AMERICAN ADVICE.

Shannon News, 17 April 1923, Page 3

AMERICAN ADVICE.

HOW TO KILL YOUR TOWN. 1. Mind your own business and let the town go to blazes. 2. Retire a/nd live in Easy street. Let the, town R.I.P.

3.—Don’t join your local associations. Let George do it; he has more time.

4.—Dun, all the work of the town on one live secretary; let him always do the work, and that gratis.

s.—When the town commitee depends upon, you to attlend to anything, forget about it.

6.—Dun and down the other fellow because liis ways are not your ways, nor his thoughts your thoughts.

7.—When the other fellow has an idea you don’t agree with don’t discuss it; sneer—it's moi’e effective.

B.—Hang on to every cent, dime and dollar you can make, join nothing, invest nothing. 9lf you have been foolish enough to invest- locally, improve nothing. Broken gates, dilapidated houses, fallen fences, all give the town a reputation.

10. When a fellow citizen starts something be sure to ask: What is he getting out of it, anyhow ” 11. Private citizens, don’t deal with the local tradespeople, even if you can get goods cheaper from them, than, you get. them in the city. 12. Don’t advertise in the local paper: sit tight and keep quiet. If you have something io sell wait until someone hears about it. If you advertise you might have to sell a lot of gods, and your income tax would be higher.