Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-01
IHa ON Ann rRE nrn YEAn

ence. Every indication, qualified by
the exceptions, to which all human
judgment and prediction il subject,
point to q continuance ard even increase
in the almost abnormal prosperity which
has been the good fortune of the Amer
lean people during the old year just
closed now part of our past history
So great has that prosperity been, so
unbroken and unruffied ia its course |
that, individually and as people, we
are prom TO fail in orr appreciation and |
estimation Of lis full and real value. /
Bald stat sites are dry reading, and at
their be t, lay bear to our view the !
skeleton md not the embodied spirit of |
our national life Suffice is &c empha I
size the tct that for all time, for veal /
or woe, we have taken our place in the
front rank of the Oldest and greatest |
nations of the earth. Goods of Ameri- |
can Observation-Disclosures and ma
chinery, which are the material express |
sion of the best an9 the highest in human
skill and ingenuity-have invaded and |
secured permanent hold in the mar !
kets of the world. In Siberia, in Sunny |
Italy, in China and Japan, American
'Drumrners' and American tradesmeu |
have established lasting demand for our |
products. The demand means. as an |
inevitable result, aud one as memorable
as the law Of supply and demand, that
we must buy or exchange manufactured
articles or natural products from and
with those to whom VIC sell, otherwise
eventual bankruptcy and exhaustion of
toe resources and the loss of our new
customers must follow, as surely as the
sun rises and sets. This is reciprocity
which 80 American people and the
republican part. which is always the
exponent of constructive and progress
sive Americanism, is espousing and will
surely adopt as fixed policy With the
presence and far sighted patriotic states
manship which was fixed attribute of
our martyred President William Nc
Kinley, in his last public address, he
emphasized and drove home this plain
but pregnant truth.
During the year now closed with the
-hroud of the scared and yellow leaf of
he past, in our temporary and perman-
INT foreign possessions, slowly but
| surely, the benign influence of American |
liberty and good government has found |
resting place. Surely none but the |
hopeless per simist will fail to see aught |
but good and incalculable blessing to all
| concerned as result of the chance" or |
destiny, or whatever one may choose
to call it, whicl. has unfurled Americas
flag of freedom over those far-off isles |
and peoples.
In all the prosperity to which we
have referred, our own state of Wiseon- |
sin and grand old Vernon county have
fully shared. Hence have the citizens
Of our home county heen more hapay |
and free from anxiety for the future.
Not alone may and should We rejoice
in our industrial prosperity, for we have
q
a further, less personal, unselfish and
higher ground for mutual congrat ula-
ton. In spite of the. croaker's wall, our
national and individual ideals and
standard OF conduct are ever growing
higher aad less selfish The work of ur
churches and schools is telling upon our
home az 4 individual life 20 its uplifting
and publication Local communities
and the parent state no longer stand
for" thout vigorous and persistent
protest, the horse ira g standard of POI
htical ald personal conduct which pre-
vailed thin the memory Of those still
young. Dishonoc in and the neglect of
the fait full performance of the duties
of good citizenship is now considered a
stain upon individual character For
all of wsiich we ought to be and are
lprofoun lily thankful
In wishing our readers happy and
prosperous New Year, we do so strong
in the belief that not only is ou1 future
as nation full Of hope and possibility
of increasing and greater because true
prosperity and greatness, but that in our
home county Of Vernon we will not be
wanting in doing our part in the fight
for the highest and best in the nation,
the state the comfy and oT11- OUR, hop,as