The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-22
KEEP OFF THE GRASS.

takes some exceptions to the pros
pectus of the Pennington Business
Mems Club setting forth the ad-
vantages and desirabiity of Farm
lngton AS a residence town. and its
invitation TO such residents of the
Lead Belt district as might find it
convenient and desirable TO make
their family home here. 1t goes
on to rcclte the advantages of the
public school aud church privileges
the abundance of boarding houses,
etc, of the Lead Belt, all of which
is good, and the people of the Lead
Belt do not rejoice any more in the
material, educational, religions and
business prosperity of that section
than do the people of Pennington.
Whatever prejudice may exist
among narrow few of the Lead
Belt against the county seat is not
rcciprocated by the people of Farm
ington; they are neither envious
nor cOvetOus of the rich natural
resources that make the Lead Belt
what it is, for they are broad and
liberal enough to appreciate the
fact that what benefits one portion
of the county is shared alike or in
n measure by the balance of the
county.
The Labor Herald thinks that it
Is the bounden duty of the people
who are engaged in any business
or employment in the Lead Belt to
make their family residence there
aud there spend all the money
earned there. II would erect
sort of financial stOckade around
the Lead Belt and allow no one
who once enters TO have free egreSS
or spend his money how and where
he pleases. If such an arrange.
ment could be inaugerated it would
be an anomaly and its popularity.
extremely doubtful. But all who
would depart from such au ar
are classed as para
sites by the Labor Herald. I'll
says there is no room for para
sites in the Lead Belt" and the
money earned here must be spent
here. "
DO the officers and stockholders
Of the several corporations opera
ting in the Lead Belt take up their
residences there and spend all they
arm or is earned for them there? |
Are they parasites II they /
nay live in New York and else
why may not some of those
n the employ of the corporations, |
put whose immediate attention |
must be given to the local details /
If the industry, provide their fam
lies with homes with more con-
;enial surroundings convenient to
heir business if it suits their
means aud pleasure? Would that
transform them into 'parasitesl"
4 change of scenery from the toll
md drudgery of the days labor is
beneficial aud greatly enjoyed by
many people,
The Labor Herald takes too mar
'ow and provincial a view of this
subject. No man lives unto him.
slf, and no town can successfully
i've unto itself. \ community of
interests, social and material, per.
iades the whole world. 1t reaches
rom individual to neighbor, from
own to county, county to State,
State to nation, and nation to the
lttermOst parts Of the earth.
There is no room for prejudice or
local selfshness between Farming
.on and the Lead Belt or any other
portion Of the county. aud an ar
like that suggested by
the Business Meu's Club of this
place would serve to dispel any
that may exist. AS a rule people
only need to know eachother better
and rub up against eachUtber
more to think better of eachother.
We don't know but what Con-