White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-24

ways hard, and wen in the midst OF
prosperity many people find il diff
fcult TO pay their bills and 10 get
enough money to buy all the things
they would like TO.
Inertia tugs at US. n the .eussed-
ness of things is on every hand. AS
election time approaches We just quit
work. lay of and say ~Nothin' doi1'
until after election"
There is only one thing TO be
afraid of. and thai is fear.
Fortunately. most of our troubles
never come TO pass. And occasional
ly we go right through a time of
trouble and forget 10 shudder until
We get out on the broad highway
where the road is clear and the au-
tomobiling good.
Some Of our griefs We have cured.
and the sharpest We have survived.
but what tormenrs Of pain We en-
dured from the evils thai never ar
rived.
The world has fallen heir to a
great legacy Of fear. We are all more
or less imbned with il.
If this were not SO. ! would not be
writing on .ae subject now. and the
fact that / am writing on it proves
that ] have not gotten the mierobe
fully out OF my system.
But this l do belieye-that the
lions are always chained and usually
they are only plaster of paris lions.
Among our superstitious fears Is
the idea that a presidential year is
always a bad year for business.
This state of mind comes 10 Us
from a time when kings ruled the
world. and a change of government
was effected only through death.
violence and revolution
The grand chamberlain. who stood
in the window of the palace and call
ed aloud to the multitude. The
King is dead-long live the King"
while all around were soldiers stand
ing at pesent arms" and the air
bristling with bayonets. is in our
minds.
that rules-it is merely a matter OF
business.
The real fact is, The public bust
ness at Washington is not conduct
ed by the president or his cabinet
There is a big force of able men who
have held their positions long. and
these are the men who do their work
and hold their peace.
The presidents power is largely IN
the line of publicity He stands in
the hmelight. but the work goes
right along without him.
We are ruled by the spirit of the
times. the Zeitgeist Is supreme. and
no order. even o. the supreme court.
is operative unless il is backed ~ by
public opinion.
In America today We have a more
stable public opinion than eyer be-
fore III the history OF the world.
The new spirit of The times demands
honesty in business and In all public
service.
No nan who could be elected
president could do Us much harm.
even were he so inclined. and there
IS no possibility Of our eleeting a
%rufhan. a renegade or dictator 70 the
ofsoe.
The country is safe. and what We
all should do Is to put the snuners on
this talk Of poor business in a presi-
Dental year.
We all need food. shelter and
clothing just as much as in other
years.
The sun shines. The water runs.
the winds blow. the clouds chase
each other across the blue. the birds
nest, the flowers bloom and blossom.
and the crops. when We SOW and
cultivate the harvest. will be found
big with fulfllmenI
Out upon this foolish fear that
something is about to happen,
To sit around and moon is TO lose
just that much time. And tine lost
is lost forever.
To your knitting. girls. 10 your
knitting