The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-19

facturers could not come to Obion.
Paris, a city of 5000 population, on
account of the short-haul clause or
the Interstate Commerce Commission
regulating rates, had grown to be a
manufacturing city, and we can be-
gin to dream of enterprises here
something more than the agricul-
tural interest. How shall we get it?
By pulling together. When we
dream of greater Union City we
dream of fatter pocketbook for
Union City People don't think in
the old-time terms of faith. We
need more old-time faith in each
other. We need a new set of teach
ers to show us how to pull together,
to teach laborers to say to the poll
tician and lobbyist that they shall
go so far and no farther. Union
City is about the best spot on earth.
If anybody doesn't believe it let him
speaker thought Paris was the best
place, but he was glad to find out
that he was mistaken. His heart
swelled when he saw that graduates
of the Union City School could en-
ter West Point without mental ex-
animation. Mighty little of the
home product is consumed in Union
City. Our -four and products are
sold in other markets, and we buy
foreign goods and pay for the brand
because we think made-at-home
goods are not just as good. When
you go to the grocery store buy
Dahnkes flour and other Union-City
products. You can't pull together
unless you have faith in each other.
G. P. Wilson, of Troy, was called
upon by the toastmaster and re-
spOnded with a short talk. He was
glad that Prof. Jones was here and
wished that every member of the
County Court and every citizen was
also present to hear the speaker on
the county high school subject A
little over year ago the Court
levied a high school tax and elected
board to locate high schools, and
then rescinded it's action because of
rivalry for these schools. But, Mr..
Wilson stated, he hadn't lost faith
yet in Obion County having county
high schools. A compulsory law will
help us. Referring to the spirit of
cooperation, Mr.. Wilson stated that
conn., mpetition had been overworked.
We can't return to the days of COM
petition. Cooperation is progress
and human progress can't be de-
stroyed. We must study co}7opera-
ton from a scientific standpoint.
Every business man and every citi-
zen should be satisfied with nothing
less than a careful scrutiny of the
varied interests and learn that by
cooperation the daylight of human
endeavor will bring us all closer to-
gether.
GOOD ROADS.
Mr.. King, of Shelby County, was
then introduced. He stated that he
had no set speech for the occasion.
He talks roads all day and dreams of
them at night. This is about the
livest subject before our American
ence in Atlanta last week so many
ways and methods of how good roads
could be made were presented that
he came back thinking more of our
country and our people. Our nation
al life is better than it has ever
been before. Speaker said that he
will come from New York to the
Southland over the best road in the
world. The Lincoln road from New
York City to San Francisco was
named to honor a great character,
and when that work is done it will
be fitting monument to the great
man. Good roads will stop European
emigration. Our people will be buy
ing lands and homes in Florida. He
was glad of the interest in good
roads taken by the people of our
own Southland. He was glad of the
Federal aid and local support of
good roads The dominant idea of
the farmer is to have good road
to the nearest trading point. 81
like that idea" That's the thing
that concerns us. Nothing will
bring your people together better
than roads on which you can go to
church and school. Now nearly
one-half of our people are living in
town, and that's why people are
starving. The speaker said he long
ed for the country, the fishing rod,
the gun and the dog, but that he
could not drag his wife out over a
Thought he could live a
thousand years on the farm, but his
wife said that she would get lost in