The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-18
FEAR OF THE FUTURE.

FEAR Or The + ~ ORE.
Commenting very enthusiastically on the spiritual
element in the economic world, Commerce ana
Finance, has this to say
"Rv faith Columbus voyaged across the ull-
known waters of the western ocean TO discover
the continent that we have inherited; by falth our
forefathers developed it and established here a
government conceived in liberty and dedicated 10
the nroposition that all men are created equal; by
faith we undertook and are successfully prosecut-
mo GREAT war to secure worldwide acceptance
Of that proposition and by faith the seemingly
impossible has been accomplished IN noolllzlhs
the men and raising the money necessary tor that
war.
"And now as we seem measurably near the enc
of the struggle there to be heard the voices Oh
those who predict that long period OF economic
depression will follow it's successful termination
'"They say that wages and prices must decline
that great overproduction will ensue, that want
and distress will be general and that the costs OF
the war of which the present excitement has
made US almost obvous will have to be finally
met amidst great travail
How can peace possibly bring upon us such dis
asters as low wages and great overproduction?
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war for good many years to come, but peace will
find practically all the foreign civilized worle
short of everything with the United States, the
great producer and provider, equipped as no other
nation, with ships This, to say nothing OF thf
fact that this country the great creditor nation
will be drawing interest on billions of Loaned
money, directly or indirectly.
During our war period investment in new en-
terprises of ordinary character is almost at 8
standsti Tens of thousands of factories anc
other industries have been altered for and de-
voted to production of war material. Peace means
that these businesses must be changed back tc
pro !uction of peace necessaries, at time Wher
the whole world will be demanding such as never
before in all human history. How is overproduc
ton possible? What possible grounds for reduc
. ton IN wages?
Moreover while the purchasing power OF the
American dollar is now low and may further de-
cline, the whole American people is learning tt
rake that dollar go farther. The folks are con
scientiously studying their dollar, at the dinner
table, at the shop counter. everyWhere!3
However, scratch pessimist deep enough anc
you'll always find materialist. Nothing save
faith, hope and spiritual inspiration has lifted US
from the landing of Columbus starving, mutinous
crew to our position as the greatest of nations
materially, and a people so glorious, spiritually
that it gives it's lives and it's wealth without stint
that people all the earth may be free, be fec
and have chance to be happy and prosperous as
God Almighty intended
We bleed, we sacrifice, we mourn, in this war
but the nations peace vision is aglow with all the
colors of the Almightys benefcience, and the pes
simists, the materialists who groan over depres
sion in the future, over low wages and too much
of food and clothes, are but as the grasshopper
the moth and the gnat.