The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-31
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New Years

New Years
Another year will have passed into
history with the ringing of bells at
midnight tonight.
Here and there whoopee will be
made as jewellers see the old year out
and the new year in, but throughout
the length and breadth of the land
it will be a time for serious thought
and sober reflection.
Review is much easier than pro-
phecy but many will seek to peer in
to the future which 1888 holds. That
they essay an impossible task will not
deter them, and it should not, for
hope springs eternal in the human
breast and anticipation usually must
precede realization.
The great bulk of the American
people will be thankful that 1892 has
passed and a new year is at hand
yet even this can be overdone, for
l 1882 brought most OF us much to be
thankful for. If it was unkind to
many individuals, 1t also may be
blessed in the future by their sons
and daughters, for change for the
better has occurred in the Ameri-
can way of thinking in the last IL
months.
SelfishneSs has been cast into the
discard by many who formerly re-
garded it as virtue, thrift and self
denial have found new practitioners,
even If largely by force OF circum-
stance. People have revised their
ideas to conform to new circum-
stances. In many cases they find
themselves in better position to make
progress than they were before.
From a business standpoint, the
year was much worse than 1881, and
1890 now looms as an era OF easy
prosperity. The term business is used
in the broad sense, which includes
agriculture and manufacturing as
well as mercantile enterprises.
But there is one satisfaction in be-
ing on the bottom. There is no way
to go but up and the sooner we get
started the better. There are signs
that we are on the way.
Unmitigated gloom is as unjusti-
fled as unknowing optimism as we
watch 1882 fade into history. People
are looking the facts in the face,
casting aside old prejudices and pre-
pairing themselves for the climb up
ward. The long, hard days of 1882
nodded their minds to a willingness
for concerted action. Americans
everywhere, rich and poor alike, have
come to the realization that we face
a problem in social mechanics which
must be solved if the nation is to live
and our civilization is to survive.
1t should not be forgotten that
Valley Forge was just as necessary to
victory as was Yorktown in this ma
tons struggle for Independence. The
trials OF 1882 were necessary to bring
about new way of thinking, which
the world needs very badly; it was
necessary to restore to many hearts
the realization that we are, after all,
our brothers keeper in times of stress.
It was necessary to bring unity of
purpose and whole-hearted dedica-
ton to the common cause of suffer-
ing humanity.
1t well may be that 1882 was one
of the most valuable years in the his
tory Of the world, certainly one OF
the most valuable in this generation,
for the bitterest lessons frequently
are the best learned.
And so, as we hail the coming of
the glad new year, We can do so with
real hope, tinged by the patience
which we have bitterly acquired. We
can look forward to better times
without expecting too much. We
can remember that if 1892 was poor
in material things it was rich in
spiritual blessings which will long re-
main with us.
30 Hail 1888, and Happy New Year.