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Show POLITICAL .GOSSIPS I When one class of pooplo has any- Mil thing to say, It has bocomo largely Jul tho custom to .mako a political Issue jffi out of it Instead of a friendly discus- MS olon, to print It in n law book Instead BJ of n nowspapor and to arguo it be- fl foro a Jury Instead or to acttlo It in m tho higher courts of Common Senso. H As a result, political agitators, pollt- H leal lawyoro, political preachers and H, mascullno womon aro powerful In B politics and dissension, selflshnoss, ln H- tolorance and hysterics run rampant HI In public affairs, for whon tho low, H damp, murky nlmosphoro of mlsun- Hj dcrstandlng envelops publlo thought Q it breeds political reptiles, vermin, VJ bugs and lice which tho puro air of Hj truth and tho sunshlno ot understand- Hj lug will choko to death. Wl We havo too many self-appointed IM Interpreters of Industry who aro In- GH etpablo of grasping tho fundamental HI principles ot business and who at host Jul can only translnto gossip and add iBI color to sensational stories. No bust- M ness can stand upon error and might giw rules right or wrong. No Industry l can thrive upon misunderstanding, $19 for publlo opinion Is moro powerfjil H than a King's sword. (9 When prejudice, suspicion anal n class hatrod prevail, power gravltatcrl mi Into tho hands of tho woak, for domal 13 goguos thrlvo upon dissension and. Hj statesmen sicken upon strife. Hj Tho remedy lies In eliminating the M middleman tho political gossip one Hj this result can bo accomplished by H tho managers ot business slttini Hj around tho table ot industry and talk- H ing It over with tho pooplo. ,Intor j change of Information between InduB- H tries and Uio peoplo Is as necoaBary H to success In business as interchange M in commodities, for tho pooplo cau H only rulo whon the publlo under H standi. Away with political Interpret- piers pi-ers who summon evil spirits from ' H their prison cells and looso thorn to H proy upon tho welfaro ot tho people H la tho namo ot "My Country." j ! |
