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Show 7 A DUTY OF CITIZENSHIP CITIZENSHIP brings to all of us duties as well as blessings, and it will not do any of us harm if M once in a while wc take stock of ourselves and M balance our activities against our apathy in matters M of public concern. Only in this way can wc measure 1 up, as we should, each year a little nearer to the M v standard of sound Americanism. H We are going to talk very frankly on one sub- 1 jeet for a few weeks and it will be a pleasure to rc- M ceivc from time to time expressions from our readers M on what wc have to say. Their thought will guide M us. Moreover, it will disarm those who may be dis- H posed to criticize us as sounding a selfish note. M Every person in this and every other community M should give some thought to the suggestion that ad- B vertising be established as a regular and legitimate M part of government functioning. Those who study M the question of government advertising will soon rc- M alize it to be the plain duty of every uood citizen to H play his little part in bringing its importance and m necessity before the recognized authorities, because M it is of first importance to the people. 1 Let it be understood at the outset we arc not H advocating government advertising with any thought m - of the small amount of revenue it might bring to this M newspaper. The record of every country publisher H who gave away hundreds and thousands of dollars' worth of space during the war without thought of fee or reward should be sufficient refutation "of such a thought. This newspayer wants to see government advertising established because of its immeasurable Benefit it can be to our farmers, because it can be made to save thousands of lives every year and millions mil-lions of dollars for the people. The first thought the public should digest it this: Government is not something apart. Government is the will of the people. The funds of the government are supplied by the people to be spent (n the interest of the people. (1) |