South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-28
CAN FACE FUTURE
WITH CONF IDENCE
Country in Good Position to
Make Material Prog
reSS in 1920.
'(By Stanley Mcintosh, Sec'y-Treas.
Mishawaka Trust Co. Bank.)

(Ry Stanley Mcintosh, ScC'y-'Ircas.
Mishawaka Trust Co. Bank.)
Anyone who will take the trouble
40 study the general condition OF
the world at the close OF previous
great wars will be pleasantly sur
prised 20 find how very much bet
ter of we are right now than were
our forefathers IN the years gone by.
Yet pessimists Will keep on saying
that the country Is going to the dogs.
that there IS no hope for anything.
nat the destrOyers OF our civiliZa-
ton will prevail and that We might
Just as well give up trying 10 &C
complish anything.
All this IS absolutely untrue. We
have, OF course, numerous difficult
problems to face but the country is
infinitely better equipped 20 meet
them than at any time in its pre-
Vious history. and a satisfactory So
luton is merely a matter Of time.
patience. and steady good sense in
cooperating one with another.
The lesson OF the year 1919 Is
simply that reforms and readJust-
nents cannot be hurried I'm these
days any more than they ever could.
We cannot expect achievements OF
great importance 20 be made with
out effort or without opposition.
That Is why the work Of 1919 In
STRENGTHENING out many difficult
problems may appear to the casual
observer to have been very small in
deed.
As time advances we will be able
10 appreciate better the real prog
ress made during 1918. We can face
he future with absolute confidence
for there IS every reason to antici-
pate that 1920 will be a year of great
success for this country.
We must not, OF course. expect
that the impossible will happen in
go any more than II happened In
1919 but we do know that a great
many difficulties and misunderstand-
ings have been cleared away and
that we are in a far better position
10 make material progress than we
were NJ this time last year
Business has taken care OF Itself
i'm a manner that might almost be
called miraculous. When we con
slider the tremendous changes
brought about by the ending OF the
war. including the widespread can.
ceiling OF huge orders OF all kinds
for war material. we can be crate.
ful indeed that these change.
brought about no business calamity
OF any kind nor did they interfere
in any material way with the sun
total OF our trade
World Needs Our Products.
More than ever before the world
needs the products OF our mines
fields and factories and It Will b,
years before the demand begins Il
show any real signs OF being met by
the supply Therefore. the bushes,
outlook for America is extremely
satisfactory and while we canno
say very much for the political out
look. yet we know that our people
have met far more difficult situation,
and solved them, so that there is NJ
reason to believe that our presen
political problems, either domesti,
or foreign, will create any impossi
BILE situation or involve the countr,
I'm any disaster
There IS work In plenty for al
and there should be no room any
where for unreasonable jealousy o
misunderstanding We must realiz
that human nature IS Just the SAM
as IL ever was and that no quantit,
or words can alter single fact.
Honest work and the ability q
walt with patience for its rewar,
are at the root OF our entire struc
ture OF civilization. II IS useless 10
men 20 live together in a communit
unless they have respect for eacl
others rights and unless each is will
ing TO do his share patiently an,