The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-19
TRICKS AND QUESTIONS

NlCNS AMI QOESllSNS
The Times-NewS is keeping its promise
to Mr.. f.. W. Ewbank to tender space for
use in discussing some of his pet socialistic
and economic theories and his pet aversion,
the views of this newspaper. His commu-
rication will be found in another column.
Some of our readers have told us they
always pass up" communications signed
bv Mr. Ewbank but we hope all will read
tOdav's communication, as it strikes us as
being about as coherent and understand
able as anything the gentleman has ever
contributed to the columns of the news
papers.
AT that, after reading it, we wonder how
it could be summed up or appraised; and
we doubt if readers of this newspaper will
be greatly enlightened by its perusal. As
is his custom, Mr.. Ewbank wanders en-
chanted among quotations from both high
brow and low-brow authors.
A well known citizen of Hendersonville
suggests that when Mr.. Ewbank writes a
newspaper communication he enters his
library and lists the titles of some books
With few lines of introduction and sew
eral cracks at The Times-News, the article
is ready for the paper. Of course, we don't
know how nearly the citizen has come to
actual facts, but it is plain to all who have
followed Mr.. Ewbank's efforts that they
read that way.
Mr.. Ewbank always quotes freely from
foreign authors. That may be due to the
fact that his economic and social philoso-
ply is evidently largely based on alien
theories and iSms. However, we prefer to
confine the argument Except, perhaps, in
cidentally) to this country. We think that
is about all the ground Mr.. Ewbank can
successfully cover and we are certain this
humble newspaper will not undertake to
cover more than that.
Now, we gather from a careful reading
of the communication under consideration
that Mr.. Ewbank has learned from some
of his favorite authors that the world is in
q devil of a mess. He is warmly of that
opinion, also. For that matter after en-
tering some exceptions, The Times-News
will earnestly agree to the truth of the
statement that all'S not right with the
world.
Again, to center the discussion on this
cOuntry'S problems, we suppose the view
Mr.. Ewbank is trying to present through
quotations from various authors is that In
ventive genius and the introduction of la
bor-saving machinery have so increased
productive capacity that the country is
troubled with over-production of commodl-
ties and that condition has resulted in I'M
employment.
Then Mr.. Ewbank gleefully poses a
number of questions for The Times-News
and turns over to this newspaper the little
job of solving all problems, correcting all
mistakes and Embellishments and wrongs,
of righting the world, and introducing the
millennium.
We are willing to admit that knocked us
cold for a spell.
We have been laboring under the delu-
sion that all of this was job for new
dealers; that the millennium was to be
ushered in under direct action of the
crowd to which Mr.. Ewbank belongs. The
end sought in rendering the gentleman
space in the paper was in order that he
might enlighten our readers by solving a
few puzzles and opening way to a gen.
eral understanding of questions which
trouble the country.
Admitting that the people of this cOun-
try are wandering in social and economic
wildernesses, who so competent to lead