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K.Iv Van Ness Editor
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editorial and comment
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THAT RAINY DAY
'f'.ie war \/ih soon be over and
likely the U.3. and all the world will
feel the effects. A slump in business
may follow in the wake of the
retreating disbanded troops. Any
way,we ought to begin to sine The
following from Collier’s weekly is an
eye opener.
“Speaking in a large way, tl r prin
cipal job ahead of the United States
just now is to save money. Tor 125
years we have borrowed money from
Uurope. We can’t do so any lo ger.
Europe isn't going tohaveat \ n 01 ev
to lend.It isn’t goi: gto Inn e t: 01 gh
for its own current needs. When we
wanted to build the Kctk Isl; 1 d uil
ro.id we borrowed the money from
Holland. When we wanted to develop
the .vnaconda Mine we borrowed from
the same place, when we wanted to
improve the St.Louis & San Fran
cisco we borrowed from France. For
other railroads ai d other impiove
inents we borrowed from Fr.gland
and from Germany. That’s all in the
past.We can’t borrow any more.For
the future, if we want to build more
railroads or electric plants,or develop
more mines, we must supply the
money from our own pockets--or go
without. The one great necessity
put upon 11s by the war, the biggest
economic need in America today,
is to save money. In the past we have
not been savers. This table tells the
story. It shows, for each country,
the number of persons out of every
thousand of the population who are
savings depositors:
S\\ ii/erland--554; Denmark—442;
Norway--415; Sweden-404;
Belgium—397; New Zealand—360;
Holland-325;
England—302;
Tasmania—2S0;
Italy- 220;
f rv'led Stater— <;Q
These figures are eloquent of what
is at once our need aad our oppor
tunity*
France—346;
Germany—517;
Australia--300;
Japan--270;
HOW HE WABBLES
“I have looked on many mighty men
and yet not one of these approaches
Mr. Webster in the commanding
power of tl.eir personal presence
There was a grandeur in his form;
an intelligence in his deep dark eye,
a loftiness in his expansive brow, 3
significance in Ids arched lip, alto
gether beyond those of any human
being I ever saw.”—Goodrich
What a contrast the above is to the
pin hea *ed folks often found trying
to occupy post ions that demand
mentality and soli-! character from
which emulates personal fitness and
power.
All are not of the Webster type
and not all positions require gifted
leaders. We once knew a great
man;a leader of men.Great questions
lie coaid quickly grasp, draw arcur
ate deductions,form conclusions,and
issue orders. Hut a complete failure
he was in the minor details.This he
knew.But how r.oticable when a little
fellow steps into a great man’s shoes
unawares. How he wabbles!