. Community civics . All men cannot be Federal attorneys,or judges, or Congressmen, or cabinet men can be loyal citizens of the communities inwhich they live. A man can best serve his country by serving hiscommunity. A country is made up of communities,just as a community is made up of homes. The onlysuccessful way to build a nation is to begin withcommunities. In forging a chain, it is necessary tomake it link by link. If all the links are strong, it isa strong chain. 3. Cooperation Is the Result of Loyalty. — Once aspirit of community loyalty is developed, cooperationfollows as a
. Community civics . All men cannot be Federal attorneys,or judges, or Congressmen, or cabinet men can be loyal citizens of the communities inwhich they live. A man can best serve his country by serving hiscommunity. A country is made up of communities,just as a community is made up of homes. The onlysuccessful way to build a nation is to begin withcommunities. In forging a chain, it is necessary tomake it link by link. If all the links are strong, it isa strong chain. 3. Cooperation Is the Result of Loyalty. — Once aspirit of community loyalty is developed, cooperationfollows as a matter of course. There are some things that can be done by thecommunity better than they can be done by anysingle individual in the community. Schools canbe developed, roads can be improved, shipping 202 COMMUNITY CIVICS facilities can be increased, libraries and recreationcenters can be provided by the community and byit alone. No individual can maintain schoolhousesor build roads. These things make up community. No individual can maintain schoolhouses or build roads. business and they must be attended to by the com-munity. One of the most important experiments in com-munity loyalty is the cooperative marketing asso-ciation. The farmer of to-day faces great businessproblems. These are as great as are the problemsof production and of the conservation of the fertilityof the soil. Much of the advantage the farmer hasgained through being a better producer, he has lostthrough not being able to dispose of his crop at goodprices. GAINS THROUGH COOPERATION 203 In this way, a great crop of peaches may go towaste because there seems to be no way of marketingthem. The producer may receive three and a halfcents a quart for milk that sells at eight cents aquart. In eggs and poultry, in vegetables and ingrain, the same wide difference usually exists betweenthe price received by the person who produced thearticles and the price paid by the person who finallyuses them. If a more direct wa
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