The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-03-05
NATURAL LAWS EVIDENCED IN
COMMUNAL. RELATIONSHIP. e
PRACTICES THAT DESTROY
Necessity for Harmonious co-opera.
tion II the Highest Interests ofthe
People OF Community Be
Best Subserved.

Cities and towns are tho natural
outgrowth of the Unborn desire In man
to fraternize in protective as well
as in social way. Primitive man H.
lustrated high type of individualiBm.
Examples Of his methods can be
found in the barbarous, wandering
tribes In some sections Of the world
to-day. AS far as possible, he existed
Independent Of his fellow creatures
Like the wild animal, he tracked down
his prey and subsisted the best he
could. A natural law binds together
creatures OF certain types. AS intel
ligence in man developed, sense Of
neutrality-suspicious. directed that tribal
methods of living in community be
put in force. This was necessary for
self-pfotection and for defense against
attacks of common enemies.
AS far back as evidence can be
found relative to mans existence,
there existed resident places CORE
| spending to our present "home towns"
With the advancement of civilization,
methods of living became revolution
| ized. One resident of community
| found that his interests we're best sub
served by dependence upon other
members and by close cooperation with
them. In modern life, there are many
| complex conditions which make neces-
sary the recognition of obligations of
one person to another. The small city
or town of to-day affords an illustra.
tion of the highest type Of communal
relationship. Here is found ideals as
to cooperation and full recognition
Of the necessity of harmonious labor
not for self alone, but for others of the
community 1t is by this co-opera-
tion that the highest type of society
is built up. 1t Is by this harmonious
action that churches are builded,
schools maintained, public libraries
for the enlightenment of the people
supported, roads kept in condition and
all conveniences for mutual inter
change in the social and commercial
life recognized as necessary.
A town cannot in itself exist. II
| must draw the subsistence for its peo-
pie from the surrounding country.
The basis of the city or town Is agri-
culture. The growing of food stuffs
must be in order that people shall live.
An agricultural town of thousand
population cannot exist by itself alone
but must draw its support from the
contiguous territory. Those residing
upon the farms find the town an es
sential to their welfare and enjoyment
Thus community must be consid
cred an entire and indivisible social or
ganization, In which each member
participates in whatever prosperity
and general advancement exists with
In it. Thus we find that all compris
ing the community have equal inter
est in increasing its prosperity, it!
wealth and all its moral, social, edu
cational and commercial advantages
This participation is not exclusive t
those residing within the limits of tn,
town, but must be enjoyed by the resi-
dents and the workers on the ada
i cent farms, and all who labor within
the radius Of which the town is th
, center. Perforce of this, the town be
comes the apex of the social activity
as we'll as that of business nature
And the social and the commercial ar
80 entertwined that one is necessar
for the other.
A spirit of mutual cooperation
should permeate all of community
: Each and every one comprising tn
= communal organization of distric
has equal interest with the others
There can be no affair important t
O the townspeople but which is also in