The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-04
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY !. l922.
The world is slowly but surely COM


The world is slowly but surely COM
ing down from it's war-intiated CON
crplion of finance, abnormal excite
men. growing out of the war and
moral laxity resulting from the war.
ihat the world, particularly the Unit
ed States, went crazy in it's conception
Of money nobody seems to doubt;
Money flowed all too freely, people
did not count it thing of value. In
deed, it came about that money get to
be so plentiful that it lost most If Is
value. l was not that there was a
scarciy Of other commodities. T1cre
never was time when there wuS
more Of the things needed in this
country-clothing food, fuel and even
hlXures, than when the peak of high
prices was reached. Supply and de-
mand failed to coordinate. Arbitrary
interference with this great economic
law prevailed. Nobody seemed dis
tUrbcd, all Of Us went crazy-"plumb''
crazy. But when the settling days be-
gan to dawn, when the wild orgy sub
sided, even to some extent, many
thoughtful men gave voice to the inn
pending danger. Many who had ex-
panded far beyond the point Of soIidi-
arity, using credit to extend upon,
were caught. They are still caught.
har,i and fast. Time, energy and pru-
dence will have to unite to pull them
through. Many of these will surren-
der, have already surrendered, under
the pressure, and many others will
yet go down. Some of them to arise,
others never to arise. But the great
economic law is still in existence-and
it is again operative. Under it's op-
Grafton the many are benefited. When
il is imperative the many are injured
and the few grow rich. We are today
upon far better footing and the fu-
ture IS far brighter than two years
ago. True, we had 40 cents cotton,
but We had, also 60 cents ginghams,
and everything was inflated. Today
we are upon the eve of real prosperity,
not merely seeming prosperity. True
everybody is bit scared. That is one
thing that makes the process of de-
tiation exceedingly unpleasant-fear.
Fear grips the heart of the poor, for
his excited imagination sees the bot
tom Of the meal barrel; fear grips the
heart Of the rich, for his distorted
mind sees the crumbling Of the foun-
iations. Discouragcment results. The
wheels slow down. Selfshness be-
comes paramount. But this cowardly
condition of mind will soon pass.
There is too much work TO be done,
too much money possessed TO allow
the wheels TO stop. When the wheels
stop they rust and become obsolete
All will work out beautifully in the
end and there is nothing wrong that
cannot be righted. And, too. the ex-
citement is subsiding. A saner men
tai state is beginning to possess the
mind Of the people. We have found
that jazz leaves tired nerves and
weary bodies; that what man sows,
he reaps We are beginning 70 find
that the old world is going on in it's
course as usual. and that there has
not been the change of a single nat
ural law. We are beginning TO awake
from our fantastic dreaming and from
our hilarious living. 1t may shock
US i bit TO find out the fact that what
was, is and what is, will yet be. But
it will do us good, real good, to real
ize these things. And it drives away
our fear, does it not?
Moreover, the lax moral situation
brought about on account Of the un.
settled conditions throughout the
world is improving. The first step up
ward from moral degradation comes
when we realize depravity. You can
not build upon foundation of ignor-
ance. When a man does not know he !
is down he sees no necessity for aris-
ing. One Of the most hopeful signs
Of the times is the awakening con.
science. The moral jazzites are not
nearly so loud mouthed as they were
bit ago. The half-baked theories
are fewer. Many of the wild and
immoral conceptions of life created
by the wild and crazy theorists are
perishing, perishing for the reason
TINT fbay have haan kr;ad ,nd fo,,ndI