The Silverton journal., August 22, 1913, Image 2

ing belt and the millionaire who,
of the mar­
^ilbfrton journal by kets, the is manipulation
starving helpless women
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and children, or by adulteration
of food stuff is poisoning them,
amounts to but little themselves,
What u Ifaocxace?
norance, for ignorance leads into
J. E. HOSMER. Editor.
but the idea which they express
dangers,
mishaps and troubles of
by their dastardly deeds is a We sufTer much from the faulte of
others,
but
we
loae
much
more
by
our
ICntered at Stiverton. Oregon. poetofTic-
all kinds. It is the great evil of
mighty evil force, which will
it «econd-rlnaia ratee
all evils.
utterly ruin the whole world un­ own ignorance. - Ruskin.
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There is a curious old Norse
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fable which relates that once
There are only two sides to Ignorance is mental darkness.
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this world-wide controversy. We live in a cycle of free li­ upon a time the Evil One—that
Mrde known upon np|»licMtim\
One is the side of right, the braries. We live in the age of is, the great chief devil of all
other the side of wrung: one is science. The newspaper is every­ the lesser devils- -was walking
Unle»s!
good, the other evil; one is the
abroad, and he chanced upon a
In conversation with a very in­ truth, the other is a lie; one is of where. Then is it not almost man engaged in making buttons
tellectual man at one time, we love, the other is of hate; one is criminal to remain stilled in ig­
were told that if one would tell liberty, the other slavery: one is norance? For, if we have not out of molten lead. “What in
the world are you doing?” he in­
“the truth, the whole truth and co-operation: the other individ
nothing but the truth’’ he would ualism; one is publicity, the the advantages of free schools, quired.
l»e crucified. This statement other secrecy; one is democracy, we still may have the news­
“Making eyes,” said the man,
papers and libraries.
made us think. The whole truth? the other despotism.
facetiously,
and kept on gravely
Well, perhaps people who are It is claimed that last month’s
Who are the ignorant?
at
his
work.
known as truthful do not tell the record in the United States They are the blunderers.
“Making eyes! Making eyes!”
whole truth all the time. But in shows that more crime was com­ They are the plodders, who do
studying on this subject we con­ mitted during the month than
reflectively mused the one who
cluded to confine our work to the any other month in our history. the bidding of others in any was said to possess an evil eye
public welfare and try the exper­ With all the facts in hand, we menial service commanded.
himself. After a pause he said:
iment.
What is it to be ignorant? It “Really, I dislike this evil eye of I
want to ask our business men if
Of course, we know many they can afford to see the free is to grope the way—to stumble
things of a private nature that press crushed out of this coun­ —to see through a glass darkly— mine. Can you make me some
might not do any good to tell, try? We were driven to the
new eyes?”
and there is so much of this that wall, but believing in “try, try to peer this way and that, and
“Oh, yes. indeed,” was the re­
one newspaper could not contain again.” we worked up to an know not the light For ex­ ply; “but you must first be
it all. But we concluded to tell eight-page paper, dropped back ample, Ignorance it was that
all the truth we could and ex­ to six page«, then to four, and had once a strip of rag in a cup bound hand and foot”
Accordingly, the devil con­
plain it the best we knew how. now absolute ruin stares us in of lard for a lamp to read by.
especially everything pertaining the face unless---- ? ? ?
sented, and when he was se­
Knowledge, after a time, gave a
to a public nature and for the
curely fastened the man poured
tallow
candle. Today the same
public welfare. And how has
The Passing of Capitalism.
the molten lead in his evil eyes,
the experiment thus far “panned
science, extended, has revealed
and
in a short time the devil died
out?”.
Capitalism is the cause of an­ the incandescent light, flooding
of his new eyes in great agony,
Contrary to expectations and archy and sabotage. If we do
our friends’ prophecy, we are at not want these we must remove the spaces with brilliance and and was never seen on earth |
this writing well and hearty, the cause, but unless we remove glory.
again.
and, aside from financial cramps, the cause, and also prepare for To be ignorant is to take a
When the eyes of ignorance
we are able to digest ordinary some better system, not only back seat
are
put out, evil will disappear.
food fairly well. Of course, the will capitalism soon be to an end
It is to be pushed aside while
path has not been strewn alto­ anyway, but civilization will go.
learning and intelligence grasp
Ignorance.
gether with roses, and it would down with it
the
prizes
of
life.
astonish our most intimate Capitalism was founded on
To be ignorant of one’s ignor­
friends to see the history of our competition in the production
We ought to be ashamed to be
ance
is the malady of ignorance.
struggle in black and white. and distribution of the means of ignorant
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A.
