The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-12-04
PRIDE OF COUNTRY


Another Thanksgiving day has passed The
usual perfunctory proclamations were issued by
public officials and read by the people Thanks
giving should not be limited to one day in this
land of opportunity and progress.
Are we as proud of Our Country and as CRATE
full for the advantages it gives us as we should be-
1t is often stated that Californians are greater
boosters for their state and its resources than are
the citizens of any other state in this Union
Why localize our enthusiasm for Our Coun-
try? No state could exist without our United
States. Why should not every citizen of this
contry be an active booster for a nation which
has gone farther than any other in the world in
giving liberty, property rights, business oppor-
tunities, home conveniences, educational advan-
tages an amusements to its people? Why should
not our schools and colleges emphasize to a
greater extent the advantages of a citizen of this
nation under our constitutional form of govern
ment?
When you feel like kicking, look around you
Practically every American citizen can own his
own horle if he SO desires. He can travel to his
work either in an electric car or over a system
of highways such as the Romans never dreamed
Iof
In his home, gas and electricity do work equal
to that done by score of servants to former kings
and queens. The American telephone system
blest home beyond the widest dreams of world
famous rulers of the past.
Our property is safeguarded, our workmen
are cared for and lives are protected by an in
surance system unheard of a hundred years ago
and which is readily eliminating the pauper and
| the poor house.
Aladdin and his lamp have been made a real
ity by the radio which, is conjunction with wire
communication, has annihilated distance and, as
the people of the world become better acquainted
through our modern methods Of communication,
will eliminate war The homesteader in the
mountains can tune in his radio set and listen to
the music, lectures and amusement programs of
the world
Our farmers are learning the advantages of
applying business methods to agricultural pur-
suits Our industries a~e profting by making
4 bair employees and customers stockholders in
their properties Gasoline has madesindividual
transportation possible SO that vast sections of
the country heretofore impossible of settlement
on account of distance, have been opened up and
are today pouring their produce and business in
over improved highways to the greatest railroad
: Transportation system in the world.
! What picture to paint Forests, mines,
transportation OIL electricity, telephone, gas ra-
; dio, modern farm machinery factory buildings
finer that the castles of history, roads and road
uululIg IiittllOuS SUCH do Tile WOIlu HAS never Uc-
} fore seen, and an educational system which of
} fers the poor mans son advantages which the no
bility did not have few generations ago!
Think of these things when you hear the
$ croakers and the Knockers Don't be thankful
just on Thanksgiving day. Learn lesson from
California, where the children are taught that the
sun is brighter, the sky is bluer and the advan-
a tages greater than any where else in the world
Let us build up pride in Our Country, not in a
: boastful or arrogant manner, but with sense
g of appreciation and thanksgiving that we are SO
r fortunate as to live in land where opportunities
n and advantages for the poor and the lowly are
greater than the luxuries offered favored and
e wealthy persons short century ago.
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s BROTHERLY LOVE