Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-11-09
SUPPORT YOUR OWE MECHANICS.

our columns and would earnestly commend
them To uur readers in this village, and tllc State
at large
There is no truth more undcn!abc than that
Ii Is The boulder du,y OF every c"uluulty 10
support lis nrchanlcs They are worthy and
lnh sprn,abI" cll's of men, and We find no town
or village li"nrI>iiIng without their aid. Indeed
their preSelcc nr absrnrc is always Il true Index
ol He c"nt!l'l"n "F Il rlacr-whclhrr il Is ad-
varcing ~ wealth and lnp"riarre. or sinking into
decay. Whenever we pas. through village
ana near me 'Ie'ncht S"nnu n' 'ie carpenter
n'il'nl"r' me c''hk "' me u 'cN,n'''nS anvil
t'"t '''E'se' we say 10 ourselves ~ nouriS'ans'
II chh'i"I NC ehcr"lSr, 'or lle producers are ar-
lively rmrl"yrd, and "ninumh"r 'I'' consumes.
w Ni'"ne'rr and whcrrvcr ih!s !" IL" case the
people are growing wea'tiiY. AID at The same
tin'e trilHlng up The rising grn"r'iinn I" habits
al industry ana r0rdiitT. " here !! city or
'i''iaSc rnr>nr me opposite oi ths c"urSe-
mr9i'e'S rs "'rril'i''cH ana >"pi'"F' 'hSe ~ some
foreign '"""-'"""e "''" can %"' oe h,Pr''e'
|" :" 20 some "!hrF i'cr, "''u '':"'e "fo 'rc
r"i'F''rd hr lile l":cr "i circumstances |" r..
'I'':'' VIII nrr"a" ~" ''"d pr"iiiS''e-they VIII
'c'>e 10 PF""H'c "li'' D" c"'9uh'rS-!a IT,"
years 'hcf Grco';!' oeGnnarS' "hu i"e!r c'iiiuFrh
ignorant ana Nc'"nH'
; 1t there is any truh in the assertion, that we
"ag:t rs Il iiai"n 10 give the preference To do
!n:,'ic manufactures, The f.ct is equally t ur
with rrgad - the Community b"ih are >u~lali-
cd by Tie same Arguments. If m"rciant wonId
have #rrnnh hin >nb>ani ial Customers. lei him
by rYr,r means in his power support and foster
Tie mrch!nicS ct ILL.,, SII':!", and is They become
mnrc wealthy i!l@ir custom will increase, cspe-
al Il, ,,.I. M
greatest profits, Tor il il uGrE.Hb'r, HAT is mrn
brc"lar lnlr9 wealthy, t.iry aI,n bt""me more
Luxurious, and no nrrcIIant will deny I,:t ar'l'
cIeS Of luxury alwr, afford the greatest profits.
Tie habit ii lElporii"g large quanii rs "i cheap
and half IN :,r, articles of competition with our
village mechanics, Is sI"rt sighted anu wrong
boil us regards the mee!'ar and CONSUMER and
II lh'' mercha''t@"uld l""k tnrih"rlniu the "pe-
ration I" tiIIhS "";!iI ilhd Thai lie crnSHrd
the path Of his "ws iIncfr.t by doing 50. Let
thr merchant bring the case 10 his own door,
pusr ,hat every inIirIuuI wb, pns,e,ses IN.
means. and VINO u.r, in his f,mily tuur or five
hurdrrd du,l,r,' w,r,h of rnols Nor onupm
III ,u,d irs,c,d ,s Lrv;no nr him -, re,, ,t, IN
.o,u. civ wi,>.l. rs; han .,t and M .,,,s.
hi, v.ir 81, py-wnulj In, nui in b'lI .r,n.s
cnpJinn ,urh IN ,jlin.rIl ruursr ,uI wonId II.
Nh, s,v 10 him win irul,, thai he Was warripu
against Ills own interest, by DESTROYING Tie bu>i
Ness of his ,nwn and pivjnu il tn another: and
t,ai his iillrne,s would rrIrl up,u him in d,iu,
b. field b. tic decrease of his nr0Dcr,v ard bu
,iue,, So. in the case ab..ve ir,t,:,cp,I. could
. tie mechanic say rh. SAME lo The merchant. We
shy ,lru. all classes .;r;pyrl excl, ohpr, ard
by mu,,;,I exchanges kpr., lh,t wealth. al hume,
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