The Dolores star., 1914-12-25

cause you win have he unrsal instead
u the genuine. because you viii IL
sist ON dealing with tho unknown In
stead Of trading with your own home
merchants. II 10 human nature for
you TO do this bscause the rule Of life
b to follow the will-o'.th wisp blindly.
Everybody does this, everybody tries
to grasp the indefinite instead OF crab.
bling the things At our very homo
door
4 Really II 10 laughable when you
come to think Of Il. You sent your
dollars to us because you fancied and
hoped that the distance. which gives
snchantment to The view. would send
you something In the way Of . great
prize. or course We did not.
We spend our dollars like water In
foreign lands while at home we do
not ind so much to interest us
rather We think that we do not. Year
after year I have made the pilgrim.
age into practically all Of tho foreign
lands. II has cost me, 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 to
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. Petersburg
and Brussels. the gambling hell Of
Monaco. the glittering vice halls Of
Cairo-are all maintained by Amert
can dollars. We support them. We
make them rich. We have made
champagne arnecessity. we have made
trufiies and mushrooms both expensive
and desirable,
It's the history OF life. Every crea.
ture shall prey upon the weaker. And
we are the weaker who lavish our
money on this sort Of foolishness. II
Ia really true that II Is you, the peo
pie Of the soil. the jewellers In the
country, who are the wiser. after all.
We seek dissipation and spend our
energy and health AZ well as our dol.
lars In looking for excitement
II Is to you. In the country. that
the nation looks In time Of war. Why
not in peace alsof The strength lies
with you. The power Is within your
grasp. All you must do 10 to exercise
your rights Of franchise and your good
sense and judgment.
Try It. 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 II overflow
to keep the money at home. Simply
feather your own nests, that's al
Make your efforts count to your own
advantage.
IL II possible that the dissensions
and petty jealousies that arc popular
" supposed to exist in all small com
munities cannot Be done away with
% that you can Ill combine for the
good Of the whoiei What II IN armed
power were on the way down the
county road to burn and sack youi
town and cut the throats OF your WON
en- and children, What would you
do! Would you sidestep q mass
meeting. called TO create a defense,
because Bill Jones or Hank Buncomt
was going TO be there? Would you
sulk and refuse to have Q thing 10
do with the defense plan just because
you had soms grievance. real or other
wise, against somebody who would Be
there!
Not on your life. II would b. .
grand rally. II would be Hello Bill"
and Hello Hank" Gimme Q lift
with this pesky cannon" "Cut buckle
hole In this strap for belt to hold up
my sword" Hand over the powder
there. want TO IRE . few bullets u
the enemy"
That's the spirit. Unite for the CON,
mon interest with trade ct homo" =
your slogan.