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Shelton Mason County Journal
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December 5, 1946     Shelton Mason County Journal
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HE TOyS which bring so much joy and happiness to children--not only at Christmas time, but all through the year as well- can have, in the future, a double meaning to the boys and girls of Mason CoUnty. For . this area possesses many advantages which could make it an. important toy manufacturing center. If these possibiliites were fully developed, every mn, woman and child of the community would gain many benefits. Mason County children who today would be playing with Mason County made toys could look for- ward to greatly increased future opportunities for employment. They would grow up to find greater opportunities for establishing business ventures for their own, if they so desired. They would gain extensive cul- tural benefits, too -,- as children and as adults. For when a community is economi- cally strong, that c0mff/Unity is able to build larger and better equipped schools, beautiful churches and libraries, fine playgrounds and parks. Everything a community is or expects to be depends on a sound, diversified business Structure. Mason County does have the basic advantages which are essential to the development of a specialized toy manufac- turing center. Many of the most popular toys are made of woodmand this area possesses both the raw and the pro- cessed materials. There are many men and women who have gained war.time skills in metal work, too, which might well be utilized in creating aluminum and other metal toys. In the future, more and more plastic toys will make their appearance, and here again Mason County has the necessary natural recources. Before these advantages can be developed--before these benefits Can be realized --another essential factor must be brought into play. Someone must "get the thing going." Someone must establish the plants and the factories which will turn out toys stamped "A Mason County Product." Of course the man or woman who starts a plant to turn out toy furniture, for example, faces the same basic problems which face the owner of a factory makingii! full-size tables and chairs and chests• Money and time must be invested in develop, ing designs, and in purchase of equipment. Markets must be explored for outlets. Risks must be taken--for every new business venture entails risk for the individ- uals who create it. On the other hand, however, every new business means greater opportunity for the community as a whole. Because of that fact, individuals must be encouraged to take the risksto make the effort--to establish new ventures and expand present industries. Mason Countyand all Americawas founded and built on the fundamental principle that any man ca • woman should have the right to work--should have the right to start a business of his own and to enjoy the fruits of his labor. As a result, no • other nation in the whole world can approach the industrial might of America. In no other nation has the standard of living risen so high for the individual willing to work for it. This results from the American Way of Life, and is the,pathway to an even greater America. Why change it? The sponsors of this series of advertisements devoted to com- munity betterment are citizens of this community. "i"ney own homes here. Their children go to school here. They have a deep sense of responsibility to the individual citizens and to changes which will affect the commumtY. They are interested in devel- aping a healthy community fcllowing the American Way of Life, and thus keeping America and Mason County rong for m gcncration to come. That is the American way--the American ideal. America ha always said in effect: "Here, in this great land, every man or woman will have freedom of opportunity. Every man and woman will have the right to work at the job of the individual's own choice- or to go into business for himself if he so desires. If the venture fails, that has been the individual's risk. If it succeeds, the men and women who created it shall be free to enjoy the fruits of his honest labor•" The children who today play with bright red wagons and educational games must be given this same freedom of individual enterprise. For then--and only then--can they grow up to gain the full opportunities of Mason County... the full heritage of the American way of life. SlMI LOGGING COMPANY RAYONIER IC(: )MMERCE • One of a series of advertisgments devoted to community bert erment. • LUMBERMEN'S MERCANTILE • ERPRISES I OI LABOR LOCI UNIONS OF • KIWANIS CLUB • TRUCTION OF ON COUNTY CHAMBER l 194q Green S DELIVERED Ph o II MORGA00 r,9 30 YEARS ( n