Show I t i I r Much MucK to Be Thankful For ForAN ForT I 0 AN N T S L nu ui J dry driy on all there is Js a plenitude of blessi blessings gs material materia V and nd spiritual for which Americans may b be deyo devoutly de de- de- de yo grateful To each it itis is given to measure his bounty and to return thanks according to his hs j individual sense of satisfaction Unless there is consciousness ess of it itis is qu questionable if the eloquence of ar ari an official proclamation or of ri a sermon sermon can make an o optimist out of a pessimist Vor for even this one day Human nature is what it itis is Collectively regardless of partisan cleavage rage or station in life we can warm our hearts as we read the signs that the battle baUle against the def depression depression de- de f aftermath of the World war has been won Victory has come and whether it has been because of or in spite of contending forces we we can let thanks ascend for the boon Calm men with wisdom born of experience long ago told the country we would turn the corner at least six months before we realized it had been done Out o of our recovery recovery from past depressions by by no means as widespread and grave as this last one we should know that this sort o of reI recovery recovery re- re I covery is much like recovery from prolonged and serious illness Fevers and debilities ex exhaust exhaust ex- ex haust reserves and make heavy inroads on on vi vitality vi- vi When th the crisis has been passed there is need to replenish that which has been lost Very evidently we are arc past our crisis but still faced with the need to rebuild and conserve We are not back to normal but definitely we weare weare were are re on on the way Economists and business statisticians who read the record dispassionately ly agree agree that when all the factors are resolved production trade prices and nd finance stand now at the highest point in four years As we entered the second week in November this year ear we were better off than in the corresponding week of 1934 1933 1033 and 1932 As we entered the third we week k we had passed the high point of 1931 and the curve of recovery was still pointed upward Business Weeks Week's index on November 23 stood at 68 and a year before at with the 1930 1934 average being With normal at it was reached in only one week of 1930 from j which point it rapidly declined to about 83 bet bee be- be t e f fore fore the end of the same year and on to a low level of 47 in March 1933 There are arc countless men women and children children children chil chil- dren whose material welfare has not been touched by this manifest improvement thus far The gains however steadily spread out and benefits will be shared This we believe is practical an and l material recovery that has been anxiously awaited In it there are tangibles out of which to make a real Thanksgiving day |