Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-12-27
7(@. 1892, western Newspaper Union.)

&c. 1879, Western Newspaper Union
u s WE look into the Immediate
~ future and greet a New Year
4 ~ there Is one figure that we
want to see upon the field Of
history, the figure Of prosperity.
It may be that we think that
rs we do see 1t while we are really
h gazing upon mirage. Hope al
ways tells q f1attering tale and Is
ready to be the father Of thoughts.
Imagination is akin to faith, but
requires no real basis. If our op-
timistic outlook Is warranted 1t is
SO because we can believe In a
prosperity that Is to be real be-
cause it will be the product and
the possession of US all. z
N Civilization Is the sum Of coop
9erative intelligence. All the capital
In the world could not mine coal
without miners, and all the miners
In the world could not do 1t with
out capital. Idle wealth has proved
no more than accumulated useless.
ness in eastern countries; men
= have starved tosdeath in the midst
of vast but unappreciated natural
resources. While the employment
Of money and the wise direction Of
labor have given to the West its
immense advantages Of social and
economic riches and well being.
N Russia is perishing under the in
> cubus Of q stagnant communism
that takes away the incentives Of
j progress, banishes leadership, lives
upon past accumulations while
they last, and starves afterwards.
The interchange of abilities is cut
of, the social circulation Of neces-
sary differences In people Is ar
rested, the rewards Of a genius for
affairs are withheld, production Is
ended and prosperity lynched. It
Is like vast body wherein there
is no circulation of social life
blood. r4, IT. Z. Z. ~ IS
m America has. thriven and must
= thrive upon the largest encourage
ment Of individualism that true
collectivism admits Of. When the
crew cannot navigate. the ship
there Is no advantage In killing
the captain. 1t isn't necessary to
have tyranny in order to have a
captain, but society and business
must have leaders and governors,
and there cannot be two captains
on any ship. g. -. r.
m After all, men hardly expect to
1pass for more than they are worth.
The real kick IN our democracy Is
against false differences. Ours Is
the land Of fair chance. It Is
the home Of opportunity. No crust
keeps merit down. In an inter-
change Of values every one here
has had and must have a chance
. to make the most of himself. ,,:=
mIn doing this he Will need and
1use his fellows. No one ever sue
ceeded yet In being great or pros.
porous as a hermit. We climb up
upon each other. It takes us all to
make and to keep civilization. A
man owes himself and his fortune
to society in q very large degree.
Are not all members Of a great
and wealthy body polite, wherein
no one can live to himself or die
without loss to the rest? s.
mLet q dozen men, each man ow-
ling hts neighbor five dollars, sit In
circle Let one Of these take a
fve-dollar BILL from his pocket and
pay his debt to the man next to
him. Let this man pay his neigh
Dor and the next man pay his until
the bill shall have gone round the
circle and returned to the man
who started It on It's round. This
man may return the bill to his .
pocket with the happy conscious
ness that he has paid his debt and
also received what was due him,
and that every other man In the
group has the same satisfac elton.
But II the first man had not started
the bill going there would have
been no such results. He would
7 then have illustrated Russia, In
stead OF America. Al
mThe secret Of civilization Is the
1.irculat fon OF ability. It is the
secret Of prosperity. Let every
man circulate his worth to society,
so shall there be a true commune
Ism, also true capitalism. There
is a conundrura which asks why
one should prefer q dollar bill to
gold dollar The answer is, BE.
cause, when you put It into your
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