Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-10-27

;ion, or else none ought. We neet
their names, and influence, ane
counsel in our operative efforts
Besides the taxes which every
eitizeD is compelled to pay, ht
owes sonnet thing to the mainten.
:snce of civil goye ernment and The
preservation Of relig igious liberty
lEyeryman owes sonnet thing to the
great boz apolitic and body social
lof which hsis an integral part
Every man owes some hing toishu.:
manly and humani itar.iian effort,
Every farmer IS due nothing tc
the up-building of that class Of
people whose labors ELL the granar.
les and provide I clothing for the
world. And it behooves one and
all to inquire within, how are we
meeting these demands and full.
filing these obligations2
Newspaper men and politicians
may paint in glowing colors the
prosperity ofour country and the
material adyancement,of our peo-
pie, but naked fact remains af-
ter all, that the tillers of the soil
have not kept pace with some Of
the other vocations in life in
material progress. The speculation
has made his fortune in a day, a
week, a month, year. Railroad
men, merchants, brokers, and
others have; amassed colossal for
tunes in comparatively short per
iods Of time, whilst agriculturists
as rple lave scarcely held their
own, twithstanding the many
improved Implements O. husband
ry and e better understanding of
the appliances of soil-culture. Why
this unequal contestsin the busi-
ness of life? Is it not due to
some extent, to the ind ference; of
those NIB stand aloo rom and
stay without The pale 81 organize
ltion? Thoy fail to realize the
strength and the protection that
lie in organized union whilst the
balance Of the world realize its
powers and enjoy it's advantages.
We must all recognize the living
fact that this is q time Of great
money stringency and will require
the closest economy on every hand
to tide over it unwrecked in for
tune and name.
This state of affairs has been
brought around by the low price
of cotton for last season and the
still low price of the staple with
the short crop added. We must
learn to return to the nte-bellum
practice of raising household sup
plies at home 80 far as possible.
Corn, wheat, rye, sorghum, peas,
potatoes and the like should be
raised sufficient for the demands
of every home. Then we will have
done our duty in this line. By uni
ty Of purpose and action, the Gen
eral Government may be made to
do hers.
Let us hope for better things
work for better things, and our
efforts will sooner or later be re.
warded. It should be the con.
stant aim and purpose OF every
member of the order t, deserve
the confidence and full trust OF
the brotherhood, and when mutual
trust and confidence are thus once
firmly established, the organiza.
tion will have increased and mul-
tiplied its influences for good, not
only to the membership, but to
thewhole people i'll the elevation
of moral tone, in holding more
sacred monetary obligations, and
in the higher estimate of honor
and truth so essential to the per.
manent well-being of any people
One more thought. The per.
manency and success of our order
will depeud upon what we choose
to make it. The impress of ou,
acts and our lives will be writer
not only upon the character of the
people of this age but of succeed.
ing ages. The principles we end
orse and promulgate will be larg
ely the principles Of our children
The methods We employ in bust
ness, are transmissible in like
manner, subject to the improve.
ment of the ages and the changes
of an enlightened understanding
hnd as time goes on and as addi
tional opportunities are afforded