Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1919 — Peace Will Bring Era of Tremendous Opportunities and Responsibilities [ARTICLE]

Peace Will Bring Era of Tremendous Opportunities and Responsibilities

By ARTHUR REYNOLDS.

Chicago Banket

Peace will usher in a new era, which will bring to the United States tremendous possibilities, obligations and opportunities in humanitarian, commercial and financial ways. It will be an era of revivification, reorganization and readjustment. I. have no doubt that with the use of national resources of character, intelligence and financial strength we shall work out successfully the new problems with which we shall he confronted. The period just ahead will, in my judgment, be the most wonderful in our history. Our accomplishments therein will depend on organization and effective co-ordination. Greater co-ordination among-"the various kinds of business will be # helpful after the war, as it has been helpful during the war. I have in mind particularly banking. During the great war America became the world’s banker. It must continue to assume the duties of financial leadership. This will mean great things not only for our country but for our city. . V. ... Our obligations are both financial and humane. We must aid in the restoration, the healing and the revivification of the world. Our future will be a future of big things and we shall all need the get-together spirit in order that we may measure up to our responsibilities and °ur opportunities. Our financial position and our enlarged merchant marine mean that we shall be brought into closer trade contact with the entire world. This will mean that not only American commerce but American ideas of freedom and humanity will permeate more thoroughly than in the pas* throughout ali the world.