The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-02
There is a tide In the affairs Of man

There Is tide In the affairs of men,
" " men taken at It's food leads on to fortune
OMITTED ell the currents of their lives,
are cast N shoals and rniserIes.
There is every sign of z general revival
OF business throughout the country.
! This Is best shown by the number of new
railway enterprises which are projected,
notably, in this section of the state.
Ihera will be a general re adjustment
when recupeTstion is complete. Unless
the financial question delays what is row
on the threshold OF business life, the in
dustrlal renaissance of 1895 will ba as
complete and beneticent as the panic of
1893 was disastrous. 1t Is 10 be almost
a ne" birth 10 the matter of CHANGED
conditions. These sections which are
alive 10 the opportunities this new era
VIII create, cannot fail TO grow In pres
perlty. But 1t must be understood that
rosperlJy l5 coy maiden AMI must be
Wooed II she Is to be Won. Her favors
are not offered; they must be sought
with fervor and persistence.
we OF Manltowoc have been allowing
the world to get ahead OF US. We have
been Ike the man who sat on the stump
ana waited for cow to come around to
I De MIXED, while Others were diligently
10 search OF the Tactical fluid. Our
thoughts were reminiscent rather than
! hopeful, and ever turned to what might
/ have been" We once could meas
ure stature with Sheboygan and clam
equality. Later, We had to shrink from
the contrast. We waited for the Prince
/ to come, and when he did not We drop-
/ pea into the lanpuor Of the love-lorn and
wasted our energies 10 signing and won
| derlng why the charms of other cities
should have been preferred to our own.
10 use slang expression I've were not
in it."
| When we felt that to wear sackcloth
and SIT IN ashes might he commended as
an observance suitable for those "whose
thoughts on heaven do dwell" but was
| not practice consonant with business
/ activity, We were too weak to enter the
race with those whose commercial sinews
and Drawn were hardened by exercise.
and whose judgment had matured in
competitive action with men who lived
IN the business world. We saw when we
thought 1t was too late, that we had fritz
tered away time, foregone opportunity
and reduced capacity for effort by inactiy.
lty.
During the last fes years we have
been redeeming ourselves and in CONNIE
tltlon with cities which had the momep-
tun of the progress OF years, while we
| had to give the initial impulse The
race was an unequal one and We deplor
ed our lnactlon at q time when effort
would be fruitful. But we have kept NOV
ing on under difficulties and the skies
have been steadily growing brighter.
! Inc REIMBURSEMENT In industrial lines
gives US the opportunity We lost years
ago. We can start In on terms as favor
| able as can any other city in the state.
| our latent possibilities can be made
| active. But we must not commit the
mistake of magnifying the Importance of
the little things to the exclusion of those
or large consequence. We should labk
| TO the completion of the large structsre
| before deciding upon the furniture we
snail use. Let attention be given to de-
tau after the grand object Is attained.
Should we fail in the latter, attention to
| detail Will not be necessary. We should
not dream of what We shall need when
we are great rs that viii simply make
our greatness dream. We should do
these things now which will make US
great and when we are SO, our needs can
be easily satisfied. The Arabian Nights
hero who purchased his glass ware and
then got TO dreaming of what be youId
90 when prospective trade made him
wealthy. ~ his ecstasy pushed his foot
forward and smashed what was to be the
source OF bis fortune. 1t is not wise for
US to follow his example,
we want no boom. We want nothing
IN the line of excitement which will owe
temporary values and subsequent de-
preston. We want healthy, steady and
rapid growth, something which will
stay with rs. There is no sense in act
ing now as II we were large city. Com
mon sense will suggest that any purpose
with reference to the possibilities or she
future, must be worked out in harmony
with present conditions. We may save
street and lose fortune. The old lady
VINO bought door plate which bore the
uathe thompson reasoned that she lad
a daughter who might be married, and
his name might be Thompson, and he
might spell 1t with "p" and then the
door plate might come handy, reasoned
about as people DO who argue that a GER
Gala street might be SOME ase al the |
distant future if by any possibility we
might grow.
We won't grow if we throw obstacles
IN the way OF everything woich conduces |
TO growth. but we VIII have our door
plate, is 1t wise. good people. 10 snow |
inns degree of attachment to doorplate? |
NOTES FROM TAUS.
Albert owaclna has been engaged |
70 operate the cheese factory at this
place the coming summer.
The hickapoo Indians have been
holding a carnival the past week. at
lahhorlk's hall, it was largely atten
led
Mr.. George Neidl, ST., who was
aiken sick few days ago is now pro
bounced out of danger.