Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1920 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Looking Through Smoked Glasses or Blame Adam and Eve Elbert Hubbard once said that “Man has a great many troubles—but most of them never happen.” The coming year is going to be the most prosperous you have ever had. It is going to be the most prosperous we have ever had. We make these statements in spite of calamity howlers, overall brigades, panic pessimists, and electionyear bogymen. This is a mighty good country in which to live after all. To be sure, prices seem high and there is a shortage of production. But nothing will happen. That is, nothing will happen to us individually unless we all get frightened collectively. If we all learn to smile and fight, nothing can stop us. This country isn’t going to the bow-wows. It’s too big and too prosperous and has too much at stake to let everything go to smash. The truth is, only those looking for trouble will find it. The man who minds his business will have a business to mind. The man who is chicken livered and yellow-hearted may frighten his business to death, but the man with a straight spine, a clear head and a stout heart is going to be bigger and richer than ever. If you don’t like to do business under the present conditions blame Adam and Eve. Don t blame the Democrats or the Republicans, or the H. C. of L. — or your wife, or the hired hands. This is the time for sanity—not for calamity. The country needs more lions and fewer rabbits. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this country. It is healthy physically and sound financially, and if you do not prosper more this year than ever before it will merely be the result of fear—wrong thinking. The men who build successfully are never bears, grumblers or pessimists, or don’t lopk through smoked glasses. Let your vision be clear —your mind active, and your backbone stiff. Hilliard & Hamill Largest Clothing Store in Jasper County