Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1918 — PRESSING FORWARD. [ARTICLE]

PRESSING FORWARD.

The aircraft problem is now in the hands of Mr. Ryan. Mr. Schwab is responsible for the building of ships. Other men, who have been successful in the business world, have been placed in charge of various important activities. The foundation work has been done despite much foundering. The county has reason to believe that the sun will soon be shining. But it will be a mistake to assume that all of war’s problems have been solved. Such work is continuous. It will require the best brains of the nation every day. That is the reason the country is in its present frame of mind. There was too much press'agent work, too many claims that we had surmounted all our difficulties *and were now astonishing the world with our genius. The people were led to believe that it would be only a few days until all would be over. t Whether there is -to be blame attached for the shortcomings of the past will be determined by the investigations now getting under way. [f it is established that there it no jlame, so much the better, for under present accusations somebody has a reputation to lose and a life to be blasted. Under circumstances that are becoming more propitious in every way, let us then press forward, forgetting—except for the lessons of experience^—the things of the past and reaching forth unto the things which are before. Let us hope that we, as a nation, have passed through the valley of the shadow. There are hours of trial to come, end is not yet, but America’s face is turned confidently toward the future. — Indianapolis News.