Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-27
THANKSGIVING DAY.


A few years ago, when there was al
period of hesitation in this country
and fear that hard times were about
10 come. President Wilson. in an OPP
timistic speech. said the only troubled
vas the people were in "a state Of
mind" But neither then was there,
nor now is there lack of cause for
thankfuness.
There are many in whom, because
Of much thinking and much talking,
the state Of mind is more or less fren-
zied and yet there is not another land
SO free from need, or so well gov
erned. The country has not been
ravaged by war. lis women and chill
dren have not been debauched orI
starved, nor widowed and orphaned
10 any comparative extent, Its gov
eminent has not been ruined, or its
industries paralyzed by foreign infm-
euces that are seeking to destroy the
methods that have made America and
her people supreme. No epidemic
prevails
There is employment for all, suffi-
GENTLY remunerative to avoid suffer
ing. even if not to satisfy all, with
hope for gradual satisfactory bal
ancing between compensation and
cost Of suitable existence The har-
vests have been bountiful and the
tilers of the soil are enjoying bless
ings to a greater extent than ever
before.
It was as an Acknowledgement of
gratitude to the good God for bouni-
ful harvests that the earliest Thanks
giving was observed by the Pilgrim
Fathers at plymouth in 1921, aud
often repeated during that century.
During the revolution. in the dark
est hours Of the nation, when no one
could even prophesy such a wonderful
era as is even now being experienced,
despite the restless agitators who can
not gauge prosperity, happiness and
freedom, congress recommended
Thanksgiving annually during the
conflict with thankfulness that the
country remained unsubdued; the
people loyal and ready still to fight
for their noble aspirations.
And when the conflict with the en-
envy ended, though a pioneer people
were impoverished by long years of
war. it was with great thanhulness
that by order of President Washington
they had a Thanksgiving to celebrate
the end of the revolution.
Again when the sections had ended
discussions and jealous chickering's
about future details of government
Nv adopting the Constitution that
guaranteed the rights of individuals
10 life, liberty and a happy life, pro-
vided the means for every man to
have equal voice in law-making and
choosing the executive and judicial
instruments, the great Washington
appointed a day of THANKSGIVING, in
1883. And again in 1895 did he di-
roct Thanksgiving for the general wei
was enjoying.
America today, setting aside the
state of mind" needless contentious
which are disturbing the equilibrium
only because the people permit. ant
which can and will be adjusted, still
has cause more than ever to b.
thankful for what has been dLne il
the century, the generation. the de
cade and the year past; and for wha
will be done when the citizens &c
back to normal after the fever of wa
and its results here have been cured
and all make real American effort.
On this day it is fitting to civ
thanks for all we have and are;
ignore desires for things not at tn
moment to be attained, or not worth,
Forget them and thank God!