The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
Help The Community.

tanned The question would seer
almost Ia answer its,f. la
word, j. Il possible for anybpd
20 conduct business withou
taking an definite interest ia th
life OF the community 10 ~ per
haps possible ia a restricted sens
Of the term. 10 do this. but il !
certainly not possible ia any broa'
sense at all. That is To say, th'
merchant who Is making any rea
aud lasting impression upon th'
community in which be lives Is The
merchant who i thinking ia term.
broader and more inclusive thar
any which may be expressed in
mere figures. The statement sav.
ors no doubt. Of the copy book max
im, but copybook maxinis are none
the less true for being tritc The
great trouble with them all is that
they are not put into practice.
One fails 10 find any Other fault
with these excellent but neglected
aphorisms.
We repeat that the life OF bust.
ness, If il is 10 strike deep into the
life of its community, must be
founded upon the needs of that
community. The merchant who
is not putting in II good part Of
his time working for the general
good Of the city, town or dA3Fict
ia wbice he lives is negIecting one
of the most potent weapons no
can find to his hand for the up
building OF his business career,
aud ut the same time is failing in
All obvious duty TO the community
whose support alone makes the
career possible.
Trite and even canting as some .
folks may deem them, the old /
truths about ones responsibility /
10 ones brother are not obsolete.
They have not been nj all suspcr-
seeded, nor is there any reason to
suppose that they ever will be,
despite all the fashionable theories
Of the day. Business men who
have sneerod at them have been
suffering from Ignorance aud no
more than this. 1t is not bad
heartedness, il is ignorance and
lack Of vision which bids men To .
seek only their own good and for q
bids them to believe that 1t Is moro {
blessed TO give than TO receive.
The Master who said this hast
was man who knew very thor Z
'ughly the meaning of every state !
nent he ever made and who never
made a statement not completely b
nd absolutely true. When he .
aid 1T is more blessed 10 give
han to rscciye.' no certainly did 4
Iot mean that one should give )
way To an unappreciative world G
"a the theory that somehow good G
ionld How from the act. ile did 81
ot ask us to cast pearls before
wine. hut he did mean quite b
scientifically that II u man will
inter- upon his work with the n
10 thought always first in mind Il
} see how much good he can do 10 il
Is community, how much hc can IN
Ut into il, as Il we're, the result
al DO that his reward will surely "
'me aud he will iind himself re-. ia
nd in full measure. pressed down W
"a running over.
The careers OF the most com al
etely successful merchants show II
Nv entirely true this is. For man IL
heap up a lot OF money without th
sping up a lot of goodwill Is gr
nply for that man 20 take the ke
- and quickest road to hle Of fal
Entail aud physical misery. The TAI
IN who works for has community th
rough his business aud who l. be
cry day asking himself how best TO
may serve The community in be-
, line of his business Is the man SET
10 is becoming wholly indispen gh
be and who Is hcaping up tor ia
nself treasure OF goodwill far
ich no misfortune eau overcome. Z
at mans business career is 49,,
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