The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-02-14
YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

Nina your own DuslltNA3 ~
good enough motto as far as ii
goes but it doesn't go fan
enough. The trouble is that the
ordinary man who pridcs himself
on the strictness with which hC
minds his own business has {
very inadequate, narrow idea as
to what constitutes his own busi
ness. Such a man is very apt tc
fancy that when he has sold his
goods. counted up the cash anc
locked it securely in the safe, OF
has cleared his desk Of cores
pondcnce and other matters, he
has attended TO his business fol
the day and is entitled to self
plaudits for duty well done. Ac-
cording to this way OF thinking
minding ones own business means
attending strictly 10 what per
tains to his own private affairs
and nothing more, but there is
grave reason TO question the
soundness of this view
just suppose every man IN the
world did nothing except mind
what he is pleased to call my
own business. What would be-
come Of the churches and all the
manifold activities by which they
bring to bear influences to bet
ter the condition Of mankind and
make the world a decent place
in which to live? There would
be nobody to attend to the bust
ness Of religion and all the
churches, with the benevolent
work which they carry on would
30 to ruin. 1t would not be as
good world in which to trans
act a profitable private business
it that calamity should happen.
Giving some attention, time and
money to the support of the
churches is, therefore, a part OF
minding ones own business.
If every man attended to moth
ing except his private business.
what would become of politics
and government of the people,
by the people and for the peo-
pie. The answer is easy; the
whole thing would be in the
hands of men who make politics
their business and ply the trade
for what there is in it; i. e., the
professional politicians, and gov
ernment would be good or bad
according as it served the plr
poses of these gentlemen. The
man who in his devotion to his
private business has no time to
fool with politics" is playing
into the hands Of the professional
politicians whose interests are.
seldom in harmony with his own
and hence, in reality. he is fail
ing to mind his own business.
Fraternal and civic organiza-
tions. such as a chamber Of com
ncrcc. all play a part in promot-
ing the welfare of the commun-
ity What kind of town would
We have if nobody gave any at
ention to such matters7 If every
elbow just buried his nose deep
in his own private affairs and
never looked up or out, do you
think we would have as good and
G. prosperous town as we
! ould if everybody were work
lg at the job Of making it bet
Ter, bigger and more prosperous
DO YOU think there would be as
much business in town where
every man selfishly minded moth
ing except his own private af-
fairs
Minding ones own business
means much more than lo0i.'0g
after nothing except one S pri-
vatc profits. The man whose
mental vision is so narrow that !
he cannot look beyond his own
business and realize that he lives
in a world in which he constant
ly benefits from the cooperation
of his fellow-men is incapable of
playing the part of citizen: he /
may function very successfully
as a business machine but he
cannot be a man. More than
ever. in these modern days, TO
E1 d - man one must cooper