Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-11-21
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WHEN AGE CREEPs UP, SMALL
TOWN OFFERS FRIENDLINESS
TO MOVE, to change from one
home to another, from one locality
to another that is far away. has q
different meaning to those Of dif-
ferent ages.
To youth, moving means change
that is adventure and the distance
to that far-away place but lends to
it an appealing enchantment.
Those who have passed the zenith
of life are living largely in the past.
To them old ties, old associations
have welded strong chains that are
not easily broken. The old house,
like its occupants, has passed its
best days, but it is home. Its rooms
have echoed the merry prattle of lit
tie children-your children, now
with homes and families of their
own in distant places. Its lighted
windows and honey atmosphere
have welcomed you after the days
labors. Its walls have shielded you
from the storms. In its library you
put your finger on any desired book.
You knew just where your pipe
would be. Your slippers were there
beside your favorite chair, inviting
you to comfortable evening.
Yes. the old house was home, de-
spite the changes the ceaseless
movement of great city had
wrought all about it. Strange faces
had taken the place Of the old neigh
bors. Today there is no one to
whom you wish CHEEKY good morn
ing; no one with whom you may
enjoy an evenings chat. The faces
you see this week are not those
you saw last week, or those you
will see next week. No, the old
home is but now an oasis in a sea
of ever-changing sands of human
ity. The locality has changed from
one Of homes to one Of rooming
houses, warrens in which reside for
day, a week or a month those
to whom "home" is a meaningless
word. 80.
The old neighbors have disap-
peared. Many of them are occupy
ing last resting places in the ceme-
teries. Others are scattered hither
and yon, and now you-and the you
is me and mine-are to 60, exchang-
ing the roaring, scurrying metro
poltan city for bungalow amidst
the quietude and simple pleasures of
a small town, where we hope again
to find what we lost-neighbors and
friends from whom we will receive
CHEEKY good morning.
1t will be bit hard to forget the
old home, with all the memories
that surround it. We 60 not upon
an adventure, but in search of
the things the old home once pro-
vided-the simple pleasures and the
smiling, friendly greetings of neigh
bors. Such things exist in the towns
and villages of America.
THAT FARM OF YOURS
HOLD ONTO that farm as you
hold onto your hat in a windstorm.
Should imitation come, as seems
probable, it will provide food, shell
ter and warmth for you and your
family through that and through the
days, months or years of depres-
sion that will follow. The man with
acres to cultivate will be king.
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM
AND THE OLD LADY
A FEW YEARS ago l stood one
day beside a linotype operator,
watching his fingers idle over the
keys of the machine he was operat-
ing. knew his capabilities. The
plant had, up to a few weeks be-
fore. operated on a piece basis,
and each day that man had pro-
duced more than twice what he was
then producing, but the union had
banned piece work and forced a
time basis, fixing a minimum the
company could demand. It was
that daily minimum this operator
was producing.
John" asked, "were you more
tired at the end of a day when you
did piece work than you are now,
working on time and producing
about half the type you did them"
mot bit, he replied, "but why
should I work faster so the old
lady out in Omaha may have a
few more dollars to spend?"
The "old lady" is dead now. OF
the profits that were made, she took
none with her on the road she trav-
eled, other than enough to pay for
shroud and casket. A consider
able portion of those profits went to
provide more machines that meant
more jobs for more men to support
more homes. Another portion went
into reserve that provided pay
for John. and other Johns. during
the days of depression, when losses
instead of profits were piling up
day after day. The remainder u
today invested in worthy institu-
tons that are enjoyed BY the gen
eral public.
The little story illustrates the Amer
lean system Of tree competition.