Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-24
THE MAN AND THE CITY

Do you recognize the debt you the city in which
you live? Before reading further than this sentence
stop and ask yourself this question: squarey and honestly
Very very few men do fully comprehend that they
owe the city much or how much their obligation is Here
and there are found individuals who realize that they
must give something before they can expect returns
They know that in this as in other business profits can
be derived only from investment They know further
that alone they can do only limited business They have
learned also that their business can be increased if by
cooperative effort the community in which they live is
developed.
These few men of comprehension and vision have been
spreading their IDEAS and slowly other grasping
them more and more fully. Thereby is being brought
about concerted effort throughout the country where
men are organizing on correct business principles to
develop the communities in which they do business.
Not alone are the business interested but also the
professional men and those engaged in all kinds Of indus
try, and the labOrlng men as we'll Prosperity is COM
modify which can not be conered. Ii a community is
prosperous it spreads to each individual inhabtant.
Where business is brisk wages are high Where there
good business and high wages population grows and the
professions have enlarged field Of opportunity. Where
merchants are building up and reaching out for new
trade, prices are reasonable Where manufactures -four
ish commerce thrives
These are reasons back of the idea of the commercial
organization 1t is this that has led to their being
formed and reorganzed the basis Of business opera
tons And is found that they pay handsome dividends
when so organized and conducted.
Salem has for long time had commercial and civic
organizations But it is recognized by everybody that
they have not yet risen to their possibilities. Now the
at the head of the present organization have made
up their minds to go forward They getting together
to do things for Salem They are intending to forget in
this Get TOgether-Stay Together-Pul Together
movement that they have any little personal differences
and petty iealOusieS, and labor together in harmony in
full cooperative endeavor for the development Of the
best that is in and around this city.
In this program they are hoping and expecting to en-
list the cooperation and services of all those who are like
minded If they are successful in this they will have
force for good in Salem that nothing can balk.
The national wealth is officially estimated at Sl87 1885,
00OOOO or 965 for each man. woman and child in the
country Such the figures contained in the special
bulletin, Estimated Valuation of National Wealth. 1850
1917 which is about to be issued by Director Sam L.
Rogers, of the Bureau of the Census Department of Com
merce These figures are very cheering except that the
census bureau fails to evolve plan by which each person
may get and retain his particular $l,965.
An eastern exchange prints this: "Son, pack this
away in your storeh0uSe OF useful inGomation pool
room education tends rather to the downfall than the
uplilt of the graduate" pool room education stands
no show in competition with an education in which the
dictionary, an encyclopedia, grammar and arithmetic
and geography figured to take up young mans time
The newspaper "war extras are becoming to be about
the punkest goods ON the market Except as it likely
to involve the United States the people of this country
are becoming nightly tired Of the slaughter news that
comes from the old world batte-iields.
Former Senator Bailey of Standard oil notoriety. is
once more in the spotlight AS usual he against good
government appearing as attorney for the Riggs Nation
al bank, of Washington in its FIGHT against sautarv
banking supervision.
Possibly the censor is holding up Gemanys reply