The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-02
BETTER ROAD AEEAD-"LETS CO."

long trip; the roads smooth and
YOU are spinning along Of forty miles hour You
bank OF clouds rolling in the distance but no at
it Gradually the clouds nearer and suddenly the
breaks with all its fury, flooding the highway You put
your and attach your mud chains but the downpou
nuc and regardless OF efforts to steer the machine straight
first thing you know you skiddng Other caught
in the you that has slipped into the ditch
and there another stuck in the mud deep that it can't pull
However, give her the gas keep your hands glued TO
the Wheel watch inch of the road and are able to Jorge
ahead Presently YOU discover that the mud not deep and
the road is not quite slippery and you begin to realize that
you getting out OF the belt Many weary miles OF slow
tedious driving be ahead OF but have sigh OF sat
acon because know the worst is past You are happy
you didn't stuck slip off into the ditch and despite
the knowledge that there much hard pulling before
open her up and go spinning along as you did before the
you feel good II has been test of your ability
driver and you going again and know you are
going TO reach your destination
Two years ago big Of business busting the road
1t was huge oyrde everybody There before
smoother road and before did the machine well
We all going straight toward the destination had in mind
huge fortunes awaited The clouds gath
erng but intoxicated with the sheer of the gdd
game took heed. All know that the finally
broke there hard going All had slow down and
pick their way stuck up and sad to say some
cases the strain was the they
pieces But Of managed to keep going in and
during part of last year began signs that
were getting the and realize that
have through the hardest part Of the trip better roads
though realize that there still mudoes
avoided and slippery dangerous places guard why
shouldn't be happy True the condition Of the roads is not
vet such that we can begin think oyrdng dangerous pas
time whether is for pleasure business practice In
the long is better to jog along at safe ratc there is less
danger blowout other Of mishap when drive
saney
The who has safely negotiated the road up Januar,
l. 1922 has congratulate himself his ability
though he didn't much distance during the past
year He should realize that he sucly into the
ditch and he should take hope
stretch of road ahead the of
opinion among practically all the recognized authorities bust
ness and finance that year opens with prospects
than predecessor ushered At the beginning
of 1921 the process ct readustment with shrinking values and
tnbng prices had lust begun and nobody could even approx
maey what ahead AS a Of fact
lent coming 1t hit the banks business Of
kind farmers and everybody else On the whole the country
The we
and losses the opening of 1922 know with reasonable
certainty that no trying we year are
ahead because Of the readument period
We deude ourselves with the belief that things undergo
anv magic transformation merely because new calendar has
installed That Of optimism foolish the pessn
ism which blind to the fact that great basic bu
ness have been steadily driving toward better things and that
large Of substantial progress has actually been made
toward the restoration Of normal conditions.
1t should be borne mind that business recovery
thing which concerns the banker and business man alone II IS
which vay affects the welfare Of every the work
ngman no less than the merchant and manufacturer When the
wheels and industry spin around the
there prosperity for all; there profitable market for the
for labor the big machine slows all suffer To
gappe with and the difficult conditions growing Of
fhe necessity for eadusent of all business and industry re-
ques ooperation people Much head
way toward the solution Of the difficult and vexaous pob
the better outlook the time understand that
readstment is still far from complete and therefore there is
st much T. be accomplished before we reach the normal ways
and the spirit Of fair play and cooperation Every
matter what his business his position be must do his
realizing the resumption of orderly business progress
a matter in which all are jointly interested.
As community and nation enter the year with
prospects which need dmay any courage and
industry The unemployment situation and everything
possible be done alleviate it It time for constructive
thinking constructive effort for patience and the grim resou-
which unafraid Of difficulties Fortunes favors for the
the timorous The outlook is such inspire hope
and intensity determination The year holds good
those who go after it. The Let's Go" spirit will win in 1922
and every year
Nowadays fellow considers he has had successful hunting
trip he gets back aive--Buffalo Express.
Danish the glooms year going be better one if
make it
beat swords into powshare and late allies
into Chna.-Hartford Times