Show c- c POPULATION AND PROSPERITY What is the answer to increased population Why hy do commercial organizations and und municipalities bend every effort to bring in more people Is large population compatible with individual progress Or is the value of advertising the community community community com com- a popular misconception Some advance the argument that from the standpoint of the individual a larger population will be the cause of keener competition competition competition comp comp- higher rents and higher taxes as property demand grows and values increase and that as a town or city takes ona on ona ona a metropolitan aspect the individual merchant and business businessman Ina mail man may not be financially able to put in larger stocks and added added added add add- ed facilities that his business experience may not admit of handling the larger organization and business expansion that he finds necessary in order to survive But in nearly every everyone one of these arguments the reasoning in faulty because for fOl every disadvantage of greater population and advancing competition there is a greater eater corresponding benefit In the aggregate the themore themore themore more people that come COlne into a co community the more Inore all an benefit The hue and cry over the country for community growth by I increase of population is based on sound reasoning and ever every legitimate put forth to attain such an end is justified by bythe b bythe the experiences of the past It is true that for every independent independent inde inde- inde-I inde pendent brought in there is liable to migrate here a dependent that for every healthy person moving here there might be bt brought in an that for every booster imported there might Inight sneak in a knocker But this would be like trying to keep from doing anything good for fear of doing something bad Communities constantly need more people new blood new ne ideas and Manti lanti is no exception to the rule The centers oi of wealth are are ale urban The greater achievements in art science finance industry are associated with a metropolis not metropolis not indeed because rural dwellers make no contribution but because larger cities are means of contract and avenues of expression to those finer accomplishments more often born in obscurity Rising I values provide public funds with which to carry carryon on education provide recreation maintain sanitation and complete public projects for the lack of which the smaller communities suffer It is as worthy an ambition for a small town to want vant to become become become be be- come a big town and for a small city to want to become a metropolis metropolis metro metro- polis as it is for any ambitious individual to want to reach a deserved recognition for his talents and abilities Those who wish sincerely to devote themselves to country or rural life will always find opportunity to satisfy their desires There are plenty of the great open spaces left But in whatever way yay we may have failed to successfully point out the advantages of increased increased increased in in- creased population we can always fall back on the assertion that I we see little danger now of Manti l anti getting to to big big- or of With too many ii- ii people in it If Manti l is the w wonderful place we all think it is it appears appeals to us bit selfish not to tell the world about it and let the rest of the world have an opportunity to enjoy it it |