The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-15
COMMUNITY or INTERESTS.


Knockers, that in this fine little city
Of ours we have a great diversity Of
interests. Each han his own business
to attend to and it keeps him busy as
ali sixty hustling for Mr.. Number One.
You know that well enough and there
fore it isn't necessary for US to en-
deayor to implant the idea more firm
" IN your thinK-box.
What we really started to talk about
when the type-setter yelled for more
copy and it dawned upon us that
BUR dear readers needed some meaty
Sunday reading, was the great theme
Of community interest rather than the
field wherein we clash and bruise each
others heads, If we can, in our mad
but necessary rush for the Almighty
Dollar. There is mighty little danger
that any of us win throw off in this
race-tale it from us or from the man
on the street, just as you please-but
there is grave danger that in playing
our little games and smooth schemes
to put few dollars into our own pock-
cts we shall forget something that is
bigger, meaning probably more doll
lars for US in the long rur-
It is fact that mo man liveth to
himseif'' he may think he does but
he doesn't. You may think you can
run your own affairs without any help
from anybody else but you don't and
can't. Perhaps yoa are merchant
you very well know that your success
depends entirely upon the number of
persons you can interest in your bus
mess to the extent that they will pat
ronize you and further upon the
amount that those persons are able to
spend. Moreover in figuring on the
latter equation you must estimate all
the factors at work contributing to the
conditions that make every individual
prosperous. Perhaps you are a profes-
sional man or possibly politician
the very same rule obtains. Perhaps
your income is derived from your real
ty Investments your property values
and your rentals are dependent entire
" upon the general prosperity of the
community.
All Of this mess Of words merely
means that there is a community Of
interests that is more important, bear
welfare, than any private interests and
welfare directly on our individual well
fare. than any private interests and
woe be to the community that over
looks this fact.
Grief is certainly coming to town
when any man or set of men with par
tlcular interests to serve think they
can get away with the whole thing
and set about attempting It. The rule
Of each for himself and the devil take
the hindmost,7 will never build city.
Live and let live is the only sound
principle to follow.
The principle of community Of IN
terests means absolute loyalty to our
home town and tc our neighbors.
Home manufactures are best develop
ed by home patronage. The merchant
who does not patronize home factories
has no "holIer" coming at the home
manufacturing man who sends away
for his goods The factory man who
doesn't help support the home merch-
ants shouldn't kick if the merchants
don't tradewith him. Both viii prosper
more If they deal with one another.
When they work at cross purposes
they are in a fair way to kill the town.
These are but illustrations and you
can follow the thing to its logical con-
clusions in any line Of activity in the
community which you choose.
The best booster" is the man who
is most keenly alive to this community
Of interests-call it the common
8o0d II you want 70 Inc worst
''knockerr is the man who Is totally
insensible 70 it and there are all gra
dauons between these two extreme
ends Of the scale.
The community that does really
large things is the one IN which al
classes Of citizens, with ali their di
versity Of private interests. are plug
slng away together, each having r.
gard at all times for the interests q
hls neiehbor and for the general wei
fare. On this foundation stone rest
The entire superstructure Of tow
building Wide Is she gate and broal
lhe way that leads to dissension, stag
Nation and destruction and many therl