The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-13
THR ANDERSON REsoLUTIoNs.

the masses OF the citizens of South Caro-
lima, is up in that righteous Indignation,
which 1t can always assume at the short
est notice and in the most conplacent
style, over the resolutions adopted by the
Anderson and Greenville farmers on
Saleday upon the guano question. 1t
says:
There is one feature of the present dis
cussion which is discouraging, if not
alcrming. In the Anderson Resolutions
the action of the Fertilizer Companies is
described as. "a public sorong, and blow
aimed at the best interests Of The Common
toedhh;" and "the monopolists who con-
spired 10 commit this aorohg are enemies of
the farming community" They are "a
moaopoiy aVhich secks seJtaggrdndizement
a. the expense Of The rights Of othery," and
must be "rooted out Of eristencc." The
Greenville Resolutions treat the action
of the companies as "an attempt, on the
part Of greedy capitalists, 10 ievy Increased
and unjust tribute upon the agricultural in
terests Of The country" This is the work
of some professional politician. 1t reads
like the harapgues on the Bond question,
and is On evidence Of the depths to which
the politician will go to curry favor with
the dear people. There is not farmer
in South Carolina who cannot see that
this talk about "public wrong" about
"monopolists," about conspiracy" and
the liPe is the barcst balder-dash. The
EanL. ecturcrs Of Fertilizers ask for their
manufactures what they believe them to
be worth. 1t is no crime. The crimi-
mails are the mouthy politicians who draw
resolutions and make stump speeches,
and, knowing better, have not the poor
excuse of believing what they say. Such
phrases az those we have quoted from
the Anderson and Greenville Resolutions
are Of piece with the common threat
that no person shall be elected Chief
Justice Of South Carolina, to succeed
Judge Willard, who is not in favor of re-
pudiating tho disputed Consolidation
debt. 1t is too evident that South Caro-
lima has still man, difficulties to over
come. The State is wrested from the
hands of the Radicals, but Kearney and
B. +. Butler have their disciples here,
and 1t will take courage, wisdom and pa
tience to strip the Borrowed plumage
from their backs, and exhibit them to
the people in their true guise, as enemies
of order, decency and peace.
This language of our contemporary is
by the facts Of the case, 80
far at least as tho Anderson resolutions
are concerned, for the meeting was not
directed nor controlled by any profegsed
and the only resolutions which
we're offered were submitted by farmers,
one of whom lives ten miles from Auder-
son and the other eighteen. Tho rosolu-
lions which were adopted were not
shown, 40 far as we have been able to
learn, to any professional politician, nor
indeed to any member of tho meeting,
until they were read and referred to the
on resolutions. On this COM
nittee, which was composed of seventeen
gentlemen, the only townsmen were
Hon. w. @. Brown, of Belton, and Col.
E. n. Rncke:, &c Anderson, both Of
whom are large planters, and have no
,thes Interests ::h,sas; those connected with with
agriculture. The President of the meet
ng and the Secretary were farmers. No
me else had any hand in framing the
esolutions passed so fer as wo know.
The resolutions of the Anderson far
nors no doubt CRATE harshly upon the
ara of our contemporary, which essays
o become the champion of the monopo-
lists, but it must be remembered that our
population have blunt way of calling
q spade, spade," or in other words,
hey say what they mean, and do not
lesitato to use the proper words to con-
'ey their ideas. The resolutions COM
nented upon by the Neps and Courier as
Objectionable might have been moro ton
ierly expressed, but nevertheless they do
,ot employ stronger language than tho
armers Of the County believe the
acts of tbs case fully warrant. Ihe ac-
ion OF the Guano manufacturers, in at
to arbitrarily combine for the
purpose of raising tho price of their man
nfactures to o higher sum than tho legit-
imato rates which could 90 established
upon tho great principles OF supply and
demand, was "a public wrong because
it sought by establishing q union OF man
ufactnrsrs to produce monopoly, tho
avowed object Of which was 70 make the
farmer pay more for his fertilizer than
they could do without creating monop-
oily. 1t was "a blow aimed at the best
interests Of The Commonwealth" because
it sought by undue combination 70 i'm
poso an arbitrary and exorbitant charge
upon the agriculture of the State, which
is by far our most important industry,
and whatever Is calculated to cripple this
industry is 20 blow aimed at the best in
interests Of tho Commonwealth" "The
,monopolists who conspired to commit
this wrong are onomies OF the farming
community" because they sought to
oppress those engaged in agriculture to
an uniuAtiiiahla degree to promote their
egn interests, and it Is not surprising
that q ameeting of fagriculturalsts should
pronounce them "a monopoly which
seeks self.aggrandizement at the expense
Of the rights Of others, and that it should
tb6 .Eootsdi out Of e1istence.'' The man
ufacturers who sought 10 create this mo-
Eopoly have certain chartered rights
given them by the people of this State,
not simply for the profit of those obtain
ing them, bus also for the mutual benefit
ofthe whole people of tho State, aad one
of tho implied conditions Of every charter
is that tho privileges granted therein
shall net bo used for the oppression c.