to injure man In the
eyes of the public Is not to stand on
the street corner and In loud voice
denOunce him as u crook and thief.
His friends will object; the fact that
clear, but 1t Is not difficult thing at
all to injure man by insiduously say
Ing that you heard that some one said
the man In question was crook and a
thief. This sort Of mind poison takes
root The one who hears 1t, especially
| IL he does not like the man In question,
improves on the story and passes 1t on.
In time 1t seems to be generally ad-
mitted. The man Is ruined although
what the people believe about him Ii
absolutely false.
And that Is the method adopted by
the radicals of this land. They clever
ly spread insiduous false-Or but half
true-statements which are difficult
to trace, which false-or half true
statements are accepted by a great
many people as true. That which 10
started as q mere rumor develops into
what the people generally accept a.
completely proven.
The control Of this government, these
radicals hold, lies In the control Of the
great Industries farming Is \
great industry. To control 1t would
mean great strength to the. radical
movement. The favored name applied
to socialism today II naturalization. :"
1t has big and fine sound Few peo-
pie even stop to learn Just what 1t
means. although insisting It ID the cure
for our economic ills. Many have
gained the idea that the railroads are
securing exceptional profits, that bank
Ing has strangle-hOld on the people,
that the coal mines should be operated
without profit to their owners who
have sunk fortunes In developing them.
They gain these beliefs because OF the
clever suggestions offered them In
many ways, which suggestions have
been more or less In harmony with
their desires.
Those radicals, who are seeking the
what they Gull Standardization" are
demanding the people vote bonds to
buy the railroads. the coal mines, the
telephone and telegraph systems, and
then turn these over to the employees
70 be run-fOr whom? For the peOple3
Well. hardly, hut for and In the inter-
est Of the employees.
SupposIng this was done; supposlng
the railroads, the coal mines and the
telephone and telegraph lines were
owned by the government and run un-
der the direction Of the employees,
would not these employees, greatly in
the minority, have absolute control Of
this nation politically? Would not they
he able to name and elect for office
only the men whom they selectedf
Would not they have a greater power
than any ruling king In the world to-
day? Would not this he what the com.
muniats call "the dictatorship Of the
"PrOletariat?"
But the ultraradicnl leaders well
know they cnn not accomplish their
purpose without the votes Of the farm
ers-and incidentally work the farm.
srs for money to finance their scheme.
Men Of the character Of TOwnley.
Marsh and others. appearing to be
working In the interest Of the farmers,
are A. q natter Of fact. working Who'll.
~ In the Interest Of the radicals from
whom they secure their pay regularly.
Through the use OF confusing names
such ~ the Nonpartisan League. the
Peoples Reconstruction League. the
National Farmers Bloc. they hope to
gain confidence and support Of farmers.
There ls one rule which every person
might adopt md thereby profit per-
soually. and that In never 10 accept
The statement or suggestion OF any one
on anything as true and act upon II a.
true until they first know whether II