The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-02-20


North Carolina is 1--WE industries want payrolls
Local merchants become distressed small stores continue
help demands and trade takes off for larger towns which
promise most On top of all troubles crop failures and
scarcity seafood year after year, the tendency of every
home to buy of all the gadgets without consider
ing income have contributed to giving the home town mer
Merchants remaining in business often set up contn-
plea for payros of Sort and wonder why their
towns not favored with factories of kind
other such they read about in the papers which
usually established farther west the main railroad
and highway routes where there dead-end long
haul make prohbve They where other
have granted tax moratorums (Which many authorities
completely egaD have built factories to ence bust
from other towns taking the awful risk of turning
great investment to someone who may be fyby
night operator without financial responsibility.
They seldom take note of the oftrepeated advice to
beware OF anyone who demands something for nothing 1t
is not good sense to expect that who business
man or corporate entity will become valuable addition
to the community he or is not willing any and
all duties and responsibilities of citizenship where profits
are expected to be made is not commonsense to ignore
the injustice that tax moratorus do to all honest and hard
working people who have abored pay their and dis
charge other responsibilities of citizens.
In all small towns, there is discouragingly large per-
centage of merchants who don't advertise in otherwise
support their local In towns it is disgrace
fully apparent that only few good merchants consis
tent advertisers The several others who stngy
too dense to realize the asset their patronage of
newspaper seldom turn tap toward laborng for new
dustries donating toward commercial Improvement
often they merely complain times they offer
why their town has little Usually they turn light
upon themselves in critical self-examnaton.
Chiefly at the top two complaints is that
in town considered be weoff lying down on the
job when they ought to be pouring out cash by the barrel
to build factories and make jobs at home The other the
local ought to lead the way with liberal outlay
of tax funds to ence capital to the often
those oudest in this last Complaint are denouent in their
taxes Now and then fellow found who insists that
the feeble local bring industry town
and new business to merchants by constantly harpng
y on the towns great advantages and superiority They
not understand that matter how eagerly editor pleads
his towns matter how vigorous his claims are for
the areas advantages the reading public discounts all he
says and remains unmpressed by town where may be
found only handful of businessmen who sufficiently
of
world consistently themselves through their local
paper.
This is age which grows increasing skeptica
Claims must be backed up by facts toll entce distant
dollars from their hiding places community is
reasonably good and sufficiently valuable for industry it's
people must have faith it. They unselfishy
tribute some time and effort and money Also to advance its
welfare and development.
One man alone, standing against the world, through
shakeabe determination win worthy Three
takes one man to banner and march out in front
and sometimes there many who happy to follow can
they see fearless leader in whom they have confidence Nc
selfish person the complete confidence
lal to an adequate and satisfying
And so it is that sometimes may go out, and
after long and unsesh and teess effort he interest
others to join him in the achievement great gains Some
tunes the effort of single may succeed in bringing
10 ms community factory with an enormous pay roll Just
about everything these days within the bounds
and wonders worked someone works sufficiently
hard and sells idea
But the folks need to and invest their money
will have to be convinced The really good will
be willing to their taxes and do their share of giving
the public good But they and will lacked
and forced to pay tribute raids of officials with
the spend other peoples money Before they are
coming they get lot information They want all the
facts at hand Local people must provide these facts and
this the job Of efficient Chamber of
all facts always at hand to satisfy the inquiries of all types
of people.
community without an efficient Chamber of Commerce
is community that poor indeed It be composed of
unselfish who put their town above self Someone must
pay the cost of essential work for the public good Cham
Der of Commerce that gets liberal support
community do just about everything needed to be done
to promote that community.
To dat all odioto die
tbuon to date reports the communtys resources
Prospective investors want the rainfall
mean temperature the bank resources the school facilities
the types of churches the number of business houses
rail bus and water facilities the supply hundreds
of other things.
We believe any community that backs its Chamber of
Commerce supports financially and enforces membership
attendance get its feet and solve just about all
its fiscal financial industrial commercial problems that
are IN need of remedy It takes only to carry the