The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-12-05
BILL ARP'S LETTER:
The Little Things Count and Pennies Make
tho Dollars.
atlanta Constitution.

1t is strange that people who are the
most needy are generally the most
wasteful and extravagant. This is
proverbial of the negro who will spend
his last cent on an excursion or
watermelon. There are many white
folks, too, who look not day ahead,
but live like the tramp and say,
"Fate cannot harm mel have dlned
today"
There is marked contrast between
| northern and southern people in this
regard. When I was boy I went to
school near Boston, and the family |
lived with astonished my Georgia rails
| ing by teaching me to take no more on
INV plate than I intended to eat, and
| it is a fact that when we had finished
meal the plates hardly needed wash.
| ing. We had to clean our shoes well
before we went in the house. We had
70 change our garments to suit the
weather. There was place for hats
and books and overshoes and every
thing else, but when I returned home
T relapsed into our free and easy ways.
There were dogs and picaninnies to
eat up the scraps and darkies to brush
the shoes and clean up after dirty boys.
It is the economy of New England that
has made her people rich. This econ
omy is more from habit than stingi-
ness. Their forefathers began that
| way because they had to and the habit
has come down from generation to
generation. They get rich more from
saving than from making money:
With them it is little by little, and
yet they are liberal in church and
charity and hospitals and asylums and
monuments. was Illuminating about
this while riding around Green Cove
Springs with young lady friend, who
patiently answered all my questions.
ssWhose fine hotel is that?' ut be-
longs to the Bordens." !" "Whose beau
tiful residence is that2'' 1T is the
Bordens', too2" ''What church is
that?" s'Itis one the Bordens built. u
"Who owns the cottage hall where the
V. I. A. hold their meeting?' "The
Bordens." "Why did your people
build this handsome courthouse so tar
away from the center of town.,
"Well, the Bordens gave the ground
and wanted it there" Everywhere
we rode could hear Of the Bordens-
the Bordens until my curiosity was
excited and said: "Well, do please
toll mo about these Bordens? Where
did they come from?" "Why, don't
you know?" said Miss Belle. II
thought everybody knew Gail Borden,
whose name is on every can OF the
eagle brand of condensed milk. He is
dead, but his children own his patent
and all the other patents. They are
immensely rich and spend their winters
here. They love this place and are
lavish with their money" Whose
beautiful property is that?" Inquired.
'sOh, that is another millionaire's.
His name is David-Thadeus David,
the ink man. This is his Florida
home and he is liberal, too. We poor
southerners have to depend on these
rich men from the north and they have
been so kind that all prejudice and
bitterness has passed away
Well, we have great respect for both
Borden and David, the man Of white
and the man of black. l see David 8
name on my ink bottle right now and
we had Borden's pure rich condensed
cream in our coffee for breakfast. In
fact we raised a couple Of children on
it, and they love their mother none
the less for it. Borden is public
benefactor, and we are willing for his
children to be rich. But do not
suppose that he made more than a cent
or two on each can of milk. It illus
trates how those yankees will diligent-
ly pursue a little thing-a one idea
for years and years and make fortune,
while our people will pursue big
thing and fail. Captain Howell told
me about seeing magnificent equip
age driving in Central park and the
lone man inside looked like whisker-
edFrench count. "Whois that MANI"
he asked of New York friend. "Oh,"
said he, "that's Jeremiah Shaddock,
whose father made fortune making
hairpins away up the Kennebeck river.
The old man is dead and the son is
now regular swell-but he can afford
to be and it's nobody's business.
Just look at the thousand little things
that add to our comfort and conven-
ience and all of them come from the
north. This pen and penstaf and ink
and inkstand. This lamp and lamp
chimney. This table and chair and
all the other furniture. These cur
tains and fixtures. And there are the
pens and needles and thread and tacks
and fish hooks and lines and scissors
and thimbles and buttons and eyelets,
to say nothing of the big things. 1t
is a marvel to read the tariff book and
turn page after page and scan the
thousands Of things that duties are
drawn from to support the government.
It is called a tariff for revenue only,
but all of these things enjoy an incl
dental protection that enriches the
American manufacturer. The south
is not in it, save as a customer. But
wise providence did not give them
all the blessings. He gave US good
ly heritage. Our blessed climate is
enough to Offset all their protection
and all their wealth. Now, if Georgia
and her western sisters will do two
things to me the prosperity of the
south will be assured. Reduce the
cotton acreage to one-half and manu-
facture one-half of what is made.
North Carolina and South Carolina
are advancing boldly on that line.
Those two states have now more cotton
mills than all the rest put together,
and they are all making money. lsee
it stated that there are sixteen IN one
county in South Carolina. We don't
want large mills, but numerous small
ones scattered all over the cotton
region. This would increase the price
and keep the profits at home and give
employment to the poor. But this
has been said so often that it need not
be repeated. Neverth heless, there is
infinitely more sense in it than in pass
ing resolutions to hold our cotton for
a higher price. Florida has not felt