The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-05-20
People Cannot Take More Out Of
a Community Than They
Put In.
COLLAPSE IS INEVITABLE
Town viii Net Survive Long II its
Commercial Structure Is Tern
Down Faster Than u Can
Be euilt Up.

That Is an old saying which Is full OF
truth. The primary Idea la this say
Ing. OF course. Is that one cannot have
any pleasure without paying for Il In
some way. but this Is not the only
sense In which Il may be construed
IL means that we cannot pursue any
foolish policy indefinitely without pay
Ing FOR II la the end
No man can overtax his physical
strength indefinitely without risk
Ing ultimate disaster. Dissipation
or oyerwork may be continued for 4
time without any noticeable results.
but II continued for n sufficiently iong
time the inevitable comes 10 pass The
laws OF nature cannot be violated With
lmpunIty. II one takes out OF lie more
than he puts In. II he tears down his
physical strength fuster than he builds
II up, he must eventually pay the Id
der.
What is true OF the laws OF nature
Is equally true Of economic laws las
people OF community may for a une
tear down the commercial structure OF
a town faster than they build IL up
without meeting disaster. but Il cannot
be continued indennltely. In the end
they must pay the adder.
Exhaust Resources Of Community.
The person who makes his living In
a community. receiving the money OF
the community for his labor or the
products OF his labor. and then spends
his Income outside OF his community
Is helping 20 exhaust the resources OF
the community just as the man who
expends his energy through dissipa-
ton or oyerexertiOn faster than he
builds IL up is exhausting his physical
resources. one man may do this. OF
course. without nouceably affecting the
economic strength OF thescommunity
but when a dozen men or women DO
IL the effect becomes noticeable and
when a hundred do IL the resources OF
the community become exhausted 10
the point where collapse Is Sevitsble.
Those who are responsible for this sit
uatlon may think that they have profit
ed individually by their actions but
they have not realized that In the snd
they must pay tie fiddler.
There are some persons who seem 10
be able 10 get through life without
much effort. There are some who pro
coed on the theory that the world owe
them living and they proceed TO col
lect II. They take what they can ger
aud give nothing In return. Such Per
sons. however. are not very numerous
Most OF Us must pay for everything
that we get. Some nay have 20 pay
more than their share and these are
carrying the burden OF those who get
more than they pay for. The fact re
mains that. as a general rule. one can.
not have much worth while without
paying for u.
The merchants Of any community
are the backbone Of that community
so far as It's prosperity and progress
are concerned. Individually there mas
be some OF them who do not exert
themselves 20 boost their community
but collectively they are the men upon
whom the living 81 every person 10
the community depends. The success
or failure Of an individual serchani
may not be q particular concern a.
the people Of a community. but the
success or failure Of the merchants a.
a Whole Is a matter OF the very great
est concern.
Provide Market Ter Farmers
The merchants q a town. In the hrsi
place. provide a market Tor q large
part Of the products u the farmers
In the territory surrounding the town
They buy the produce 81 the farmer
In small quantities. IN accordance with
their need. and some ~ them buy W
larger quantities Tor shipment 70 for
elgn markets II the merchants c0uic
NJ a. this there would b. no market
NJ least for the small Quantities except
a ru.aous prices n ne farmers could
not realize q reasonable proff from
their products. there would BE- no mon
~ for them 70 spend and there could
be 90 money 10 pay for your product
or % pay FOR your labor. II j. there
fore. q lhe greatest importnnce 20 ~.
cry member q the community. whsth
er resident u the town Or . fsrnei
IN the c0unfry surrounding the town
hat the merchants Be- enabled 20 pro
vide this market Tor n least a part q
the farmers products
Every dollar sent away from iour
10 mall order hoHse helps 20 dlminisk
the ability o. the local merchants q
provide a market FOR the farmers prod
ucts or 70 Do sny Of the many Other
fhlngs which the merchants OF even
town DO for their community.
Business In a community cannot b
conducted on q one-sldsd bssix A mar
cannot take orf q his community 0
good living for himself and family snt
give nothing IN return. He may d
20 for a short tine and get away wftf
Il. bat in the e1d be must pay ths
ncdler.
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