Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-04-21
TAKING STOCK"
Should Sentiment Always Have
Precedence2

Iaking stock" Of oneself is a perl
odical duty, probably not always prac-
ticed. and is as necessary as taking
stock Of your household effects or your
"store goods" The right minded man
viii do this. In unmolested moments
he gives way to deep meditation; he
gathers his thoughts TO ascertain II
brains. energy, and ability are synco-
pating properly, working together on
lines that answer to an ambition that
looks for a satisfactory return.
If there be u deficit. his endeavor
should be TO discover the leakage. II
may be, that he lacks the nerve to go
Into retrospective analysis, or fails
In initiative that will prompt him TO
throw his horoscope in the future. IN
less be can do these things he will
never be able to pull himself out of
any "rut" in which his condition has
placed him. He must take stock"
stock taking" leads to modern-day
efficiency, and is demanded Of every
worker If unsatisfactory conditions are
to be overcome. In the case of the
farmer II may be that he is working
q too high-priced farm; interest and
rent may be an overhead" entlng up
the profits. There may be other rea-
sons why profits are Dot shown. 1t is
Just possible that he is sacrificing
profit and encouraging loss because
Of sentiment but he does not realize
that this IS the cause. The farm was
his birthplace; reared upon it, he
knows every nook and corner of the
old place. He flshed In the brook,
hunted squirrels In the woods, hid in
the bayfield,, grew TO manhood upon the
place. courted and married and brouga;
~ his family there. These nre ties
that commend themselves, and why
shouldn't sentiment have say7 To
many this. will appeal. But are these
good reason 10 continue? Does nos
one owe II TO himself and to his de-
pendents to "taEe stock" and put In.
to effect action that will bring a bal
ance on the credit side Of the ledger
the balance that viii bring happiness
and give a comfort far greater than
mass of unpaid bills and house full
Of worry, and devotion to sentiment?
Should he not look around for more
favorable conditions. which may easily
be foupd2
ProcrastInation is said to he a thieF
In this case the axiom is undoubtedly
true. To allow the adverse conditions
under which you may be laborlng to
continue may keep you for years longer
In the present unsatisfactory position.
There was man at Brazil, Ind.
who made weekly visits for upward
of year to the office of the Canadian
government Mt Indianapolis. Ind, aad
from the agent secured all the infOrma-
ton he possibly could as to conditions
I'm Western Canada. But he lacked de
cision, did not take STOCK" or II he
took It. failed to act. This was four
teen years ago. He lived on a small
farm, which gave him a mere existence.
and no promise of anything more. lie
Is still on the same place and no better
Off today than then. He had a friend
working in glass factory. who also
had but little means. He became in.
terested in Western Canada. He poe
sessed, though, spirit and action. with
the impulse thus prompted he moved
to Saskatchewan and took up farm
Today he is the owner Of splen lid
section Of land, has plenty of money
In the bank, and could retire with a
handsome competence.
That which has been the good for
tune Of the Brazil glass worker, who
had taken stock" and proflted by II.
may be that which wifi follow any
other OF like temperament and firm
wish TO erect for satisfactory future
Western Canada submits for consld-
Grafton and approval conditions In az
ricultural lines that are exceptional
There is land there that annually pro.
duces about the same return as any
other farming land. and IT can be pur-
chased at but portion Of what the
place which has not been a source Of
profit can be sold for section IN
stead of quarter-section. worked un.
der western conditions, with no more
effort, solves the big overhead" ex-
pense. The social conditions. which
are an important factor in deciding
on a new home location, are IDEAL
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