The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-12-04

and absolute loss OF tho Woodworking |
local business men who are doing
their best to build up their " com.
munities; all Of which work benefits
and adds TO the prosperity OF every
resident OF the home town; az the
same time adding most materially 20
the value OF every foot OF real estate
In the community.
or the nlnety-odd millions Of souls
and bodies that inhabit these United
States OF America a very large pro
portion live In the country and In
small towns and villages,
These people are the producers.
They raise the grains and foodstutfs
and the wool and the meat, hides, etc.
Those who live in the big cities
are practically all dependent upon the
efforts Of those who live In the coun.
try, and I'm the small towns. They
do not produce anything In compar.
ison with the work OF those who wrest
from the soil the bountiful offerings
OF Nature. II is the work OF those
who lives In the cities 20 figure out
how they can obtain that which Is
produced by the country people-how
they can iuggle the values Of this
product-how much money they can
make out OF II, etc. They do not
produce anything.
They are the parasites. Without
the country people there would be no
cities. There would be no occasion
for cities because there would be moth.
ing to support them.
SO II is the plan OF the universe, as
laid down by our rules and laws, that
a certain big proportion Of the people
shall toll and spin while the smaller
proportion shall exact the greater
part OF that which Is produced by the
toilors and make a profit sufficient TO
enable them to live In luxury while
the toilers toll on, continuously.
II h. not the tollors and ]spinners
who take the trips to Europe. II Is
not the toilers and ]spinners who get
up In the morning AZ nine o'clock and
who spend their evenings at the thea.
ters, cafes and cabarets, drinking
wine and playing cards.
The toilers and ]spinners get out Of
bad when the family alarm clock out
In the ]hen.house tells them day IS
breaking. They have no time for the
theater or the cafe or the cabaret.
It's a case OF hustle" all the time. Il
Is vital that every working hour in
the day shall be utilized IN order 20
produce" that which the scheme OF
our life in the present day provides
must be produced to keep the whole
machinery Of civilization I'm motion.
What would happen to the people
! I'm the cities II this whole scheme
should become disarranged-if there
did not arrive I'm the cities, on SEIZED.
ule time every day, the train loans
OF cattle, grain, milk and all sorts OF
country produce. And the mail bags.
filled with orders for the mail order
? houses.
What would happen There would
! not long remain any citizens because
they would starye. these parasites, Il
the source OF supplies should be Cut
of.
? And all Of these supplies come from
the country, from the people in thi'
' community. You do your full share
r toward supplying the cities.
Especially do you send your share
: Of the orders for the mail orde.
houses. with the cash.
; There is a strange partnership be
tween the people OF the country ant
the people OF the city. a partnership
: which, carefully analysed, shows tn,
following working agreement:
The country people shall delve ant
dig and toll and then hasten 10 shiI
their product 10 the city partner, VIII,
takes possession and ]disposes OF tn,
same TO the best pos BILE advantaE'
u ito HIMSELF. He then hands out 4
the country partner, begrudgingly an,
frequently only In case OF a suit n
law, a small part OF the proceeds
Then you. the country partner, SEN
this pittance back to the city, to tn
mail order house with an order.
J. Such Is the result OF a bald an.
n u%nvarnlshed analysis Of the partner
h ship between farm and city, afte
applying the acid test,
y Individual exceptions do not chang
n or alter the general rule. You hav
citizens whose prosperity and al
% huence eloquently refute the foregC
D. ing statements but ordinarily you vii
IT discover that these prosperous me.
j. who are the exception TO the rule ar
likened IN character and motive (
L the old tories Of Revolutionary days
n They will be found to be affiliated {
n some manner, not to the general II
t~erests OF the community, with tn
q financial wolves OF the big cities.
n And II Ia such tories" that hel
Is 10 insure a continuance Of the cond
n tions in the country towns and vi
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