The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-01-08
DON'T PEBBLE PESSIMISM
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and tale of W0e>W gather him to bOsOms and let
him lean upon shoulders and shed tears of
graduation cOpiOusly while ask him to unburden him
self.
Then, we place more credence in his remarks than
we ever gave 10 Billy Sundays most powerful sermon.
Il matters not how piffling is his twadde look
upon him oracle and proceed to act as purveyOrs of
pessimsm by reteing his sOb-stOry to the first fellow
who presents a shoulder to us to lean on.
It's all bunk. The man who thinks the good old
United States is headed straight for the Defamation
BOv-NOws" needs to consult not only an ocust but
surgeon as we-he is trying to get through life with
piece OF wet spaghetti for back bone.
Let's be enough to face the facts and recognize
opportunities as well as difficulties.
The old saying trite and true What goes up must
come down" is all that as business of today. Goods
went up with wartime expansion. Goods down
with atterhe-War defatiOn. Nothing very serious
about i-nOthing to warrant joining the chorus of
calamity hOWers Business fairly prosperous
recall it. before the What is there to hinder being
profitable and in the future? Absolutely nothing,
except the mental attitude of the people and business
prosperous than it is today. We have one-fteenth of
the worlds population and One-thrd of the worlds
wealth. Let that sink in and soak in. Read it over
again. One-fteenth of the worlds population has
third of the worlds wealth.
There 11000O,00O people in these United States
who have cultivated the lifelong habit of wearing all
kinds of apparel and eating, sleeping and drinking 1t
is exceedingly unlikely that they will attempt to
cultivate the habit of going barefoot naked They
going to conue to be the best dressed people in the
world.
They will continue to buy the best shoes and clothes
made, which AmeTican-made long they have the
money to buy them. And they have the money although
there are evidences of unemployment the condition is
temporary one There two prominent OF this
condition First the shifting of labor from abnormal en-
deavOTs OccasiOned by unnatural time conditions to
normal lines of production Ship builders and munitiOn
makers for instance returning to their normal work
This shifting is bringing labor face to face with its
possibility to render fair days work for fair days
pay The unnatural period Of wartime initiation when
inefficient labor could command any price it asked be-
ing followed by return to sanity and the willingness
and eagerness the part of labor to render full value for
its wage.
The second cause in this very attitude of pessnism
and the peddng of it, which slows up industry, throws
sand into the gear box and drops monkey wrench into
the delicate machinery of business.
Let's get out of it.
The only thing that is wrong with the United States
today is the way we look at it.
Swap about peck of pessimsm for an ounce of OPP
msm and this country doesn't look pretty good to
YOU Let's follow the motto of Smile damn you Smile,
and make the other fellow do il too.
Before long will all get in the frame of mind Of
icing anxious to drape a good hickory club artisicay
around the frame OF the fellow who in with tale
IF about hard times
The road to prosperity is clear industry is tuned up
10 run on all six cylinders step on the gas of Optimism
and LET'S co!
FRED F. FIELD