Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-07-19
DEVELOPING THE COUNTRY.
Progress Of Agricultural Districts and
Cities and Towns Go Hand In Hand.

The building up process OF coun.
try commences with tho cultivation
OF the soil generally. FIRST the pio-
nssrs. the settlers on the land. begin
the building OF homes. and closely In
tho wake Of the agricnituriSts follow
the towns.
Town building Is an interesting
study. II is the highest develop
mcnt Of communism. An far back
as we can reach In tho history Of tho
world We md tho spirit of community
Of interests. when Columbus reach.
I'd America he found tho Indians had
their villages. Even among the most
barbaroux races the communal spirit
In found. In our state OF civilization
cities and towns represent most par
feet communal development
Where thcr. arc people engaged II
any industry. Il II necessary that
there be tradcsmcn to supply ncc~s.
sary wants. These trad~smcn gen.
orally seek the most convenient loca.
ton In the settlement and form tho
nucleus Of tho town and city. With
tho settling up OF the contiguous ter.
Ei,ory. new Industries are brought Into
existence and gradually there Ia .
growth Of III. haml-, to the proper
tons Of a village. tn. village soon
becomes small city. and its impor.
tshee Is saas-d entirely by the trade
,sa; IL can command TO Eir~ employ
n.sn, To N. people T-sidins within H.
Geographical location IL always an
important factor in ,o-n and city
bniidink. Tho ascTaE. agricultural
town has = limited territory for It's
support. From this territory mast
come the trade To main,ain u. Tho
large cities arc small towns grown
up While tho small ,oen may re-
ccis- its support from the immcdia'.
territory surrounding u. III. city IL
maintained by the trade sisca !, b. =
multitude os small towns. and By e-s'
tain conditions that perhaps may
make II . place where manufacturing
and iobbins may BE- carried on asran'
tas-ousiy. While the geographical
position IL important q. IN" small
,sun. !, IL mosr important; TO tho
iarE- city. ss there arc numerous con
aisions 70 10 met. and such things
as transportation facilities and fFslsh,
rates arc highly important.
Q, may b~ said that the majority os
American cities and towns AFRO dc.
I.~adea, to q EEea, cs'snt upon the
agricultural sections Of the coaniry.
The farms supply The major portion
of the articles Of commerce aad man
ufacturc. and as veil the trade tina,
supports the towns and cities
The comnaai,y should take pride
In the progress Of the to-n which "
has b--n Instrumental in building ur.
Tho ioun is all important TO the resi-
drnts Of rural districts ss u affords
educational and social advantages
,ha. would otherwise not exist In
msny localities shpfp is an erroneous
Impression mat the Interests Of tho
residents Of towns arc iifcruns srbm
the interests os the people Of the con.
iiguous territory A little thought
viii show how the interests Of both
classes. the residents Of the country
and the citizens of the town. arc
equal. how the town depends uron
the country for its support. and the
country looks 10 the town as . mar.
ket place and as convenience In gen.
erai. Thus Ne have plainly Illus
ifated hos much 10 the interest Of
all residents Of rural districts that
the home town be progressive place
and that all It's interests be protected
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