Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-03-16
YouR CONVENTIONAL oLvs.

The duty of every man in his
community to the commercial
club is and should be the full ex-
tent of his interest in and to his
business and property holdings
located therein-for the commu-
nifty will always reflect itself
commercially through it's COM
mercial club and let that club be
slow to its awaking and its posi-
bilities and the community will
suffer to just that extent. Give a
town live awake and progress
sive commercial club and you will
see that town progress CONNER
cially. On the other hand, let us
have no club or given an inactive
one, and you will Immediately see
that community deteriorate from
a business standpoint. We are
speaking of the present day and
1age, and these are facts we'll
proven, for no business interest
lean remain stationary-we must
either 60 ahead or drop backward.
In supporting our commercial
CLUB we should all take an active
interest in its general welfare,
and not sit idly by and expect the
other fellow to do all the neces-
sary work and detail, and then
criticise the club or some partic-
ular active member thereof for
something it may or may not
have done that does not meet
with. our entire approval, for had
you supported your club as you
should have done, possibly your
|weighty counsel might have avert
ed this terrible result. Let us
take an earnest interest in our
club and assist in our small way
to get the best results possible
through it, or failing to do this
and failing TO lend it either our
moral or financial support, then
let us he men enough to forever
hold our peace. Help your COM
munity to build up, but for Gods
sake do not tear it down just be-
cause you may not always be able
to dictate and dominate every
question that may arise. We are
not living in the age of every man
for one and that man for him.
self, and we should expect the
other fellow to have his personal
views as we'll as ourselves, and
allowing such to be the case, his
views are entitled to our respect
and consideration. Did it ever
occur to you that possibly the
other man engaged in O success
full business might not be crazy
after all? Well, then probably
he may see matters from a differ
ent angle than you do, and in the
final solution his viewpoint may
be worthy of careful considera-
ton. No man should expect to
delegate TO himself the sole right
to solve all problems eoncerpjng
all the people just according to
his own ideas, and then because
he cannot carry out entirely his
personal wishes in the matter to
withdraw and refuse thereafter
to take an active interest in the
local affairs of his community.
Usually such one is the great
Eest knocker of his club-and a
knocked of your commercial club
is a business parasite on the
business progress and welfare of
your entire community.
Let us get together and work
for the betterment of our COM
munity and thereby our personal
gain, for when any community
is benefited by a measure we all
thereby gain and benefit to the
extent of our property and bust
ness interests. Some of us may
represent larger interests than
others, but there is no useful
member of our community but
what will gain in his rightful pro-
portion any benefit accruing to
such community. Don't knock the
other fellow, not that you will in
,jure him, but by so doing the
chances are that you will do your
self more harm eventually than
you will harm him. Hide your
hammer, and try to speak we'll
Of your neighbor. Nobody likes
a lsnocker, but everybody loves a
booster. Everyone likes sun
shine and few like darkness and
gloom.
Let us look on the bright side
and work on the bright side and
following these thingc let US full
lll our duties as citizens of the
community in which we live, and
at all times in the future let u.s.
here resolve to support that
which is good for our community,
our commercial club and for our;
selves. The club possibly can get;
along without US, although we
may be surprised, but let us con-