The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-11-07

Clo.cr Relationship Between City
and County

BY + n Wuisn President Trenton,
No Commercial Club.
lNniienai ciop improvement service
There must be a closer relationship
bet.seen the citizen in town and the
citizen ~ the country. believe tina,
in our county we have solved this
problem the solution oi which will
be great benefit 10 all small cities
and towns and rural districts ! refer
20 what IS known as the Trenton
Idea"
The Trenton Idea" proclaims. in
practical terms. the reaching out for
wider fields hitherto untouched; re-
suits in a closer cooperation OF the
agricultural and commercial communi.
tics, and promotes permanent union
with the interests OF all the people
in the trade territory commercially,
agrioulturally. civilly and socially. II
obliterates the established legal but
imaginary line that surrounds the
town aud country. lie extends the
zone OF activity from the central
point OF real town to the circum'
ference at large. IL ignores the ten.
dency to confne It's efforts within the
limits of the city: tends toward the
uplifting OF the whole community or
trade territory contribuiofy TO the
town; works TO the end that the in
tereSts OF all are the interests OF each
and gives vent and direction 70 the
urban and suburban citizen. each alike,
in uplifting the whole community in
every way possible TO better the con
ditions OF that community. Many a
man has fitted and equipped himself
for bigger aud better success in his
own business by his public activities
in the interest OF all the community.
AT last there has been an awaken.
ing OF the great commercial men OF
the country 10 the fact that back oi
all success lies the agricultural dis.
trict: to the fact that there must be
closer relationship between commerce
and agriculture, that they must get ~
closer touch and sympathy with each
other To do this, they must FIRST
understand each other better. There
never was time when there was as
much brain and money both working
TO better the conditions of the farm
and 90 increase MS earning powers.
Wonderful strides arc being made
along these lines Many things are
being done TO bette, social condi-
tious. 90 keep the young blood of the
farm content aud satisfied and a.
smack Of the rich black soil
Good roads, better rural schools
improved machinery. both Cor the
housewife and the farmer; modern
farm houses with all the couvcuttuccS
possible for the city man Co have
all these are fast turning the rural
districts INTO an immense acreage at
suburban. homes and making the city
resident cnvious of his rural ucighhor
Thus. the differences between ,uuu.
try aud city life win soon fade away
and with the united effort of the
whole people, ior the whole com.
munity. we viii solve this question
TO q great degree.
The man who lives IN the com.
muniy and saps from IT'S rich re.
sources both financially aud socially
and gives nothing back for that which
he receives is poor citizen and he
is beginning 20 be looked upon as @
lccch ON the community iu which Doe
lives ! ann glad Co see the time com
inc when his rating as citizen 600
that community viii depend upon tHo
kind of citizen Doe Is making Tor tHn
country. rather than upon how many
dollars hc had made
believe chat the good citizen tu
community Is the one that tries 90 do
@ little good every dly 900 some cost
10 himself and Che one who work, as
hard and plays as fair 300 the night or
when alone Js u the whole world saw