The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-07-02

nameW Our critic agrees with US
that tho pooplo arc robbed by officials
because they offer no organized resis,
tarfce. Aud, generally, whchqsor it..
eomprehends US it comedies in our
views, and only differs whom, either
because of our ambiguity or its own
obtusenc css, it fails to catch our mean.
ing.
It'quotes us as wishing to obtain
by organization ga uniform rate of
interest, uniform price FIR goods,
and, above all, uniform system of
agriculture and unifo!;il., COMPENSATION
for labor,' and rcniArks in terms that
this uniform'' IAN be obtained not
until tho .uvout Of tho millennium
y couN y paper, we do not presume
to gulate the action Of tile entiro
diverse. But wo did mean that each
sta'e or each county, DR. each town
could have uniformity Of 'priccs. d,
not all the 'mtcliarii"s Of each parti
cular trade, belonging TO New York
and hany other cities receive the
sanic wages' Have not the lawyers
ut almost every b,r regular fec bill
for certain 'clasc, uf work? Have
not merchants, in many plaao<, regu.
lar rates Of peroont"ge to add to FIRST
cost2 llavc utt physicians a'reghla,
system of charges, railroads a uni
form tarthfS Tn,so facts provo tha,
though man cannot, Of himself, man
ufaeSuro tret class millen:um, be
can oEfect n tolerab!s dvgreo Of uni
formity by cvmbira.i,n. This is al
, wc HBk.
Hbt'thc News and Coaric, prefers
ancther dhargc, as grave as unfound.
ed, that "TifE WlNNsDnno New:
%E'hcs to allow QUO set of men t. Fl,
the price ut which they may take the
property Of another set, proposition
quito as bad us tho worst monopol,
ever known, and then WAKES face
tious over the ie'ca of grave Stat,
Convention regulating tile prices O
'f%lSe teeth and baby cradles. W,
advise tho News and Courier to re
peruSo our article and sto what W,
did say. We said first, that iii th.
Old World aud the North, tvc'j branvl
Of industry aud erc'y profession ha
its uniohs and cooperative societies
but these a'ro not found in the South
that in but few cities is found any
Union IF 'i.ertkants, and that M cchan
ics, professional men and farmers ar,
in the same category. Aud wo con
cludcd "Let steps bo taken immo
diatc'y to organize boards Of trade
un'o''s a"ayartng:s, and to havo n
more diversity IF action and tam
submission to outragcS in future.'
Nowhere did VIC adHuhco the mon
atrcts proposition that ouc elias
should dictate terms to another. Ou
pcrvaoiug idea was that each elias
should protect itself from individual
composing ity THAI no mrrch int shoul,
be permitted to uAdcrbid his com
pctitors, 70 professional man to un
dcrchargc his follow professionals, n,
farmer to ruin his ncighbors by pay
ing c&oIbitant wages. We do
nouncc, As strongly as Cur contem
porary, any attempt on tho part 0
ono class to cypress another.
We reply thus at length bccaus
we have been attacked for opinion
that wo did not hold. Had our con
tempo!ary's prcmiscs Been correct W
might, Or We might not have contro
sorted his arguments. But We will no
suffer ourselves to be pls ocd in falls
position, especially as that position i
crcditablc neither to our common
sense nor our ideas of Justice. w
hopo the Nows and Courier will re
tract that portion Of its article con
tanning unmcrited disapproJation 0
US. Having done SO, we ara then il
full accord, aud can act together i,
bringing about that combinaticn o
similar interests 50 essential to tA,
welfare Of our comHlon ccuntry.
Another Old Citizen Conc TO Ills Lon