The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-12-21
True Progress and Prosperity.

During the last decade much has been
said in print and on the stump to array
class against class. A better condition
of affairs has not been brought about by
the discussion, but dissatisfaction and
bitterness have increased.
He who goes forth and instructs one class
that it suffers materially, when another
class prospers, is the teacher of false gos.
pei. That community, whether large or
small, is most prosperous, when every
member Oft is prospering. The fact
that the day labor gets fair and remunera.
tive wages indicates that his employer is
also doing good business.
A community is unit like the human
body. Iftbe arm or eye fails in ita func.
tiona, then the whole body is that much
weaker. IF all the manufactures of the
State should fail for Two or three years to
make any dividends, the whole State
would suffer. If the merchants should
fail in their business, then the farmers
aud all the professions would be the
losers. If the farmers should make
scanty crops through negligence, or poor,
seasons, they would not be the only suf-
ferers. Every cotton mill, school, guano
factory store and profession would be
pinched.
Many people d. not see things in that
light. There are hundreds in this county
who believe that if all the merchants
should make big profits for a few years,
that the other classes would be that much
the poorer, ss if the cotton mills could
honestly pay a dividend OF twenty per
cent. annually, that the money would be
orawn from the pockets of the employees
and the men who raised the raw material
Such idcls are false and narrow. They
have no place in the minds Of honest aud
intelligent people.
The general prosperity depends on the
prosperity of all The individuals of tie
community. There should be no class
antagonism, for that means war, and wal
il destroyer. 1t builds up uothipg that
Is good and lovely Its tendency is to
pull down aud annihilate.
Then let all of our people get together
The elections are over. There will be
nothing to distract and antagonizs them
until 1896. Let us al make long END
strong pull together ard move on like
brothers. While each one is doing the
best he eau for himself, let him be gen.
erous enough 10 rejoice in his peighbors
prosperity. you, by houest toll, make
good living, with only few dollars 8
year to lay up, do not eavy the other mar
who makes ten times as much as yor
have made. If you are worth only one
thousand dollars, do not envy him who
has ten thousand Life is too short anc
lis main work too serious for US te bt
distracted by envy, antagonism, class
hatred and political animosties.
The season is approaching when every
one should sympa,hiza with the spirit o
the universal anthem. "On Earth Peace
Good Will toward Men," Let this feel
ing of the brotherhood OF humanity tax;
possession of US and let all, while work
ing for themselves, work for the comm1
good. We exhort the readers of tht
Spartan to lay aside all class hatred, 8!
this envy that would pull down 8 neigh
Dor because he does not think as you do
No life can be truly good or great tha
has not the kindest consideration fo
other lives. No character is lovely tina
is honey combed with malice and envy
and hatred. All classes and people
doing Legitimate work, are bound to
gether by common interests and one class
cannot prosper without all receiving
some of the benefits .-Spartanburg Spar
tan.