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Show Notes by an Observer. You can't get something for nothing unless you wrong or rob the oilier man. It ia all right to find out what certain material and labor are actually actual-ly worth and then to refuse to trade with the man who asks an exorbitant lirofiL Shopping and bargain hunting are legitimate so long its we do not aeek to get something for less than Its jroer value. healers that sell us manufactured products for less than the value of raw material cither are . deceiving us about the quality or are tielling us the lifc-bhaid of the poor women and children who work in the sweat shops at beggar's wage. Kco I no my is praiseworthy, but when It he- 1 comes grasping and "close," constant ly trying to get something for nothing It Is nothing less than robbery and 1 Is far worse than reckless extrnva i ginco. A great man, the president of one of our leading colleges, once haid, ltetter be fooled a dozen limes, than be suspicious of everyone you meet!" Just because our new acquaintance Is enthusiastic and aggressive why treat him with suspicion -wondering. "what axe he has to grind." Hy gejerous co-ojieratlon and friendly Interest we could often utilize his enthuslaam to our own and thu community's good. There really are yet many unselfish, public-spirited men In the world who liosllively have no axe to grind. Kn-thuslasin Kn-thuslasin Is better than stolid indlf-erence indlf-erence or suspicion. |