B. Alcott.
But this article must be short, life. Competition has almost We should be still more
• on
and so we will only mention reached its finish, for, through
some of last week’s happenings. the trusts, it has almost been ashamed to be deficient in moral
Ignorance is the night of the
Besides personal frowns, slurs eliminated from business, and so understanding of the laws of
mind,
but a night without moon
and threats, one day we received capitalism, without the element right and justice.
or
star.
-Confucius.
the following letter:
which made it practical during Gray, the poet, wrote: “Where
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its earlier stages, is fast becom­ ignorance is bliss ’tis folly to be
“Aug 12-1913 ing an awful slavery, with a few
Better be unborn than un­
“let me tell you one thing and great, glutted capitalists as mas­ wise.’’
taught,
for ignorance is the root
But ignorance is never bliss.
that is this you would better tell ters and the workers as slaves.
of
misfortune.
—Plato.
all of those people that are in
The United States has much It may stand for inaction, con­
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your Building to get out
better opportunities . to adjust tent stupidity, but it is not bliss
"for you are going to be fixed itself to the new conditions than in the true meaning of the word.
Ignorance gives a sort of eter­
so that you will not print any - the old countries had. To be
nity
to prejudice, and perpetuity
No
community
is
in
a
blissful
more stuff in your journal one of sure> we are away behind in co­
to
error.
— Robert Hall.
state
that
has
a
majority
of
Ig
­
these fine nights
operation work, but we will be­
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“to hell with your Booze
gin when we are forced to as norant people. It is a concern
“to Hell with your 10c Book they have been in Denmark and of the general public, as well as
By ignorance is pride in­
we will fix you and your place” other European countries, and the individual, that the people creased; those most assume who
The next day we were stand­ we will then probably go farther,
know the least—Gay.
ing in the market and, strange and more quickly and more com­ shall not be ignorant
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Why
so?
as it may seem, a giant weigh­ pletely build our co-operative
ing over three hundred pounds commonwealth.
Because it may be observed
Ignorance is the curse of God; /
slipped up from behind and, be­
Meanwhile we must study that where poverty largely ex­ knowledge the wings wherewith
fore we knew anything about his economics, and especially must ists there is ignorance. Does
we fly to heaven.—Shakespeare,
presence at all, we were jerked our young people learn to take
a a a
not
history
prove
that
where
ig
­
over backwards and whirled charge of the different public
clear out onto the street. We utilities bv taking up special norance prevails, especially ig­ Ignorance is not so damnable
did not know what it was that branches and becoming per­ norance of moral laws, there as humbug, but when it pre­
pulled us down until we got up. fectly familiar with all their de­ may be witnessed the decline scribes pills it may happen to do
We were so astonished we didn’t tails. Thus when the change
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have time to even get mad. from our individual, anarchistic of nations, principalities and more harm.—George Eliot
a
a
a
powers?
“Why, what do you mean, you system to a co-operative one
big coward?” said we and started comes, we will have competent Where there is licentiousness,
A wise man in the company of
back into the market, but the men and women to take charge wickedness, criminality, laxity those who are ignorant has been
giant blocked the way, forbid us of the work.
in the enforcement of law,
coming into his place of busi­ It will, of course, take years abuses of persons and property, compared to a beautiful girl in
the company of blind men. —
ness, and, not knowing what to and years to get over the sei-
think—all confused and with fishness and anarchistic ideas or a foolish pride in the same, Saadi.
