The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-01
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR

/ \ Happy New Year to all. And may
I the coming year be even more prosper
! Gus TO every deserving person than
! has the great year that is Just past
| The Tribune reioices in the prosperity
! Of this community. of this State OF
/ this Nation. and of the world every.
where prosperity has prevailed; and
( IT condoles with those who have been
! in aff1iction, hoping that the clonds
may soon pass. and that the sun may
shine upon them in JOY and peace
This is the day when good resolu.
tions arc made; and we trust that as
many more may be made today as
the country is more richly populated to-
day than it was a year ago. And we
trust that those who make those vows
may keep them. Even If the foot slips,
do not give up the VOWS. but stick to
them, and live as near as possible TO
the resolution taken. In this way forti.
tude Of mind is cultivated and the
vigor Of manhood is made practical:
As said the sympathetic poet of human
nature, Prudent, cautious sclf.coutrol
is wisdom s root
The world has progressed during the
year, and we count as ono of tho most
noteworthy advances made, the trium.
phant march in victory of the Chris
tlan powers Of the Balkans toward
removing tho hideous rule or Turkey
from Christian Europe War is an evil.
and embraces tremendous sufreriugs and
losses. But it is doubtful if a year Of
peace in Macedonia under Turkish rule
is not as dreadful RS the campaign
that progressed SO victoriously for the
Christian powers Of the Balkan States
Throughout the world for the most
part, pcaco has reigued The exccp-
tious have been in the Balkan war and
IN China; but in both eases great re.
wards are in sight; in the Balkans the
protection Of Christians from monstrous
oppression, and in China the throwing
off OF tho dead weight Of rcactionary,
cruel. barbaric dcspotism The south.
eastern peninsula Of Europe will be
ruled by Christians, and in a humane,
enlightened spirit compared with the
savage rule that has oppressed that
region for five centuries. In China the
turbulence has given birth to a rcpub-
lie, whore the people will have sway
over themselves and where an cfretc,
useless monarchy, effective only for
mischief, is driven into banishment.
In our own country, as VIC have noted
heretofore, the year has been one of
immense activity and unparalleled
business prosperity, in educational ad-
vancement, in charitable and benevo-
lent philanthropies, and In the increas-
ing enlightened power of the people
A statement carried in the dispatches
yesterday morning showing that there
had been an increase Of upwards Of
four hundred million dollars in the Ma
tional bank deposits for the year speaks
more loudly and definitely as to the
business prosperity Of 1912 than any
other ono measure of that prosperity
could indicate. And doubtless the in
crease in deposits in State banks and
trust companies was even greater,
The year has been a great one, and
the prospects are bright for an even
better year in 1913, which opens today.
Let us hope with fervent faith that
the persent indications may not fail
and that the ensuing year will he the
greatest one in the history of this
grand Republic.