Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-16
People Can Create and Maintain Pros.

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you wish asaamattes Of lanalnrlde, II
for no bthfrsrrsAs0p, atQr ;hnxer .y0ur
town stand high IN the aestlmqtlop Of
the world. But are You sure that you
are doing everything In your power
to place your town In the Position
which .yeu wish to occupy That Is The
question that every person should ask
himself or herself at frequent inter-
walls.
When. things are running smoothly,
when times are good, and when It is
fairly easy to make O. good living for
the wife and Riddles, It is so easy for
a man to forget that these things do
mot eomesto aAtown''as a mbtter OF
course but are 1.-The result OF the
right kind Of efEnEt on the part OF. the
citizens Of the community It is so
easy for man to grow careless and
think that because this condition ex-
listed 1t will continue to exist without
any effort on his part or that Of the
other residents Of the community.
That is why II is important for every
one to stop and think seriously once
In while about what II would mean
to him If the prosperity that makes
life worth living for him should take
wings andify away.
Nobody Loves a Dead Town.
Nobody likes to live In q dead town.
No one even likes to visit q dead town.
That is why you sometimes hear that
warning, "Stay awny from that town.
It's dead one" The town which has
the reputation Of being a dead one suf-
fers as If from a pestilence. Busl-
ness men seeking new locations win
have noneSof 1t. The live travelling
salesman, even, will give 1t wide
berth. Those who live In 1t viii get
away II they can.
When q town is.live and prosperous,
d
local business Is good, real estate val
ues are high and stable. labor Is in
demand and wages! are good, the
streets are well lighted, the residents
and their prosperity Afe protected from
robbery and Gre and good schools are,
maintained sfor the education Of the /
children. : When astownlis dead, there i
is little money, in; circulation, store
buildings stand empty With ssFor SaleT
sign hanging on the front door. there
is little employment for the laboring
man, the streets are dark, the schools
are crippled. /
What sort of town do you want to |
live In? There Is only one answer to
that question. You want to live in the |
live town and enjoy all the good things |
that come to the residents Of such a
community
Answer Easily Found.
The only question then is as to how
these prosperous conditions can be
created or maintained and 1t is the
easieSt thing In the world to ind the
to that question.
{; If the people Of a community VIII
keep their money At home and keep It
In circulation among themselves, they
need have no fear Of ever being COM
PEELED to live In a dead town. II the
people win patr0nize their own busi-
ness men instead OF sending their dol
ars, to the mall order houses. the
prosperity Of the community win take |
,ara Of itself. Il, u
The local stores, to d very large exs
.ent, make every town The tdxes
)aid by the business men Of the c6hisf,,
nunity are the principal support Of
he schools and public institutions. IT,
8 the taxes paid by the storekeepers,
o q large extent, that mike possible
he public improvements the fire pro.
ection. the street lighting and the
many other things which make a town
worth living. In. The mail order house
Ioes not pay any taxes In the town
rom which 1t gets its money Il does
lot help to support the schools or
he churches. It does not help light
he streets or maintain the fire de- :
artment. II Is the aim Of the mail
rder houses to drive small town mer-
hants out Of business, so thht the
eOple VIM be compelled to send tol
he cities for their Merchandise and
hey are spending thousands Of dol
Irs every month to accomplish this
urpose. II they should succeed who
'ould pay the taxes that are now
aid By the local merchants2 IFS a
that the mall order house
-cpld not pay them.
Isnus Il Clear Cut. =
Every dollar spent at home helps I.
make he town a live one. n
Every dollar sent away from home s
the mail order house helps TO make :
le toNn q dead bne.
Thesissne = q clear-cut one and is :,
ruafelf sp Is every resident Of tie =
immunity. whether 4 resident 0f the. q g
up Itself or OF TIE country sntr0nnd
3 Il. The man Who does not care
heiher he lives IN a I've Or dead
Vn, II there q such . man, nopd
aste no thought on the subject bi1t
g man who wants 20 live IN . I've e