Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-17
The Uses of Adversely.

There is profound business
and financial distress throughout
the land. Labor is unemployed,
capital is unrequited and a paral-
ysis has fallen upon our business
energies resulting from causes
which affect even to a greater
degree every other civilization of
the world. These business re-
vulsions are inevitable, they
come with as much regularity as
the return of the seasons, and
they must be accepted as evils
which cannot be cured. Being
inevitable, it is the part of wis
dom to appreciate the benefits
which result from them.
Extravaganza is the bane Of
American life. We are the most
profigate people of the earth.
We waste more in living than
would supply food for an equal
number of people in any country
Of the whole world, and extrava-
gance permeates every feature of
American existence. Our young
men and young women are
brought up to indulgence and
profigacy, ard in long seasons
of prosperity they I taught
that labor is not respectable. We
thus not only hinder the proper
development of the young men
and women of the land, but we
train them tC a measure of eX-
travagance that units them for
usefulness and makes them i'll
fitted for just such seasons of adj
versity as are now upon us.
These must learn the uses of adj
versity with more than usual Sc
verify, but they must learn the
lessons none the less.
The summer season is now
upon us, and scores of thousands
of families will be most impress
sively taught the S of advers-
ity. There will be economy all
along the line in every circle
and condition Of our people.
Even the most opulent feel keen
ly the limitations of their re-
sources, and many who had AIN
pie means to enjoy a summer are
now compelled to cultivate the
strictest economy in all their cal
culations for spending the sea-
son. There will not be very
much less of visitors to our sum
mer resorts at the sea shore and
in the mountains but all will be
done upon a scale of economy
that has not been common. There
we're the usual number of visit
ors at st. Augustine last win
ter, and the full complement at
the high priced hotels, but the
shopkeepers and the countless
energies which have depended
upon the expenditures of visitors
in their business found their
business practically suspended.
The artists Of the great Ponce
de Leon Hotel, who had been at
tracted there for years and OPP
ened their studios with profit,
did not sell a picture during the
whole season, and in every way
expenditures were cut off beyond
the actual cost of staying at the
hotel.
The present summer season
will doubtless find our summer
resorts reasonably well filed,
but thousands will gravitate from
the more costly to the cheaper
hotels and boarding-houses, ano
the lavish expenditure in the
thousands of outside catch-penny
institutions will be greatly cir
cumscribed. In short, stricr
economy will be the rule AND
generous expenditure the excep.
ton. 1t will be keenly felt by al
who surround our summer re
sorts to profit by the generocity
of visitors. It will be SO be
cause it is an absolute necessity,
It will in very many instances
be a choice between the strictest
economy at the summer resorts
and staying at home, and there
fire few who will not decide il
avor of scrupulous economy tt
make the usual summer vista
ton.
Since business adversely is
upon us it is we'll to consider Its
benefits as we'll as it's misfortunes
There are no people of the worle
who so greatly need the lessons
, which are being taught us nov
[ by the general business paralysis
throughout the country, and If i
shall impress our people as /
should impress them, by teach
; ing them the necessity of NOR
economical and industrial meth
: DDS of life, our national misfort
une will be a great blessing II
. disguise. We greatly need tn
most pointed teaching as to econ
omical habits of life and as tt
the necessity of industry upol
the part Of all whether rich o
J poor; and if the American PEG
: pie shall accept the lesson so a
to reap its advantages, it may B.
truly said of our general bust
mess paralysis that "sweet ar
.. the uses of adversely"