Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-28
DRoGREssIW
! ROSPERITY
N By
III CHRISTOPHER
nj G. HAZARD
20. 1921. western Newspaper Union.1

n ) WE look into the immediate
~ future and greet New Year
n there is one figure that we
want to see upon the field Of
history, the figure Of prosperity.
II may be that we think that
we do see II while we are really
gazing upon mirage. Hope al
ways tells n flatterlng tale and Is
ready to be the father Of thoughts.
Imagination Is akin to faith, but
requires no real basis. If our op-
timistlc outlook is warranted 1t Is
so because we can believe In a
prosperity that is to be real be-
cause 1t will be the product and
the possession Of us all.
III Civilization is the sum OF coon.
oerntive intelligence. All the capital
In the world could not mine coal
without miners. and all the miners
In the world could not do It with.
out capital. Idle wealth has proved
no more than accumulated useless.
ness in eastern countries; men
have starved to death In the midst
of vast but unnppreciated 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.
Scubus Of a stagnant communism
that takes away the incentives of
progress, banlshes leadership, lives
upon past accumulatiOns while
they last, and sturves afterwards.
The interchange of abilities Is cut
off, the social circulation Of neces-
snry differences in people is ar
rested, the rewards Of genius for
affairs are withheld. production Is
ended and prosperity lynched. 1t
Is like vast body wherein there
Is no circulation Of social life
blood.
m America has thrlven md must
0thrive 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 n
captain. but society and business
must have leaders and governors,
and there cannot be two captains
on any ship.
m After all. men hardly expect to
Spass for more than they are worth
The real kick In our democracy Is
against false differences. Ours Is
the land Of fair chance. 1t Is
the home Of opportunity. No crust
keeps merit down. In an inter.
change Of values every one here
has had and must have n chance
to make the most Of himself.
mTn doing this he will need and
Suse his fellows. No one ever sue
ccedcd yet In being great or pros
porous as hermit. We climb up
upon each other. It takes us all to
mahe and to keep civilization. A
man owes himself and his fortune
to society In n very large degree.
Are we not all members of great
and wealthy body polite, wherein
no one can live to himself or die
without loss to the rest?
mLct dozen mon, each man ow-
Ging his neighbor five dollars, sit In
a circle. Let one OF these take n
five-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 Its 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 satisfaction.
But II the first man had not started
the VII soiHS theie "'u'u nave
been no such results. He would
then have illustrated Russia, in.
stead of America.
NThe secret Of civilization Is the
circulation of ability. 1t is the
secret of prosperity. Let every
man circulate his worth to society,
so shall there be true commun-
ism, also a true capitalism. There
is n conundrum which asks why
one should prefer dollar bill to
n gold dollar. The answer Is, "Be-
cause, when you put 1t into your
pocket you double 1t. and when
YOU take 1t out you find 1t In
creases." Prosperity progresses MS
we pass on what we are and have.