Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-05-08
HARMONY is ESSENTIAL.

"a country divided against itself can
not stand" he uttered a truth which
is just as true of city as of coun-
try. No city ever prospered which
permitted factionalism to creep in !
and to grow up. Any factionalism
is to be deploredi but one growing
out of any question of public or pri-
vate morals is the most disastrous
the rancor of factional feeling is
added the ardor of prejudice, which |
makes the breach very hard to heal. |
For this reason, if for no other, it |
is essential that no factionalism of
this sort be allowed to enter into a
city. 1t blinds the eyes of those in
each faction to the good qualities of
the members of the other crowd and
STILES the impulses to treat all as
brethren, children of one common
Father.
In family it is not often that we
see the straight laced, religious men,
bers turning against or criticising
the members who are given to forms
of amusement not believed in by
their brothers and sisters. Neither
is it common for a brother or sister
to turn against a brother or sister
because the latter is "unco good"
according to the others idea. Then
why should fellow-townsmen turn
against one another because their
ideas of what is right or best do not
agree?
Ashland needs the support of
every citizen of the place in every
thing for both the material and the
she is entitled to it. The duty of
the citizen is just as plain to help
his brother on and up in business as
it is to help him on and up in mat
ters spiritual and moral. To do this
it is not necessary nor is 1t desired
that any crooked business be boost
ed, but there are many Legitimate
lines of material progress in this and
in nearly every other city that are
falling behind simply for lack Of g
feeling of united effort to advance
the town.
There is no more mistaken idei
than that of thinking that it is pull
ing you down if the other fellow
climbs up. If he gets high enough
he clears the other rungs of the lad
der for your use.
If you cannot say a good thini
for a fellow-townsman and his bust
ness, resolutely say nothing. Yol
may feel that an Ashlander is sell
ing property for more than in you
judgment it is worth. But canno
you look backward in your own lif
and see where you lost by thinking
something was as high as it ough
to be or higher? Maybe some would
be friend advised you against NOV
which events proved would hav
been to your advantage. Have W
never in the past advised someon
wrong? If we can say this and sa
truly, then are we entitled to step i
and spoil someone else's deal? LIE
him that is without sin first cast
stone"
We cannot all think alike. AS tn
old farmer said, "If they did, all tn
women would want me-" But "
can have true Christian charity fC
the beliefs of the other man or won
an, whether on religious, social, S,
Geological or business matters, al
we can all work together for the u
building of Ashland.
And, above all, when a question
settled, even temporarily, for goo
ness sake let us put that questiC
behind us until it is time to take
up in due order again. Let bygon
be bygones; let the dead past bu
its dead. 1t cannot change the I
suit of something which occurr
last year to hold feeling of spi
or distrust against the man who d
not agree with us then. Let us
remember the old story in our p
mary readers about how "vinee
never catches flies" and the fal
about the wind and the sun. If
wish to get results we must not ma
or hold enemies either within
without the city.
There is a saying that "ev'
knock is a boost" but this deper
largely upon where the knock con
from. If it comes from one of
family, either natural or municip