The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
MYSTERIES Of the New Year

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The world is on the threshold Of that nobuloas inomcn,
III which time is made TO halt about il tho same degree
OF reality as Joshua made the sun stand still. Time by
a fiction thus is molncntariy stayed while an old paEic.'
labeled as a year is given the count and another period
Is ushcrcd in as a new year.
It is a fiction both as a death and as q birth as far
as the ceascless flow Of time goes. for time docs not
pause, yet it is a reality as It affects the habits OF the
world. For humankind stands still and then begins lie
all over. just as the seasons begin procession ii the cartha
uncnding circling Of tho sun which produces them III
turn. It is a moment Of inventory III human activity
Mankind looks back on what l. months have brought TO
pass and peers into tho mist OF the future TO discern
what IL months more OF this fourth dimension may hold
for its hopes and its fears.
This sounding Of time has assumed the scale OF the
group. just as all human activity is. taking on group
character. Business men study the outlook jointly.
Statesmen in diverse nations find their minds fixed on
the same goals, tho same programs.
Thus. as 1920 goes out and 1890 comes on tho stage OF
the world, as at no other time in the worlds history
is the subject OF peace SO uppermost in the thoughts
Of all men and all nations. The year Just closing has
peculiarly given these aspirations birth. tho year just
born has in its keeping what decisions arc to be made
concerning the vision of permanent international har-
mony into which it is sought to bring men to dwell. So
II Is that 1880 begins as a Hateful year. 1t will be inter-
c5ting. perhaps amazingly so, perhaps disappointlnsy
so, 70 months hence on the eve of a similar chronological
point In the measurement OF time to look back over the
intervening months and note what has come Of tho
vision which the world is carrying into the new year
tomorrow.
At home great problems are to be worked out for the
domestic welfare. These. too, arc inhcritanccs Of the
dying year. There is tho greatest Of the domestic
economic problems. the agricultural relief to be effected
Wha. will be accomplished in the next l. months toward
the adjustment Of tho farmers welfare? There are the
railroad consultations. tho waterway improvements that
arc expected to give the nation cheaper and moro con
vcnicnt transportation. the problem OF law enforcement
What do Il months hold in store for these?
Then there is the problem of business and prosperity
What sort OF a keel arc these going TO ride in the tcm-
pests Of the new year? An even keel?
Forbes Magazine has struck ali appropriate key Of
thought on these mysteries Of 1880. It goes back TO 1922
to find the lesson for 1890. III view Of recent psyclol-
Ogy Of q type most mcnacing to the %placidity. tho comfort
and the progress OF tho world economically considered
there is much wisdom in a brief editorial in the magazine
which under the title. What to Learn from 1929 says.
do your own thinking. Don't be carried away
BY mob psychology. Don't blindly gamble. Don't
figure on becoming rich without effort; don't
expect something for nothing. Don't fly to cx-
trcncs. Exercise moderation. Allow yourself to
become neither intoxicated by success nor daunt-
cd by apparent failure. Disabusc yourself Of
the notion that old-fashioned virtues have lost
their virtue. Get back to first principles. Re-
convince yourself that sweat, not speculation, is
the main ingredient Of success. Don't chase
ratnbows: keep your nose to the %gri,ldstone.
Remember that diamonds arc only chunks of
coal that stuck to their job"
That about covers that subject. Peace, waterways, Law
enforcement, railroad consultations still arc to be
solved. The principles on which their solutions arc &c
Be based still arc nebulous and conflicting in The minds
Of men. They may fill the new year with turbulent con
tention. But II men will follow the advice OF Forbes, this
Cueh. to prove q year of real prosperity.
Such . year The Tribune wishes its readers. May 1896
Tor them be a happy and prosperous year.