Show WE 11 WE AD E EED alie year 19 21 Is before us what we of this town and community accomplish com in the next twelve months depend mainly upon us upon the planner in which we grasp the opportunities that are open to us there Is no occasion for becoming alarmed over the present decline in commercial activity the country Is undergoing a period of readjustment which Is quite necessary and tor the best but the old ship Is not going to bit the or even cruise in dangerous waters europe charges us with being a nation 0 commercial ests and perhaps it Is true and to our credit are rather keen on annexing the coin ot the republic and of other countries and are not given to asking other people to support them in idleness throughout the coming bear we should utilize our commercial instinct to the fullest extent our fertile soil Is tull of wealth and all that Is required Is to reach down and dig it out we have more money than ever before in our history and are able to finance any undertaking we have will power and the initiative to accomplish that which we undertake we have health and energy and perseverance and the knowledge necessary to the achievement of in our undertakings and we have opportunity but there are a few things we need and without which our ees will not be the marvels expected from american people we need greater business and commercial honesty we need enhanced confidence ono in another we heed to do a full days work in exchange tor a days pay we need a more direct market from producer to consumer e need a rigid curb on profiteering and A complete elimination of all speculating in the necessities of life we need to forego the insane desire to get rich in a day and learn to become satisfied with a fair and reasonable accumulation of this worlds goods we heed to follow more closely the teachings of the golden bule in the year that Is before us we of this community should use every effort to achieve even greater successes than have come to us in the years that have flown but those successes should be such as will redound to the credit of mankind and to tho alleviation of the ills of humanity |