St. Tammany farmer., 1907-08-03
nsvELoplNe THE COUNTRY.
p,o.,sss of Agricultural Districts and
cites and Towns Go Hand = Hana'


The building up process of 4 eoun.
trv commences with the culllsAslon
- +be soil generally First tne PIG
,,aars - +ba settlers on the land, Deslh
the building of homes, ana clossy go. =
the wake Of the agricuiturlses Aoa'0"
the towns. ..4,rr.
Town building is an interesl.hs
.+,,dv It il the highest develop,
, ment Of communism. As far Dack
a. else1,s We .can reach IN the history OF tne
world we find the spirit OF community
of interests. When Columbus go, aas
ed America he found the indians ussa
their villages. Even among Ine noss
barbarous races tho communal sp.lls
i found In our state of ciylllzatloh
cities and towns represent most PEI
feet communal development.
Where there are people engaged -
any industry, it is necessary tn1s
there be tradesmen to supply neces'
sary wants. These tradesmen geh'
erally seek the most convenient ioca'
tion in the settlement and form the
nucleus Of the town and city. VIII
the selling up Of the contiguous ter.
rit3fy. new. Industries are brought INTO
existence and gradually there
growth of the hamlet to the propoE-
lions of a village. The village soon
becomes a small city, and its tmpoF-
tance is gauged entirely by the trads
| that it can command to give employ
ment to the people residing within u.
| Geographical location is always an
important factor in town and city
building. The average agricultural
town has a limited territory for 1ts
support. From this territory must
come the trade to maintain it. The
large cities are small towns grow
up" While the small town may re-
ceive it's support from the immediate
territory surrounding it, the city y
maintained by the trade given 1t Dy
multitude of small towns, and By Ger
/ tain conditions that perhaps may
make it a place where manufacturing
and iobbing may be carried on advan-
| tageously. While the geographical
i position is important to the small
town, it is more important to the
large city, as there are numerous con-
ditions to be met, and such things
as transportation facilities and freight
rates are highly important
It may be said that the majority OF
American cities and towns are de-
pendent to great extent upon the
agricultural sections of the country.
The farms supply the major portion
of the articles of commerce and maIl-
ufacture, and as well the trade that
supports the towns and cities.
The community should take pride
in the progress or town which it
has been instrumental in building UP
The town is all important to the resi-
dents OF rural districts as it affords
educational and social advantages
that would otherwise not exist II
many localities there is an erroneous
impression that the interests of the
residents of towns are different from
the interests of the people of the con
tiguous territory A little thought
will show how the interests of both
classes, the residents of the country
and the citizens Of the town, are
equal; how the town depends upon
the country for its support, and the
country looks to the town as mar
ket place and as convenience in gen
eral Thus we have plainly illus
trated how much to the interest 81
| all residents of rural districts thai
| the home town be progressive place
and that all its interests be protected