Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-07

III In al osrr and the sound ~ the
shouting h. beginning 10 die awsy.
Las regans have fought . hard flght
politically during the past fsw weeks
and may van "A dry 4oT two In which
10 draw q few restfai hreaihs. But
II they can show an inelinatlon %
gea together and work for the city,
interests with the same vim and
wnrTe that they have worked for the
election Of their candidates. this
community viii soon be much better
off.
There In tho much NJ indifference
tn what affects tho Whole of the city:
there In. In some instances. actual
dlsIoyalty. The first and most I'm.
portant lesson for the people Of any
city 10 learn ~ absolute and un-
swerying loyalty IN home interests,
loyalty 10 home merchants. loyalty
TO home industries. loyalty to home
institutions and home newspapers.
II In unfortunate that Las Vegas
has a number OF people who would
rather buy u paper N needles In Chi.
cago II by that means a fraction Of
q cent can be saved. And this spirit
means TINT thousands of dollars 10
abroad that would do n vast deal of
good VI they could be kept nj home.
The man who gets his papers Of
needles may directly ave his mig.
gardly sum. though the chances are
that he will lose. And indirectly he
suffers the loss of many times as
much through the action Of others
who send their money away from
home. There In no greater source Of
loss to any city than this habit of
sending away from home to build mp
outside merchants. And some day
this or that enterprislng store closes
and the people got blue and say the
town In going 10 the dogs. Who are
to bIame7
And the business man has often
sins OF this kind to answer for. The
las Vegas grocer has been known
10 buy his clothes In Chicago. yet no
In enraged beyond description nj the
idea OF any citizen ordering from an
Omaha grocery house. The las We.
gas clothing man has bann known 10
buy his envelopes lin Denver. yet
he also would be enraged n a home
newspaper should accept the adver.
Using Of a Denver mali order house.
Well. the newspaper doesn't do Il.
We are sometimes tempted to be-
iiave that the newspapers are the
only absolutely loyal institutions
some towns possess. There isn't. for
instance. a single daily paper In New
Mexico that doesn't every year re-
fuse Hundreds of dollars of valuable
foreign advertising, because Il viii
not offer inducements TO the people
to form the bad habit Of sending
their money where 1t cannot help the
community. The newspapers could
fili their columns. II they would, with
mail. order advertising. but they re-
fuse II because they are unselfishly
laboring for the interests Of the city.
Las Vegas business mer and ciri-
gans ought to get together on this
proposition OF loyalty to home inter
ests. IL Is more than time that the
citizens of both city and town unit
ed on common ground TO support Las
Vegas. The Knocking" habit. Ia also
getting entirely prevalent again. II
fs more than painful to loyal Las We
gans to hear citizens standing on
street corners and In public places
and knocking" the public schools,
the merchants. the newspapers, the
progressive citizens. the efforts that
are being made to sell lands, to de.
retop the waste places. knocking
everybody aud everything with no
better motive than pure. unadnlter'
ated meanness. !" &ES 81.
Las Vegas wants soma Important
projects carried on this year. The
carrying out of such projects will
bring I'm new people and cause every
business and industry TO flourish.
But the thing OF the first Importance
Ii to cultivate the proper spirit OF
home loyalty. to patronize home In.
situations, TO refrain from knocking
anything that pertains to Las Vegas.
Doubtless, every citizen can point
to half q dozen Of his neighbors who
are confirmed knockers" But 1t
win be well. even II there should be
a. beam In his neighbours eye, for each
citizen to see If there isn't at least 4
mote In his own eye. Do you knock"
anything that goes to make up bust.
ness. home or educational life OF
Las Vegas? III you do. make up your
mind that you only disgust your aud
itors and do the city harm instead Of
good.
Las Vegas 10 working against odds
Id develop a substantial commercial
and educational life, TO make this a
So % 49, - 4