Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 3, Number 3, DeMotte, Jasper County, 1 June 1933 — HOLD ON [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOLD ON

by LEONARD A. BARRETT

From his library window the writer sees a robin nesting in a cedar tree.

High winds blow and the rain dashes against the tree, but the little robin holds on. Only occasionally will she leave the nest for a bit of food, soon to return to the four blue eggs. Urged by a maternal instinct the robin just holds on and will continue to hold on until the baby robins reward her for her

long-suffering patience and work. This matter of “holding on” is a very important consideration these days. The tendency on the part of a large number of persons is to grow discouraged with present conditions and lose heart. They can see no possible future in the economic order of today, and consequently are inclined to give up the ship in the midst of the storm. Such persons should learn a lesson from the robin nesting in the cedar tree. There would be no little family of robins if she refused to hold on. There certainly can be no future to any person who refuses to fight and easily gives himself a prey to the forces which are hurled against him. The easiest way out may be to succumb to fate, but that is not the way of the soldier. We are engaged in a war for the preservation of the social order. Every war costs. The late World war cost not only money but also the lives of many young men. These men paid for the war in blood, we are paying for it in the anguish of the soul. In this war there is no room for either the quitter or the coward; the soldier alone will fight, for he has learned how to "Hold On.” "Holding On,” required a firm and unswerving trust in the fundamental principles of government. A republic will stand so long as its citizens are loyal and true. "Holding On” to the principles upon which our nation is founded and our Constitution adopted is a basic necessity. The momentous command of George Washington should be remembered by every true American, “Place None But Americans on Guard Tonight.” “Holding On” also calls for faith in the future of our economic order. Panics have come and gone. Depressions have existed before. From these we emerged, stronger than before. The present depression is no exception. Patience, hope and courage will open up the way before us. The indications of recovery are already visible--“HOLD ON.” ©, 1933, Western Newspaper Union.