The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-10-17
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

EDITORS MggLLIGENoER;: Having
been kindly allowed space in your vates-
Bile paper last week to make Z suggestion
to the farmers, one d ffWhose Sons, I am
proud to he, ask little further indul-
genco with the hope that I may possibly
say something that will be beneficial to
some one.
The suggestion I wish to make this
week is broeght to my mind by the words
of one who never made q mistake. He
said "AU things Uhassoever ye tbouM that
men should do 70 yoa, do ye even so to
them." Now,. the reverse is equally true.
whatsoever ye would not that men should
do to You, do ye not to them.
do not mean to offend you, but mere.
" to suggest that no one should ever in
anything disregard moral and religious
obligations. We fo5 often seem 10 forget
that there are two sides to almost every
question, and whilc It is to the interest of
the farmer toget his. goods for just as
little as he can, still that man who
seeks to get from another b;s property
for less than it is worth, is violating the
spirit of the words above quoted; or he
who endeavors, and desires to sell to
another his property for more than it is
worth, is equally guilty Of breach Of
this rule laid dowa by mars best
friend.
The merchant should he willing to sell
his goods at just such q profit as he
would be willing to pay, provided be had
to buy, and the purchaser should never
desire merchant to sell him goods at a
less profit than he wonld be willing to
take, provided he was the seller, and the
buyer should not fail to take into consid-
Grafton the fact that all merchant gets
1 for his goods above what he paid for them
lis not profit. For there are numerous
expenses to be paid by him. For in-
stance, store rent, Insurance, drayage,
clerk hire, expense of going to market to
buy his goods, &c. Then again he is
rightly entitled to the interest on his
money invested, and pay for bis own time
and labor. All he'gets over aud above
this is SO much more than he is entitled
to.
The merchant should also bear in mind
the fact that what Is produced by the
farmer is hard earned money. It is
impossible for q farmer to make more
than he ought ont Of his farm. He may
90 manage the labor on his farm as to get
more of than he is entitled, or get it for
less than he should, but he cannot
make d better crop than be ought. This
seems to be the most6elflsh age that has
ever been. Almost everybody seems to
think be has perfect right, and to
consider it bis duty, to get alLhe can for
as little as possible. The farmer is as bad
as the merchant, as much as the latter is
abused. There are honest farmers, of
course, and many sef them, too; the
same is true Of merchants. That farmer
acts very foolishly who buys goods from
q man he does not believe is truthful
and honest. It is very unfortunate that
nowadays everybody seems to distrnst
every other person, and even members Of
the same Church will commune togeth.
or on Sunday, and then on Monday deal
WithEeach other as if each thought the
other was trying to cheat him. 1t ought
not SO to be. One Christian should never
be afraid to trust another.
The above is written with the earnest
and sincere desire that both merchants
and farmers will read it and consider
seriously the question as 70 dealing with
their fellowmen as they would have
their fellowmen to deal with them.
Be honest and deal honestly aud truth.
fully with each other, ever being willing
to live and let li7e." Don't ask more
for your goods than they are worth, nor
endeayor to buy what your neighbors has
for less than they are worth. "All things
whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them"
Yours for peace and harmony,
FARMER,s SON.