Show DEAD TOWN IS ALWAYS SHUNNED community with avith such a reputation suffers as froma from a pestilence RESTS WITH THE CITIZENS people can create and maintain prosperity if they will keep their money at home in clr cir 7 s cu cul atlon lation 7 copyright 1917 western newspaper union stay away from that town its a dead one do you want that to be said of your town of coursed course you dont for you wish as a matter of local pride if tor for no other reason to have your town stand high in the estimation of the world but are you yon sure that you are doing everything in your power to place your town in the position which you wish to occupy that Is the question that every person should ask himself or herself at frequent intervals when things tire are running smoothly when times are good and when it Is fairly en easy sy to make a good living for the wife and biddles kidd les it is so easy tor for a man to forget that these things do not come to a town as a matter of course but are the result of the right kind hind of effort on the part of the citizens of the community it is so easy for a man to grow careless an and d think that because this condition c existed x it will continue to exist without any effort on his part or that of the 0 ther other residents of the community that Is why it Is important for every one to stop and think seriously once in a while about nhat it would mean to him if the prosperity that makes life worth living for him should take wings and fly away nobody loves a dead town nobody likes to live in a dead town no one even likes to visit a dead town that Is why you sometimes hear that warning stay away from that town its a dead one the town which has the reputation of being a dead one suffers as if from i a pestilence busl bush l ness men seeking new locations win have none of it the live traveling salesman even will give it a wide berth those who live in it will get away if they can when a town Is live and prosperous local business Is good real estate values are high and stable labor Is in demand and wages are good the streets are well lighted the residents and their property are protected from robbery and fire and good schools are maintained for the education of the children when a town is dead there Is little money in circulation store buildings stand empty alth w ath for sale sign hanging on the front door there Is little employment for the laboring man the streets are dark the schools are crippled what sort of town do you want to live in there is only one answer to that question you want to ih live e in the live town and enjoy all the good things that come to the residents of such a community answer easily found the only question then is as to how these prosperous conditions can be created or maintained and it Is the easiest thing in the world to find the answer to that question if the people of a community will keep their money at home and keep it 1 in circulation among themselves they need have no fear of ever being compelled to live in a dead town it the people will patronize their own business men instead of sending their dollars to the mall mail order houses the prosperity of the community will take care of itself the local stores to a very large extent make every town the taxes paid by the business men of the community are the principal support of the schools and public institutions it Is the taxes paid by the storekeepers to a large extent that make possible the public improvements the fire protection tec tion the street lighting and the many other things which make a town worth living in the mall mail order house hoube does not pay any taxes in the town from which it gets its money it d doey oes not help to support the schools or the churches it does not help light the streets or maintain the fire department part ment it Is the aim of the mall mail order houses to drive small town merchants out ot of business so that the people will be compelled to send to the cities tor for their merchandise and they are arb spending thousands of dol lars every month to accomplish this purpose it if they should succeed who would pay the taxes that are now paid by the local merchants iner chants its a certainty that the mall mail order house would not py them issue Is clear cut every dollar spent at home helps to make the town a live lire one every dollar sent away from homo home to the mall order house helps to make the town a dead one the issue Is a clear cut one and Is squarely up to every resident of the community whether a resident of the town itself or of he country surrounding ng it the mat mai who does not care whether he lives tu in a live or a dead town it if there Is such nuch a man need waste no thought oa the subject but the man who wants to live in a live town cannot get awal from it IL it Is up to him to make hit town a live one or a dead one |