Imperial Valley press., 1920-08-23
BUYEVERYTHING AT HOME.

10y ATTY Is lhe IOuuudtluu upu
which the whole structure of civiliza
ton rests. Loyalty to ones country
loyalty to ones state, loyalty to one
city, loyalty to ones business asso
ciates, loyalty to ones friends! 10y
atty is essential to the ordinary prog
resS of the world. Without it the worlC
must be chaos.
There would be no stable govern
mcnt in the world were itsnot fer tn,
| loyalty of the people to their gov
ernment. There would be no success
full business enterprise on the face o,
the globe were it not for the loyalty
of the men and women who are con
nected with it. No church could eX
ist for a month were it not for the
loyalty of its members. The sacred
ness of the home would be mytl
were it not for the loyalty of the
members OF the family group.
The loyalty of q people to its gov
ernment is based partly upon senti,
ment and partly upon the recognition
of an obligation that people owes
10 its government. 4 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 b!
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 towarC
the support of the government. The
man or woman who, under the protec
tion of his government which pre-
serves law and order, is able TO &C
cumulate property, must pay taxes OF
that property to help maintain the gov
ernment which has protected him o.
her. In time of war the government
has the right to call upon its citizens
TO take up arms in its defense.
Loyalty Moral Obligation.
In governmental affairs these thingS
are regulated by law, and the MAJ
who receives the benefit of orderl!
government is required to fulfill the oh
legation which that entails, but in III,
ordinary affairs of life, loyalty is /
moral rather than a legal obligation
There are laws which prevent MAJ
from stealing from his employer o.
his business associates, but there j.
no law that requires him to be Iowa
to them. The success of a busineS:
however, depends NOR
upon the loyalty of its employees thar
upon the laws which prevent then
from stealing its money. Likewise tn
stability of q government depend
more upon the loyalty af its peopl'
than upon the laws which compel then
10 fulfill their obligation to the gov
ernment.
1t is equally true that the prosperity
and growth of every individual com
lnunity 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 mora.
as we'll as a legal one. The good citi-
zen pays his taxes cheerfully and
willingly. He serves upon the juric>
which administer the laws of the com
munity. He fulfillS every legal obli-
CATION that is imposed upon him b!
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 Il
promote the prosperity and happiness
of his community. The man who is
enabled to make his LIVING in any com
munity is under a moral obligation tc
spend his money in such a way as tCl
help his community.
Prosperity Worth Protecting.
Anything worth having is worth pro
tecting, and if the prosperity of g
community is worth anything TO the
people living in it it is worth protect
ing. If the chance for man TO earI
a good living, TO live well, to give his
children a good education, is wortl
anything, it is worth protecting.
There is just one way to protect
the prosperity of q community, and
that is 10 keep the community from
beinS drained of its 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 a community sends
money away from home to a mail or
der house instead of spending it in
his home stores he is disloyal to his
community. 1t is dislOyalty to the mer-
chants only indirectly. 1t is disloyalty
TO the community of which the mer-
chants are only a small but a 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-
atty of any large part of the people
to their community is followed inev-
itably by the downfall of the commu-
nifty. Self-interest, if nothing else,
should convince every citizen Of the
advisability of fulfilling his moral ob-
legation 10 his community.
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