The weekly soliphone., 1917-05-24
THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL PANIcKY FEELING.

THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL PANICKY FEELING.
 It is interesting to note the extent to which psycho ogy controls in matters of business and commercial change The observation should to impress upon that concentrated mind-a mind devoted wholly and exclusively to analyzing designated problemcan dol many things that narrowed, conglomerate manner of thinking cannot realize
 is not at all surprising that the publics attention today is centered upon the European and mechan cay attempting to guess what part the United States will play in this great fratracida conflict We have hardly made the first move in preparing for Our factories and mills, to very large exen still at work completing tasks assigned to them under contract from private firms and individuals made long before 1t supposed congress and the President would declare war upon the German empire We still in so far as practical results concerned following the pursuits of peace, yet mind is thoroughly enthralled in that cannot give even halfhearted attention to daily tasks is apparent that giving more con- sideration to and taking interest in the price of oceans in Brazil and the export duty alligator pets from Danomey than are to the maintenance ot a wide-awake local commercial organization It is ap- parent that more concerned over. ex-Presldent Roosevelt's assault Buecourt than over the fact that Paragould is dsfigured overhead by of telephone wires congested at places that day
 light does not creep through until after nine o'clock It is than apparent that reading rot from the Aurora Menace to the exclusion of the Bble and that we have greater for the Russian Czars illegt mate children than have for the public appearance of some of back alleys and it is equally true that the degree of energy devong to the work of ere ating the price of barrel of flour is not commensurate with the tears shedding the high price of wheat
 In this everyone will be expected to do his part -either at the front at home. Just now, while we untouched, is the correct period for keeping the wheels of commerce in motion. There will be plenty of time later for consideration of international problems and the regulation of the Kaiser We have hired some thing four hundred congressman at 300 per year each to do thinking for us at Washington and to prevent these fellows from stealing the government we have supplemented the bureau with more than ninety senators who know how to correctly wear silk hats and twir and oppose the President and css the gen. eral staff and swear at the department But there are enough really large, bg-braned, patriotic indvid uals in the list to safely solve the problems of the day When they fail to do this, Mr. Wilson will personally ask for expression from the public Until such time as you are called for would be better to keep steadily at the old job We not going to go up in blaze of glory be blown into hell by single explosion Ev erythng will out all right, regardless of Wilhelms ambitions for the Crown Prince and in spite of the lm- pelia Chancellors verbal fuX Just sharpen your in strumens in order that you may the better saw Wood Put little money in the bank try to imagine all is Wel and it will be we'll We make panic by perslading ourselves that the other fellow going to cop all of the seven billions of dollars of wealth and business the federal government has just created We can firt with prosperity and hold her hand if but only pursue the even tenor of our way and keep the dollars rolling.
 
 Henry Coleman For weighsr neEVkEM M