The Green Forest tribune., 1901-08-31
DO NOT DO THEIR SHARE.
Some Business Firms of Green
 Forest Lack Enterprise.

J goes to build up town than per- haps any other town of it's size in the country; but it is lamentably true that a majority of our busi ness men, who are the most able from a financial point, are very little inclined to help along a public enterprise. It is the small men, financially speaking, who carry the big end of the public burden in Green Forest.
 A majority of the stronger business concerns of the town lend little or no support at all to the newspaper, which is the recognized vehicle that leads in all matters pertaini ng to the upbuilding and welfare of all towns and communities. It is honestly due to a newspaper pub fisher that he receive the SUD- port of all classes of business men who are benefited by his efforts to promote the growth of the town. He must have 1t in order to continue to work. But the withholding of newspaper pa- tronage is not all upon which many of our business men de- serve censure. The same hide bound policy characterizes their actions in most ali matters Of public concern. When there is d demand for charity or for con- tributions for anything that has for it's object the upbuilding Of society or public morals, the list is always headed by some man of ordinary means, ,and if the names of some business men are to be found upon the list at all they are among the smallest contribu- tors. The men who are in po- sltion to reap the greatest finan- clal return upon the success of such efforts, do the least, if any thing at ail, toward their promo tion, which is manifesty unfair, to say the least of it.
 A striking illustration of the disposition of someof our citizens is manifested in the matter of the building of a telephone eX- change. Many of those who could really use a phone to the best advantage of anybody in the town and whose property is more greatly enchanced in value oD account of the existence of the enterprise than that of others, refuse to assist in getting the eX- change started, because they cannot absolutely count the in terest upon the investment.
 They had rather see the thing tried upon the little fellows, ana of course, if the enterprise is 8 success and they are absolutely forced to do so later on they will join in. They are ''not abIeo to do so now.
 Green Forest is a slow going town no longer. A different pace to what has heretofore been fol-
 lowed Las been set, while the scale by hich man s enterprise is measured has been raised by many degrees.
 It matters not whether per- son who deals with the public ad-
 nires every movement that tends to please any number of citizens of the town or comrpuni- ty, it is good business sense to push 1t along. The people who are interested in the movement all have some patronage for most every line of business, they al- so have influence on other people. Then, it is worth volumes to the business of any, man to have a record for helping in all matters for the public good.
 Some Green Forest men will wake up some day to find that ex- perience has taught them dear school.
 In speaking thus plainly of this matter THE TRIBUNE is inn pelled by no i'll feeling. The men to whom this article may apply wholly or in part have no bet ter personal friends than the blishers of this paper.