Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-09 | Page 4 | Loose Talk Brings No Good

LOOSE TALK BRINGS NO GOOD. Ordinarily people flee from the pes Islmist They dodge the person overly I fond of talking of his troubles, or another's. an-other's. They are still more xnxioiu ito avoid the man who talks of troubles 'that exist only in imagination, the , panic predlcter. for instance. This Is as true now as it was a year ago. And yet, 'uday, there Is more of this "view ing with alarm " It Isn't that there is need for pessimism pessim-ism now It isn't that the country i worse off than it was. The reverse is a fact. The United States is more prosperous than ever before. The year's crops were fine The ear's production ol manufactured goods was 1.1, Ll .1.1 1 V,. ail mai timiu ui ur-eweu. ivi uaii,stri , thrt ..ions from without, or within. No danger" Yes. there is dauger' The danger of loose talk. Richard S. Hawes, former president ' ot ih-j American Bankers' association,1 says: "Loose talk and gossip is the most dangeious of the various conflicting currents ot the oresent lime." He asks for ' calm, thoughtful con sideratlon of prevailing conditions." Let us encourasre an ootlmlstlc at titudfl for the future." Hawes advises; "aud develop in our own minds a firm foundation of belief In the future of our country, its resources and it:- p. o pie." Here are we. the richest nation on earth, ihe most intelligent, people, pos sessors of natural resources of tremendous tremen-dous wealth, creditors to the world, with work enough for every mother's son. and daughter, loo! Why Indulge in "loose talk" when there is something better to talk about? t