The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-05
KNDICAIISM.

RADICALISM.
These first days OF the new year are ideally
adapted to serious thought Let US. therefore.
for a few moments, discuss radicasm
IL wo Try very hard to find word which
win epitomizo the troubles humanity has suf-
fered and Is suffering We will at last be forced
to adopt the word which captions this article.
Humanity. from the first moment Of orderly
progress and constructive achievement. has
moved forward undor discipline, conservative
thought and the self-control OF !ndvid ala
Radical rcformers there have always been;
preachers OF discomfort visionary economists
and self-styod seekers OF the public good and
own-roddon man. But with occasional ex-
coptions these fellows have been ignored and
human progress has proceeded with satlsfac-
tlon and the greatest poss!s'a measure Of hap
piness.
Occasionally, however, tho preachers OF dis
content and the direct actlonlsts have been given
hearing by large numbers OF men, Then for
a period tho world has literally gone to hell.
And 1t has never recovered--never returned
from this literal, practical hel--untll conserva-
tlsin and self-control and discipline have
gained their respective thrones
Have you attempted to fully analyze the diff
ficulties which boset Mexico and Russian II
you have--lf you do--you know that the single
word radlcalsm. tells the story fully and com
pletely. No. we are not listening TO iustifica-
tcns; there Is no justification for that form of
radcalism which ignores the fundamental laws
of being. There be moro justification
for the radiealism Of Debs and HIS spawn. for
Haywood and his hcllions, for the impossible
and equally damnable plottings OF the profess
sional iaborltes than there is for who.
finding himself sore pressed by some condition
or other. baseiy gives up the fight and cow
ardly makes his demise from the stage OF
action.
Radical thought, radical action. has had con-
troll OF Mexico for years. And all the while
until very recently when conservatism has been
permitted TO be heard a bit, conditions have
grown They tell you that the appropria-
tlon OF the land by special favortes caused
itsal An explanation but not an excuse Be
cause leader after leader has fallen victim to
the radical spirit when he discovered his posi-
tive inability to override natural laws and meet
the radicals demand,
Russla-gaze upon the smouldering ruins OF
once prosperous and productive cmprel What
caused the holocaust? Radlcalism, Nothing
else. And radcalism, in complete control In
Rnssla--wth none to say 1t nay-fretted and
muddlcd and sweat and applied the torch and
the assassln's knife seeking to make It's impos-
sLble theories work. Russia may may not be
I'm the process of recovery today but when re-
oovery does take place, conservatism will be the
force which works the miracle--thnt and dis
cipine of mind and OF body.
In every age OF the world there have been
strata OF society, There have been men OF afflu-
ence and influence at the top there have been
men in the position of serfs at the bottom, and
there have been men In variops other positions
but the way up from the bottom. And at nc
hour In human history has there been "A golden
short cut from the bottom to the top. That Is
journey which must be won by the practice
of certain virtues 8 old Time itself Always
at any given moment In the history of the race
the men at the bottom have vastly outnumhered
those at the top have always held the physical
ability to overthrow those at the top and for a
moment reverse positions with them, But wher
81 was done, as Il has been frequently through.
out the years. the great settling lcvclng pro,
cess operated with terrifying certainty so that
presently the orderly processes were re-estab
lished and nothing had been gained to offset
the unspeakable loss.
Would you succeed? BE conservative, dis
cplne yourself and practice the virtues which
all human history prove to be capable OF bring
ing you at last to your goal
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