The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
For Good of
 the Community

young fraus busying themselves eternally keeping the doorsteps clean and the door, knobs bright and shiny. They had little thought beyond the soap and suds and the broom that did the work No doubt they were surprised when people came from afar and marveled
 The simple-minded but very practical Romans of the early republic were not aware of the mighty empire which they were building on the rugged honesty of the early Brutus and the virtue of Lucre- tia, the sturdiness of Dentatus, the cour- age of Horatius Cocles and the intrepid endurance of Mutius Scaevola.
 The "Spotless Town" was built 'from within. v Rome was built from with in.'' Rome fell only when it had ceased to build from within, when, in fact, it took on the vices of the older and more cul- tured empires which it laid low, but whose riches, in turn, enervating Rome, laid it low.
 The north knows that lynchings occur in the south. The south did not have to go and tell the north about that The north knew for generations that the southern farmer was eking out a mere existence on one-crop system The south did not have to tell the north this either.
 The south commenced raising pure bred hogs and cattle, diversifying it's field crops, putting in tick-destroying vats. building silos and marketing co-opera- lively. The north soon found that out and the north is taking up southern farm lands with more dispatch than southerners are well aware.
 The Italian department of the Cham Der of Commerce has been organized. The several thousand Italians resident in the Birmingham district have established point of contact with the Anglo-Saxon peoples who settled this country and con- trol It. These foreigners in Alabama now have vehicle of amalgamation with the thought, the purposes and the spirit of the Americans with whom they have made their home.
 Is it not better than letting this large Italian element remain Italian? They are law-abiding citizens They love Amer ica for what it is and has been to them They wish to be worth while American citizens. They wish the breach of tongues standing as wall between them and their Alabama neighbors to be removed. The Chamber of Commerce, in establishing the Italian department, is knocking down that wall
 And why should not the Italians be taken in? They operate 80 per cent of the grocery stores in Birmingham and vicin- 'ty. These little stores are seen on every corner in the suburbs and some of them have grow into proportions. The Italians save their money. They will invest that money in Birmingham and become real American citizens in proportion to the de- gree in which they and their American neighbors become better acquainted.
 The community that operates all it's in- ternal energies we'll from within will not be called on to go out and have people come and admire. Make the city one lives in worth while and people seeking a, desirable place in which to live and do business will come automatically.
 Lots of energy is wasted on blowing of trumpets. A trumpet makes big noise, but 1t is not as efficacious on attracting the attention that fetches results as quietly making and keeping town wholesome, sweet neat clean nifty and nr0prnssiva