The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-09-07
FACTIONS NOT -r .s....
r.r NECESSARILY FATAL

faeiionAlism in rcarding the growth
OF a town. And while u is true thai
many towns are held back from q
pronounced and gratifying growth
by the faclioual fights within their
confines. II is not always the case,
nor II Is inevitable.
You have doubtless heard citizens
of more than one town remark:
"No use 10 start anything for this
town; II divides all questions and
the factions start lighting each
other, and as a consequence nothing
Is done.
This state OF Affairs is common 10
many towns. Factions do exists,
and do fight each other. hut still
there Is a way around Of this u the
citizens Of the town can be brought
10 see things in their true light, and
will all agree 10 use a little Of the
common sense with which proyi-
denee has endowed them.
We must recognize the fact that
there are factions in all towns.
Nevertheless. not all towns permit
these facuonal fights 10 relard their
prosperity. The reason for this is
the citizens OF these towns have the
10 realize that prosperity for
the to~n means prosperity for all
In the town.
Let US take an example:
A proposition II up 70 secure some
industry for your town. II is some
thing that may possibly moi direct
" affect but a small proportion Of
he population. Possibly that small
element may all belong 10 one Of
the warning factions Is that any
s~euSon why The others should o,.-
pose u? Decidedly not. Every
citizen whohas the real prosperity
OF his town at heart will at once
realize that a direct benefit TO the
town is an indirect benefit 10 him
self, and, while doing all he can for
the success Of bis own crowd. will
not carry his efforts TO the extent
Of depriyins the town Of a lansi-
bic asset
And therein lies the keynote 10
the sueecs OF many towns. regard
less Of the fact that they are as
badly divided into factions as
others. They have tho sense to sec
that when their town is deprived Of
a profitable industry which II might
have secured, no one has an oppor-
tunity 10 benefit from II. Had an
agreed TO pull together and secure
IL then each could have had a
fighting chance for the benefits.
Briefly. the live town does It's
scrapping after they have secured
what they go after, instead OF be-
fore. Tho live town realizes that
all must work together 10 secure,
but the scFapping must be limited
10 the control.
No doubt many OF our readers are
acquainted with Just such towns.
While they are no strangers TO fac
tons, yet when anything is proposed
that "a plainly 10 tho advantage OF
the community. tho cohesion and
c~o-operauon is Instantaneous. They
have the good sense 10 know that
they can't divide their loaf before
they secure II, and that this first
consideration Of securing Il demands
undivided effort,
And right here IS a point We wish
70 stress, and one upon which Too
much emphasis can moi possibly be
placed; Don't carry your ractional
scraps 10 the extent Of doing your
ionn an iHlurypr acpriylnB u Of q
benefit g ~
You would bitterly resent ihe
cearss Of disIoyally TO your town.
Yet every time YOU knock II. every
limo your act ~dsprives, i Of a bsne-
Just 30 often you are disioyal.
This n~rinrinlo mill hold u,.a -. All