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Lists and pressroom open to Investigation of advertisers at all times.ECHO BLDG1717-10 CPHONE 59 AVE.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1014.AGITATION 18 OF TWO PARTS.great deal.Finally the water has begun to pour over the top of the Old Guard dam, and the Old Guard Instead of recognizing the Inevitable, atlll seeks to bolster up the tottering wall and to add a few bags of sand to stay the rising current.Every evil-doer In the world Is In hearty accord with the doctrine preached bo Insistently by the Old Guard organ to the effect that no public mention ever should be made of evils that should be corrected or bad conditions that should be reformed lest the community In which the evil exists bo Ipjured In Its reputation. Every willing denisen of the redllght districts that were every man who profited by commercialized vice, every selfish Interest that has received favors from the old order that were dlslrlote that were, every man who has profited by the exls'cence of cond-tlons that were Inimical to the general public welfare, applauds the Old Guard organ In Its denunciation of this political agitation.Knowing the Inspiration and purpose of this denunciation, The Echo would be justified In Ignoring It or in answering with scant courtesy. But wo .dcslro to be over-fair, over courteous and over-just In all our political discussions, aiffl so we dignify the Old Guard organ’s undignified denunciations with a dignified reply.A little while ago the Old Guard organ was complaining that only in Kern county was business suffering and only here were Investment and development checked because only In Kern county was the presB giving publicity to the need of political, social and economic reforms. At last, however, It has widened Its horizon of complaint and finds that the whole state Is suffering from too much political agitation. Possibly after a while It will discover that the business depression Is nation-wide or even worldwide.To go back but a few months: Remember the result of the McKamy ouster Bult. Instead of accepting the admittedly righteous Judgment of the court, the Old Guard appealed to the appointive power of the city trustees; falling there It sought to stay 'the hand of the law by recourse to the higher courts.An effort was made by the previous grand Jury to close certain houses of III fame. The efTort was resisted In the face of what should have been recognized as an overwhelming public sentiment. The matter was taken to the courts and the abatement Bult against the Elite rooming house at Fellows resuluted. Then came the hearing of the protest against the Morgan-Carrlllo license before the Board of Supervisors. All along the line Old Guard resistance merely served to strengthen the opposing forces. In the trial of the supervisors an opportunity was offered by the Judge for a correction of the conditions which were responsible for the action. It was rejected.But wo leave this larger discovery to the slow working of the Old Guard organ’s own Intellect, und seek Just now to present a new lino of truth for consideration. Let us agree that political agitation In itself Is an undesirale thing and not to do encouraged when there Is no occasion for It any more tnan is medicine to be taken when there Is no disease to oure. But lob us call attention to the fact moreover, that thure is no such thing as agitation without both a forco and a resistance, and that whon llio agitntlon Is very great It Is a sign that the force and the resistance are both very Btrong.It takes two to make a quarrel, nndIn the primary election, Instead of throwing lta support to W. E. Simpson or E. P. Brlttan, either of whom would have been acceptable to a great proportion of the people who are working for better moral conditions, the Old Guard got solidly behind Ro-wen Irwin, who Is recognized universally as standing put on everything that Is past. Had the Old Guard been willing to yield anything to public opinion It might have supported either Brittan or Simpson and won. But unconditional surrender to Its Insolence and domination and absolute submission to the Intolerable conditions it would impose are the only terms or peace to which the Old Guard will listen.And the answer of public opinion la Barclay McCowan.This is the invariable history of progress and resistance wherever Inslst-unco on reasonable reforms and reasonable progress Is met by a stubborn unreasoning. Insolent resistance. And there Is but one Invariable, Inevitable outcome, whether It 1b soon or long delayed.Agitation has two parts: Force and resistance; action and reaction. Neither part alone can produce agl-tion, nor