The Winslow mail., 1926-02-05
Loyalty Basis OF
All Civilization
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government is based partly upon
sentiment and partly upon the re-
cognition of an obligation that q
people owes to it's government. A
people that has the benefit of good
government owes a duty to that
government. Those who do not re-
cognize this duty and pedform It
voluntarily are compelled by law
to do so. The man or woman who
is protected by the government in
the pursuit of life and happiness,
must contribute in money, and ser
vice toward the support of the gov
ernment. The man or woman who,
under the protection Of his govern
ment which preserves law and or
der, is able to, accumulate proper
ty, must pay taxes on that proper
ty to help maintain the government
which has protected him or her.
In time of war the government has
the right to call upon it's citizens
to take up arms in it's defense.
Loyalty Moral Obligation
In gov rnmental affairs these
things are regulated by law, and
the man who receives the benefit
of orderly government is required
to fulfill the obligation which that
entails, but in the ordinary affairs
of life, loyalty is moral rather
than legal obligation. There are
laws which prevent man from
stealing from his employer or his
business associates, but there is no
law that requires him to be- loyal
to them The success of a bust
ness institution, however, depends
more upon the loyalty of it's en-
ployes than upon the laws which
prevent them from stealing it's
money. Likewise the stability of
a government depends more upon
the la%T which compel them to full
fill their obligation to the govern?
ment.
1t is equally true that the pros
perity and growth of every individ
ual community is dependent upon
the loyalty of the people who live
in it. Every citizen owes an OBJ
legation to his community, and the
obligation is moral as we'll as
legal one. The good citizen pays
his taxes cheerfully and willingly.
He serves upon the juries which
administer the laws of the COM
munity He fulfills every legal OBJ
legation that is imposed upon him
by his government, but there is a
moral obligation which is of still
greater Importance to the commun-
ity. This moral obligation consists
in doing everything that is in his
power to promote the prosperity
and happiness of his community
The man who is enabled to make
his living in any community is un
der moral obligation to spend his
money in such a way as to help.
his community.
Prosperity Worth Protecting
Anything worth having is worth
protecting, and if the prosperity OF
a community is worth anything to
the people living in it it is worth
protecting. If the chance for a
man to earn good living, to live
well, to give his children good
education, is worth anything, it is
worth protecting.
There is just one way to protect
the prosperity of a community and
that is to keep the community
from being drained of it's 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 order house
instead of spending it in his home
stores he is disloyal to his COM
munity. 1t is disloyalty to the mer-
chants only indirectly. 1t is dis
loyalty to the community of which
the merchants are only small but
a very important part.
This is the moral obligation that
ev>@ citizen owes to his commun-
ity,; Just as the payment of taxes
and the loyal support of his govern
ment are his legal obligations.
Disloyalty of a large body of the
citizens spells disaster to any gov
ernment and disloyalty of any large
part of the people to their commun-
ity it followed inevitably by the
downfall of the community. Self
interest, if nothing else, should
convince every citizen of the ad-
visibility of fulfilling his moral OBJ
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