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Show THE BIG YEAR 1922. (I. I. Boak. in "Denver Commercial.) OPTIMISM is the slogan and FORWARD FOR-WARD ia t.ho password The follow "who hnstft got it should, bo refused admittance. PROSPERITY jtejn, tho nntc-roon) demnndifg rccoimition. AH tho grouehea, sore heads, knockers and pessimistic calamjty howlers on earth cannot keep him put. They may borrow trouble and predict disaster until they arc black ip the face; they mayrotirq to their placoa of a-bode, a-bode, pull down tho window shaden and comnlnin nbotit the dnrlrrio.a. 'but it Will still be bright and beautiful on tho outside, for a darkened room can-1 not reflect darkness wherq peace ' and sunshino abound. PROSPERITY is here. Why not admit ad-mit it? Kick over the bushel and let out tho light and through intelligent harmonizing, of thought and action, be in a position to prove the efforts of obstructionists as futile and as hopeless hope-less as trying to stop the incoming tido with a pitchfork. I confess that I am not.- the discoverer dis-coverer or tho sole author of the n-bove n-bove ' slogan and password they ' seem to have been chosen by common, com-mon, consent. It's an instance of "Right forwardfours right-march!" right-march!" without waiting for tho command. com-mand. Peoplo I, talk with arc constantly referring to 1922 as THE BIG YEAR. I am in constant receipt of communications com-munications from men of affairs in nearly every Bection of th e country in which ensual mention in mado of results or accomplishments during tho year just ended, but in nearly every instance I find a strong, clear noto of encournRement, sufficiently strong to convince mo that tho dominant domi-nant thought of tho progressive, building clenjent in thiB and every other wide-awako community, particularly par-ticularly in tho West, is that conditions con-ditions generally are- improving rapidly rap-idly and that 1922 will be a good year for every real producer, whether it bo from the soil, the factory, the counting house, tho work .shop, or any of tho various channels of trade and commerce. The grouchiest knockor living' cannot can-not trump up' ovon a lame excuse to Hhofywhy this yoar, 1922, should not be Tlf BIG YEAR right here in THE BIG WEST, with its unbounded resources, it. fertile plains, rich valloys, untold millions in livestock, mineral, coal, agriculture and manufactured manu-factured products. In short, tho West has what the world wants and what it must have, and is now asking for. Our success in tho coming months depends upon our being ready "having our house in order" -as the conditions ahead will be favorablo only to thoso prepared for competition, competi-tion, to those whoso salo arguments aro in tho "front files." The day of tho "order taker" is at an end. Tho day for tho man with original, individual individ-ual thinking is at hand. To such, at least, tho coming year will be successful. |
