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Show PESSIMIST MAY BE WOIIIGM TIE Greater Part of Everything' the World Uses Comes 1 From This Land. The 'pessimist Is one of the most useful use-ful varieties of the genus homo, serving as a sort of break or governor upon the enthusiasm of the less mentally proficient, profi-cient, but his function often, may be ovcr-emphnslzcd and ho should remember remem-ber that ho shines best only when glIng tho optimist a chance. The expression often has been heard during the present pres-ent market slump throughout tho land that this s too greaL and too rich a country to permit the bears to prevail over-Ions'. And along this line of reasoning rea-soning the following statement, just Issued Is-sued by Thompson, Towle & Co. will prove of Interest: There are two classes watehlntr events from different viewpoints one is the optimist, op-timist, the other the pessimist. While this mny unt be the time for extremes, cither In optimism or pessimism, Micro Is not much in the statistics regarding our resources on which to tnkc a. pessimistic view. The T'nltcd Stales, which has only .".n per cent, of the world's area In square miles, and but 5,2 per cent of. the population, popu-lation, produces: 70 per cent of the corn of the world i 70 per. cent of the cotton: 5'. per cent of the copper; 37 per cent of the coal; 20 per cent of the silver: 21 per cent of the wheat: 02 per coin of the petroleum; 13 per cent of the pig Iron; 11 per cent of tho tobacco; 20 per cent of the outs; 21 per cent of the gold. Tho vast amount of money represented represent-ed bv our 2,7r.0.(iOO.O00 bushels or corn. ('.50.00'O.OOn of wheat, I-l.noo.OOO bales of cotton, 150.000.000 tons of coal, 25,000.000 tons of pig Iron and 1.2000,000,000 pounds of copper, to say nothing of the other products, supports the optimist's position that Mils country is loo bis: and ils resources re-sources loo magnificent to long sit down and twist lis thumbs. |