The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-06-12
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IL, 1929.
A PRIZE EDITORIAL

PRIZE EDITORIAL
"HE Omaha Bee recently conducted an edit
orial contest among its readers and Mrs.
L Charlie L. Kelly, = Nebraska City, Neb.,
mother of five children won the first prize on the
following editorial
'My neighbor has prospered. His home is
the last word in modern architecture and equip
ment. 1t is his hobby. He loves every block
and every board in it. He surrounds it with
grassy plots and flowers, and adorns it inside and
outside according to his sense of artistic grace
and beauty.
''Not only is the home source of pride and
satisfaction to my neighbor but by it's beauty
and grace and general attractiveness it sheds
distinction and adds to the value Of the property
around it.
"Now my home is a modest affair. It needs
paint and the roof does not cover it well as the
mortgage. What is meant for grass plot shows
bare patches like the exposed portion of little
boys trousers. And .nstead of graceful flowing
vines my house is run by little rosy ram
blers who Chamber about scraping off paint and
leaving muddy streaks in their wake There are
five of them, and all the hard work, sacrifice and
care they to me is nothing compared to
the pride have in their clear eyes, clean minds
and sturdy bodies.
"To the hope hold in their future and the
present struggle to keep them clothed housed
and fed is small affair. They represent my
family estate. To them hope to leave an inheri-
tance of character and courage. And to the
world I shall not bequeath large sums to charity,
schools, hospitals, but family of men and wo-
men equipped to take up the problem of life.
"But when my neighbor begins to talk taxes
/ have uneasy feeling that according to his
way of looking at it, 1 should have drowned
these dimpled babies before their eyes were
open. He has figured out to penny how much
it is costing to educate of my children.
"Now am paying taxes too, but for nine
months of the year my children are under the
supervision of trained teachers, men and women
OF unquestionabe character and high ideals. 1t
doesn't seem to me that they are receiving ex-
orbitant wages. But my neighbor has not chill
dren. To him school is just building that cost
too much in the upkeep and doesn't give back a
profit to the town.
Il believe my neighbor is wrong. NV chill
dren have monetary value to the town. For
their needs my earnings are spent buy from
him such things as he has to sell, thereby add
ing to his riches.
fit nor cattle to market but raw materials for
the nation tomorrow They are not mine alone.
They belong to my neighbor as well. It is to
his interest well as to mine that they become
fit and useful citizens. AS they become trained,
as they were educated, they will develop The
community has a part in that development.
My neighbor has no more right to spread
niggardly propaganda for cheap schools, mig
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children, than have to throw trash in his yard
-Milbank, Is. d. Herald-Advance.
PLAIN COMMON SENSE
The following highly effective letter, says
the Publishers Auxiliary, was mailed to num-
Der of the towns business firms by L. w. Rob-
inson, editor and manager the Mitchell Is. d.
Gazette:
We printed job of 1000 letterheads for
Mitchell business firm today, and thought you
would be interested in knowing how the $11
which the customer will pay us for this will be
distributed, and how much will remain in Nit
chell to help build up your business and my BUSH
ness and the business of the man who believes in
having his printing done in Mitchell.
The list price of the ream of Hammermill
bond paper used in this job was $3.50. The
transportation and drayage was 20 cents Labor
items, which are so figured as to include our over
head expense, totalled $3.50. This left us profit
of $1.87.
The thing which will interest you as Nit
chell business man is that $3.50 of the $11 paid us
for this job was sent out of town. The $500 will
be spent in Mitchell where the Jones Mercantile
company, and ]. A. Jones and l. w. Robinson
must make living.
How much Of this $11 would have come back
to Mitchell had this business firm sent the job
out Of town !-Northwood, Qowa) Anchor.