Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-09-18


desired it, would r:.ric less complaint, were
/; not that c9ety ioii.:r gained to them Is ta-
ken fro;n iiuSe least ;.!,ic to bcarit. Butaiiould
t appear that This clcs is no. mcTtl y cHeiapt-
el from The piya,icna and the barlhens which
fall 10 the general lot, but that 10 ten ii is 4
pcriod of extraordinary profit, and that the
distress and need Of all other classes serve
jat 10 help them or 10 fortune, tue injustice
aud Inequality Of sl.cl: d condition q thing;
would become still more glallng.
1t is true that men must live by their voc;,
tons, and when sal.:s are diminished there
la,,st sometMes l.: an increased profit TO exc
out an income. Prices must be more Or less
affected Ly scarcity; we ask only for relax
;,tion-not M entire abrogation-of the ordi'
rary rules VI trade. There is an old and
homcly adagc sire and LET LIVE" The two
should 20 together.
As matter of policy, community may
tolerate very large gains where new supplies
have been introduced by extraordinary inge.
nuity or exertion, or where risk has been in
cnrred--iu such cases, large gains are perhaps
necessary stimulau, to cnterprise-hut even
then mere demand and supply dc not FUR
uish the guide. There ahculd be soiac lnol-
ey;.tiou. Ect i'll the opinion oi Ills ColnAit'
tee, any attempt 10 lroncpolize supplies al
ready amongst u, for the purpose CT srecula
ting OF the necessities Of = sullcrini; soldic-
ry, should lie i!oyncl down by an indignant
community.
The Committee believe that great inc0nye
nicnce would inevitably cnsue if tle ordinary
principles Of trade in their utmost atrnseney
were made of general application in the ex-
traordinnry condition of affairs in which we
are >nrrumu,lnh- is. if lhcsole consillcra-
ton of the seller shnp!'! r., n obtain for every
article TIC iyi.ts ih6, pri'a !tst ls,' !Hal'
sci.
i'il,. r,"lrlil,"" 81 lungs ''sI at p'rs''"t Is
-1In
ijiI ,t:.alaing Ir.crs I.v'r! :'.I!er 'rt=
tur tii.r*aII. and i,ric' vary or tha san. day
IN different hnis17. There is really n",iirt
mGs}i.ct ro1nc IN arm, supplies, for singh
;ay: ,hou.l. lhe trn;Gncy certainly, '"wald-
the !,i.i.cs, ,:is.a which ii is asccrlarcd Las
been asked aud received. g. ;2cars", on the
whole, tLcre has been ai'l continues 20 uc u:
advance Ci' prices.
Tie Committee trust ;l.at tbs Appeal may
haze some effect il, ;;rrcslins this evil; They
feel assured ih::t TIL, class Of their fellow
citizens are not less Isiriot:::" ;ll:an others, and
that with many il is only necessary Il. :n:.'r~
stanl fully The consequences ii such Q course,
t.cr,atr al least ,bv disposition to amend
mcnt.
l,is,loubtfnl, howcyer wncihar tic separate
.nlinlcpcndcnt ac;ic,.uf sellers, however cam
c<,thc effort would all;,rd an adcquairrriE'd /;
though much might lc c!irelcd. W would
venture 10 suggest ti:at consultation among
those cnga st in tlc same pursuits, and agree
lnent among themselves, ahl a concerted aud
combiucd action Of large number offer the
only means 10y ~Li''!. The sellers themselves
can fully satisfy the cxigcncy of the times.
It is com; ;;c;ei:, fpr Irin TO como to seine ull-
l.rs.undng as 10 i;A>rl ~. n,pn the
scarci,v oi the article, but On The "uii'alr: oi
2ryiit to wL;c ski, ingenuity, enterprise,
r;,I, a;,i rnplaJmci'' oi capital, >la'i cml;lir
the pallies.
i is upon the eoQsideration Of those wao