The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-24

cause you will have the unreal instead
Of the genuine. because you will In.
sist on dealing with the unknown In.
stead of trading with your own home
merchants. It is human nature for
you to do this because the rule OF life
is to follow the will-o.the-wisp blindly.
Everybody does this, everybody tries
to grasp the indefinite instead OF grab
bing the things at our very home
door.
Really It is laughable when you
come to think OF it. You sent your
dollars to US because you fancied and
hoped that the distance. which gives
enchantment to the view, would send
you something In the way of great
prize. OF course we did not.
We spend our dollars like water in
foreign lands while at home we do
not find so much to interest US
rather We think that We do not. Year
after year ! have made the pilgrim.
age into practically all of the foreign
lands. 1t has cost me, l do not care
to say how many, thousands Of dol.
lars.
Yet all this time know and realize
that We have better things to see, bet.
ter things to ride In, better things te
eat. than any other land To the
crooked and thieving guides in Paris
and London and Berlin we are the
easy marks" We are the simple
minded. We are the deluded, the
easily decoyed. The gilded palaces Of
revelry in Paris and Vienna. the un
wholesome cabaret of ST. Petersburf
and Brussels, the gambling hell oI
Monaco. the glittering vice halls oi
Cairo-are all maintained by Ameri
can dollars. We support them. W.
make them rich. We have made
champagne a necessity. We have made
truities and mushrooms both expensive
and desirable.
It's the history Of life. Every crea
ture shall prey upon the weaker. Ant
we are the weaker who lavish oul
money on this sort of foolishness. i
Is really true that it is you, the peo
pie OF the soil, the dwellers in thu
country, who are the wiser, after all
We seek dissipation and spend ouI
energy and health as we'll as our dol
lars in looking for excitement.
1t Is to you, in the country, tina
the nation looks in time Of war VIII,
not in peace also? The strength lie,
with you. The power is within you
grasp. All You must do is to exercis,
your rights Of franchise and your goo,
sense and judgment.
Try 1t. Get together among your
selves in your scattered communities
Hold meetings. Discuss among your
selves what you ought to do to i'm
prove conditions. Talk 1t over-hos
to keep the money at home. Simpl,
feather your own nests. that's all
Make your efforts count to your owl
advantage.
Is it possible that the dissension
and petty jealousies that are popular
ly supposed to exist In all small com
munities cannot be done away witt
so that you can all combine for th
good Of the whole? What II an arme,
power we're on the way down tn,
county road to burn and sack you
town and cut the throats of your won
en- and children? What would yol
do? Would you sidestep mas
meeting, called to create a defense
because Bill Jones or Hank Buncoml
was going to be there? Would yol
sulk and refuse to have a thing I,
do with the defense plan just becaus,
you had somo grievance. real or other
wise, against somebody who would b.
there?
Not on your life 1t would be ,
grand rally. 1t would be Hello Bill
and Hello Hank" Gimme a liz
with this pesky cannon" "Cut a buckl,
hole In this strap for belt to hold VI
my sword" Hand over the powde
there. ] want to fire few bullets a
the enemy"
That's the spirit Unite for the com
mon interest with trade at home" Al
your slogan.