Canadian Optimism.

The Railway broadcasting system of the Canadian National Railways celebrated its fourth anniversary on 29th December, 1926. In the course of an anniversary broadcast message, Sir Henry Thornton, K. B. E., Chairman and President of the Canadian National Railways, said that from every point of view the establishment of their broadcasting system had been amply justified. “We hear,” said he, “much about our natural resources, the undeveloped wealth of our country, and of the opportunities which it offers, but within the past four years there has developed an asset which I regard as almost of greater value to our nation. It is the development of a sane, steady optimism; a confidence in the future of the Dominion and courage and determination to overcome all obstacles. The psychological conditions of a nation is just as important as its economic conditions. A downhearted people never attained success. A scared army never won victories. Therefore, we all may rejoice in that fine feeling which permeates our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific.”

The message was spoken through the microphone from Montreal, picked up by land wires, and carried to Ottawa and Toronto and thus sent out by simultaneous broadcast from these three stations of the Radio Department of the Canadian National Railways.

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