The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
THE WORLD DOES NOT NEED YOUR SOR
ROW-IT NEEDS ONLY YOUR EXAMPLE


"TET us lay aside every weight which
doth 50 easily beset us. and let us run with
patience the race that is set before uS"-Paul
This most profound scholar and philosopher of
the Hebrew has laid down a rule of action here
that be made extremely practical in every emer
gency of life.
There is a great problem to be met in every
civilized country on the globe and the words of
Paul ought to be applicable to this situation; these
words ought to be used in helping to solve the world
problem.
The problem to be solved is one of poverty
caused by lowering OF prices and by lack OF employ
ment Wheat, corn, cotton, sugar, oil and many
other commodities dropped in value below produc
tion cost Less buying resulted and more or less Of
sagnaton in business to the country. The
business trouble locally has been made by
failure OF the cotton crop. We know already too
much OF the causes and of the results but what we
are intensely interested in is the remedy.
The first step TO take in the solution Of any prob
lem is to quiet fear. The merchant who trembles,
who shakes in his boots who lies awake at nights,
who draws mental pictures OF creditors closing him
out who sees in his fear his bank failing to do any
thing works himself up into state of mind where
he is unable to defend himself. In this state of
mind he does the wrong things and says the wrong
things because he is thinking the wrong things. He
sacrifices his own business.
On the other hand, ii he quiets fear by knowing
that the most valuable possessions he has cannot be
taken from him, by knowing that If his business
goes that he will build the ashes greater busi-
ness, he will maintain his pose, he will cling to his
good sense and judgment and he will do the right
thing and say the right thing because he is thinking
the right thing. and he will learn that wants
to close him out and his business will be saved.
The farmer who fears the bank and who fears
he he IA {
and is making a fool-o himself
II the bank had not been interested in YOU and
in your business he would not have made you a
loan, and il you don't get excited IL you don't be-
come frightened, il you use your head to think and
your hands to work you'll find that there will be
plenty of helping hands extended and none to take
away your goods.
The first weight then to be laid aside is the
weight of fear. This is task you nave to do your
self by your own reasoning, by your own system of
thinking, because no man can do it for you.
There is another weight that enters into the prob
lem which it will be helpful to many 10 mention.
This is called a world reaction in business, it is
known as a world depression. we look out upon it as
something very large stand in awe before il, the
condition seems much larger than ourselves. we
see millions struggling we read OF hard times in
Europe and OF the unemployed at home and the
thing grows so big that We don't know where TO
take hold-all effort looks useless and we are in
clined to give up and let things go.
Take the matter and look it from another
viewpoint and you will he able TO lay aside this
weight that threatens you with ruin. What is your
part in the problem? Is it to save the world3 Is
it TO get up big relief plan that will reach on,
10 all 'he distressed? Certainly not. You have
the time when there not lot OF
distress and you did not make huge thing Of il
then. Why do so now
Draw line right around your farm and know
,ha, therein lies your problem. When you hav,
solved THAI you have done your part. You hav,
led the way Tor others when YOU have solved YOU
own problem When you have in your own cas-
turned threatened failure into success YOU have con
,ributed to the world than you could do in al
age OF sympathizing with poverty and feeling sor
rowful for the depressed The world does not nee,
your sorrow but 1t does need your example in pull
inc yourself out OF the hole.
Trim the world problem down TO an individual
problem. then it does not look much like
Goliath who made whole army quake with feat
A STRIPPING OF lad armed with simple sling slew
the giant OF fear and YOU also have the resources t.
settle the world depression when you narrow II dow
TO your own self and to your own business. am
when YOU have done that YOU have discharged you
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