The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-08-05
THE BUSINESS WORLD
CONNER IAL.

DutAs AUG. A-"Eyerythlng comes out o.
Tho eround.n says the huAbandman, and W.
arc the producers Of everything valuable. W
SOW and reap and distribute of our labor 10 The
non-workers who are all drones Ia the busy hive
of life y There is some truth in the claim but
mixed MP with such mischievons and fallaciOus
error that the proposition Is hard one either To
acknowledge or deny. True 1t Is that
tho world was given 70 man and what
ever mas been added since orig
lnal creation Is but tho result OF manipulation
Off ts soils and products; but to say that those
who do not pl0w and harvest are supported BY
those who DO, and owe their subsistence to
them, il no more dafenslble dogma than II
would DO TO say that tho planter who gets his
provisions end clothing from the commission
merchant Is supported by his bounty There Is
radical error IL the assumption, and indicates y
disposition somewhat disposed TO carp at every
nthev calling In life save that OF the 'indcpent.
ont farmer"
labor mutually assist aud adjust themselves one
tnthe other, The farmer cannot make cloth for
himself or silk for his wife, nor can he go tllbw
M free tfapper' or euro his own family Of
acute disease, lilo cannot grind his corn after he
has made IT, ind must pay the miller grisi; bnt
these outside ayocatlons, which sap lyhlm. ara
by no means filed by dr0nes, nor are they any
less necessary to his enjoyment OF uie,I earth
itself and It's possibilities 9t production Il
one side. and the brains ard Cncrg OF man
the other side Of tho anh-thetlCa
arrang -ment II men were destined My %
labor for the bread they cal thaT would soon
turn 10 clOds II las necessary to have some
body TO supply ~ Is 10 have some olc 70 sup.
ply MIN, IL order 10 carry out thu grand dcyc
Opnent OF man nature. IL IN the mutual cY.
change of want for satisfaction and the ictOt
Of minds clashing M interest In settling Me r.,
latlonship between the parties produces au
proved intellectual condition ana ionds 10 the
alienation OF mans noorsN is' The bpicfu
slurs cast at other modes Of acquiring llvrli
hood and amasslng fortune he oxen Only IN,
existence OF Il d'sOoute mind and ave ~
indulged In save by those VINO would eHali
themselves AT the expense Of Others, und refuse
the RECOGNITION of the beautiful maxim Of live
aud lot live.
Perhaps me two professions receiving most Of
the Ilbes Of the blgotcd agrie ullurlst are the
lawyer and the merchant There are possibly
$780, 900 OF collections sent 10 Dallas attof
ncys annually for collection from foreign
parties. At least ten per Cent fe Is charged
aud thus so COO every year saved tAOur people |
thus keeping In circulation TINT leg, amount |
among the people In ease of failure OF crops, |
II IL the merchant that tides over tho farmer by |
credit and advances It would be difficult To |
say how the community could prosper without |
the cooperation OF those two classes Yet lie |
short.tlghied cavlller Is loud In his denuncla |
ton OF their usefulness, The simple truth Is |
that We are all sellers and buyers, and all on. |
gagged In business mutually employed In ,he |
massing of the aggregate wealth The human
family are depend mt upon each other. and
while the earth Is the LORDS and the iulnes
thereof" the words OF rOpe arc subllmely true
that Natures children all divide her care"