The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-17

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I people grows. and they are unanimous
! ln their clsmor for i.etter streets an1
up 10 date sidewalks The result is
good. and not had.
/ Who started the movement? WHO
originated the agitation for better
streets who pushed the street i'm
prOyement propaganda? One says Col.
I soandso did it. the Colonel being a
highly enterprising and wholly disin-
terested resident on the street the.
has been improved Another says Law
yer ThisThatand-theOther did the
business with his little eloquence.
suH others are convinced IN N si-
souls that the aldermen or the ladies'
did b. The truth about the matter
is that the enterprising man 10 the
background. with material TO sell lnl
with contracts to- hnd. did the busi.
ness with bis little hatchet Not sole
Iy with bis hatchet either. lie utilized
other instruments including the pro
gressiye men and women 90 whom De
is quite willing 90 cave all the crdit
while be proceeds to work no ancths.
movement
Tie result is usually 60 a, Of course,
but where this sort Of thing has been
desperately overdone. usually In cities
In the hands Of ward politicians TO
turn the grindstone. the result 81 a
persistent demand for more bonds,
and finally a hopeless load Of indebt.
edness. maj credit and heavy taxes.
Some on the best Of the reforms now
being pressed upon the public atten
tion are promoted by men who hops
to make their jacks In them. II II be
parks or sites or public buildings nr
other permanent and valuable invest.
ments Of public money. there Is apt
10 be- In the background some prpr,1t
or with real estate Ia be enhanced
by lucky selection or local ~ some
material man or contracto- who is
working up the job; some prospective
superintendent Of buildings or grounds
lying In wait for new place. some
obless ianitor who looks to the future
and promotes the enterprise iu which
ao hopes 10 find his opportunity.
So b. is in other lines OF life The
prospective Admiral stands ont brave.
ly for a greater navy Tho General of
the future deems the pay uf Gen.
oral entirely inadequate. The young
man who expects TO live and die IN
politics is eager TO enlarge the field
and 10 magnify the calling and ben.
oGta thereof ln every possible manner.
OF course there are others. OF
course there are timely movements
that originate with disinterestcd. nm.
/ selfish and highly philanthruplc men
and women: which are promoted with
commondable public spirit and carried
through 10 success because OF an &C.,.
some OF these Il may be impossible
20 find a single individual with an ax
TO grind While this IS true, let no
one be deceived by every eloquent
plea for progress and reform that
he hears or reads In the papers. The
wise ana safe plan Is TO go into the
consideration OF such suggestions.
movements and schemes with fun
knowledge as TO all the facts. That Is
just what II Is designed to bring about
Every Improvement or reform that
Is proposed is not necessarily good be.
cause there Is no unsolhsh interest be.
hind IL. Every proposed reform with a
selfish interest behind II rs not bad
The man with an az 10 grind is not
always a bad man. His scheme may be
timely and worth while. The truth
about the whole matter should he
known, and. the whole truth rcveale t.
the people may be left 10 protec,
themselves from the suspicious non.
progressive and the wild plunger who
would sink and destroy the taxpayer
willingly In order 20 rake In a soft
snap or a fortune for Dallas
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