The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-08-17
how Big ARE YOU?

Here is story from Kansas paper
that will read just as well in Colorado
as in Kansas. Just change the name
of Kansas to Colorado:
Over in the Land of Greece. 1900
years before the housewives of Kan
substitute for lard, there lived a wise
old scout named Aristotle. who did
thinking as a regular job. Also. he
sometimes Talked. When he spoke.
folks who had brains took notice.
One evening. on his way TO the cor
ner grocery, Aristotle passed bunch
of dead ones who were knocking the
old home. town: and. the next time
he appeared on the rostrum. he talk
ed on Community Building. Here is
what he said. as a starter: "If you
are just Interested in yourself. you
are very small; II you are interested
in your family. you are larger; IL
you are interested in your communs
ity, you are larger still"
Every Kansan ought TO frame that
statement and hang it in his sitting
! room. II you are just interested in
yourself. you are very small. If Aris-
totle hadn't been n careful man
careful of his English-or. rather.
careful OF his Greece-he no doubt
would have said that the man who
is just interested in himself is Nigh
ty small potatoes and few in a hill,
whether he lives in Greece or Kan
sas.
or course. Aristotle wasn't boosting
Kansas-he was boosting Greece-but
J he was the sort of man who believes
that every man ought to stand up for
his own community; and. IL he had
been campaigning in Kansas, in 1916
A d.. instead of in Greece. 322 b. c..
he'd have handed out the same line
of talk
He'd have made Kansas take notice
instead OF the GreAsers. He'd have
told Kansans why they ought to
get busy.
He'd have shown Kansans what is
happening to other states In the gior.
ious U. S. A. He'd have shown Kan.
sss how 81 counties and $50 country
towns and villages in Indiana have
lost In population in the last ten years
how SIS counties and $40 country
towns and villages in Missouri have
fewer people In them today than they
had ten years ago-how 81 counties
and 5s4 country towns and villages in
fowa have lost a lot of folks In the last
ten years-how 81 counties and 7ss
towns and villages in Illinois have lost
how 677 villages and towns in
and villages in New York have lost
how in 1.i36 Ohio country towns and
villages there are a lot of vacant
houses that were not vacant ten
years ago-and how 1880 Pennsyi.
yania towns and villages are in the
losing list
i Aristotle would have told Kansans
how local communities ia these states
are being drained by the big cities
\ likewise local communities In the
state of Kansas-how country brains
and country muscle are being used to
build up big business centers-and
how these big business centers are
killing the country towns from which
the brains and muscle came. Blu,
Aristotle is not campaigning in Kan.
sas in 1916 A. d
So. It's left TO you. Mr.. Kansan. to
boost your own town or to kill II. Re
member. ''If you are just interested
In yourself you are very small: II
you are Interested In your family. you
are iarger: II you are interested in
your community. you are larger still. .
How do you measure upy
How big are you?-copyrighte
1916. by wess Goodwin.
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