Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-20
Co.operation in Town Building

Cooperation in Town Building.
No city is so large or town so
small that its growth cannot be
materially and aivantageously
promoted by the united effort of
it's citizens. Notable instances
are on every hand. The West
doubtless acquired the palm for
distinctive booming, but there is
not factory town of hundreds
in New England that does not
owe its prosperity i'll a measure
to the mission work of its own
people. Boards of trade, asso-
Citations of business men, COM
mittees of Improvement and kin
dred organizations are efficient
in directing a campaign for the
requirement of capital and in
creased business for any commu-
nifty. There are between six and
seven hundred of these through
out the United States, and though
many are inactive, their position
is such that, does occasion de
mand, they are quickly in the
field and ready for concerted
duty. Individual effort in town
advancement is practically un-
awaiting. Few men undertake it,
and if they do their acts are us
ually handicapped by a selfish
desire to locate a prospective
manufacturer upon lands other
own, thus limiting the towns
possibilities in the case if not en-
tirely destroying them.
A successfulim Improvement asso-
citation should be cosmopolitan
in character, embracing in its
membership the butcher, the bak-
er, the minister, the banker, the
merchant, the manufacturer, the
house owner, the workingman
and as many Others as can be in
duced to declare themselves un-
reservedly for the public good.
If a church feud exists or a
school quarrel is on at the time
of organization, the principals in
the premises should not only be
studiously avoided, but abso-
lutely debarred from taking part.
Almost every town some time in
its history has experienced one
or the other of these Cancerous
maladies. Hearty and unre-
served cooperation of every dis
tinctive element is primarily es-
sential to the success of any un-
dertaking having for its object
the growth of town. There
may always be found many pub
lic-spirited citizens possessed OF
the correct idea, but there are,
too, those who must be convin-
ced that they necessarily form
an important part in the move.
ment which should eventually
become universal. A liberal.
minded and generous policy
must needs be assumed, and those
who have not tried it in public
affairs will be happily surprised
to see how quickly a leaven o.
this sort, properly prepared, viii
lead to philanthropic acts ant
kindly purposes upon the part
of actual croakers, who by grac,
of polite practices are often i'm
properly styled conservatives
All trade jealousies must be bur
led under a broad expansc O
good fellowship, and prejudice.
must die of their own volition.
Once organized upon correct
principles, the possible indulgenc,
of personal selfshness will b,
precluded by rendering positivel,
unpopular those acts which hav,
a tinge inimical to the publ,
welfare. Bnterprising citizens
will grasp the idea of progress
and come forward with helpful
suggestions, lending aid as on
man to the accomplishment G
the high purposes undertaken
An association should have
regular income sufficient to NEE
incidental expenses and for libe,
al and judicious advertising
ordinarily membership fee and