HOW TO INJURE YOUR TOWN

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 300, 8 March 1907, Page 2

HOW TO INJURE YOUR TOWN

Ran it down to visitors Go to other places for your supplies Look sorry when a stranger talks to you of buying property in it Refuse to see merit in any scheme unless you are ”big dog” in it Don’t invest, Show your distrust by refusing to lay out any money in it. Let your tongue wag idiy about your neighbour without knowing the facts. Cut thoee whom in your vanity you think beneath you, aud split up into classes and cliques Refuse to Rdvertis j in your local paper; people sum up year town from its advertisement sheet THEN you will eftestuully damn your town and district HOW TO HELP YOUR TOWN’ Talk about it. Write about it. Huy all you can in it. Rumember that by assisting tradespeople you help the place along. Purchase and assist your Load Paper, f»>r by doiag oo yoa further the beet interests of the town. Treat strangers with the utmost courtesy and hospitality,so that they may take away good impressions of it. Elect good reliable men to all pat be positions, not because they strain themsMves for popularity. Bat on account of their stamina and trustworthiness. Keep the money in the place. Sell all you can and bay all you can Rt home. Tbe men who have invested in stores, workshops and ■ ’(.her business placjs are building op the place,and they (should be encouraged,—esspecially tho PRINTER.