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skinned arm, bruised hand and and the sabotage principles there is ignorance, real ignor­
growing indignation—we passed which have been forced upon us i ance of the moral purpose of It is better to be a beggar than
down the street. “Shoot the by our struggles in a false and life.
ignorant, for a beggar only
big-------- ------ ’’saidone. “Get failing system, but the sooner This is not to say, however, wants money, but an ignorant
a club and beat the very hell out we begin the less time it will
of him,” said another. “Have take and the sooner will come that to be ignorant, in the gen­ person wants humanity. - Aris-1
him arrested at once,” said a that period of which we dream ’ eral term, is synonymous with tippus.
third. “Invite him out in the and prophesy.
wickedness, for there are many
street and show him and the
Ignorance, when voluntary, is
ignorant people who are as good,
people that you are not a cow­
Weakness and Forgiveness.
morally, as the most finely edu­ criminal, and a man may be |
ard,” said something back in
cated,
in many instances far su­ properly charged with that evil £
the jungle of the brain. “You
Every humar oeing has his or
which he neglected or refused top
are in no mental condition to do her weaknesses. The man who perior.
anything now,” said the arbi­ wrote the story of the life of So there are educated persons, learn how to prevent—Johnson. It
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trator. So, seeing a business Jesus Christ knew this, and so who, morally, walk in the very
man in whom we have confi­ he represented his hero as pray­ slums of ignorance.
Ignorance has been said to be H
dence, we asked him his advice. ing, “Forgive us our trespasses
“My plan would be to wait till as we forgive those who tres­ Ignorance is in all directions. the mother of devotion; it is t
morning before doing anything, ” pass against us.’’ Knowing, In lacking of skillful fingers, rather the mother of super-p
said the cool and collected friend. and mentally digesting the quickened thought to apply ways stition. Nothing is so haughty t
His advice was followed and we thought, that none are perfect, and means to make a living, in and assuming as ignorance J
are not sorry, and will continue leads to the forgiveness of every wastefulness of energies, in fail­ where self-conceit sets up to be •
to tell the truth as best we know wrong. But this does not pre­
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how.
vent us from checking up every ure to find the channels of infallible.—South.
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The next day the deputy kind of evil. It should not keep progress.
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sheriff served the papers on us us from doing every honorable It is conceited and thinks it There is no slight danger from J
for a suit in which Mt. Angel thing we can to protect society knows when it does not know. general ignorance; and the only ;
convent is asking for damages from the wrongdoings of those
in the sum of $50,000 on account crazy with selfishness or foolish No one is rightly educated who choice which Providence Z I
of our printing the Christian with the idea of enslaving others. walks in defiance of moral re­ graciously left to a vicious gov- ;;
ernment is either to fall by the b;
minister’s statement regarding a
In the work of helping the straints.
nun who claimed to have es­ world to do better, our little Ignorance is a mischief maker, people, if they are suffered to ”
caped from that institution.
Journal may be misunderstood — a deceiver, a contriver of con­ become enlightened, or with J
The next day we were in­ and we no doubt make mis­
them, if they are kept enslaved
formed that another suit for takes—but we are sure that Jew tinual mistakes.
and
ignorant. —Coleridge.
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$10,000 was to be filed against and Gentile alike will at least When Alexander the Great
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us because of our account of last approve our attempt when they was plundering the palace of
Monday’s council meeting.
In the natural worid ignorance I
understand that we have no hard Darius, one of his soldiers found
The next day is today, and we feelings toward individuals and a leather bag. It contained the is visited as sharply as willful I
are locked up in a back room no desire merely to hurt any­
disobedience; incapacity meets I
writing up the truth that seems body-only to be of service to crown jewels of Persia. The
the same punishment as crime. I
prize
was
worth
millions,
but
best for the public to know.
the great, onward, marching
An individual amounts to but army of noble men and women what did the stupid fellow do? Nature’s discipline is not even a I
little in this fight, but the prin­ who are going forth to conquer He shook out the glittering gems word and a blow and the blow I
ciples which individuals advocate the world for righteousness.
among the refuse and rubbish, first, but the blow without the I
amount to a gueat deal.
Our way may not always be and said he had found a fine sack word. It is left for the sufferer I
The man who slippad into the the best way, but it is our way,
to find out why the blow was I
big sawmill last Friday night in and it is the best we can do. to carry his dinner in!
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the dark and cut the great driv- “Go ye and do likewise.’’
Fear nothing so much as ig- given.—Huxley.
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