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I Ip People e ople Cannot Take More Out Out o 1 a Comm community unity Than They 1 Put Fut In 1 C CJ CORPSE IS INEVITABLE J E Will Not Survive Long If If- Its It Town Commercial Structure Is Torn Tor Faster Than It Can Cani Down i Be Built Up Newspaper Union i ht 1911 w Western tern t the fiddler CHe He W dances must pay ing which Is fun full ol of old Sd Sl ing y That is an nn s truth lh The primary idea In this saybe say say- be of course is that one cannot have log Ing for it In fn pleasure without paying some ADS way wa but this is not the only In which it ll nUl may be bo construed sense i It if means that we cun cannot ot pursue tiny foolish fools h policy indefinitely without pa paIn paying pay pay- end the in In to ing for tor it his physical Ao o wan man can enn overtax indefinitely without risking riskIng risk risk- In strength ing log ultimate disaster Dissipation or cr overwork may be continued for u II time time without any uny noticeable results but If it continued d for a n sufficiently longhe long longtime longtime time t the he Inevitable Ine comes to pass Till The lava jaws aws of ot nature cannot be violated with Impunity If one takes tales out of life more marc than he puts in If he tears down his physical strength faster than he builds build it It up rap be he must eventually e pay the fid fiti diet What is true of the laws of nature is la equally true of economic In laws s The people of a n community may for a n time tithe tear down tho the commercial structure oi of oiK K a 4 t town wn faster than they build it up I without meeting disaster but It cannot i ibe be continued indefinitely In the end they must pay the fiddler Exhaust Resources of Community The person who makes his living HYing In Ina Ina the of a a community receiving money the community for his labor or the products of ot his labor and then spends i his Ws' Income outside of his community I is helping l to exhaust the resources resources' of the community just as the man who 1 expends his energy through dissipation lion tion or overexertion faster than she builds builds' It up Is exhausting his physical j res resources One man may do this ol of of course without noticeably affecting the economic strength of but hut buti when a dozen men or women do dot It It t i the he effect becomes becomes' noticeable and when a hundred do it the resources of oi the community become exhausted to the point wh where re collapse colla s-e s is Inevitable I Those le for r nation may think that they have profited profit profit- ed ed Individually by their actions but they have hare not realized reaUze that In the end they must pay the fiddler I There are some persons who seem to tobe be lx able to get through life Ufe without much auch effort There are s some some me who proceed pro ro- ro I teed on the theory that the world owe owes them a living and they proceed to c collect collect col col- I. I lect it The They take what they can get gel I j jand and give nothing In return Such persons per peel r sons however are ure not very numerous Most of us must pay for everything that we get Some may hn have ve to pay more than their share and these are ore I carrying c the burden of those who wh get I more than they pay for The fact re regains remains re- re gains mains that as a general rule one cannot can can- not have much worth while without Paying paying for It The merchants of any community are are the backbone of that community so SO far as its prosperity and progress are concerned Individually there may be some Borne of them who do not exert themselves to boost their community but hut collectively they are the men upon whom the living iving of every person in inthe the community depends The success or failure of f an Individual merchant may not be of particular concern to the he people of a n community but the success or failure of the merchants as asa asa a a Whole hole is a matter of the very great great- lest est jest concern I Provide f for Farmers The merchants of ot a town in tl first Place lace provide pro a market for a large lurge iP I part art t of the products of the farmers In the territory surrounding the town The They They- y buy uy the pro produce uce of the farmers In sm sni quantities In accordance with their nee need an and d some some of them buy in a Jarger quantities for shipment to foreign for for- n eign Ign markets l If the merchants could not d do this there would be no market nt at aj i l least t for tor the small quantities except nt at t ruinous could prices If the farmers not realize a reasonable profit from their pro Products there would be no money mony mon mon- fJ ey y for tor them to spend and nd there could coul be e no money to pay for tor your our products Y or to Pay for tor your ou labor It is therefore there there- re fore of the greatest importance to evy ev ev- ery y member of ot the tho community whether er a II resl resident ent of the town town or a n farmer 1 In a the country surrounding the town r I that the merchants be enabled to t provide pro pro- provide vide th this la market fur for at least a part oline of ol the ine farmers farmer's rs r's products u |