Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-02-10
UNITY of ACTION.
Business Men 10 the Front the Only
Methods by Which to Prosper.

EDITOR JoURNAL:--lt seems TO be n
Tact which is admitted by nll parties who
arc interested in the prosperity Of Per
rysburg, that the time kss come when
some kind of Efforts Shuah be made 10
promote husincsa Lie M our miiai. With
natural advantages which are unsurpass, d
by nhy village in Northwestern Ohio, yet
TO the transient visitor, oar streets COM
monty appear M IL it's business interesis
we're hybernnliug, while in the Villages ad-
accent all appear full Of life and vigor
On the streets Of Perryslurg are iOMn |
many workiupnen without employment,
mud numerous youths growing into man
hoods years wilhoHt the chance Ivy which
to shape their business destiny in any
active rnrson OF life. The question of the
hour which no% addresses itself 10 every
confederate citizen, is thia, "cNn anything
he done TO effect II clnnge for the bett,r
ii so what is u" The answer is difficult
One individual, or one class deems one
method as the right one, others insist on
some other mode OF procedure, aud thus it
comes 10 pass that we have fairly illns-.
traed the axiom that house divided can.
not stand. Without unity Of pur-
pose and iidicious foresight nothing can
be accomplished. What is the remedy for
this? Let the results in Bowling Green,
North! Baltimore, Weston, and numerous
other villages Of Wood county answer.
With less natural advantages than are
here presented they are oil fast pushing
ahead, aud it will not take long for them to
place this village and its business interests
so far in the rear that 1t can never recover
the position TO which by lie superior local
advantages, il is justly entitled.
Not long since a stranger passing through
the village remarked TO the writer. "you
have pleasant village, with fine natural
advantages, hut where is your business Z?
Why you are all asleep. 1t is lime for you
to wake mp, or your opportunities will be
lost" That view of matters is taken by
most strangers that come here.
The question then comes right home 10 all
glasses of citizens, and 10 none more 40
than TO the industrious laborer. What can
we do 10 better our condition and TO pro-
mote the business welfare of our village I?
The first step in this direction is that o.
united action. To this end each one may
have 10 make concessions to his neighbor
there must also be nm inhexible resolve to-;
place competent, influential and energsti, 8,
citizens in the lead. That ia how the en-
terpri1ing village of Bowling Green has
triumphed in every contest in which she
has been engaged and the citizens who in
the past have led her TO victory are those
by whom mainly those grand possibilities
In business enterprise and of productive
industry have been lately achieved.
1t is indeed high time for Perryshurg to
wake from her slumber, and put forth en-
ergetic efforts 10 secure manufacturing in
dustry, business enterprise, wealth, and
population. Such are the elements of pro-
gress and OF prosperity. Hence forth let
our motto be-Unity in Business
tact, and integrity in offices-Resolute and
uniiring industry in action. We then
shall soon find that business prosperity de-
pends far more on the capacity OF the cit
izens, than on the natural advantages OF
the locality. n. II. CALLARD.