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Show SUPERFICIAL THINKING It is rather surprising to sco so much ignorance and narrow minded-ness minded-ness nmnng some people in regard to. matters of general importance as there Is still. Especially in this favored, fav-ored, enlightened ago of industrial and commercial co-ordlnatlou and enterprise. en-terprise. Not long ago in listening to a con-vrrsntlon con-vrrsntlon by somo pcoplo whom 1 had thought were ull wide awnko and sensible, sen-sible, cno of them said, "Well It mutters but llttlo to mo how much othors'havo of this world's comforts, po"fongnsl am poor and Indigent." To which another in tho group, moro scnslblo than ho, replied, "Well I think It does matter to you qulto n bit, for this reason that when your neighbor builds a house, or In any other wn) adds to tho importnnco and valuo of tho town you Ilvo In, It enhances en-hances tho value of your properly nnd, consequently, you thus nnturally become partaker of his good fortune land prosperity. Time was, perhaps, when such antiquated anti-quated and Illogical Ideas as aro men. tinned ubovo, might h'nvo passed must, cr without dlsputo, but In this advanced ad-vanced age, when every public utterance utter-ance is subject to analytical scrutiny, superficial thinking Is too thin and too Jrrclavant for Intelligent acceptance accept-ance Observev. |