Arizona republican., 1905-10-12
A GOOD LAY SERMON
Co nviCtiOn Driven KC me by a Voice
 From the Congregation.

E. A. Marshall of Anniston, Ala, re- turned yesterday from a two days trip to Buckeye, in company with J. Ernest Walker, the expedition being merely an excursion for the benefit of MT. Marshall who is looking over the coun- try and desired to familiarize him self with conditions in that end of the county. MT. Marshall expects to be a resident of Phoenix for one year from the first day of October and has rent ed and moved into the H. NJ. We-rick residence. Whether he will remain longer than that, VIII depend upon what he finds out during this first year, for he comes with an eye to business yet to be developed. He represents a mortgage investment company com posed of eastern capitalists. He has in mind the investment of large amount of capital by his people, if conditions warrant it and he is here for no other purpose than to acquaint himself with conditions. Just what those investments will be he does not care to say at this time.
 MT. Marshall does say though that he is very favOrably impressed with the valley. The fertility of the soil has been fully demonstrated and he has absolute confidence in the settlement of the question of water supply by the governments storage enterprise. The possibilities for home making and for the development industrially, both of valley lands and surrounding mining sections are incOmparable. Speaking of the Buckeye section ne said he saw many fine ranches, many attractive fields of alfalfa and many nice looking cattle. There is no flaw in the valleys argument of natural resources for the assurance Of prosperity.
 But he said there is one drawback to investment here that he desired to speak about very emphatically and it's effect is very harmful. If persisted in it will deter him from investment as well as many others who are looking this way to find work for their accumu- lated dollars. That drawback is no fault of the country itself but of the people, and is the fncessant, everlast- ing knocking" that is going on among those who ought instead, to be heartily cooperating He says he doesn't be- lieve the resident people appreciate the situation near'y so well as a stranger does, first because they are used to the old song of the knocker and understand now local preiudic.s are lined up, and secondly because the knOcker more frequently relieves himself in the ears of the stranger, hoping thereby to ac- complish something in line with his purpose. He says further that he be- lieves a great many people uncOn- sciously keep their hammers at work more from habit than anything else. The misfo-tunes of the past most of which have been eliminated from the picture as 1t presents itself today. have beSotten prejudices that the individual persists in repeating without realizing that he is not only hurting his neighbor directly. but was very materially. though indirectly blasting his own fu- ture.
 MT. Marshall said that he could make allowance for a reasonable amount of knocking but in a country where so much depends upon cooperation it was disastrous to listen daily to the same old song. He said that during the brief time he has spent here, there is scarce Iy a prominent man in Phoenix of whom Ee has not been told repeatedly, GiscreditabIe stories, either of his per sOnality or his business methods. When he walks around the town and notes the many improvements of the city. it's cOnveniences and commercial advant- ages, he finds that these bad men, he has heard SO much about are respons- ible for every one of them. Then there is another class of people wno are do- ing fairly we'll at least making a good living out of the country and raising their families. But they have knocked so much they begin to believe the things they say themselves and have a general disguston. They call attention to pleasures one can nave in Califor- mia or in some other place and say confidentially that when they raise their families and get a little money ahead they propose to leave for some place that lures them on by the en- chantment of distance. Phoenix is good enough to make living out of and they know a living is assured them here but because they cannot be the most successful man in town they are constantly knocking those who ara more prosperous. A man has a right to live wherever he wants to but men of that sort should keep their plans to themselves as long as they are getting their bread and butter out of the com munity and when they feel that they just have to knock, it is time to move
 And there is another class of but tinskys, who are never ready to wait for their turn. If a neishbor gets an enterprise started instead of helping him along with a good word. they lust for the money the inventor is about to separate himself from and knock the scheme in the hope that they can di- vert the golden flow to channel that runs by their preserves. The result is al most invariably a failure for the in- Vestor is about the waTiest game that was ever shared and when he sniffs a displeasing odor in the air ne is off like a deer and lost to all who are in