Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-10-19
The Question.

\ VII 6VcE1 OuC WhO hoo ehS LhShSy Va ssN>
means of raising money, goes into trade
and speculation thereon, who will left tt
pay the expected profits? The old supply
Of cotton and Tobacco will soon all be, il
market and the proceeds invested in some
way-there is very little Of these products
cultivated this year, so that the influx ol
money will cease after little while, until
another years crop shall be ready for mar
ket. It1would be we'll for people to look tc
these facts and In time avoid difficulties. q
We copy the above appropriate and time
ly suggestions from the Standard, andoom
mend them to the thoughtful consideration
of our readers. The same ideas have forced
themselves upon our minds repeatedly, 81
we passed along the streets and saw thf
immense amount of goods now crowding
the stores, and 'sthe cry is, still they come. .
We think this over anxiety to be merchants
| very short-sighted policy, and fear many.
| very many viii have cause to rue 1t. There
is right here noao, in this town, grea'
demand for houses Of size that will be
within the reach of persons of small means
the rent for which would realize larger
profit than the same amount in merohan
die, and would be far safer investment
There is lack of mechanical enterprise,
and until it is supplied, the town will not
receive any permanent and solid growth
Merchants take money away and thereby
impoverish a country, mechanics retain 1t,
and factories bring it among us. 1t is self.
evident, that if We expect to attain high
state of prosperity, we must diversity ou'
employments and Investments. -.
1t is much more respect ctable to be an in
dustrious, enterprising and thriving me.
chauic, than lazy, lounging retailer, or q
brieaess lawyer. We are informed by the
papers, thas one of the great English capi
talist now on a. tour of inspection, to thf
| growing West, was a journeyman carpenter
and was employed at half a crown per day,
(about sixty cents. } By his energy and
industry he has accumulated millions, and
raised himself so high, that the whole SEQ
tions of country turn out to welcome him,
and cities feast him on the fat of the land
Instead of buying calicoes,. &C., some
enterprising man shonld erect factory fol
making cottage furniture, or farming imple
ments, or water-buckets-or dozen Other
things, any one of which would pay more
for the capital invested than any merchant
or professional man is making. What 0
strange idea. it is to think that it is more
| respectable to feel pulse or make pills thar
it is to build a house or make a plow. We
have very queer ideas of what constitutes
respectability, and the sooner We shake them
| off the better. Pope says, "worth makes
| the man, the want of it the fellow" and
from our hearts We say so too. Many pa
| rents, under the dominion of this false no
tion, send their sons into, what is in com
mon parlance, called the learned professions
to starve or exc out q preoarious existencs
while if they had taught them some me-
ohanical trade, they might have become rich
| leaders in sooiety-and useful to the com
muuity. Educate the youths BY all means
and then let them learn some useful trade
The better educated they are, the better
citizens they become, and the more likely
are they to succeed in whatever avocatior
destiny may call them III great mis-
take to think that because boy is intended
for q farmer OF mechanic, that therefore
he has no needof books. The only reason
Why the professions Of Law, &C., have il
times gone by been considered the road tt
distinction and responsibility, is because
the Licentiatss have been men Of education