The Jasper news., 1907-03-21

frame two blocks away smother SON
Of the soil, Just back from college, VIII
begin the practice OF medicine
There iss The high school to- which
you send your children, and there
after awhile yonr daughter will teach.
And some day when you nnd the
farm work too heavy for your age. and
want to get near the children, you Will
build on that grassy corner lot two
doors from the Methodist church and
move to town. sss:ss 4 lss.ss Z,
Yes, the town is q mighty good
thing to have, q pleasant thing; and
the more you put into 1t the more you
get out of It, For It grows according
to the trade It gets and the more It
grows the inoreit can buy and the
higher will go your land.
Tho Moral Obligation.
4 But the last ana strongest reason
/ why it is right that THE country peo-
| pie spend their money at home Is the
moral obligation. .ss B.
The town Is yours, yours to ruin or
prosper. The same sense Of obliga-
tion should prompt you to support It.
as prompted our old Teutonic ances.
tors in the forests OF Germany to
stand elbow to elbow in protection OF
their village. The same spirit Of loyal
/ ty should inspire you as fired the
Highland Scot to spend his blood for
the welfare OF his clan, {.
The country town with all its faults
Is the best governed. most eniight.
ened, most moral, and happiest spot
in American civilization. 1t IL a good
safe place. Not too swift, nor yet too
slow. In touch with the current OF
progress, but not racing with greed.
The place from which come nearly all
the great business men,, lawyers,
| scholars. preachers, physicians. The
| place where men are neighborly and
helpful.
| This town, my farmer friend, is
yours. But the. city belongs to the
mail order houses and the devil. With
its corrupt government, its overflow
of population, and It's vice, the great
city Is the menace OF our morals and
our liberties
The city like the dragon swallows
the vast throngs Of country boys and
girls that flock into 1t, and by and by
when health, and virtue and hope are
gone, spews them out to die In want,
or wander as derelicts over the face
of the earth.
And don't you see, my friend. that
when you take the money from the
country town. you destroy the chance
of success there and the boys and
girls will follow where you have sent
the money? e4
This town OF yours was founded on
j faith, on the faith in the customs oi
, men for hundreds OF years to trade al
, the nearest town. These merchants
, and carpenters, masons and editors
are your neighbors. They have grown
up amongst you or amongst others
like you.
They have put their all In q little
business, money, time and hope
/ Around the corner there is little cot
: tage. and the wife and the baby-ii
: may be your grandbaby-wait; and
, there is smile of happiness wher
J business is good" but the troubled
look comes when business is poor.
They are struggling to live. and pay
for the little home, and by and by ed
ucate the children. They are youl
! neighbors and friends, not your enc
. mics. They work hard-you scarcely
4 realize how hard--and are not living
high. They have pinned their faitt
L to the town--your town.
i Their success or failure Is In you
y hands. For your trade they will give
Q you good returns, and all will prospe
: together. II you withdraw your trade
8 failure must follow. Some poor strus
y gler must go down facing bankruptcy
!. The light must 60 out OF some won
! ans eye, and hardship be laid up 70
Q the child.
& Even II you could rave a little b!
), sending your patronage to the city. d,
n you not think 1t the fair thing. the jus
thing, the right thing. to trade at tn,
J. little home town with those you know
Q those whose prosperity and happiness
h are in your hands?
o For 1t is written, THOU shalt low
y thy neighbor as thyself."
q NTYJJAM II II ANff3v-l