Show i WE FORGE AHEAD r. r spring awakens it brings its seasonal A AS I promise of countless renewed activities I that have been eagerly awaited The Th rebirth apparent on every hand in natures nature's manifestations manifestations is the signal for the farmer to be up and doing For the city eity dwellers it means stirring about with gardens for clearing aw away y of winters winter's accumulations of untidiness and for general rehabilitation of residential prop prop- erty These things thing not only stir emotion and bring bling about appreciation of new warmth coming corning com corn ing into the world making the aesthetic things in life freshly alluring but they bring too a cheer and hope that is peculiarly bench benefi- I at this time We Ve are just now emerging from a winter II of uncommon mildness Almost it would seem to h have ve been tempered to make easier asier to bear tile the burdens of so many who have been I t by misfortune We may pass over the temptation to linger upon the pleasant days we have been enjoying to concern ourselves our our- selves with contemplation of the beauty unI unfolding unfolding un un- un- un I folding as growing things burst into bud and andI I put on their dress of bright green We cannot cannot can ean- i not fail to be impressed by these things but butin I. I in these d when all aU look about to find days s 's practical practical practical 1 answers answers to the practical questions of the day we can discover in this very erp change of season Beason something that brings comfort and assurance as as- urance in a ver very material way Avay We have j just st closed a year of or unparalleled struggle gle against seemingly s unknown forces which threatened to destroy all aU pr progress progress' gress' gress we bad had been making over centuries The prime necessities of life seemed to be denied to those eager eager and willing to work Fool Food clothing and shelter have been matters of concern for millions of families in our once prosperous land That this could be so in a time when there was an abundance of every needful thing JH has S been the most baffling aspect of the tile whole situation I But we have pave l the storm and we know that we are arc immensely better off today than we were a year Jear ago W know too that 1 with the onset of spring the coming of timely activities will bring still stin further improvement I Agriculture gr is in far better position than illi in ill inthe i 4 the r recent cent past Industry and business are steadily gaining and there is promise of continued continued con con- tinned gains If we can rid of the thet t notion that all all' we seek to accomplish should L have been realized long ago and if we can bring ourselves to consider that the return of permanent good times is best assure assured b by slowly s building on firm foundations we can look ahead with a confidence that will comP com com- P overwhelm m the defeatism t to 2 which ch ii jj vI v- v I has been easy to yield while we have hae been expecting expecting ex ex- too rapid progress Scanning recent business reports freshens hope and courage The improvement is wide wide- spread It is visible in ill the far corners of the tho country and close at hand Whether or not the larger part of ment is attributed to government enterprises nevertheless we wc have h had d many thousands of men and women I return to gainful pursuits in the past few months The result has been that industry and business have ha been immensely benefited Individual obligations have been materially decreased Individually and as a community we are in better economic health than for a along along long ong time past The gains will win be lasting We Ve are better able to attack our local problems problems lems lenis than titan at any time in the past year Jear and the past year has 1188 been in every wa way a better year rear than any that followed the upheaval of 1929 1920 We c are arc set to prevent the Hie recurrence of many of the untoward happenings of the past which brought disaster to us The re report report report re- re port of the Twelfth Federal Reserve district released last Saturday telling that Salt SaIt Lake stands second among the cities in the the district in the matter of retail trade gains is only one barometer of recent improvement With so many conditions in our favor with spring at atthe atthe atthe the threshold as a community we should be greatly heartened |