Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-12
WRITER TAKES PESSEMIsTIC
VIEW OF 1922

"Emer=3n Page in Delta Tribune
1922 promised 20 establish the a.
ce1GrCy q the more enlightened n
ti00s in Europe, and Il has witness
the return Of the Turk. IL promise
20 start Europe on the way TO finan-
r.al rehabilitation, and has witness
the default Of Germany and the near
collapse OF France. Il has seen the
rescue Of Russia from detructiOn b. a
famine brought on by the folly of
fanatic and later has seen Tno,s .ry
str.tiIug before a Well-fCd army, two
million strong. maintained for the
overthrow Of the civilization that re
cued her II has seen . federation of
Soviet RspubLes become the interua-
ti0nal pluper Of the world. receiyir /,
aims or eTeys hand-th0 mostly from
the United Statr--aUd while i've
million NO.ga babies starved TO dealt
has heard that cOsmIc IDIOT Leuin bat
bling Uf having brought Russia within
the very gates Of Utopia The year
has seen ireland freed, but freed Of
England only, not freed Of ireland.
Absnlved Of their hereditary obliga-
ton 10 fight the English, the Irish are
now fighting 10 the death among
themselves. "As long as there is a
man in Ireland" Valera says "the
fight will 20 on" Il looks as II it
would.
In our own country, 1922 promised
reduction in the cost Of living and
has witnessed three disastrous strike
that have increased il. /; promised 4
return Of prosperity 10 agriculture,
and has heard Samuel Guupers boast
that the wages Of union labor have
suffered Z diminition of only five per
cent since they reached their peak
and the farmers complain that this
immunity from rcadjuStment has beer
enjoyed at the farmers expense. Il
promised either a better enforcement
Of the Prohibition Act or a modifca-
ton that would render its enforcement
more easily possible. IL has heard
much talk Of both. but has seen no
performance of either IL promised
some liberation from tyrannies of
censorship and poisoned news, and
hired editorial opinion but has witncss-
ed steady growth in the tyranny Of
ALL
Never, apparently has there been q
more complete subseryience of indi-
vidual thought 10 the will of groups.
Everywhere there are groups existing
to foster propaganda and intimidate
adverse opinion. Everywhere there
are individuals who were born with
the brains 10 think for themselves but
who now search always for the hall
mark Of their group before accepting
any opinion as their own. We find
those Of one group searching for the
union labor, and those of another for
the bankers stamp of approval, and
those of third and fourth anxious TO
give no offense in the manner of their
thought or the form Of its expression
to the klu kluH Klan or the Anti-Sa-
loon League. As intimidators of
thought the groups are not alone.
Bryan guards the portals to the tenn
pie Of biologic truth; Townley tres
TO take care of the farmers thought
and Henry Ford DEGREES what we hall
think Of the Jews. Alone UNIQUE. and
n more powerful intimidation Of thot
than any of the rest is William Ran
dolph Hearst
We have been boring for the oil of
peace in the suppression of individual
thought, and ! solemnly assert il is
not the right place. No worlds we're
ever constructed nor souls saved BY
the surrender of Individual RESPONSE !
bil!ty in both thought and deed. Only ]
where We find n man who can think !
and dare is there hope.