The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-12-29
The Old and the New Year.

A Happy New Year! Looking back
upon the past year and what it brought
to each of us, we have hundred rea-
sons to be thankful to- every one of
complaint. We have had our ups and
downs during the past year, but we
have had more cups" than clowns. "
There has been some grumbling, some
of it justified, perhaps, on account of
economic hardships -aftermaths and re-
minders of the calamity of the great
war. The Lord did His part faithfully;
the seasons were favorable to our sec
ton of the country, giving fair returns
of most crops and abundant yield of
others. Prices on farm produce have
improved in most lines enough to offset
in a measure the reluctant reduction in.
the prices on goods from the mine and
the factory. Normally is not here as
yet. There are still adjustments to be
made in order to bring the relation be-
tween the price for the raw material
into harmony with the prices for the
finished product. But the hardship of
this situation is gradually lessened by
the returning sanity of the nation in it's
method Of living. "MAn's inhumanity
to man" is still the big obstacle in the
way of normal life for us in this coun-
try. 1t is greed, injustice and selfish
ness that are making hard times in the
United States. Even the war made
some people rich, and they are reluc-
tant to pay their just share of these
profits for the common good We are
suffering both in our public and in our
private affairs on this account. By the
same sign did a large portion of our
everyday citizens acquire habits of
waste during the war period for which
all of US are now paying the penalty.
The dissatisfaction resulting from these
economic wrongs was voiced in the last
political expression of the people. The
American peopld registered a protest
by their vote.
But even so, these same things are
taught to realize the folly of our ways,
to use our brains and our hearts in
ushering in an era in this country when
real causes of dissatisfaction shall have
been removed, or at least robbed of
their malignancy. With an abundance
of natural resources, a soil more fertile
than any other in the world, with
variation of climate that furthers the
production of nearly all good things
that man needs and enjoys, with abun-
dant wealth already developed, with
all the latest inventions utilized,
and with population heterogeneous
enough to command the best brain and
Drawn of the nations of the world, the
United States is potentially the last
word in terrestrial civilization. And if
is not made so, the human race has an
other guess coming as to where its des-
tiny tends.
In the new year individual and ma
tional problems will call on US to do our
share, do our best and do it with a will.
Europe is in turmoil; unlocked for
things may transpire there before we
date another January first. It's diplo-
macy of deceit and lying is destined to
pass the way Of its shattered thrones
If progress is to be on course heading
forward. What share cur nation shall
have, if any. in steadying the wobbly
wagon of the European states is at
present one of the problems giving our
administration sleepless nighrs. Asia
is seething caldron of unrest and un-
defined ambitions, hopes and fears.
The more we learn about it the less we
like it because of the potentialities it
holds of difficulties to be met by the
rest of the world
In the tranquility of our own little
burg we are prone to forget the rest of
the world. We are happy in our pro-
vincialism, and have good reason to be.
It is at the time when the taxes be-
come due that we become somewhat
stirred up, but we do not realize that
our own tax burden is in no small meas
ure due to the heavier burden borne by
/ the rest of mankind.