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Show Does It Help Me Or My Neighbor? We are a selfish lot, selfish in every sense of the word even so selfish that we blame it on to human nature. When a project is proposed, do we figure in terms of how much will it benefit me or how much will it benefit my neighbor? When we are asked to support a movement, do We ask, what good will it do me, or do we wonder just how much it will mean to the other fellow? If every citizen in Springville Spring-ville assisted with only those projects which directly direct-ly benefited him or his family, it would be a sad city and a sad world. It is generally observed that the extent by which an individual is benefited by a project, is the extent to which he will suport that project. The more selfish sel-fish the individual, the less he favors a project in which he sees no material benefit. There are also those individuals who, believing that the movement or undertaking will cost them individually, will do everything in their power even to spending considerably more in time and' money to influence others to their point of view. Too often the good of a thing is judged by whether or not it will help me or my family. If it does, it is good, if it doesn't it isn't, is our attitude. Against such reactionnaires of progress, Springville Spring-ville must have a majority of citizens with a spirit which rises above selfishness, petty jealousies, political polit-ical lines, narrow-mindedness and short-sightedness. We must remember that a willingness to work for the welfare of others, cooperation with those elected to lead us and a determination to support those projects pro-jects which help others if not ourselves, marks a good citizen. |