The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-02
TURNING THE CORNER

nF course it is true tina, business has been q
long time in getting 10 the corner, the
" turning Of which is So greatly 10 he desired.
or course business and times are not what;
they were in the peak days of the initiation.
OF course turning a corner in deep sand, on an
mp grade, and with a balky engine is a tough
job.
But we do not hasten The accomplishment Of
any of these things by idle mourning over
what was, what is and what might have been.
Because bushes as a whole has not turned
the corner does not mean for a minute that
some businesses have not reached and ac-
complishcd that turn. As a matter of fact "A
lot Of businesses, in Albuquerque, in New York,
in Florida, in Frisco. have long since turned
the corner and are hitting 1t up the grade with
an the cylinders working fine and the engine
pulling as it never did in the days when the
old machine was ON that mourncd-for easy
road down grade.
We've been talking to some Albuquerque
business mpn-quitc a lot of them. These have
been somewhat intimate, hcart-to-hcart con
vcrsations about business conditions and indi-
vidual businesses. We have been impressed
with the fact that opinion about the business
corner and whether or not il has been turned,
is as widely different among business men here
as il seems TO be among The high lights Of Wall
street, the big leaders Of industry, and the eX-
pcrts on watch at Washington
This much. we believe, viii stand mp under
all kinds of Investigation:
Those Albuquerque business men who believe
that business has turned the corner are the
business men who are doing business, get
ting along, fighting for business. Those are
the men who are finding each his own corner
and couragcously fighting the way around It.
Those business men who reply TO your query
as To the business situation and outlook with
The mcurnful comment that business is
rotten. are in the main the men who are wait.
ing for the corner 20 come 80 them and for
some force outside themselves and their own
resources that will push them around the cor.
ner.
ANY business man. whether his business b,
selling merchandise or personal service, crafts
manship or learning, who expects a return OF
| the easy. down-hill roll Of 1919 at any time
within the next ten years should wake up Ii
is not going 20 happen. In the recovery from
the peak TO pit period through which we have
| just come there always ensnes a prolonged
period through which we have just come there
always cnSues a prolonged period Of competl
tion-in merchandising. in personal service. ~
getting and holding jobs and patrons ard
clients. We're in that period now. Those who
| survive in any measure of comfort and witt
any measure of success have no time 10 mourn
If your really gloomy about the business
situation and outlook, keep 1T TO yourself
This is not impcrtineut advice. Think il ovel
for Just a minute and you'll see that at thin
stage of reconstruction or REIMBURSEMENT
or whatever you want to call it, the man wit
mournS excessively about the state of trade II
general or his own business in particular /
very likely To arouse a not unjust suspicion
that he isn't qualified to compete in a gam
wherein the rewards are sure 10 go to enter
prise, courage. fighting qualities and th
ability 10 "git-up-and- git.