The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-11
THE GETTING TOGETHER SPIRIT

Grand Forks as we'll as other CUES
throughout the northwest are nesih-
ming the present year with Il ue'e'-
mination-a sort of public resoiu'loN
10 go forward. The spirit is COM
~,cndahI and the results can not be
otherwise than gratifying. The Times
has said before that when the bust
ness MOI of Grand Forks got together
i'm "a determination To push me envy
and choke the croak"rs. the CITY went
forward 10y leaps and BOUNDS uh'il
now it is Just entitled to INC name vi
THE city of success
Grand Forks is merely illustrative
of what can h" accomplished wheh
every one does his share. me same
spirit will accomplish the same re-
suits anvNhere. The point is 10 app
ply the rule of Secretary of the
Treasury sherman in the resumption
of specie payment. He said the only
way to resume is to resume. The only
way to get together is I" get toScthcr.
In every city will be found th"
cheap politician who wants to gel
some personal notnricty "ui rl every
thing public. Tho cheapest of TINS
class is the man who opposes enter
nrise in what he calls "thr interests
of the people" lie is ON hand when
eyer any public enterprise that Will
add to the value of city property or
that will bring moro capital or people
to the city is under consideration. lie
claims To stand for the interests of
the people and at such times IL IS
good business policy on the part of
the municipality to employ II detective
to find what the peoples champion ls
TRYING to grab. If a street railway
wants q franchise. he VIII
he the loudest in saving the use OF
the streets for their proper owncrs-
the people--and probably has II con-
tract in his pocket With some rival
to secure the franchise for
1t and get II big rake off in return.
The character we are poftraNinS is
the one obstacle any city will have
when her people unite tn make the
CITY greater. just how I" deal with
him is a question that might we'll re-
ceive the attention of federated conf
mercial clubs, for while he does not
always accomplish his ends, he gives
the city a reputation that will cause
the business HAN SttiNIilS u 'iA
to give it n wide berth. For this rea-
eon he ought t" he suppressed ana
silenced, if necessary. tagged.
We do not mean that by silencing
the knorkcr, matters of municipal
concern should not be we'll consider
ed and Thoroughly digcstcd by the
citizens. Such consideration is of first
Importance, and no enterprise should
he favored that will not add prosper
ity to the city as a whole. If it wilt
employ more people and make more
buyers evidently it should he well
coined. If it will open new Venue
Of business n put money into the
banks. it should he given an equal
welcome. ON the other hand if it is a
business which will by Yer COMPETE
ton destroy one already in existence
and probably itself as Well. it would
be best to pass it by. These things
should be unsclflshly considered and
fairly decided. Blu the man who is
PLAYING politics by posing as the
champion of the people alone or who
seeks to hide a scheme of his own be-
hind his plan should not be allowed
to SWAY tn" opinion of the majority
nor to influence n determination to do
what is best.
Better cities mean greater prosper
ity and hotter values for farm lands
and farm products. These in turn
mean more people and u richer
country. The cities that have set
their hands to the task of pulling to-
gether for bigger and better things
are marking TIL" progress of the
times.