The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-04-15
TOCATCHHOME TRADE
Team Work on Part Of Local
Merchants Necessary.
STRIKE OUT CATALOGUE MEN
Tradesnnen. Instead Of Fighting Each
Other, Might Cooperate In a Cam.
paign Against the Mail Order People
and Profit Thereby.

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paign Against the Mail Order Peopl
and Profit Thereby.
Team work-did you ever hear o
that? II Is team work that wins Ii
sports and III business 1t Is team worl
that takes the pennant. knocks til,
persimmon. bags the game.
The baseball teams of the big leagues
have gone south to practice team
work. BY the time the ball season
opens every team will have becom,
unit OF efficiency. Every man OF
the team will have studied thoroughly
aud conscientiously every other man
All will have come to a mutual under
standing. The catchers will know the
kinks and curves of the pitchers. the
shortstOp will know how to cooper
ate with the basemen. and the base
men and the outtielders will be In
complete articulation for skillful plays
1t is just the same in football Every
man on The eleven must be thoroughly
drilled in team work before going on
to the gridron for a big game II any
man is found deficient in his ability
to cooperate with the rest Of the team
he goes off the eleven In a jiffy. So
it is with the members of the varsity
Fights who row for college honors. If
No. 4 can't hit it off with the stroke
oar. out of the boat be goes. A long
pull, IA strong pull and pull all to-
gether-and it's the pull altogether
that shows proficiency in team work.
Co-operation-team work-ought to
be the watchw word in any line Of hui
man endeavor where it Is DESTROYS that
community results be achieved. No
man lives for himself alone, we are
told. If he tries it he Is not likely to
live to old age or to be very happy
while he does live.
All this little preliminary preachment
l wish to apply to the problem Of town
improvement Every citizen 10 the
town should be a member Of the team
and should study assiduously to de
velop team work to its highest eff
cheney In too many towns there Is no
organization whatever. and even where
there is organization Of some sort there
is too often lack of harmony between
individuals
The merchants of every town ought
to get together and do some team work
against the greatest menace to their
prosperity mail order trust The
mail order people are fully organized.
They have their employees trained to
do fine team work In advertising and
exploiting goods. The home merchants,
instead of lighting each other, might
pull together In a campaign against
the mail order people and profit there
by.
This is a world In which system
rules. The stars In the heavens do
splendid team work. Each keeps to
Its appointed orbit, so that II will not
interfere with the progress Of any 9th.
er star or of the system; otherwise
there would be collisions and chaos.
The difference between civilization and
anarchy is mere matter of system
team work. cooperation. organization.
The wisdom of the ages has developed
certain laws. We must obey the laws
If we belong to the team. If We don't
we'll belong TO the lock step process
sion or the chain gang.
System runs through the whole ga
nut of human institutions. No man
or firm can build up a successful bust
ness without insisting upon team work
on the part of the employees. And no
town can make any definite progress
under average conditions unless the in.
diviGuals comprising its citizenship are
willing to sink their individuality to
certain extent and work with the
team-trot right along in harness.
| know towns which are delight TO
the eye--wel kept streets. well built
houses, up to date public buildings,
tidy stores. aud all that They possess
All al VI Stutia a. p'oSpN'ity anu P''N~
find thar III most of such towns there
is a considerable amount of prelimi
nary team practice on the part Of the
citizens before anything definite is
achieved In the town improvement
line. On the other hand. | know towns
lust as advautageously located and as
promisingly environed which give an
outsider the Impression of shoe run
down at the heel or last years birds
nest.
Upon investigation discover that In
the towns of this latter class there Is
no community organization whatever.
except IN some instances where there
exists a dormant commercial club" or
something Of the sort, whose members
have put it to sleep by pickering
among themselves. In other words,
they never learned team work. AS a
consequence the town creeps along In
the same old dusty ruts.
Those American cities which in the
past quarter of a century have made
the most surprising development are
the ones IN which cooperation has
been uppermost Their citizens have
pulled togpi her
ANY perS,n who does not take pride
I'm the pla - where he lives should