Newport daily independent., 1918-11-22
LOYALTY BASIS OF
 ALL CIVILIZATION
Every Citizen Owes Moral and Legal Obligation to His
 Government.
SAME IN COMMUNITY LIFE
People Have Duty to Their Home Town Which Is No Less Bind ing Because 1t Is Not
 Fixed by Law.

Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
 Loyalty is the foundation upon which the whole structure of civiliza- tion rests. Loyalty to ones country, loyalty to ones state, loyalty to ones city, loyalty to ones business asso- ciates, loyalty to ones friends Loy- atty is essential to the ordinary prog ress of the world. Without it the world must be chaos.
 There would be no stable govern ment in the world were it not for the loyalty of the people to their gov ernment There would be no success ful business enterprise on the face of the globe were it not for the loyalty of the men and women who are con- nected with it. No church could ex1 ist for month were it not for the loyalty of it's members. The sacred ness of the home would be a myth were it not for the loyalty of the members of the family group.
 The loyalty of a people to it's gov pIHluC1lL lS UuoSd pctl llJ dpOAA 1Si1A ment and partly upon the recognition of an obligation that a people owes to it's government. A people that has the benefit of good government owes duty to that government. Those who do not recognize this duty and per form it voluntarily are compelled by law to do so. The man or woman who is protected by the government in the pursuit of life and happiness, must con tribute in money and service toward the supporb of the government. The man or woman who, under the protec- ton of his government which pre- serves law and order, is able to ac- cumulate property, must pay taxes on that property to help maintain the gov ernment which has protected him or her. In time of war the government has the right to call upon its citizens to take up arms in it's defense.
 Loyalty Moral Obligation.
 In governmental affairs these things are regulated by law, and the man who receives the benefit of orderly government is required to fulfill the ob- ligation which that entails, but in the ordinary affairs of life, loyalty is a moral rather than q legal obligation, There are laws which prevent man from stealing from his employer or his business associates, but there is no law that requires him to be loyal to them. The success of a business institution, however, depends more upon the loyalty of it's employees than upon the laws which prevent them from stealing it's money. Likewise the stability of a government depends more upon the loyalty of its people than upon the laws which compel them to fulfill their obligation to the gov. ernment.
 It is equally true that the prosperity and growth of every individual com munity is dependent upon the loyalty of the people who live in it. Every citizen owes an obligation to his com munity, and the obligation is a moral as well as a legal one. The good citi- zen pays his taxes cheerfully and willingly. He serves upon the juries which administer the laws of the com munity. He fulfills every legal obli- gation that is imposed upon him by his government, but there is a moral obligation which is of still greater i'm. portance to the community. This moral obligation consists in doing everything that is in his power to promote the prosperity and happiness of his community. The man who is enabled to make his living in any com munity is under moral obligation to spend his money in such a way as to help his community.
 Prosperity Worth Protecting.
 Anything worth having is worth pro. tecting, and if the prosperity of a community is worth anything to the people living in it it is worth protect ing. If the chance for man to earn a good living, to live well, to give his children a good education, is worth anything, it is worth protecting.
 There is just one way to protect the prosperity of community, and that is to keep the community from being drained of it's cash-working capital. The only way to do that is for the people of the community to keep their money at home. Every time the citizen of community sends money away from home to mail or der house instead of spending it in his home stores he is diSloyal to his community. It is disloyalty to the mer- chants only indirectly. It is disloyalty to the community of which the mer- chants are only small but very important part.
 This Is the moral obligation that every citizen owes to his community, just as the payment of taxes and the loyal support of his government are his legal obligations. Disloyalty of large body of the citizens spells dis aster to any government and disloy-