Show CO Community Suicide One of the strangest phenomena witnessed in most towns and small cities is tho the apparent eagerness with which many ot otherwise vis good I citizens contribute to the tendency to commit community suicide These ci citizens will often show uncommon zeal in boosting any movement to obtain city improvements improvements improve improve- ments to promote the location of I new industries to secure better educational educational educational ed ed- ed- ed facilities and so on Yet many of these same proud boosters will deliberately engage in a practice practice practice tice which nullifies all their otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise laudable efforts efforts and and wonder why their town doesn't go ahead We Vie refer to the habit of buying away from home The enormous growth of the mail order habit in recent years is largely responsible for the failure of many communities to make the progress which their natural advantages advantages advantages ad ad- vantages should make possible The money that ought to be kept kep at home for the expansion of local i trade and industry is sent away to to distant cities never to return The life blood of prosperity is al allowed allowed al- al lowed to ebb away through the indifference or thoughtlessness of the very persons who should set an example of local pride and loy loyy alty I A trifling saving here and there usually more imaginary than real is sufficient to cause the average citizen to forget his duty to his community and to himself which i if if performed would mean far more in the direction of local prosperity than all his other boosting efforts put together Why boost In one direction committing community suicide in another |