The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1894-12-07
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
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ON THE SUBJECT OF ECONOMY.
Take Caro- of the Pennies and the Dol
lars Will Look Out for Themselves.

1t is strange that people who arc the most
needy are generally the mos wastcful and ex-
lravaGant. This is proverbal of The negro who
will spend his last cent on an excursion or a
watermelon. There are many white folks, too
who look not day ahead, but i!yJ like the
tramp and say:
There is a marked contrast between northern
aud southern people III this rcgarl. When
was boy went TO school near Boston and the
family lived with astonished my Georgia rais-
my 10y t. aching me to take no more on my plate
than l intended to eat and 1t i, q fact that
when We had finished meal the plates hardly
needed Lshng. We had t. clean our shoes
wei before we went in the hou,e. We had to
change our garments 10 suit the weather
There was pl,c, for hats and books and over
shoes and everything else, but when l returned
home ! relapscd into our free AMI easy ways.
There were dogs and ricaninnies to cat up
the scraps and darkics 10 brush the shoes and
clean up after dirty boys. 1t is the economy
of New England that has made her people rich.
Fhis economy IL more from haG:t than stin-
gincsS. Their forc;athcIs began that way be-
cause they had to and the habit has come down
from generation to generation. They get rich
inorc from saving than from making money.
With them tits little by little, an yet they arc
liberal III chuich and charity aud hospitals and
aSIlums and monuments. | was Illuminating
about this while riding around Green Cove
Springs with you'g laly friend, who pa
,icn'iy answered all my questions: Whose
fine hotel is tha;i" 1T bcongs 10 the Bor-
u' n. ''Nl OSc DCanlllnl rchltCnCe lS
that?' ut is the Bordcns' too" what church
| is that% at is one the BE- rd ms built" "Who
owns the cottage hall where tho Y. ]. 4. hold
| their mectings?" The Eorlens." "Why did
your pcop'c build this han some courthouse so
| far away from the center of town?" "Wcll the
| BD:Gcns gave the round and wanted it there"
! Everywhere rode c ,uld hear Of the Bor-
| dens-thc Borlcns until my curiosity Was excl
ted and | said: well, 90 please tell me about
'hcSc Borlns. Whcrcdid they come from ?"
| ''Why lp,,'t Enny ~ aid Mios Relic
| thought everybody knew Gail Borden, whose
naEic Is on every cn Of The eagle brand OF
condensed milk. IL is dead but his children
| own his paton: an all the other patents. They
arc immensely rch and spend their winters
| here They love this place and arc lavish with
| their money" "WhoSe beau ulful property is
| that2' inquired. ooh. that is another mil
| lonaire's. Ills namc is Dav d-'rhddcus David,
! the ink man. This is his F"rtdt homo nd lie
| liz liberal. too. We poor sou herncrs have to
| depend on thcsc rich men from the north and
they have been so kind that al prcjudice and
| bitterness has passed away"
Well, we have great respect for both Borden
and David, the man Of white AMI the man Of
| black. see DaYil's name on my ink bottle
| right nov and We had BOrd,n's pure rich con-
dcnSCd ere IN Ill our coffee for breakfast. In
| fact we raised couple Of child en- on il. and
| they love their moth,r none the less for it.
| Borden is public Icnctacio" ard We are will
| ing for his children t. be rich. But do not
| suppose that lie made more than cent or two
on each can OF milk 1t il ates how those
yankees will diligently pursue q little Thing
| "A one idea for years and years and
| make n fortune. while our people will pu' sue a
| big thing and fai'. Captain Howell told me
| about seeing magnificent equ page driving
| i'll Central Park, and the lone man inside looked
| lik" whiskcrcd French count. ''Who is that
| rlan?" he asked Of New York fri nd. "Oh," :"
| eaid he that's jeremiah Shadd0ck. whose
| father made fortune making hAirpinS away
| up the kennebcCk river. The old nan is dead
Sn ll n .ttln httt hn pon
| afford to be and it's noboiy's busin S." JUS
look at the Thousand little things that add TO
| onr conf rrt and convenience, and all of them
| come from the 10 TIL This pen and p'nstsff
| aud ink and mkstand This lamp and lamp
| chimney This table and chair and all the
| other furniture. These curtains aud fixtures.
| An there are ihr pens and needlCsan1 thread
| and tackS and fish hoo'!s and lines and scissors
and thimblcs AMI buttons and cyelets. to say
| nothing OF the big things. 1t is a marvel to
| read the tar II book and turn Pare alter page
| and scan the thousands of things that duties
are drawn from to 'upport the government.
| 1t is called tariff for revenue only, but all of
| these things enjoy mn incidcn al protcctiOn AT
| Cnrchcs tho American manufactures. The
| south is not III it, save consumer. But a
| wise providence did not give them all the
| blessings. lie gave us a goudly heritage. Our
| blessed climate is enough to ,frSct all their
| protection and all their wealth. Now, If Geor-
| < q and her western sisters will do two things,
it seems to me the prosp'rit of the south will
| be assured. Reduce the cotton Gcrcage to one
half and manufacture onc-half of what il
| made. North Carolina and Sonth Carolina
are advancing boldly on that line. Thos1
| iwo states have now more cotton mi.ls
than all the rest put together, and they
are all making money. l see it stated thht
| th"re are sixteen i'll Onr county in South aro
| lima. We don't want large mills but nun rons
| small ones scattered all over the cotton giOn
This woud incrcIsI tho price and keep the
profits at home and give employment to the
| DO r. But ;his has been sIid 20 often that i,
infinitely more sense in it than in passing rcso
| lutIOns 10 holl our cotton for q higher rrcc
Florida HI not felt tho cn, cts of the panic ike
| tho cotton siat"'. This IL manifest everywhere
| you 60. Sanford i building UP more rapidly
than it was before the panic. Handsome resi-
| dcnces are going up all about and there il al
| appearance OF activity and thrift. Orange
| growers say that there is good MONEY in then
| at even 80 cents Al Gox on the tree nd they fee
| sure of this much. Northern visitorsaro com
| ing sooner than usual and we und the Eas
| Tennessee train crowded to Jacksonvi c 1nC
| he Jacksonville. Tampa and Key West to San
| ford We failed o secure herihs in the slcepe
| for al our rRrty. and therefore had to double
| which cause tho ont side gir.s to roll out il
| the dead OF night and alarm tho nabOrs. Bu
/ all troubles do come to nm end in conrse o
| time and We arc all here in Clear Water ant
happy. The truck farmers have found us on
| aud arc coming to onr gIte with eggs anC
| chickens and milk and green peas end ney
| + ,orida syrup. Our naboIs from ~, Louis nnC
| Memphis anI Cincinnati have arrived AM
every ody is busy fixing mp for tho winter
| have letters r. IN friends wanting COTTAGES
but they all occupied They IL have t
| board or find some other refuge.-Bill Arp il
| Atlanta Constitution.