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Show the own, wi th in wh ich 8D.J1ner it is -3governed, Yri th the way in which tho schr.o'l s too often ':[0 w i th the poor streets and lightinG systems. rc being conducted, do to we be cannot bothered, and nlJ.;y'thing, ell otlrselves it is too much trouble if it it been so and no ono would appreciate q.rl'm:tys \:0sh did, be nruch seem hot In fact 'We could ro,pld.ly or that we acconp'l.t bo Y'1ay rill o to v:ho.t make s it tick [U1d hOiT the wheels go that monkey like curiosi ty as .osing a.l\{ays hs , whee Ls \1i thin whee La , and they are ound. MakQ no mistake about it, there are out all sor ts of things, eood, bad and and ?Oinb round and round, grindin ei ther a Pau.I thout Wi Pry or. [1 Meddlesome Muttio VIe could being lndifferGnt. facts S08e ab ou t our town and its bus i.no s s or interestins uncover, iiscovor, is which and 'turns i ts whee Ls motive tho purpose power nd what if. we cured it be t),ll not would and the there nake to effort. might True, anough 'e easy , sorts of obstacles thr-own in tence would find [1 vury. our uny in an attempt to discourage us, but persis The politician's our town is mis-governod, hQso fault is that. By no Who gave the poli tician tho power to r..1isgovern. Who. put in to his hand s "v7e GO to the polls and cast our voto and. the tools by which he can Dis-govern. But havo VlO. If snugly go hono feeling that we have done our duty as citizens. If means. employers vii th pr ivat.e business enterprises we supervise to some extent at loast the wo rk of our employees, or have some competent person do that for us. But our public servants we leave to their own devices and the t.emp ta t i.onc thoJt ii'le follow the Biblical idea 'as to fai th, hope and char-t ty 0 fall to their lot. such an extent that our fai th has been, vro find, too often be t raycd , OUl1 hOPJ 8 and which we shall probably never see, and our char i i-; still for th ings un seen are we , " h118 to be stretched over a multitude of sins of conmission and omission. An Too meager information and too Ii ttle personal interos4 : why has this been so. s[;'Clly fear, and unless and un td L vie roalize our r-e spons i.b i Lt ty it is pr obab Lc tl.:\t we shall continuo to find t necessary to exercise fai th, hopo and char-Lc: .. fr r 0. long tiDe yet to come. Most clubs, and. it sceras to me particularly wonen t s clubs, are very much ,;::'ven study of abstract questions of no.t t ona'l scope and far reaching 88.£ni bud», Sone wuy it is tho big things that appeal to us. We so blandly overlook the 1:; t t Le thinGS, the snal.Lcr questions, although if it were not for these same little concerte problems there would be no Inrge questions for u.s to study and discuss so learnedly. I do not mean that we should not know something of tho br-oad general questions, but wo are constantly in dnngnr of thinking so much about some th i.rv, r;f groat ioportance somewher-e else, a long wny off. that we overlook what is a t O"')_ own door-step, and but for which there could be nothing great or inportant. 'o the We talk about the National relief pr-ob Len, and. venture to have and expr e s very positivo ideas as to how' that should be handled, but I could not tell you r,nd I believe you coul.d not tell me how t own or your t own in just nnny people my on relief, much loss how nany of bhem never have wo rkod if they could help e 1 t, and nble of pe \7i11 if they can possibly avoid their livj.ng.. Talk about fail to recognize it as such and its it, nor how many of then ar c in'J-}J(' problem child, there is one end, p8rJOUn and far roachinG irrportnnco! never working for a We talk about bnlencing the National budget, and arc vary much concerned SOt about the way i!), whd ch money is being scattered riglt and left, ;ro do not even know wother our town has a budget or not, and if it has nether it is in blance or not. We do not know what kind of taxes are colleet2d ightlY d t . know \Jhat that tax Doney is spent fOl'o thor do most certainlyhow ouch. inNei state of blissful iGnorance to how nany and our v7 t own , nor t concelaod we we tnxo s are "iTO unnteresting. esay, very Ilfe blood of , are as pD.ying all the tine. Uninteresting certinly, a Wo discuss National town or the country. Taxes, such a dry subject and dry also for they planning on a large scale, but an cnn drin unsightly enpty lot |