Is either part more to be blamed for the agitation than Is the othor part. The question or which Is blamcable and which Is worthy of praise depends on whether the result that one seeks to accomplish and the other seeks to defeat la good or bad.A GOOD PUBLIC WORK.It takes two rati ons, two parties or j duy-B- Isgue of Tho EchoIt usually takes persistent, continued plugging away to -get tho things that oilher nn Individual or a community has set its mind on, and whoever does the plugging when public interest in n needed public Improvement appears to flag Is a public benefactor. Just now Hochholmcr Company are plugging for a public park and are devoting a little of their advertising space to the good work. Hero Is what the firm had to say tn ycster-two groups of people to mako a pollt leal agitation, and neither one can be blamed exclusively unless It is shown that one party exclusively Is fighting for the wrong.And now wo arrive at the practical application: In Kern county certain people are trying to mako an end of open, notorious, commercialized vice and to destroy favoritism and special .privilege that exist by official sanction. If it Is wrong to do this tho people wiio are attempting It are to blame. Bpt If theso aro worthy objects of endeavor the people who aro resisting tho efforts are the ones to bear tho condemnation.Let us make It perfectly clear that the peoplo who resist aro no less entitled to the name of agitators tlion the peoplo who seek to effect a change. For agitation consists of two parts, tho forco and the resistance. It is absolutely illogical for one party toTheIsn’t It worth striving—yes, fighting—for—a place where tho children in this community will live In Fairyland a few hours each week? A place whoro they will see all the strange anlmuls. whoro they may gleefully romp over the broad’ green swards—go wadin' in the lake—throw lunch crumbs at the flshies—Join In a mad chase ’mongst the flowers for the most booful’* butterflies— an’ the swings—an’ the seesaws—an’ the Maypole—an’ the sand boxes? Oh. citizens of Bakersfield—what right have we to deny ffie precious darlings here tho things they enjoy In other cities? If the prospect thrills you, as it should every man and woman, lot’s DO SOMETHING!Public sentiment Js just as strong for parks now as ever, even If less has been said about it recently, and we predict that if Hochlielnier Company keeps on tlio Job they will startTbrco hr five years nand Mage! Spain upon around tho vessels that manned b; 280 men, c eighteen m finish the was to die to Europea off the enl that now I name sunk tiny was : death of and tho lo whoso ere trail and Spain. O 1620, Ma ships rema the strait that ever lent sea” o thousand i ocean lay his first sit Beset wit drinking v with worn ward “con lug the su On March ed the PI lng a tr Magellan accompacl' war agal: tribe. Th trous. Ml The convc on the i thirty of remainder of their thor sea another si surviving forty-six tian del C sail for d three yea: sailing of first circu globe, theighteen \ into the i alquivlr. Ithe agitation to denounce the other: moment that will getmerely on the ground that all agitation is bud.Progress, change and betterment aro going on all over the world wher-FARMEHS NOT ANXIOUSFOR THE FIRST RAIN.I Local farmers are not very anxious , -for the threatened rain lo arrive, communities aio advancing. - Con8lderable quantities of hay areOnly dead, stagnant pools of life and i down, and while hay is not worth* Industry aro altogether placid. In much under the present adminlstra-BOine placos tho current of progress 'Ion they do not like to have It get and bettoriuent flows smoothly. Thnt'wtt' .Egyptian corn also will be dam-ia “8ed by rain, and unless trie shower isIs hero there Is least opposition.^ ,, ono flm, other8 follovv „OOI1WTiero thero Is a powerful and stub-1 r W||, do uttlo or no good, born resistance tho current may heheld back for a time, but tho longer. ESTABLISH ES RECORD FOR it Is held back the more powerful Uj A CONTINUOUS FLIGHTbecomes nnd t^e greater Is the agita-j DEg MOINES Ia _ 0cl 17.__w. C. tton that flually must break down the Robinson. Grinnoll, In., aviator, to-barrler.Had the Old Guard permitted the accomplishment of the reasonable reforms that tho public demandod; hadday flew from Des Moines to Kent-land, Ind., approximately 3GG miles.The previous American record for continuous flight was 264 miles, .. .. . . “ado by C. M. Wood on August 9,the city and county officials kept j 1913.ModelModelJ*S25th ai
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Bakersfield Morning Echo
Bakersfield, California, US
Sun, Oct 18, 1914
Page 9
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