The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-06
BILL ARP.
Thinks That the Times Are Getting Better
And That the Laws Of Supply and
Demand Are Greater Than the
Laws That Congress
May Enact.
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It looks like the times are getting
better. don't know that legislation
at Washington has had anything to do
with it. In fact I believe the panic
would have passed away just as soon
without the repeal as with it, consider
ing that it took three months to do 1t.
The laws of trade are more powerful
than the laws Of Congress. The panic
came just like comets come, and 1t Will
90 lust like the comet goes. Like the
comet, it came unexpected, butt takes
longer forit to disappear, for confidence
is plant of slow growth.
So far as trade is concerned, we see
no difference between now and a year
ago. The stores are thronged with
customers, especially from the country.
Cotton does not bring good price, but
there is lots of it, and the kind-hearted
farmer will spend some of the proceeds
on his wife and children. Hats and
cloaks and Sunday shoes must be had.
Cotton keeps on rolling in and the last
little DOLL has opened. The late fall and
beautiful weather has added not less
than 90 per cent to the crop in north
Georgia, and almost every farmer Is
selling some and keeping some back for
higher price. 1t may go to scents
next spring, butI believe that the time
has passed and passed forever when
cotton will bring more than 8 cents,
It's average will probably be I IL cents,
for there will be no more short crops.
The yearly increase ofacreage in Texas
will make up for all disasters, else
where. There is still a world Of un-
settled land out there and it is being
settled by immigration. They can
make cotton at 5 cents a pound and
they will keep on making it. The pro-
duction will exceed the consumption
the supply will exceed the demand,
and of course the price will be low.
Burning ginhouses or passing alliance
resolutions will not have the slightest
effect. The laws ofsupply and demand
are inexorab,e and nobody but fools
and demagogues will ever preach any
thing else to the people. I remember
when cotton sold for and 6 cents a
pound every year and was hauled 200
miles in wagons to market, and the
people didn't complain as much as they
do now.
don't believe much ofthese charges
against white caps burning ginhouses.
Every fire that takes place nowadays
is laid to incendiaries, when, the truth
is, most of them are from carelessness
or natural causes. Of course, there are
some lawless vagabonds tramping over
the country. and it does seem like there
are more this fall than usual. Some
times they burn stables and barns. so
as to rob the dwelling while the family
are at tho fire. But the tramps don't
90 about in droves like they do up
North-up there it is very respectable
profession. They map out their routes,
and start out without scrip or purse.
They know who keeps dogs and who
don't-who will let them sleep in the
barn and give them something TO eat
and who won't. They know the charit-
able widows, and never slight them.
I dident know how they could travel
over thickly settled country until l
was up in Ohio the other day. l was
told about rich, kind-hearted old
widow who made it speciality to feed
them for the Lords sake. When they
called, she gave them welcome and a
lunch and cup of coffee and bade
them God-speed. She always kept a
pot of coffee on the stove for the tramps.
One day when they had eaten all her
ready supplies, another one came along
and she had nothing left but piece of
bread. AS she gave it to him, she re-
peated her customary benediction
'Not for my sake, nor for you sake,
but for Christ's sake, I give you this
bread" The tramp smiled and said:
"Not for your sake, nor for my sake,
but for Christ's sake, put some butter
on it," She did 80, and he tramped
Oh.
A widow who lives not far away from
US killed fat shoat the other day and
concluded to leave 1t out in the back
piazza to cool of during the night.
But she consulted old Jack, the darkey,
about whether it would be safe to leave
it out there. 'I don't know, nam
it's powerful onsartin-dar' some
strange tramps gwine around. Eber
since desc dimmercraticks got de coun.
try everything are gwine wroug-dat's
what dey tells me-"
This reminds me of speech that
Alex Stephens made away back in the
'4O's, when the strife was very bitter,
and he charged the Democrats with
being responsible for the short crop
and the yellow fever in Savannah, and
lots of fools believed it.
don't know how it is in an al cot
ton regions, but in North Georgia and
Tennessee and Kentucky don't see
any signs of distress, especially outside
of the towns. The country is in a good,
healthy condition. Right here in Bar
tow where corn and meat used to come
by the carload, there is no corn and but
little meat coming now. The county
is full of corn, and it brings IS cents in
this market. Country cured bacon is
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