Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-12-09
For the Advertiser.
Producers and Professions.

Mr. EnirsR: One of the most remarkable OF
the peculiari'cs developed by the present war is,
the moral mania at present prevailing umUng the
p-vee, that every ohe is, in his o:niou, d"iug
right, but his ncigh is duius wrong. This
m..uia is exhibited in tie transactions between
the Producer aud The Professions, or to extend
the idsa, between the producer and the con'unicr.
The producer claims thv right, and invariably
exercises il, of charging much ns lie plesses
for tho products of his labor, but denies to tho
Professional n,un, who units skill With labor, or
to tue consumer generally, the exercise OF The
same privilege. In other words, charges from
81 10 IS per pound for butter, which east before
tho war not e1cuelug IS cents per pound, and
yet objects that professional men shall raise thoir
charges in the .amo ratio. Aud tho same remark
applss to ull tie necc,saries Of lifo. Now there
is one thing rory certain, that man. brains arc
far moro valuable than The products of the ssrth,
for the earth products are annuAly renewed, but
tho waste If the brain is beyond redemption.
Skill added to labor renders labor mort valuable
by tn. addition, and consequently entities it to
higher consideration and reward. The Producer
raises the prices Of his products in the existing
conIii..n Of affairs, from tho dcraugel state of
tho currency. The value of productions is regu-
lated in tho healthy state Of country, by 8 GER
tain fixed measure. This measure by INV is gold
and silver There is no other known Ia mon or
contemp plated by them in their transactions with
one another. The paper currency, which, for
convenience is generally substituted for gold and
silver and which when properly regulated has q
par value, is now fsa,fully deprecated, md IN
eyuiruient for the icyu{ men,ures Of. raiae which
are gold and silr.r, is ~ .wslYe, thirteen, or four
portion to this dcpre iation. Cen he tell us ,Ohy
The P,oftssionai man shall mol do the somef Shall
th. Professional man attend ut .pl hours of the
day aud night the calls of suff ring humanity, or
for the preservation Of the character, right aud
property Of his fellow mea. and receive no in
creased compensation for his services from
those who oosily enjoying their ease In the
midst of prnty, ruisng tho prices to their utmost
limit on tho necessaries Of life, AMI compelling
those very Professions to pay high tarif to sup
port existence for the benefit Of humanity
Is there man with the brain of graashcppsr,
who will dare stand forth in au enlightened age
and in Cirilized Community. and assert that the
Producer shall rasc his prices according to tho
ieprecistion of the currency, ccmp.l thereby the
Professional man and consumer generally " buy
1t those prices or stnrvo and yet deny and object
'h't the Professional man shali also charge ac- I
,ording ta tho satno rsis of depreciation! For
whose boncft at last does the Professional man
mise lis chargos Unqucstonsbly f"r tho bene:
it of tho Producer "for his wages ara expended
hieay for subsistence 1t il time that the people
hould reflect this matter andersu"ainy'y and
'roperty, and that The clamor which come arc dts
o.ed 10 make sb'ut the mat, Of charges. sh"ull
s settled by that holy spirit Of Equity, eaieh
iloio- those oniy tsD ritAout sin to cast the
r.t stone. JUSTICE. u