The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-06-12
Unity Of action Necessary.

effort counts for and aecompliShes
more than was ever before possible.
| Towns and cities are said to grow
| The word is misapplied. They do not
grow they are made. In every sense
/ of the word the upbuilding of town
is as much the direct result of con
scious effort as is The erection of the
individual houses which shelter the
inhabuants. The growth, z therefore,
can be controlled, directed, stimulated
/ or prevented according to the intel.
ligenee and capacity of the Inhabitants
/ for joint action ia common cause.
/ The record of population year by year
is as infalIible a test of the character
of the controlling elements Of mu
aicipality as are the rings ia tree OF
the recurring seasons. A live town
shows the lifs, the efficiency, the ca
pacity to get together and do, OF It's
/ Inhabitants in the very fact that they
/ attract aud hold others in d constantly
increasing number. No one man can
! do it all The crowd is but an IN
/ Disciplined mob, incapable of con-
tinued united action until the breath
/ of real life has been breathed into II
/ by the spirit Of organization. Then
there is hardly any limit to what may
/ be accomplished in the course OF time.
Ii community really desires to
/ leave it's mark on the passing years
orr anized Efforts absolutely essential.
/ The work must be carefully studied
planned in advance as completely and
fully as the most difficult campaign OF
the greatest general. That which, at
the first glance may seem to appear
the greatest desideratum might in fact
after thoughtful inspection turn out to
be bat part of the superstructure, to
begin any of which would be worse
| than idle waste OF energy, until the
GROUND had been thoroughly sounded
aud adequate foundations laid.
These thoughts are commended to
our fellow citizens who now have
before them the questions: What to
do and how to do it?
There can be no room for question
that If our town is to grow" ana
prosper our people must have some
organization that will bear the burden
OF compiling Information and dissem-
! mating it; some organic alton that can
speak for the community and every
section of it, and not only look after
tae interest of those who are here now,
but make it to the interest of other
useful people TO come here and stay.
i We must have an organiz alton ca
pable OF going after and getting what.
ever We want that is good for the town,
whether it be matters municipal, state,
| or federal, or any combination OF
/ them. It is OF the highest Importance
i ia at right start be ma lie, that the bud :
ding life now seeking to break forth in
10 conscious effort be notdissipated b.
division into too many directions.
The sprout that branches too soon
never makes a good tree, because the
sap IS wasted in the effort to grow
several.
j Some OF our citizens advocate the
. org anizatfon of a tLock Association
Instead of a progressive union. It is
we'll to consider carefully whether We
are vet entirely ready for the lock
4 association. There can be no question
but that we need the progressive
union We need some organization to
I unity ard system at;z9 and direct the
Joint energy Of the community for the
common good. A progressive union
can we'll have lock committee which
can begin work on the lock pref sct By
] preparing data, etc, while the other
!, committees are at work on other
things. In this way the interests Of
] the lock would not suffer, but, on the
I contrary, be benefited by being as.
soci ated with other things which would
nave The capacity of moving quicker.
Then when the time came an accumu-
lated energy could be brought to be al
on the lock natter which but for the
ewfder organiza tion could never have
ylsoeen stored ready for the occasion.
The main thing is to select the gen
eral and give him a good staff. Let
them plan the campaign and then lei
FAN follow and support them Loyalty
and whole beartedly, even though IL.
dfyidual opinions may differ as to the
4xpediency of any particular action al
my particular time. The secretary
will be the adjotant. He must give
practically his whole time to matters
E)f detail and execution. His selection
is matter Of Importance, and more,
over he must be paid enough to live
On deeently. He can not be efficient il
he is expected to get his living a
something else. A part of his time,
ais thought and his heart will not be
worth the price, and a man whose
h art is not in the work he lives by is
: not of much use for any purpose.
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