The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-04
HOW 10 HELP THINGS ALONG Create an Atmosphere of Faith Along With Optimism. IDLE MONEY IS UNSAFE Some Good Advice From a Competent Source Here
 Given.

Keep cool; don't get excited; don't imagine that present monetary con ditions are more than short-liyed; don't talk panic; don't think panic, create an atmosphere of faith ana optimism wherever you go. Some peo- ple lost confidence, and that injured credit, and people who ought to be ashamed of such action drew curren- cy out of banks and locked it up. That can't last. Idle money soon burns a hole in your pocket and gets out Men want their money to work twenty fours a day,
 Now that the stampede is over, now that the injury of shelling whole crowd in order to hit one possible thief has been realized, the American people can resume business operations, get over their scare and do little thinking. There are just as many miles of railroad, just as many bales of cot ton and bushels of grain, except what Europe had taken and paid for in gold; just as many people to feed and clothe and house, Some of them may eat a little less or wear their old clothes a little longer, but this sad condition will the sooner be lighted by a return of sanity. Stop now for a minute and think. Do you see any fewer people in the stret cars or on the steam cars; do you see any fewer people moving up and down the streets, do you note any sudden dis appearance of any large number of the S5,000,O0O people whose wants and activities will keep us busy even if somewhat less, than during the strenuous rush of late years, which has been iovertaxing night and day nearly every productive enterprise in America? These people don't stand still They are trading one with the other; they are producing something and consuming something; they are making necessary constant enlarge ments of all our transportation facili' ties they are buying and selling; they are sowing and reaping; they are mining and manufacturing and any idea that the business world is coming to an end and that we must sit around with our thumbs in our mouths and wonder how soon the undertaken vii be ready for us in unworthy of men Dumb beasts in a wild stampede may be excused for their panicky condl ton when affrighted, but surely mer men who have any backbone an( gray matter-are not going to follow their example. On the contrary, the. are going to settle down to business and if grazing is not quite as good or the new prairie as it was on the old they are going to hustle so hard fol their share that they will keep theii sides bulging with fatneas, even if thei timid or lazy neighbors refuse to eat Tn other words quit your fears; go t work; If you have any friends win were foolish enough to lose confidenc, and draw money out of bank, ridicul their folly out of them; take the dem a gogue or agftator against Legitimate business nearest to you by the back ot the neck and duck him in a mill pom until he solemnly swears to be as ac tive in building up business interest as he has been in tearing them down or in the absence of such promise leav, him there, and then go ahead and fl the great drama of business life ac { well your part; there all the honor lies "Play ball. Manufacturers Record