The Delta independent., 1909-10-22

is attained by
working in harmony with the natural
cause.
Long before written history first told
the story of our race, men, then natur-
al men. without the perversions of a
more modern civilization, saw better
things than the picturesque shepherd s
crook, or the glowing campfire. or the
procession of camels across the desert.
and gathered themselves together to
dot the fertile valleys of the East with
great cities. These men were prompted
by one dominating individual
benefit Every man who came of his
own free will. expected to better his
condition Without this one motive no
baen built. and even the few that might
ave arisen through tyranny never could
'hsve prospered. This. then. is the nat
ural cause, the original purpose, the
reason we must follow If we would
make Delta an important city or even
preserve il in its present prosperity.
We are naturally led TO ask: What
one thing will bring the greatest indi-
vidual benefit to the greatest number?
To keep our dollars where the greatest
number Of Delta people will be bene-
fitted by them, most assuredly.
When a dollar is acquired by a resi-
dent of Delta. it should be kept in
Delta. To retain il here should be
guarded as closely as to keep il in the
individuals possession before it is first
spent So long as it remains here. the
people of Delta will be dollar better
ofr-and more. They will be one dollar
richer plus interest and profits added
every day. week, month and year No
act could be farther from the natural.
original basis upon which cities are
built. consequently more destructive of
our welfare and prosperity. than to
send this dollar to city which is not
our support. but our rival, out of our
own circulation and business system
where it cannot benefit the people of
Delta again. We have proof of this in
abundance.
To illustrate: a good story is told of
an event said to have transpired in a
Delta boarding house. At breakfast
Mr.. Arshall began the day well by
handing Mr.. Baird the ringing silver
dollar due him. Sitting at the next
plate was Mr.. Capleton. to whom Mr..
Baird handed the newly acquired coin.
and he in turn passed it on to Mr..
Drove, who remembered that he owed
Mr.. Endt the same amount, and Mr..
Endit encouraged the good work of
debt-paying by placing 1t in the hand
of his landlord. Mr.. Faiver, who just
then recalled the fact that there was
one dollar due Mr. Arshall in change
for the preceding week. Thus it was
found that everybody and his landlord
had been paid and the one identical dol
lar was back in the hands of its orig
inal possessor. Everybody concerned
had been benefited.
So It is in our everyday affairs. To-
day the butcher spends one of Delta S
dollars with the baker; the baker
spends it with the grocer; the grocer
spends 1t with the tailor, and the tailor
takes it back and spends it with the
butcher who started it on its rounds.
Every man concerned is benefited.
If, on the other hand. the butcher
sends this dollar to Denver instead of
spending it with the baker, it never
reaches the grocer or the tailor, and of
course never finds its way back to the
butcher 1t has gone out of circulation
so far as Delta is concerned. Our citi-