Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-10
GET DOWN AND PUSH
Being the first of a series of town development editorials written ex-
pressly for this paper by Major F. w. Barber.

Every town has its lei of wealth-its prominent eidzens-peopie
who are looked upon as the community leaders.
AND AS THEY LEAD, 50 WILL THE COMMUNITY BE.
If you have accumulated a competency and are enjoying that lie
of ease to which you are entitled, it is time for , you @ think OF your
communiy-of your children-of your neighDors ""e mes
Your town needs your strength, your assistance.
GET DOWN AND PUSH.
The generation that is passing away started you IN the road to at
nuence-pushed you along lfes pathway-headed you or that goal
which you Q enjoy.
ance, and determination did the rest
Now you are o top and a generation is sprhgrng Up I'M 'hes'
have an ambition TO achieve.
But their goal is a long way up. and the road is steep, and there ar
many obstacles to be overcome before your children an our ne's"Do
children may hope to reach the goal of their ambition.
The community standard in vogue when you were a 10Y was douot
less high for those times, but the same standard is hopeless today
relic Of the past-an impossibilty of the future.
To maintain its relative position in the world your community must
And YOU children IRE confronted with these changing conditions.
To hold your town down ito the early standard is like cutting the
throat of your faithful dog, or casting your bank boo into the anne
But advancing its material interests is like casting the loaves n
fishes to the hungry muhitudes.
You are successful-the past las en1ehed you ' us e"""-"
But what of the children Of today-what of those growing to man
hood and womanhood only to be forced Ito NEE. n SERIOUS problems +"
What of the future of your W descendants?
A retarded commercial spirit, a throtled community growth, all
portend a struggle with adversely in the years to come:
Other mel Of means and prominence will act, INC other eom commune
ties will forge to the front and pfosper-and if your community SIMPLY
remains stationary it will soon be subsishng on the crumbs hat others
cast aside. =. .,r,u
What are you going to do about t-you men OF means n the apmy
Are you going t. get down and push?
Are you going to assist your children as your fathers assisted youf
Are you going to give your town a shove to te front-a Doos' "e'
will NEAR prosperity for the future?
A town that is worth living in is worth boosting.
And all good citizens should be boosters-in fact the really deSr-
able citizens are boosters.
This world is moving at a rapid pace, and America leads tn an
Do want to see your children marching well up to he 1ront-h
the position of honor-or would you prefer to SET hem anaohhg along
in the dust of morep progressive people!
The great opportunity for commercial and community dvanceneh
;s here now-is looking for a word of encouragement you-is
waiting for your action.
But by the time o reach mans estate opportunity Will nave
marched on and into the waiting embrace of other communities.
That is. unless YOU act now, and many hands make light work OF hs
burdens.
There are many hands in your communty-hands capable OF per
forming wonderful feats in community building.
Perhaps yours are two of those hands. 4
But what are the many hands doing!
Are thew pushing, showing, boosting to TIT front!
Or re they pulling, dragging, retarding the growth OF your commu-
nifty and your people?
What are your hands doing, brother!