The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-03-07

OaNef0H1N FNodNg SAWVuh EUhNF SgIU-
nunity Where Local Pride 10 Con.
sidered-Be Frank with Merchant
and Ask Him TO Be Same With You.
A Town Worth While.
copyrighted. 1914 by Thomas J. sullivan.l
If you know how to spend less than
you get you have the philosophers
stone.
Economy is the parent of integrity,
of liberty and of ease and the beau
teous sister OF temperance. Of cheerful.
ness and OF health.
Willful waste is cruel and crafty
demon that gradually involves her fol.
lowers In dependence and debts and SO
fetters them with Irons that enter their
inmost souls.
Economy IS procedure by which
a certain sum Of money can be saved
and waste, on the other hand, by which
the same sum OF money is dlsslpated.
| To Illustrate, n farmer wishes TO
buy an ax. The local merchants price
is Si40. but the farmer can buy ian"
ax from the retail catalogue house for
si25 He Is economical and is going
to save that 10 cents.
Abandons Machinery In Field.
The previous summer the economical
farmer bought new mower with
which 20 harvest his hay and paid
therefor Ss5.
The machine was nice aud new and
shiny. aud when the farmer completed
the cutting Of his hay he promptly un.
hltched his team and abandoned the
pretty new mower 20 the tender ele.
ments Of the bayfield,, and there II re.
mains, the seat ana tongue protrudlng
from huge snowdrlft
That seems 90 be a case where waste
took economy by the hand and led II
out into the fields and lost II.
Neglect 10 Noticeable.
II Is regrcttable fact that the prac.
tice is not uncommon; that II Is the
rule rather than the exception among
farmers.
Look out Of the window OF any
train ms you pass through the country.
and almost the first thing that meets
the eye IN neglected piece OF fam
machinery standing In vacant field
| unprotected from the rains OF the
summer. the winds OF the fall. the
sleei, Ice and snow OF winter and the
mud and mire OF spring.
| What must be the condition OF that
machinery when In the course OF time
the farmer Is ngaln ready 20 put II
Into seryicey
Have rust. neglect and the elements
added 20 its value and eificlencyf
Deprecated so Per Cent.
Have they not deprecated II nc least
10 per cent In every ways Neglect OF
this kind Is 'willful waste.
There Is no better field la all the
world In which the farmer can prac.
dee economy than In the proper care
OF his machinery.
| Some farmers protect their machln'
cry all right from the elements. They
haul Il In under shed,
The barnyard fowls have also dlscoy-
cred this mice she'd aud Ind that
machinery makes the incest kind OF
roosting place. with the result that
when the machines are again brought
out into the sunlight they are things
OF sordid appearance rather than OF
worth and beauty.
Machinery Rusts Out.
The back door robs the house, and
the back door leads 10 the machinery
shed and 10 the open fields Go out
aud see II your machinery Is protected
from both the weather aud barnyard
dirt.
Remember IL is better for machinery
20 wear out than TO rust out. Saving
10 cents ON an az and losing $50 on
moving machine Is false economy.
the practice OF which leads past the
gate OF thrift and industry and up 10
the door OF "woeful want and willful
waste" and TO the freside OF Incidence
aud neglect.
The man who neglects and abandons
his farm machinery In the held is not
only the most indolent man In the
world, but also the most stupid.
Aud the strangest part OF II all is
that a man will admit his Incidence.
but will fight II called stupid. ~
He sort OF persuades himself TO be-
heye that Incidence eherishes all the
peaceful virtues aud that without de
stroylng the others 1t merely suspends
their functions.
BE Frank With Dealer.
BE frank aud open and manly with
yourself aud ask your dealer TO be
the same.
Then there will be more consumers
In the town to feed. and the farmer
will pront by II. SO will the retail mer-
chant and also the consumer. ciu-
xens OF the town the professional man
and the employee, as they will be prof
itably employed snd earning money.
When the citizens OF a town have