Show I. I HOME TOWN TOWN BUILDING I Continued o tram from our last issue 4 AsI I said at Ai the the beginning o of my lily Ieti letter r I I. I have hav been through the mill mili o oR city and nd co country life and now r I T Iam Tam am amwell well satisfied with the farm years of slavery in several different lines of trade coup coupled ed with a board boarding ing lag house life liCe in th the city when I was b between tween the years of 19 and 26 gavIri gave gave Iri me an ati ample ample stock of experience forthe for the rest of oJ my life I know more know more about keeping young folks folks' contented at home on on Ii the farm th than m I do about th the affairs of ourtown o our ourtown or r town town t 1 ft it io does s not require j the rains of a S Solomon lomon to discover tha a scarcity y o of yo yoting ng ng people on th the str 9 s s ofa a count especially Saturday Saturday night signifies a a town thatis that that- i ip is on oh the down hill road roid v I One ne of f our pur pur t town wn councilmen naun the boast in n my h hearing a ing some ye years s 's ago that he be had killed a proposed d' d I license nse fora ora tent t circus which hl h wanted an d 1 v sin tiie t vI and kh also Just tied tied a tin can to a a ni merry merry- merry merry- round go round go-round which h had ad been picking i ul up- up the tho childrens children's pennies penni s in in town for some s some me t two o or or three d days dayss Ys i i. I said to to him Stick to that policy councilman council council- man Uan and within a aL a few years there won wont won't t be anything between the town and the graveyard except the fence j I ITh He He didn't take the hint neither did his his his' fellow councilmen and the funeral i i sermon pf pi the town was printed inthe in f I Ith th the last issue of the the- town tow newspaper j i when it Went out of business fo four years ago i s iNow t. t Now then Mr Editor my opinion of the problem problem of keeping the yo folks foll folla a at home Is t to treat reat them l human beings eings I Give them them a. a chance a-chance ch n nto to grow glOW Let them spread ad themselves themselves Encourage amusements amusements of ever every Id kind l Dont Don't worry ab about a merry-go merry round f fa picture a show or a a a billiard b lUard room room leading d ng your young young men men astray or r bankrupting the town because of the I pennies and nickels which are contributed contributed con con- trib ted to the support of such places The money is not wasted or de destroyed troyed It soon gets ba back k into the general gener l channels of trade If we started out dut ut to figure figure as s sw w wasted sted all the money wh which ch goes goes goes' into th the frivolous things of life Ufe we woula soon arrive at a conclusion which 1 would put nut ni ninety ety out of of every every every- ver hundred hundred hun huT dred workmen of the world out of employment and beggar the universe V Get your young people ople Into into the h habit bit of excelling the their r co companions in pastimes p pastimes s and amuse amusements and inay may 1 rest assur assure assured p that they will take t the the leadership In business when the opportunity presents itself tV t The t nett move is isto to develop commercial com cam mercial openings at home Give Gi e. e the thel boy and girl girla a a chance to get get into business u lne s. s V They They- must have an an opp r- r tupi Y to earn a a cannot b 1 f the r tr town rif i is to drift to the big bl cities cities' HoVan How HoV lean can an we prevent prevent it Is the the question that looms loom large i in inthe the sight of the country town merchant Th The answer answer is is Employ the cit city mans mans man's meth methods ds Your Your home t town town paper paper can can can be made to to reach every very m man n woman and the the neighborhood every few days If printed advertisements in a Can xan be b made made- td pul pull b business busi- busi st st. iness ness ness to tI amount u of per year for a single house the same thing in a sm smaller er ervay way vay wI will li get et paying pay pay- ing i results for yo you z But But- says says' on one storekeeper if I If-ake If make eke t the ho home toj town paper papy a cata- cata ogue ogue quoting my lowest pr prices ces m my competitor will do do- likewise and I will swill ll get get no m more re o of the h trade t than I I am m getting nori w. w My friend your you com com- comi is not the store in the next block or across the street streett t t YOUR YO COMP COMPETITOR IS S IN N THE THE BIG BId BIG j I CITY and his methods will put yo yo cut Gut of business if you do not e them them V that any other merchant t in hi your town spends for advertising in the local paper is is' boosting your you r interest by assisting in keeping keepin g money money at t home That means additional additional addi adrU opportunity for yo you This This' letter will be con continued i. i I our our next issue I |