The commonwealth., 1904-06-23
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deyelopment OF town or city you
NAV generally set it down that one CT
the strong factors in the development
of such town or city is the cooperation
OF the people who live there. And b.
CO operation, we do not mean simple
assent bv certain individuals to the ex-
istence and success of worthy enter
prises, but an active cooperation and
a real desire for their success.
Sometimes there seems to grow up
among the citizenship of town feel
ing OF jealousy one towards the other
a feeling in A that If he patronizes b
very literally will become more pros
porous than he. In other words,
feeling on the part OF each one that he
would better keep every other man a
little behind himself for feas that the
prosperity of others will eclipse his
own.
Has there ever been such spirit
among the business men of Scotland
Neck? Has every business man here
all the time deep down In his heart
really desired the highest success for all
other business men-bo.h those in
their own line as we'll as those in diff
ferent lines?
To make 1t apply with little more
force, has every groceryman II Scot
land Neck felt desire that every dry
goods merchant should prosper we'll :?
Has every dry goods merchant felt a
keen desire that every groceryman
should prosper we'll? Has every mer-
chant-groceryman and dry goods
merchant-felt keen desire that every
broker and jobber here might prosper
well? Has merchant, business man
and every other citizen felt keen de-
sire that the newspaper man might
prosper well? Has every citizen of
the town keenly desired that III Scot
land Neck might be found the most
prosperous bank, the most praiseworthy
hotels and the most efficient profession
men?
In short, have the citizens of Scot
land Neck pushed back their pre]u-
dices, one against the other, and looked
to the one purpose 81 having town
prosperous in large proportions in all
the things that claim the attention
and effort of the people?
Well, then, If the people OF Scotland
Neck have had such purpose for twenty
years, stranger ought to feel conf
dent tha: he could find here fine and
pleasing prosperity In whatever the
people honestly and earnestly exerted
their energies. And if a stranger
comes here and finds lack of such
prosperity he may set it down that the
people have not etriven together man.
fully and heroicalIy Tor each others
success.
Clinching it all with the plainest
logic, we ask now if Scotland Neck hal
hid any very remarkable prosperity te
boast of Tor the past few years? W.
may haye done fairly we'll, but could
we not have done much better?
How do these conditions strike you
Two large knitting mills in the town
but merchants selling more hosier,
made in other mills than that which i,
made in Scotland Neck a shirt factor,
in Scotland Neck but merchants givins
orders to distant mills at higher prices
than they could buy at home; goot
brokers here who handle almost every
thing Scotland Neck merchants need
but the same merchants buying from
other towns and paying just as mucf
as they would haye to pay hom'
broker, and paying the out-of-tow1
man in ten days when they stand of
the home broker thirty days; an hon
est and earnest newspaper in tow,
with job Office prepared to do all or
dinary work, and merchants and other
sending away their orders for printin,
many times without asking the hom
printer a word about whether he cal
do it, or at what price he will do it;
brick mandatory in town which i
constantly shipping brick away t.
other points and freight cars bringin,
brick here from manufactures else