The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-08
HELP YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.

HELP YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
During the past week or 80 the peo-
pie of the United States have been
given striking object lesson as to
the desirability Of building up their
own communities. There are many
reasons apparent as to why each COM
munity and each region should strive
to build up substantially its own local
commercial centers.
The building up of a substantial and
prosperous city in the heart of any
region must work as a real heart
pulsating actual life blood through the
whole territory regardless of condi-
tions in other centers. Here in the
great agricultural west it is self evil
dent that it is for the best interest of
every community that it should be as
strong in commercial and financial
way, Independent of distant centers,
as is possible.
Northern Nebraska and southern
South Dakota may become, if it will,
the world. Here in this rich region
the most fertile in all the world-there
is no lack of crops that are produced
from the ground. There are crops
grown here with which to feed not
only the people of this locality, but
with which also to supply other por-
tons Of the country and the world.
There are herds OF cattle and hogs
and sheep raised on the plains Of this
territory, with which to supply the
worlds meat demand.
In return for these crops of the
earth and these herds of beef and pork
and mutton, the new northwest is i'm
porting many articles that are manu-
featured in the east. With the cash
into which crops and live stock are
converted, this territory is sending to
eastern centers for many manufac-
tured articles and in this way Is con-
at the expense Of this locality. Many
articles thus imported, and upon which
the east realizes profit, might be
manufactured right here in this terri
tory. Many articles already are manu-.
featured right here in this territory.
Norfolk, by virtue of its railroads
and its geographical location, has al
ready become and is destined to be-
come more and more the commercial
and manufacturing center of this rich
region of northern Nebraska and
southern South Dakota. Today many
commodities are produced in Norfolk
which would fill the demands of this
northwest And recent days have
served to impress upon the people of
this territory the logic and the wisdom
of saving to this locality everything
that possibly can be saved, because it
is now realized that the more prosper
Gus this region is, the more indepen-
dent it will become of all distant con-
ditions.
Northern Nebraska and southern
South Dakota are the garden spots of
the world today. Here this season the
crops outstrip those of any other 10.
cality on the globe. With this assured
crop each season from these fertile
acres, and with thousands and thou
sands of cattle and hogs and sheep
grown each year on these plains, there
is no reason in the world why, If the
people of this territory would but set
determinedly toward that end, abso-
lutte independence could not be
reached.
Northern Nebraska and southern
South Dakota, with their unfailing re.
sources in crops and live stock, could
be world Of itself, producing all that
1t needed to eat and to wear and to |
enjoy Here, If the people of this ter
ritory would resolve to concentrate |
their support upon them, industries
could be established to supply the en-
tire demand of this territory. And |
in those industries there would be en-
ployment for the people of this region
as well as for their sons and daugh- |
ters; there would be industrial life
and prosperity which would go on and |
on, based upon the constructive prin-
ciple of not allowing this locality to
be Slapped of its strength by sending |