The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-31
PARADISE In THE COUNTRY
A Live Town Desirable Place to Live In.
Not Dead, But Merely Sick

If you would be known and not
know. vegetate in u village. II you
would know and not be known, live in
the city.
God made the country, and man
made the town. What wonder that
health and virtue should abound and
least be threatened in field and grove!
But, while man made the country
towns, God is to be thanked for them.
They have been as lamps of life along
the pathway of humanity and religion.
Within them great men have been
born and great minds conceived and
developed. Behind their walls freedom
has fought her noblest battles. They
have stood on the surface Of the earth
ike great breakwatcrs, rolling back or
turning aside the swelling tide Of OPP
preston. Country towns have been the
cradles of human liberty. They have
been the active seDtries of almost all
church and state reformation.
Towns Not Dead-Only Sick.
We refer, of course, to live, prosper
Gus towns, not places that are dead
and ready for the last sad rites. Of
course there are many towns which
are not dead. only sick. They need a
tonic to quicken their pulse; they need
general treatment by community
specialist, or, better still, they should
consult their pride and their conscience
and awaken to a full realization OF
their position and condition.
The wise farmer is looking for the
best market possible for his products
He will naturally find it in a live
town where there are live, up to date
merchants and business men. These
men are not only making good mar
kets for the farmer, but are vitality in
terested in the welfare Of the entire
town and surrounding community.
For Universal Good.
They see beyond the results OF one
days trade and realize that there is
something more in life than mere
money making. They are actively in
terested in lettering community con
ditions from an educational, social
moral as well as financial standpoint.
| Effort in this line is not confined to
the town alone, as the magnlticen'
benefits extend beyond the corporation
| limits. The town Is made community
and trade center for farmers as wei
| as townspeople, where there Is lively
cooperation which makes for univer
| sal good.
1t was a beautiful truth which oul
forefathers symbolized when in the
old market towns they erected mar
let cross. as If to teach both buyers
and sellers to rule their actions anc
sanctify their gains by the remem
brance of the cross.
Standard Goods Bear Trade Mark.
The live town furnishes a market
for all kinds of farm produce. 1t alst
becomes a center of exchange which
supplies, every human requirement
from a needle to a steam thrasher oil
the luxurious automobile. Modern
merchants pride themselves on thei
ability to serve the buying pubic
They fill their stores with merchandise
of a standard quality which should
make and keep customers.
In previous articles we have shown
how a good town contributes to highe
farm values and how farm prosperity
NAV be directly and greatly influences
by the presence of good town, Thi
being the case. there is natural rela
tion between country and townspeop
which many perhaps have not thor
: oughly considered.
Same Goods, Same Price.
A live town with live merchant
who are broad minded enough to lool
beyond present day profits invariaDl,
affects land values and the desirabilit,
of the countryside as place to live.
Let 1t be remembered that standar
made goods bearing a registered trade
mark sell for the same price the worl
over. and the manufacturers guarar
tee of quality stands behind them Il
the village store as well as in the larg
city mercantile emporium.
Any manufacturing concern whic
will permit itself to be tempted int
turning out goods which do not bea
its name or trademark is a mighty III
reliable institution. If its dealing
with the mail order house are fair an
honest, why does it try to shield itsel
from public discovery?
Price and Quality.
The lower grade goods and "se'
onds'" never carry the makers nam
and are sold almost exclusively by tn
retail catalogue houses or ten Gel
stores to consumers who have not a
opportunity to inspect the goods
who consider the price rather tina
quality.
Buying your necessaries at home an
selling your produce at home Is WIT
makes and keeps the home mark
and contributes largely to the maki1
e of the home town and community Il
s sort of place in which one general
: desires to live and die.