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Show .VIONT.U. W.I'KUSSONS. A year ago we were in the dosing phases of (he greatest bull market 'America ha.-; ever seen. It seemed that there would be no end to the ::teady upward march of prosperity. 'There were many so enthusiastic as to claim that the old economic laws had been repealed, that America was too big for them and that there would .never be depression again. We know now that such predictions were foolish, but, what we do not seem to realize is that the atmosphere of depression and pessimism which has enveloped the country during the past few weeks is equally foolish. Now there are prophets of disaster who tell us that we have passed the meridian mer-idian of progress for all time, to come and. that we will never be prosperous prosper-ous again. Just what has happened to bring about this change of sentiment? Undoubtedly Un-doubtedly the cause is the economic depression and the slowing down of business which it has brought with it. Put it is to be remembered that we have the same country, the same resources, the same potential buying power that we had a year ago when it seemed that we could never be slopped. What, then, is to prevent our once more marching on the road to prosperity as we were marching before ? The truth is that we ,are overly pessimistic now just as we were overly over-ly optimistic a year ago. Then the optimists would pay no attention to the sane minds who cautioned them against over-expansion. Now they will- pay no attention to the sane minds who tell them that one of the principal things retarding our recovery recov-ery is- a pessimism as unreasoning as was the optimism of a year ago. We like to picture the Frenchman and the Italian as the most volatile persons on earth. But our rebound from the heights of optimism to the depths of despait without any change iu the government and its resources, would indicate .that there "may be some weight to the charge of certain Europeans that the most volatile people peo-ple are not to be. found in Europe but in America. Isn't it about time we stop theorizing theoriz-ing and get down to brass tacks? Tilings aren't as bad as'rnost of us think they are. Business will get better, bet-ter, if wc all work together to help improve it. America is still the great country that, it always has been. Nothing has changed permanently. A part of the disease is undoubtedly nil ulal. That is the part which we can correct immediately. |