The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-05-30
3 pRoBLEsr OF THE HOUR.
lesson TO be Learned from Our
English Ancestors.

y Mf EHh1ttch fhtiCtStoEs.
: To the Editor OF The State The
social disorder OF the year 1915 bafied
the sagacity of English statesmen.
The smaller farmers, finding it inn
possible to accumulate money, we're
forced to part with their property.
They wandered about, not knowing
where to go or what to do. This in
troduced adangerous leayen Of outrage
and wrong. The roads were infested
with organized gangs Of robbers.
Laws were passed against the further
extension Of sheep farms, but the law
vas fruitless. Sir Thomas More sug-
gested a remedy, which subsequently
| cured the disorder: LET the wooden
manufacture be introduced, so that
honest employment may be found for
tbose whom want has made thieves, or
Will make thieves r long"
1T required q century to adopt the
dlvice of Sir Thomas More I; but with
fe extension of industry, the mass OF
surplus labor was absorbed.
The condition of affairs in South
{arolina today IL analogous to that OF
England in 1o15. Our staple crop il
lot wool, but cotton. Men are advis-
hg that the cotton area be limited.
hst as the English statesmen tried to
Iurtail sheep raising. Raising cotton
b Improbable; ; n masses are dis.
lOntented: thousands of young men are
) heking in vain for employment. We
lannot strangle hard times by shorten.
Ing the cotton area, but we can learn
: b lesson from the stern experience ol
our English ancestors. Let us manu-
fracture " native products. Wher
.England raised wool for the looms O
y Flanders, Flanders prospered but Eng
VI lnnI did not DC lnr,r ~ Sl,,fh 4 N,,nIt~.
raises cotton exclusively for the looms
of Lowell and Liverpool those cite,
will prosper, but Carolina will not
The TACT that we are doing as we'll u
we are simply proves hat it is YER,
difficult to starve in a and blessed b,
nature.
the diary Of a South Carolina,
might read as follows:
-: Rose in the morning and struck
match made n Akron, Ohio. Dressed
in a SUIT Of clothes made in New York
Wife cooked breakfast on a stow,
made In Baltimore; the meat wa
brought from Cincinnati and the hou
from st. Louis. Smoked q Richmon,
clgur. Fed my Western horse OF
Western hay and corn, harnessed hin
to u Michigan road cart and drov,
down town To talk over wal times an,
cuss" Ii Yankees. Bought u read,
made aXe-handlc, some New Jerse
tomatoes and Minnesota furniture
Returned home II found my boy JUS
home from school with q satcheI fuI
of Yankee text books. Spent the res
OF inc day hoeing cotton for tn
Yankees, while my brother in town i
clerklng for tao Yankees"
Sucn II diary would not be O stretc
of the imagination. The Indians CAV
Columbus god for beads, and wer
satisfied, because they had no use fo
gold. We do worse. We KNOWN
tine value OF our cotton, fling 1T ava
to enrich others as u drunken ma
throws treasures from his lap.
. BounLlcsS forests border the stream
l OF Carolina. Why should we pay tn
freight ON collins, carriages ana iurh
: ture from distant markets?
3 Our generous soil Will produce veg,
:, tables In profusion; why should "
| depend upon Yankee industry f
: canned gouds?
Are we too poor, too lazy, or tx
! Ignorant, to utilize Jul wOnderf,
: Shall we lie down suplne.
TIL the overlooking population of tt
7 North moves Suutuwaru to seize up,
the treasures That are ours by inner
lance?
Horace Greeley has excellent
observed that "A people who have b,
a single source OF profit are uniform
poor; not because mai vocation
. necessarily ill CHOSEN, but because l
single calling can employ and rewal
the varied capacities OF male III
!. female. old II young, robust III
feeble"
2 South Carolina will begin to prospe
l financially, when we adopt, with i
, modern application, the ADVICE of S
: Thomas More. HENRY S. HARTZOG.