The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-03-20
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lnE following sensible remarks which
we fnd in some of our exchanges. we franc.
Ter to our columns, and would earnesfIv co,,,-
mend them to our readers in this place and
the State at large.
There is no truth more undcn;oble tI,o.
That 1t is the bounden duty Of eve,v con,nn-
EIty to support ITS mechanics. They ara
worthy and indispensable class of men ond
we nnd no town or village flourishino with.
out Their aid. Indeed their presence ., Ak
senee Is always true index of the condition
OF the pace--whether il is ADVANCING ii
wealth and Importance or sinking into ae.
cay. WEenever we pass through villaoa
ana near The frequent sound of the carmen.
'efs hammer, the clink of the blacksmith.
an'1l--that village we say to ourselves =
nonrlshing. 1t cannot be otherwise for H.
producers are actively EMPLOYED, and on.,
number the consumers. Whenever ..s
wherever this is the case the peonls -.
growing wealthy, and at the same tra;,,;ns
tile rising generation to habits of ipdus,rS
and morality. Where, if city or vilIaoa
pursue The opposite of the course-nn,rIaeS,ss
Its mechanics and supports those of sofos
foreign town-those who can will he as..o
peiied to 60 to some other place. and tbaaa
VINO arc compelled by the force Of c;,o,,.,,o
stances to remain, will become idle ,na
pronigate-they will cease to prodpco sanS
be eonsumers--in few years thew b,oo,,,>,
D.eggars, and their children ignorant and Vi.
cious. anu VI
ii there is any truth in the assertion, a..
we ought, as a nation, to give the nrefs,snas
10 domestic manufactures. the fact l. aanaI,.,
true with regard to the commnnitv LII
are sustained by the same arguments gf
merchant would have around him snhs,avA
tial customers, let him by every means :,
ns' power, support and foster the mechanics
o' nS 'iiage' and as they become more
"e.''ny, Their custom will increase, especial.
III onoSe articies on which he makes the
greatest profits, for it is undeniable, that as
men become more wealthy, they also be.
Goi''e more inxItrlous, and no merchant will
uehy 'hat articles OF luxury always afford
the greatest profits. The habit ofiImport;no
.arge quantities of cheap and half made ar.
uo'es oi competition with our village me.
chanics IS short sighted and wrong both as
regards the mechanic and consumer. and
II tue merchant would look further into the
operation OF things, he would find that he
crossed The path of his own interest by do
ing so. Let the merchant bring the case To
ms own door, and he, perhaps, may better
understand 1t suppose That every individual
VINO possesses the means, and who uses in
Ills tani'iy four or five hundred dollars worth
OF gooas per annum, should, instead of buy
'ngof HIM at retail, go to some city whole
sale establishment, and purchase his wears
supply-would he not in bitterness condemn
such an llhberal course, and would he NOT
say to him with truth, that he was warrino
against his own interest by destroying the
business OF his town and giving it to aneth-
ei e;.', ana 1nat ms llttleness would react upon
him IN double fold by the decrease of his
property and business! So, in the case
above instanced, could the mechanic saw tbs
same to the merchant. We saw, then. let
all classes support each other, and by mutual
exchanges keep that wealth at home, which.
u necessarily expended abroad tend to des,
u0y the business of your neighbor,. and
which IN turn destroys your own.