The Arvada enterprise., 1921-12-29

As 1921 is about to pass, and in u
few days lW:o will be upon us. II might
not be- bad idea for each one to take
q few minutes to picking out the bright
| spots Of the departing year and pictur'
ing even brighter spots for the coming
| year.
We have-most of us-during 1921
fallen into the exceedingly had and
unpro,luctive habit Of finding fault
with others. with our laws. our lnstltu-
tiOnx, our great enterprises, our rail.
roads, our utilities-even with our
neiGhbors who seemed to have enjoyed
q little more prosperity than ourselves
Possibly had We hut taken the trouble
to look into their conditions and learn
the truth, instead Of finding fault we
over our own fOrtunes-xmRll though
they may seem. But MnconsclOusly we
have all fallen into the habit OF find
Ing fault just the same.
True. 1921 has been IL mighty hard
year for most people. The farmers
got hit and hit hard. So did the live
stock men. So also. II we hut knew 1t,
the railroads, most manufacturing
concerns. the banks aud all others. on.
ly many OF them tried to keep their
misfOrtuncs to themselves II wns lust
natural that after II great world war
when conditions resulted In an cNpan
sion of currency and an erl of high
prices, that we had 10 hit the earth
again. There has never yet been II
boom that did not result In IL whole lot
OF people getting hurt, not because Of
any manipulation on the part of any
line OF business, but Just because that
X the nature of II boom.
Much has been said about the many
milliOnaircs made by the war. Well.
they We're just "Over night million.
aires" They never really had the
wealth they thought they had. 1t was
Just sort of II paper affair. They.
too. have awakened and many OF the
sO-called milliOnaircs are back ut work
ON the farm, behind the counters, ut
some trade. or spOnging off friends for
enough 10 eat. They are not enjoying
That which they thought they had
made. Like II good many others Of us
1t was II case of come easy, go easy"
headache afterwards.
But out OF 1t all real good must
come. This nation In buck In Its old
time reliable and substantial business
basis. 1t Is taking little time to get
real adjustment. Certain lines have
had II worse than others, und In GER
tain lines II is taking longer to get
back. but when back they will he on
| top. Agriculture and the live stock In.
dustry are among these lines. The
bOOm IL Over-thc bubble has hurst. A
whole lot Of fellows merely have the
wind that was IN the bubble-thc farm.
ers aud the live stock men have sOmc
real substance.
While there Is II general movement
To make tho people believe VIC are
drifting Into classes, the one to be set
against the other. this Is not true. The
people Of this nation. M IL whole, are
closer together now than they have
been for years. Common troubles
make common friends. No sooner was
1t apparent that the slump hud hit
farming aud live stock such blow
that 1t would need outside aid for re.
c0very, than the War Finance COrpOr.
atlon was authorized u step into the
bresch. Its aid to date las ieen enOr.
nous TO these two Industries. The Fed.
eral Reserve banks have i'een doing
their part and every country banker In
the nation. with possibly few rare
exceptions. have done their ln,rt. for.
getting In their efforts tO protect eli.
eats oil thought Of immediate profits.
They have stool ready to pass lndivid.
ual advantage fOr community good.
II has long iN.en common custom
for people to start tie New Year with
sOme desired resolution. Why not all
NJ us start Iis;2 that wnyi Suppose We
all resolve to turn our eyes Ia the ris.
Ing sun and with a fixed willingness
and determination conclude to make
the very best Of our opportunities and
our surroundings. SuppOse we niI re.
solve to put aside the bad habit we
have contracted of finding fault with
our government. with our laws. with
our business institutions. with our
heiglIbOrs, with our friends: and In.
stead "f accepting every suggestion Of.
fcred us that might have II tendency To
revive that habit, resolve never To nc.
cept the statement Of any one ns true,
tn net upon II ns true. until we first
learned whether IT Is true or not.
This country IN nll right. II In Just
about the hst old country upon whici,
the sun shines. Omr laws nre lust ::
our wcnlih is great: our opportunities
are many; our people nre honest and
our neiglibOrs nrc kind. True II is,
that now and then md here and there
we see n miscarriage Of Justice, mis-.