Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-02-24

when really adequate
idea of what being in his place or what his prob
lens really are ~, y
publican administration March A. has had most unusual prob
lens to problems large with
with principles long laid down. because they entirely
and concerned ourselves alone but world affairs we'll Very
likely any administration however wisely administered must
tbe face Of So man totally new situations SO suddenly thrust up
However it will do good to speculate the
mistakes which have been made other than for the purpose OF
The country has fought out its part in the has passed
through the epidemic which usually follows such has had
its inevitable experience with Wild extravaganza hgh wages
constantly soaring living costs and being overrun with
great crime how much of all this could have been
avoided or how much was natural sequence to the great world
upheaya it is impossible to tell and useless to speculate upon
We constantly hearing side ON the street
the streets wherever two more people meet and stop
to talk expressions such Where all this going to end?
ton For if seems ~ tbong the world is heinz ent by great
resstess Of trouble avessness crime and
msmanagement unprecedented in the experience OF any living
and impossible to turn back until has spent It's own fury
by spreading itself around the world.
But lately however the thinking man who reads the
ntegen begin to see that the wind beginning
to change and to blow from another direction at least far
the United States Is concerned and TINS same WIND should nave
great force in combating the progress of the apparently resist
We the advertisements which the business
running in all OF downward trend in prices of
merchandise all which, while spectacular
duction the living Justify the necessary reduction
in cost of production including wages materials, machinery
We are reading those same papers many editorials
omy state and national expenditures the doing away with u
boards and officials in fact talk of general
mental housekeeping much needed bill has been intro
duced Congress recently known the Dillingham; bill which
passed viii restrict immigration such that the
emgrans admitted be handled in less satisfactory
until other needed legislation follow further nvestiga
tons
President Elect Harding has recently appointed the
sponsbe position Secretary of State recognized by all
emnenty fitted the position Of foreign affairs
Charles f. Hughes and has recently announced that in the fu
Detroit Free Press recent editorial haracterzes Mr. Hughes
a a
steady will who able to all sides OF question and base his
decisions knowledge and whom America
If Mr. Harding follows this precedent in regard the ap
ponmen of his other cabinet officers and the officials
necessary for the administration of the government
next four years for IS most imperative that men be chosen for
these offices VINO fitted for their work by experience and
Of someone.
1t is early this date predict Just what accomplish
there is much that that be
people We also know that body officials MATTER how
efficient how sincere must be backed by the nation large
if they are to accomplish anything worth while
America will be just clean, economical thrifty
farsghted moral religious is the of her
people And that mass Of people made of individuals like
The old maxim that "Straws show which way the wind
blows was never more true than And since that wind
to be turning at the present time toward the direction
brought through an ably organized corps of government
officials working together with the the people, only
all get behind the Government in tbe same vav that we snnt
ed in the time of and show the world
that accomplish equally results in time peace
When all said and DONE there is no escaping facts The
man who early learns recognize things
so because they wish them be
they should up situations exactly as they are
ana then make the best of the situations they exist will be
far ahead in the long
Much can be learned from the experiences of other people
which will save us costly experiences of if keep
open and appasng mind and keen
and read the accounts Of the mistakes
the idea of eliminating similar mistakes own ex-
perience.
II the element of human sefishness could be eliminated
from the world the millennium would suddenly this
does not seem to be possibility it the the
best toward controlling this undesirable human
nature which 1t would seem shall always have us
Cooperation is of the biggest words the dictionary
Through cooperation states unmad deserts are M