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Show MONEY SPENT AT HOME IS THE LIFE-IILOOD LIFE-IILOOD OF THE COMMUNITY. Whenever n dollar is sent out of town it stays out." Even the man who sent it away has no chance of ever seeing part of it again. Not only that, but it ultimately will force him to expend more money for taxes and local improvements than would be the case if more persons lived in town to foot the bills. For land around a town to be worth its maximum maxi-mum of value, it must be near a live town. Land nround n dead town is worth no more than if the town didn't exist. And the only way to have a live town is to have people living in nnd nround it who do their trading there. Besides, if the people in nnd around a townjlo their trading in it, the merchants are encouraged to keep better nnd more up-to-dnte stocks. Their goods move more rapidly. The stores multiply nnd nil nre nble to do their fill of business, cm-ploy cm-ploy people nnd otherwise keep the money in cir-culntion cir-culntion in town. These merchants ever and anon employ mechanics mech-anics to improve their places of business. They employ men to construct and improve property. The persons they employ must spend a part of their wages In living expenses, and the merchants mer-chants pay tncs, they help to maintain schools and churches. Fnrmcrs frequently move tq. town so thnt their children mny have the advantages of good schools nnd churches. But thoao cannot develop where there Is no commercial life. It Is worth money in comfort, convenience nnd sntisfnetton to live comparatively near a live town or in it. Then why strangle a town by chasing your money its lifeblood away? |