Arizona republican., 1921-03-16

Editor, The Republican,
 Dear Sir:
 The man who says that 'I'll do it, and does. is a mighty valuable citizen At no previous time in our history has it been so obviously necessary for business men and women of Arizona to do things nominally, sanely, fairly, and with due consideration for the rights q others \
 As time passes, we are becomingy more and more convinced that the slowing down to the point of almost cessation of the commercial machinery of the country during the last six months. was not natural, but artificial;
 not accidental, but premeditated. We cannot play successfully. the | Heads I win, tails you loose.' We admit that the engine has been pound | ing, we admit that the crank case need
 ed more oil. the magneto needed ad- l iustment to the high altitude, we admit
 that we had too much air in all four tires. but we do not admit that it was
 necessary to stop the car on an IS per
 cent grade, throw the clutch out and
 complain about the last bunch of gas
 we bought. The machine pretty derned
 near went over the bank, and the parties responsible had a good scare
 This is no time for recrimination- We had a close call, but we got into low 1 gear and made the grade. Now the question is, what is ahead? Funda- mentally. everything is as 1t should be. | Anyone with open eyes can see what
 is ahead. and the principal job of all sensible business men, is to tell the frightened passengers to open their eyes and take in the view. l There is everything in this country today to make for good business. There
 is nothing in this country today, nor in the outlook to justify people in hoard ing their money. The country is five years behind in it's construction re- quirements. There are 4.000.000 fami lies in the United States that are home less There are millions of people
 abroad who need American food, cot
 ton, wool, metals, and credit. We have
 all, and while they need American
 credit so as to be able to buy our food our cotton, our wool, and the rest of the things that We have; we have able
 financiers who are qualified to work
 out a foreign trade program that will
 enable us to, at once, come to their re- lief. and our own at the same time.
 We need only confidence that labor may work, factories run. farms produce. , merchants sell; the mere doing of , which will keep the worlds greatest . fper capita of money in circulation and dispell without question this temporary , period of disquietude. We have money z to burn An examination of the latest report of the federal reserve bank has witness to this. 1t is true that the im- . for money hogs to get rich over night.
 than they have had in the last five s years. But. who cares for a money ' hog anyway? It is not only well nigh impossible for them to enter the King
 dom of Heaven, but it is also well nigh 2 impossible for them to enter into the kingdom of broad minded, unselfish.
 honest to- goodness men and women; and should we worry about them? If we expect the other fellow to buy T from us, we must not loose sight of the
 fact that We are the other fellow on a
 fifty fifty basis, and that 1t is our duty l to radiafe our confidence by practicinS what we preach z
 Come out of your cyclone cellar and
 start tidying things up The party
 may be over. but we will have another I party some day. This one was great while it lasted. Now let's do the chores.
 Only by, and with the help of our n neighbors' prosperity, can we ourselves. s hope to prosper. Only by the optimistic n performance of all, shall we emerge trlJ
 tumphant Back of it all is America ; y wonderful resources. consisting of the
 most stupendous array of permanent . and current assets ever assembled: as- t sets greater than all Europe combined c with liabilities only to ourselves.
 The inexora bie law of supply and de- n mand is bitter dose. which at this k particular time is not easy to swallow,
 but better good cathartic than a ling h ering illness. So it is up 10 every fair l. minded business man and woman to
 get out and do your days work.
 s Yours very turly,
 b !. L. GRESHAM.