Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-02
HOW BUILD OR NOT BUILD UP
TOWN.

When Cain had killed on one'iourth
OF the people on the esrth-leaving
only ;hree-then went into the land Of
Nod and builded = city, il 10 evident
that he did not sit sronnd like lump
on log, and growl about the Nod
real estate and people. He was not
himself, perhaps, the most exemplary
OF men, and IL he had some reason 10
en- gate from the land OF his birth,
he did no, mope and whine, bu, got
hold OF a piece OF ground and went 70
w1r. 20 de- something. The man who
could rulId np city under such aus
yices !. the kind OF material needed
IN every own and we will rot inquire
too minutely into his antecedents, ~
thai he takes hold ike man and te
good az last
Bot what ia more, Cain did not sd.
wise hls ION To "eo West and get out
OF the old dead town" He named the
city after him, believed in it, workei
FOR il. brought his goods there and
kept his money At home. Does any.
body suppose that when strangers
came 10 Enoch (name ot the city,,
with any notion OF going into busi-
ness there, Cain told them il was
dead old town." that it was estsb-
lished by \ murderer, that the water
WAS bad its merchants ali sharks,
and its mechanics boiches-thst the
town vas not healthy aud would
never amount 10 anything nohow?"
Does any body suppose that when he
wanted 10 invest few dollars in dry
goods he hustled of TO the city, or
thai he only went to the merchants OF
"Enoch" when he wanted favor
wanted "a little time?"
Do you think he ever went away
from home TO &c. lumber that could
he had st better rates in "Enoch" than
elsewhere. or 10 Cincinnati for cheap
buggies when the home msnufac-
turer" could meet every demand with
more sty Itch and substantial rigs?
Do you suppose he went moDiug
around about taxes being too high in
Enoch and no one there knowing any.
thing about business? No, sir. He
evidently wasn't built that way. II
taxes were high, he got up and hus-
tied 20 increase the value OF property,
so that there would be greater values
TO tax. He built houses and encour-
aged Others to do so. II city lots got
too low he bought up q dozen or two,
scattered here and there, for the
double purpose Of personal profit and
strengthening values. On these he
PCT up plenty OF houses st reasonable
figures, good ones, too, so that when
anyone came TO Enoch he did not
have 10 move into an old tumble-down
shanty or move on. He improved and
beautified every lot, kept the weeds
down and set out trees on the lots and
in front OF them, even where he did
not build, thus adding TO the value OF
each lot and adjoining property as
we'll. He found that 1t did not take
80 much money to run comely. we'll
kept town as IL did dilapidated,
Sod ..orsaken one, and there were four
times the values on which TO raise the
required money. That's the way he
lowered taxation, not by sitting on a
stump and bowling about it. II n
man wanted to ron factory, or some
other enterprise, he was not afraid the
fellow wanted TO make some money,
but told him to 'sail in and III help
you al can. A business that does
rot make money is no good We want
every legitimate business IN EuOch 20
make money, and piles OF IT,"