The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
FROM A VISITORS
VIEWPOINT

When 1 dropped off at Ely recently, it was
for the purpose of adding to my fund of nfor-
nation concerning towns in Minnesota having
population in of 5000. believe can, with
out being egotistical, lay claim to the title OF
being "The Champion Roamer of the U. ST. as l
have visited and written up almost every town of
any size in the country.
1t was not my privilege to remain long here,
but had time to give you something more than
just "once over" before | left and, as result,
l can report, without fear of honest contradiction,
that with the many advantages Ely has there
isn't any reason whatever for not keeping it in
the front rank of the best cities in the northwest
Now was here just long enough to ascertain
that you are blessed Il use that word because it
fits in here just right with wide-awake Com
mercial Club composed of the live business men
efficient secretary. Right here want to say, that
not long ago was guest and speaker at a Lion
Luncheon and the question was put to me as to
what considered to be the most important thing
in the civic structure of live town. My answer
emphatic because l happened to be fully in
formed on the subject. l said:
SHOW ME- A WIDE-AWAKE COM
MERCIAL CLUB AND WILL SHOW YOU A
WIDE-AWAKE TOWN.
Having many advantages, natural and other
wise Ely is looking into the future with unbounded
faith and optimism, and we'll she may, for when
the civic structure of any town, matter what
its size, is built upon such foundation, there is
nothing in the world, short of unforeseen disaster,
that check its steady progress. Just keep
building together. Naturally, there are some
slackers amongst your population, there always
are, but if you work it out rightly these can be
brought into line and made good, loyal, substan-
tial boosters
You've got to PULL TOGETHER, folks in
order to keep up the pace and be in the running
at the finish. You citizens and you miners who
have been short on your contribution of COM
MUNITY PATRIOTISM cannot afford to stand
by and expect your business element to carry
more than their share. Just imagine if you
please, town where the majority of the popu-
lation perfectly willing to let the merchants
shoulder most of the load, and then, instead of
giving those merchants the support they deserve
patronize merchants in other trading centers.
Can't you see what the ultimate result will be?
Prosperity means but one thing and that is
the ability of an individual or either community
to keep earnings, income, above expenditures.
You readily realize that for every dollar spent
dollar must be earned otherwise failure will re-
suit For every dollar that goes out of your
community, dollar must come in from outside
sources to replace it. community's prosperity
therefore, is based on its ability to make income
exceed out-go Modern conditions make it i'm
practical, if not impossible, for any community to
live entirely within itself. We must buy outside
to some extent, but does it not behoove us to be
cautious and careful about so doing when we
know that every dollar sent away mpoverishes
our community just that much, and consequently
munity? THIS is SOUND LOGIC AND is
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
1t is the community backing up and stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with it's civic organi-
cations, that is the key note to the situation.
Don't forget that you "out-of-town'' BUYERS.
BACK UP YOUR TOWN BY TRADING AT
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