The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-04-25
Encourage Home Industry.

the constitution. For sale by NJ Dorsey.
Encourage Home Industry.
The prosperity of community. town or
city depends, to considerable extent,
upon the aid and corporation of its peo-
pie IN building up their home institutions.
In referring to this, we do not mean in
situations of u public nature alone we
mean every institution, both public and
private, that Is giving employment to labor,
investing its profits. and thus helping to
build up other enterprises.
Why 90 outside of community to spend
| money for an article made i'm the COM
\ munity? Does the money spent, thus in
crease-return to the investor, in the way of
| helping his business? In nearly every case
| it never returns. but is dead loss to such
community to all intents and purposes, ex-
article purchased. On the other hand, il
All article be purchased, of the same value.
| that Is produced in the same community,
the same money is used in the purchase of
other articles i'll the same way, and before
the weeks end perhaps. one hundred cents,
fold its first value, and Increased the
wealth of the community. by increasing
propOrtiOnately each party who handles it,
and is still worth as much as ever. There
are people SO short-Sighted, 50 self import
ant that nothing suits them unless it is
|
up in self, that if they thought by spend
ing few dollars with some ono near by,
they would help such person in an &C
emulation OF small fortune, be he ever
so worthy, they would send it to Jericho,
or to any other place before they would do
crust and all below must stay below.
| Well, whenever or wherever you find
this spirit, to the extent of its existence,
you can measure the growth and prosperity
OF the city OR community. Ii you show us
a town where its people signify willing
ness to help every worthy enterprise by
helping to dispose OT its product or in other
ways, which are legion, encouraging and
supporting it, instead of throwing Obstruc-
tons in its way hampering it by encourage
ing outside competition, or discOuraging 1t
in other ways, you will certainly find that
town Il prosperous and thrifty one and vice
versa.
There must be unity of action as we'll as
of purpose. Without it, there is weakness,
and decay sets in, which eventually de-
, stroys. Reader. do you belong to the sell
fish, or the liberal class? Are you draw
back to the community, or, are you help
ing it forward?
There should be unity of purpose and a
unity of action in sustaining and support
ing all institutions and enterprises, of a
private as we'll as public nature, that are
: deservedly worthy of support, and labor
lily Ill d CkIiIllOH 10 UuIlu up COIu
' munity. We should never forget to en-
: courage, as we'll as support all such by
word and deed. for by so doing we are
building up ourselves.
But enterprises to deserve support ant
: encouragement in q community. must als'
: exercise the same spirit. Most especiall!
l should such. each and all, endeavor t.
i help those who help them. They shOult
9 pay as much for labor as their bushes
can possibly afford, not only on account o
!, the scriptural injunction of the "iaborer i:
IL worthy of his hire, but the important fac
e that when labor is we'll paid it creates
e purchasing power which enables every on
: having anything to sell to dispose of it a
h renumerative prices. But when labor
~ poorly paid, it makes greater c0nsumI
:. tive than purchasing power. and what
consumed without being paid for, is los
quent loss to the community. Besides,
, labor is not paid for, the man who gets
l. for less than value is an extOrtiOner, q
q SctOrt10ner. A worse eXtOrtiOner If pOssibl
d than the money lender, who restrained b
the law, in regard to interest charges, make
:, it up upon the borrower by charging fee!
An extOrtioner which st. Paul says, "hat
u his place in the lake that burneth with fiji
Is and birthstone
l. And We think justly SO. because a ma
n who can smother his conscience and spect
Al late to grow rich upon the poor unpaid Il
l. borer, wringing his life out like slave,
y, order that lie may live in luxury or lord
II up wealth, deserves the condemnation
u God and his fellow men.
IS If business will not succeed when
1T pays living wages for labor, it ought to |
rs abandoned better to let the labor see
III other employment than work on starvir
NJ wages.
And in view of our position ukan tn
subject, we would say to labor, when "
IL sell your time, it is not yours at the tin
he being, but your employers, and you shOul
Id see that it is applied strictly as his int
in est demands. The interest of employer
e, the interest of the employed, if he wou
h, only see it, The interest of all should
n the concern of all.-Raleigh Erening w
l" tor