The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-02
Good Times.

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IVY as 70 lose sight OF the demands that
are made upon our individual effort, and
OF the persistant labor that IS essential ia
secure success. Wealth can not be accu.
mulated without labor or discreet manae.
ment, neither will the earth bring forth
her rich increase without the untiring
aid Of man.
Prosperity only follows in the wake o,
industry and prudent management. Dia
monds do not show their brilliancy until
the skilled hand has found and broken
the rough surrounding, and then only af
ter tiresome and continued search.
The SUCCESS Of community Is subject
to the same rules as that of an individual
it will come to neither unaided, unsough
or not labored for.
What has built the great cities that arc
really among the wonders of the world
They are monuments and types of the
joint efforts of men who by unity of &C.
ton haye accomplished what could not
have been done otherwise.
The great feature of our National thrift
after so many years of dc preston is that
the hand of the laborcr has accumulated
large an excess of products, as to increase
our exports greatly beyond the imports,
it has changed the commercial tide in our
favsr, with weekly export of nearly
twenty millions and large quanti-
ties to yet be removed from the store
houses; every indication OF another large
crop. Money in abundance for legiti.
mate Investment, confidence restored, the
great domain Of unoccupied lands being
peopled. Railroads building into and
opening fertile regions heretofore spars ly
settled and isolated, and the general feel
ing Of life and action that exists, all Ger
tainly are unmistakable evidences Of
the near approach Of good times, that
cheers the heart, intuses new vigor and
spirit into the body that was almost
breathless uuder the dark cloud that has
shaded it so long.
But even this Will not occur to US with
out action OH our part, to entitle or to en-
sure us Of our share in this des rable pros
perty the spirit of liberality must prevail,
public spirit must be manifested, seed mus,
be sow1 or we cannot reap. Men Of cap
tai mu st be offered inducements to invest
with US. We are surrounded by localities
hat will sap the life blood Of this beautiful
7alley if we do not avail ourselves of the
opportunity that III. y have o secure i'm
pro- ement, migration of men of money
and enterprise.
1t needs but single reference to remind
our citizens of what an intelligent and en-
erprlsing few can do if they will, and that
IS to our fourishing neighbor Sioux Falls
Lincoln county is rs we'll if not better
able to render the same amount Of aid
that its citizens did towards the road that
is already drawing hundreds to that place
Cnc of the most prominent residents OF
the Falls says to us that they did not
want the Pembina Road built any farther,
"for they were bound t" have Lincoln
county bnsDess as long as we had no
Railroad"
The frank statement Of the truth is ren.
dercd the more startling from the fact that
there is great danger that their wishes
will be realized
It's patent beyond dispute that Sioux
Falls daily drawing from Lincoln coun
ty tribute that not only adds 10 her adj
vancement, but as surely allenates our own
citizens from az interest in our county's
prosperity.
The same danger threatens US nearer
home, our Beloit neighb YRS are exercising
every effort to obtain the aid asked by the
company, and the known energy and
property basis they have, bids fair to en-
sure them success, and should they sue.
ceed, the good times it will bring them
would produce but faint ripple to Can
ton, compared to their achievement.
If the property owners here can stand 1t
those who have none or but little will
have to accept the situation, but it is the
kind of crow meat none of US ought to
y Lor otter