The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-25
PArRosrzE HOME ENrERPsIsEs.

For the Times.
PATRoN1ZE HOME ENTERPRIsEs.
MR. EDITOR Ill il strikingly strange how
our people WIN take hold Of new tangled notions,
quacks and htinbugs, and turn the cold shOul-
der, or give the 60 bye to old and tried friends
and things. N-7--
So often do we hear doctrine inculcated by
the press, upon the stump, and in common
everyday conversation, to make and produce
oil our necessaries at home, (so for as we
can) ana encourage and patrOnizc home en-
terprises, that any one not familiar with. our
practices would naturally conclude that we
buy but very little from abroad and that
money is flush among us, all the time. But,
sad to relate, such is far from being the case
Instead of practicing that which we teach to
others and getting thoroughly in the way of
making and producing oil, or nearly oil, our
neccssaries for home consumption, and patroniz-
ing our heme enterprises, we are buying more
Guano from abroad, planting more cotton auu
less grain and still more then ever in the past,
we are buying nearly oil the provisions We cat,
nearly all the shoes and clothes that we wear,
nearly all the wheels that we ride On, nearly all
the implements and machinery that we use, and,
in fact, nearly every thing is bought from the
North out of the small proceeds of our king, Cot.
ton. Even the very seeds that we plant and
tho trees that we expect to eat fruit from are
now being bought from the North.
refuse to potronize enterprise which is,
might say, nearly right among US, and one
which has been thoroughly tested and found
perfectly reliable, and how they will take right
hold of something that is way off in the heart of
the North, entirely untried and unknown by us,
let me relate what happened only few days
ago, right in my immediate neighborhood, and
which came under my personal knowledge:
There came around n gentleman on foot, re-
presenting Fruit Tiee Nursery in North Caro-
lina oar sister State, whose brave sous wore the
same gray, bore the same arms, and marched
shoulder to shoulder under the same flag and
fought bled and died for the ''lost cause with
tho heroes of our beloved State of South Caro-
lima. This man, showing by his economical
way of travelling that he was not for making
q fortune in day, told when he asked
people to subscribe for Fruit Trees,
that, eve can't subscribe for Fruit Trees to-day"
And so he passed on, plodding his way, wea.
ried and worn. He was representing nursery
which is of long standing, and one that has proven
to be reliable. He was selling fruit scions at
20 cents apiece, and, as usual, replace all that
did not live, free. This PROMISE they will make
good for / know man living not two miles
from here. who bought trees from a Green's
borough Nursery, and when some of the trees
died, they replaced them free. Just upon the
heels of the aforesaid gentleman, there comes
along an oily tongued fellow, in fine apparel,
two fine horses, representing q nursery in Penn
sylvania, when 10 and behold some of those
same gentlemen,-and they are among our best,
aud most Intelligent citizens, w o had said no
to the poor man on foot, now says yes, to the
Northern dealer and slaps their names down TO
n contract reading something after this form:
Please forward to me the following bill Of
trees, shrubs, plants, etc., to Union, S. 4.
On the delivery Of this bill Of trees, etc, ut
the above named place, it shall be considered as
delivered to me, at which time and place
promise TO pay to you, or your order, the sum
If --- dollars and cents, for value re-
ceivcd, and hereby expressly agree to waive
| all my right to avail myself Of the Homestead
and other exemption laws Of this State, as to
the liability assumed in signing this contrac..
| positively agree that will not countcrmand
this order; and if, by accident or otherwise, my
order should not arrive on the day above named,
will receive the same if delivered at the above
named, place within ten days thereafter.
Signed, -
The price of the trees for which this binding
obligation is given is one dollar piece, without
any written promise or obligation on the part of
| the Nursery
The trees coming from so far, may be delayed
on the way for some time, so that by the time
they get to their owners, large part, il not all
| of them, may be dead, and there is no redress,
| and it is clear loss. Not so with the nurseries
near home, for, as have above stated, if any of
the trees, etc., are dead on arrival or die after
planting out, you may send your order back
and have them replaced gratis,
Now, why is it that we cannot discern "the
| signs of the times" when things are SO clear
| and plain?
Is there a man in our midst who is so blind
| or ignorant, as not to see enough in one DAY 8
| observation to convince him that no people
can prosper who thus continue such inconsistent
| practices.
The questions are easily answered. but fear
| that we are not sooa 10 be converted from the
| error of our ways. n. W. ID.
Enr tho Ttn.os