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Show Cooperation Necessary j U J. F. SniiLh Mercantile company retires permanently from business here, I j Sprmi; ille will lose one of its most valuable business institutions. j j "But what difference does it make?" some may ask. To this question we miyht ' j add another: "What difference does it make if all our business houses close?" i j The latter question seems to us to be as logical as the first, and yet we hear ' j such remarks from some indifferent individuals. , j lint there's a reason for Springville business houses retiring, and in nearly every instance the cause is not because of the merchant. It is attributed directly ! to a lack of town patriotism. So many persons labor under a false impression that ' I they can do so much better by idv'ig; the'.r patronage to merchants of neighboring i I towns. Consequently they travel here and there in the hope of saving a penny on I I a can of milkier a nickle on a scrubbing-brush or a tea-kettle, but spend this and ! additional savings in travel. J Of course, Spring villo can get along withort such a stock of merchandise as ! that cv.rried by Smith's, but it's going to bj mighty unhandy to have to travel to a neighboring town every lime one wants a little household article, something in the spoiling goods line, hardware or a certain line of paint, varnish, etc. j Besides, Smith's store helped to pay the tuxes of Springville. So did half dozen other business institutions that have retired because Springville citizens would rather rath-er give their patronage to some institution out of Springville. Now they must bear Smith's proportion of the taxes. That proportion will no doubt amount to considerably consider-ably more than was saved on that can of milk, scrub-brush, or teakettle. But there are other phases to be regarded . In times past Smith's have given employment to families who have needed such employment. Like Smith, these persons may have to leave town to find employment. And thus conditions grow more and more complex, until it becomes harder and harder to make a living here. No family can- live unto themselves alone. Nor can they long endure by disre- ' garding the lives of their fellowmen. An 1 this applies to business institutions as well as individuals. It is said that there are groups of bu -iness men in Springville who depend almost al-most entirely on their fellow-business me i and citizens here for their success who do not hesitate to buy almost all of their household requirements out of Springville because they imagint they can save a few dollars. Such short-sightednes j is demoralizing de-moralizing to the entire business life of t ie city. - Unless there is a tendency to greater cooperation on all sides. Springville will find unsurmountable obstacles to overcome in maintaining its position among the towns of the county. " Certainly everyone can well 'afford to give more thought to the success of the j town and sacrifice just a little for the Ave If a re of the other fellow, which eventually j means the success of all, rather than to think only of self. : Isn't it time we were trying it? |