The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
SPIRIT AND SELF
ISH>ESS.

one OF the tremendous discoveries OF
modern life is that What Is socially
-ert and just is always inoiVia u"Hy
,.~,ftable. GIVE your employees short
. tolr. and YOU get more work done
Protect ,ho whole people from. disease
.,a Won reduce The chances OF disease
... ro,.rseif Provide education and re-
,-,a-ion for young people. ana you
p.I save the taxes formerly spent LOT
corrective Institutions. Work hard FOR
,.,ur town. and presently your private
ledger viii show favorable balances. In
.... ,ehar YOU DO for Others can no
longer Doe called eltruisu. II - en-
i.-.tencd seldshness
The grave need IN Richmond to-day
i- trIs community spirit founded on
enlightened ,elfshness The city has not
,.,- found itself as one organic whole.
q, ing the same problems and hoping
for The same ends u does not realize
-hs- every citizen il mutually inter
4.,eudent with every ether citizen. and
81, n,, the whole community for the
-.i..ess of his private ends. Some or
carnations realize the truth many
.i.izens know it, but the mass OF ordl-
r.,r.-. everyday folk still work on the
n,-sonal and independent basis They
g.. not recognize that sometimes sec
r..n or group must sacrifice its i'm
,..c.iafe ends for the larger ends Of the
5000. n,.nitv that will ultimately help
everybody. There Is d big gap between
-hc advanced community thinking OF
the leaders and the basic civic sense
of the voters upon whose enlightenment
in The end all real advance depends. The
leaders cannot trust 20 putting good
plan clearly before the electorate and
having it adopted because 1t Is for the
good Of the city. The community
pirit is lacking.
For example every class and every
single individual Will Toe practically
benefited by charging the city area
by unnexation 20 provide land enough
for cheap homes. Yet there are num-
bcrs of men who are opposing this ad-
vance because to hinder It means
small proht FOR them now They have
no large vision 10 see thai where sitting
the community now viii return them
a few cents helping l. 10 grow will
eventually reap them dollars
We have made some steps toward the
bigger viewpoint. We are all aware
that Richmond j. our city We are
proud OF It. both for the past achieve
ments and for its present prosperity.
NC think Of u as q unit and as belong
ing 20 Us We have gone beyond that
20 see that cooperation Is good thing
effort such as j. furnished by the
Chamber of Commerce brings returns
Different classes Of interests are getting
together for mutual advantage Better
transportation facilities and better
banking facilities are felt 70 toe com
naunity needs But there j. stin
wanting the true community spirit
That everything that helps Richmond
poo matter how remote from the IN
divicuaIs interest. will rebound 10 hi-
honor and proht Is not vet grasped
lalton wants more street cars. but a.
,anuot see wtere - would be helped
hv q public library. Because YOU DO
not lso q bridge. YOU cannot get excited
over the ex4speratiug delay IN com
p'otng the Mayo structure. Yet you
pay TOR the delay
S1perhcia..y. II seems that Richmond
r-Jple are too selfish. They are only
,orocrned with what concerns them.
lr fact. they are not selfish enough 10
Perceive that remotcr improvements are
qualify Is vital because from the growth
,ftlc whole alone can come the growth
of ine parts Your arm isut your
..e bus disease lu either makes your
holr sick.