The Washington times., 1932-03-31

imlnary to Oanshlng the1n
Old Pioneers
Yet there is something more than quarrel between
the mine operators and radical Investigators IN tne
stand of the Kentuckians do not know whether 1t IS
more or less important than the economic quarrel ouC
think it should be noted. Mr.. Smith mace lOn9s
arrogant and eloquent Speech at the very beginning OF
which he sad These representative citizens VINO nave
met you here the OF the pioneers OF TINS n
ton" and went to say. you shall not Orlng lhtO
our midst any elements of propaganda that shaH aou
to our problems or disturb our peace YOU nave
sounded your rumpets before you on the precious c4
of your liberty of free speech and tree press Aou
seem to have forgotten that we have some oelueS anu
rights to protect Your sefconsttuted unlnVlteo COLI
mission comes here your claim OF rght ana proIeC
ton to WELD your alien propaganda We interpose our
rights-our rights vested in our property our 1a' 1
our churches and all sacred institutions ana Oo Of
Reed Patterson local attorney said, lhe streahS " "
these mountains will red with blood oe1ore we WI"
surrender country:
A Genuine Protest
It is quit possible that these are so emotlonay
enlisted on the side of the mine that they will go
to any extreme defend them but what tney are say
ing has an accent of truth They think of themselves as
defenders of great American tradition Kansas may
grow sophisticated and California deliver itself to the
movies but Kentucky stands the last frontier IL is
protesting not only against radical theory winch mas
not yet been accepted by America; it IS protesting
against the East against the nteectuals, against writ
ers, against colleges, against Aliens
Turner's Idea
think that neither radicals nor reactionares give
enough weight to this element in the struggle between
Kentucky and the United States They should be partcu
lary aware of it just now, because the man VINO trst
pointed out the significance of the frontier Frederick D.
Turner has just died. and the obituary notices recall the
fruitful idea which he gave America In his own words
"American social development has been continually begn-
ming over again the frontier This perennial reDrt
this fludity of American fe this expansion westward
with it's opportunities its continuous touch with the
simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dom
inant in American character.
West Conquers East
To early historians the winning of the West
thing accomplished by the East, the gift of culture
brought to the praries and the forests by the hardy
of New England and Middle Atlantic States Since Turner
wrote "The Frontier in American History know that
the Western Reserves the Louisiana purchase and all
conquests westward have had greater effect
the East than they had the West. Farm houses
still rottng in Vermont because land cheap in Ore
gon Our humor (witness Will Rogers) is still the humor
of the West could incorporate floods of immigrants
because Nebraska and Idaho could absorb them.
No More Land
One of the things have always had against my educa-
change which America when the Homestead
Act became dead letter because the Government had no
free land to give away. America could no longer
spread ITSELF it had to concentrate The process of con-
cenran led to the Ford system of manufacture Just as
the of expansion made millions of motor cars
desirable Our economic troubles to us naturally
We stopped being nation with plenty of free land but
we kept acting as if we
The little enclosed district of Kentucky although it is
mining section still lives if the frontier existed No
wonder it into conflict with the of