The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-02-16
PRODUCERS VERSUS NON.
PRODUCERS.


PRODUCERS.
Let US, for a moment, consider
the various classes in a commun-
ity, and study the results of the
labors Of each in adding to the
prosperity and wealth of the coun-
try and at the same time con-
template the comforts, luxnries
and ease enjoyed by each class
the proportion of this worlds hap
piness which falls to the lot of
each. And first. the farmer what
part does be perform in the great
human hive? He has adopted as
his profession a heaven ordained
pursuit-the natural business OF the
human race. He takes the soil
which God has made, and by Ia
borious effort-'in the sweat of his
face'-prepares it for the seed
which He made, each after its
kind He tolls day after day,
through heat and cold, aiding
Nature in converting the elements
of the soil and atmosphere iEto
food and clothing for the millions
of the earth. In a word, he is
creating wealth, making valuable
and conducive to comfort and hap
piness that which was before in
ert and incapable of ministering
to our personal wants. So with
the mechanic who pushes the
plane or wields the hammer =; and
the operative who guides and
tends the wbirling, machinery OF
the mill and work shop. he creates
wealth by changing the form and
adapting to our use the raw mate
rial produced on the farm, or found
in the forests or mines. From the
soil and the waters comes every
solitary penny, which, in one shape
or another, constitutes a nations
wealth.
The lawyer, physician, mer
chant, and other professional men
are all very convenient, at times
but neither is absolutely necessary
to the existence of the human
| race: there were none in the
early years of the world. Pro
fessional men $50, ,catled) as a rule
| create no uealth. But when We
inquire who enjoys the wealth pro
duced by the toiling farmer, arti
san, miner and fisherman, the an
swer is plain. The producing
classes, as a rule, have only the
simplest comforts of life, and art
rarely able TO exchange their SUI
plus products for more money
than will be required for taxes
doctors bills, necessary tools ant
plain clothing. On the othe'
hand, the luxuries of life, the su
perabundant comforts, the facil
tiles for high intellectual culture
and the refnements Of social lif'
which are so dependent on wealth
and leisure, are almost exclusive
ly enjoyed by the non-producin'
portion of the community. VIII
are they that roll in luxurious car
riages, and fare sumptuously e7
cry day, clothed in purple an
fine linen ) who take their ease il
palatial mansions, supplied wit
| all that ministers to comfort an
ease of body, and filled with cost
ly paintings, statuary, llbrarle
and other accessories to refine
and intellectual enjoyment? A
know the answer the banker
| the merchant, the lawyer, tn
physician, the manufacturer, tn
bond-holder-men who are elthe
wealthy in accumulated capita
or in the possession OF large IL
comes from their business.
1t is customary to warn youn
men of the deceptive allurement
ofcity life by pointing out the larg
number of merchants that fail cou
pared With the number who gro
rich. But the inference intende
to be drawn is hardly just, unles
uo oonsidar the fact that mos
professional men, and, perhaps,
large majority Of the merchant
have comfortable if not large IL
, comes, although they may nc
have accumulated great wealth {
made fortunes They enjoy man
of the advantages which wealt
. coufers, and only fall short
, large cummulatioDs because
e perhaps wisely-they eat, drin
! and make merry as they g
That is, live up to their income