The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-26
One Road to Prosperity
believe in BAD news. slow to listen to chronic


ID pessimists
The country has had several years of gloom. Part
of it caused by wartime proteering, extravaganza
waste and dishonesty
good deal of it has been by the psychology
|DISCOURAGEMENT.
If you say often enough "The times bad and getting
worse" they will eventually be really bad, and get
But if you say as you should often enough, "Tmes
not good they might be, but going to do what
can to make them better''-that will help
As matter Of fact in this country best informed
believe that the worst has gone by.
Foreign nations troubled because they lack goods
haven't materials The trouble in this country is that
we have TOO MUCH GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS
We certainly congratulate ourselves the fact that
our trouble is possessing MORE than need and not
being able to get rid of it.
What is most serious of course is the ideness of
than five million throughout the country At the
tme the Secretary of Labor Mr. Davis reminds you that
in 1914 there SEVEN millions idle, and did not
perately hard times
All that lis required in this country is the intelligence to
put the to work. for the work here and the goods
are here.
is though you had idle teams of horses and fields
that needed blowing and narrowing Sooner later it
would somebody to put the horses work blowing
the land.
President Harding has already selected committee of
able to deal with the problem Of unemployment
The Federal Reserve Bank reports gain for week of
thousand million dollars personal debs banks
Money being drawn out and spent and it cannot be spent
without employing labor and buying goods.
Instead of thinking and talking constantly about the
EVIL things that have happened talk occasionally about
this counys great GOOD fortune, and the evil things
that have NOT happened.
Our money is the best in the world. When a gets
dollar here gets three dollars worth of French money
twenty dollars worth Of German money He gets REAL
money. ,--.
We went through a war, and spent a great deal. But
provdentiay for this nation the stopped before
really had started spending it might have been done
Our total expenditures less than years income
of the United States nation stand the loss
Of years income If he keeps his life and his health.
Other nations bled white; they lost millions of their
best young men, loss that never be made up
pletely and that will be felt for centuries.
This nation lost comparatively few. And while it lost
some valuable lives unfortunately it educated millions Of
young by sending them to Europe drilling them teach
ing them, giving them broader outlook upon life.
We did not spend fifty thousand million dollars entirely
for nothing At least the country became aroused to tho
dsgraceul LTTERACY prevailing and if that should b.
corrected it WILL be- the improvement viii be well
worth the fifty billions.
1t is difficult, useless perhaps to advise out Of
work to take anything but the most gloomy view.
But after ALL factories ARE starting up Governments
State and National feeling and admitting their
sponsibiiy for the enesshey have not done that be-
fore. .--, '~..~..'. 'sa. -
Factories that were closed are opening.
Prices are adjusting themselves ~
Cheerfuness the kind Of courage that the right kind
of man shows under hard conditions and the determination
to make things better WILL MAKE THEM BETTER.
Whatever you do do not swell the chorus of groaners