The Lexington advertiser., 1910-05-20
The Necessity For a Business League
In Every Town.

viii DIIuS 10 INC ftducIe dtlcultOu
knowledge of the existence Of Busi
ness League in every town of any siz
in the country. Not only this. bu
new Business Leagues are springin
up every day. which il proof that th
! knowledge of the benefits 10 be derives
from such an organization is general
and every town is trying TO get thes
benefits
A little study of the question viii
convince the average man that thesi
leagues actually do great deal o
good A very good way of ascertain
ing this fact is to 60 TO some town Of
city where a Business League has beer
in operation for ss long as year, anC
learn what the people in these places
think of the benefits derived.
The trouble with the average Busi-
ness League is in the first years' work.
This is because great many people
begin their memberships as sceptIcs
and view every undertaking In the
most pessimistic way. These people
really do the league no good and ale
dragged along in the most reluetant
way by the remainder of the member :
ship of the league. other men, ordi--
narily considered good men, will for
one reason or another, refuse to juiu
the league at all They have their own
views on the subject, and can not be
convinced.
Another great tro~ble with the sue.
cessful operation OF Business League
is that very littae can he accomplished
In this day and time without money,
and Business League in small
town, and in its tnfaney has very
little money, but must wait some time
before the funds have accumulated to
the extent of being of sufficsens size
amount tor the accom- plishment OF any
undertaking. This is no small item
in the way of obstacles and as a rule,
the average man, who takes part in
the organization fa Business League
wants to see things happen at once,
when as q matter Of fact il be were to
stop and consider the question, 10
would realize that. it is impossible to
accomplish very much until some
funds have accumulated in the treas
ury.
AS matter of fact these funds ac-
cumulate slowly, necessarily, because
Df the fact that tbs membership is
limited and the average contribution
is small
On the other hand, complaint is SUI Q
TO arise hecause OF the :act that con-
tributions are being paid, and no good
is coming of il, Now where each pan
is aying from fifty cents TO one dollar
per month, he car we'll afford TO risk
his much for year, simply as an ex-
pertinent, because the whole Df the
years subscription is not enough 10
make itself felt, and may be the source
Ot much good TO the town and sur
Ioundlng community
One OF the obstacles that hamper the
progress of any laudable undertaking
Is the self appointed critic. This man
lot only does nothing to help, but ON
tho contrary does all that he can to
hinder. 1t would be a good lesson for
his man TO go TO town where a good
Business League is In operation, and
zee how the hest citizens work in its
interests and there efore on the interest
If the town They let no opportunity
Escape in this connection, and are
always on the alert to put IN telling
stroke for the town.
Where all work In harmony the task
Is easy, but whera the critics sit lack
and scott the work is hard Think for
instance how much good could be &C
il on certain day every
GOOD citizen did Just one little thing
mat ne believed would benefit tho
.own. The good things would soon
pile up and the town would stand ous
And this would hs
very easy to do.
Every man ought to be willing to
to contribute his mite toward the up |
bailding of the town, and for moIe
reasons than one. In the first place
be ought to be loyal enough to want
to do this, and patriotic enough. to 60
about it with some vim and energy.
[n the second place, it behooves him
TO do so from selfish motives ii from
no otl or, since by building up the
town, ne inc1e eases property valuess,
which of course makes his property
worth all the more This applies to
nearly any kind of improvement, and
is especially demonstrated in the i'm
provement of public roads. The Gov
ernment Year Book gives information
bearing on this subject, setting forth
the actual facts, anu showing where IN
different places, after the improve
nent of roads, property alongside in
creased in value from one hundred to !
two hundred per cent. So that this |
alone ought to bo incentive enough to
make US move up and try to get IN the |
front ranks.
A Business League cannot accom-
plish something every time it meets
To expect this would be unreasonable.
On the other hand, 1t is we'll if it ac.
complishes three or four things in the
course of the year that ale of import
ance. The little things are what
count in the long run, and they are
what go to make up good town
it is unreasonable to think that a |
Business League could bring about the
installation OF water works and sew
erage system in just few weeks OF to
accomplish anything else of such mag
ritude in such short time. This
question involves thousands of dollars,
and must necessarily be gone aoout
slowly. But while it is being gone
about, other smaller matters could lie
undertaken, and accomplished, and !
the general conditions improved con
siderably.
just now the Business League 10 en-
deavoring to secure stretch of model
highway. It is hoped that the town |
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