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Show Did You Ever Stop To Think? By E. R. WAITE, Secretary Shawnee, Okla., Board of Commerce THAT the wise buyer always reads the advertisements. j THAT it is the way to save money. THAT everybody should know of your city's greatness great-ness and business advantages. THAT it is a good plan to think before you speak. THAT some men often speak before they think. THAT it often causes much grief. THAT if you think more about your city and study its advantages, you can be a better city booster. THAT it is also well to look before you leap. THAT there are two sides to human nature, optimistic 1 and pessimistic. THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE SIDE IN YOUR CITY, 'THAT some citizens would rather knock their own home city than to boost it. PUBLIC OPINION should make this class of citizens hard to find. THAT cities get reputations the same as men. THAT your city should have the best of reputations. THAT optimism and common sense should be mingled min-gled in good proportion. THAT if you do this, you will find it easier to think, to speak and to act in a way that will help to make your city a better and bigger city. THAT pernicious propaganda in business circles should cease. Now is the time that the trouble monger, mon-ger, the fellow who has done his best to keep things down, to shut up and do something. |