Show WHEN AGE CREEPS UP SMALL TOWN OFFERS friendliness TO MOVE to change from one home to another from one locality to another that is far away has a different meaning to those of different ages to youth moving means change that is adventure and the distance to that faraway far away place but lends to it an appealing enchantment those who have passed the zenith of life are living largely in the past to them old ties old associations have welded strong chains that are not easily broken the old house like its occupants has passed its best days but it is home its rooms have echoed the merry prattle of little children your children now with homes ind and fam families famille ilfe of bf their own in distant places its lighted windows and homey atmosphere have welcomed you after the days labors its walls have shielded you from the storms in its library you put your f inger finger on any desired book you knew just where your pipe would be your slippers were there beside your favorite chair inviting you to a comfortable evening yes the old house was home despite the changes the ceaseless movement of a great city had wrought all about it strange faces had taken the place of the old neighbors today there is no one to whom you wish a cheery good morning no one with whom you may enjoy an evenings chat the faces you see this week are not those you saw last week or those you will see next week no the old home is but now an oasis in a sea of ever changing sands of humanity the locality has changed from one of homes to one of rooming houses warrens in which reside for a day a week or a month those to whom home is a meaningless word the old neighbors have disappeared many of them are occupying last resting places in the cemeteries others are scattered hither and yon and now you and the you is me and mine are to go exchanging the roaring scurrying metropolitan city for a bungalow amidst the quietude and simple pleasures of a small town where we hope again to find what we lost neighbors and friends from whom we will receive a cheery good morning it will be a bit hard to forget the old home with all the memories that surround it we go not upon an adventure but in search of the things the old home once provided the simple pleasures and the smiling friendly greetings of neighbors such things exist in the towns and villages of america a a a THAT FARM OF YOURS HOLD ONTO that farm as you hold onto your hat in a windstorm should inflation come as seems probable it will provide food shelter and warmth for you and your family through that and through the days months or years of depression that will follow the man with acres to cultivate will be king a THE AMERICAN SYSTEM AND THE OLD LADY A FEW YEARS ago I 1 stood one day beside a linotype operator watching his fingers idle over the keys of the machine he was operating I 1 knew his capabilities the plant had up to a few weeks before operated on a piece basis and each day that man had produced more than twice what he was then producing but the union had banned piece work and forced a time basis fixing a minimum the company could demand it was that daily minimum this operator was producing john I 1 asked were you more tired at the end of a day when you did piece work than you are now working on time and producing about half the type you did then not a bit he replied but why should I 1 work faster so the old lady out in omaha may have a few more dollars to spend the old lady is dead now of the profits that were made she took none with her on the road she traveled other than enough to pay for a shroud and casket A considerable portion of those profits went to provide more machines that meant more jobs for more men to support more homes another portion went into a reserve that provided pay for john and other johns during the days of depression when losses instead of profits were piling up day after day the remainder is today invested in worthy institutions that are enjoyed by the general public the little story illustrates the american system of free competition |