The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-29
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WILL lei BE ANY
FOR YOU?
By Major F. w. Barber

X by MdJOT T. w. DdIOeT
X We are entering upon what is
X predicted to be a year of great
y and unexampled prosperity for
X the American people. Unques-
X tionably many communities will
X rise to the crest of the wave and
X reap to the fullest of the har-
Y vest of gold.
Y But will there be any for you?
X All over this fair land, from
X the snow capped fields of the
X Dakotas to the sun kissed shoes
X of Florida, farmers of every de-
Y gree will thrive upon the riches
X that are to pour into our coun-
Y try from the nations of the
Y earth.
Y But will there be any for you?
Y The manufacturer and the
Y workman who create the goods
X we use, the wholesaler who dis
X tributes them, the merchant
Y who retails them, all are hoping
Y and planning and scheming for
Y the most productive year in
X history, and into every state
\ and county and hamlet the flow
Y of gold is expected to find its
Y way.
Y But will there be any for you?
Y The woodsman who fells the
Y trees, the millman who turns
4 out the lumber, the architect
X who draws the plans, the con-
Z tractor who erects the building,
K the laborer who does the work,
< all have their eyes fixed upon
Z the promise of a golden future.
K But will there be any for you?
K The doctor, the lawyer, the
K teacher, the lecturer, even the
K editor-everywhere we turn the
4 American hand is o~utstretched
. for those millions in gold.
K But will there be any for you?
K Gold may come-it will come
. in millions and in billions.
K But what will it leave in its
K wake? What will it bring to
< you?
K Some who profit by the great
. wealth that is to flood our
K try will use a portion of their
K riches in an amelioration of the
K conditions of the poor; they will
( take sunshine into the homes of
K gloom; they will bring the smile
< of gladness to the faces of the
K little ones; they will plant the
K seed of hope in hearts of de-
K spair; thew will be as God in
< tended they should be, honest,
< upright, kind and gentle, with a
X word of cheer and a lifting
K hand for those upon whom for
4 tune has failed to shine.
K But what will you do?
Others will reap of the har-
K vest of Mammon and will follow
X the lead of the god of greed.
K The gold that comes to them
X will purchase the desires of lust,
K the pleasures of the devil, and
K will pave with misery the road
K that leads to oblivion and per-
K dition.
. But what will it buy for you?
4 In our minds we see the gold
y that is wrung from the tears of
Y Europe strewing our land with
x smiles and with gladness, for
y gold is gold, and is the power
x that rules the world. 1t is more
X potent than the honor of man,
X than the chastity of woman; it
x is the rock upon which hopes of
X the future are wrecked; it lifts
Y the lowly to high spheres in life,
Y and it drags the exalted and the
\ noble down from their princi-
Y pies of greatness and bemires
Y them in the slough of debauch-
Y cry and greed; it is the source
x of gladness and sorrow
X than all else the world of man
. has produced.
Y They tell US that nineteen six
Y teen is to be a year of gold
Y that this is to be a land of gold
Y gold everywhere, gold for ev-
= everybody, glittering, shining
Y gold!
Y But will there be any for
Y you? And what will you do
Y with your gold, and what will it
" do to you?
X
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