Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-05 | Page 4 | A Close-up View

A CLOSE UP VIEW T THE HE opinions expressed at Los Angeles Tuesday by President Haas before the annual convention o of the American Bankers association constitute a up close-up view of business business business busi busi- ness ness conditions over the nation To a greater extent than ever before in history the banker has been the father confessor of the business businessman businessman businessman man during the long period of stress from which Mr Haas says the country is finally emerging The banker should know better than anyone what has been ailing aUing the business business business busi busi- ness of the nation and with his finger on its pulse he should know better than an anyone one when vitality started to return It is a very human thing to take the easiest road It has been especially easy for pessimism to spread and flourish during the depression Even those who have suffered little and those who have suffered far less than many of their fellow men have been as low in hi spirit as those who have been hit the he hardest In the usual run of things there Is nothing more difficult t to rid oneself of than the blues For these reasons there is quite likely to tobe tobe tobe I be a general disposition to regard cheerful news these days as mere whistling in the woods to keep cour courage ge from flagging The Theman Theman Theman man who Is still without a job particularly cann cannot t see the improvement which many business leaders say has set in This Is but natural It is none the less unfortunate There are signs of betterment in many quarters quarters quarters that should cheer everyone and give fresh hope Mr Haas told the assembled bankers in Los Angeles many things about the business situation which are unquestionably true and the picture he paints is a bright one He did not say that prosperity has returned and that the depression Is over He was temperate and his moderation only makes more believable believable believable able what he said He pointed to the constructive constructive constructive con con- work of American business men to get on top of the situation that confronted them and very definitely Indicated encouraging encouraging encouraging aging progress There is every reason to believe that conditions conditions conditions con con- are generally better as he pointed out Why not believe the truth brighten up our spirits and get all the enjoyment possible out of the fact It may not speed the coming of or full prosperity one hour but it is good for forthe forthe forthe the soul