The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-05-04
VETERANS AND THE WAR.
Lights and Shadows Of Wartime Days.
Atlanta Constitutions.

institution.
the South alone, but from country
with 75,OOO,oOO people. In all proba-
bility there will be volunteers enough,
and draft will not be necessary.
How about cotton?
Perhaps it will suffer. 1t generally
does when the spectators of Liver
pool and New York determine to give
it black eye.
And yet in war times people need
cotton goods, and if the farmers can
not afford to buy them, our army and
the people at home will consume
larger quantities than ever, because
the war will bring waste and extrava-
gance, and circulate money more free
ly. The home market may make good
the loss of Spanish trade.
Some people say that capital will
hide out, new enterprises will be held
back and hard times will come.
Such conditions obtain in a weak
country in danger Of being conquered,
but not in a rich and powerful coun-
try. The wealthy North grew richer
in her war with the less fortunate
SouIn. and the United States would
be equally favored in long contest
with country inferior in strength
and resources.
For every dollar boarded here in
time of war it is probable that another
would be turned loose. War causes a
demand for food and other supplies;
new industries spring up and the toll
ers at home get more work and better
wages.
Senator Morgan sees clearly when
he says that if this conflict lasts
year or so it will greatly benefit the
South.
Necessarily there will be several
centers Of military and naval opera
tions in this section. The influx Of
soldiers, officials and their followers
will make business brisk and build up
many places. The entire South will
be better advertised, and as all sec
tional feeling will be wiped out in
fight for common cause, hundreds Of
permanent settlers will be attracted
here who, under ordinary circum
stances, would never have thought of
coming.
Strange as it may seem, the sword
may solve our financial problem.
When the government needs more
currency in circulation, it is reasona-
BILE to presume that one of its first
steps will be the reconciliation of
silver.
When England was engaged in her
long Napoleonic wars she inflated her
paper currency and stuck to the double
standard. She did not strike down
silver until peace came, and then with
her single gold standard she caused
more misery and damage than had
resulted from her wars.
Of course, there is a dark side to
any war, even from the standpoint of
a rich and powerful nation.
It is glorious for heroes to die fight
ing for their country, but they leave
behind them loved ones who will weep
and refuse to be comforted.
Still, honors and pensions follow
such calamities. while the brave fell
lows might have starved to death un-
noticed, if they had remained at home
unemployed in time of stagnant and
idle peace.
The greatest danger that threatens
many localities in this country now is
the possible invasion Of yellow jack.
Our exceptionally mild winter has
not killed the fever germs in the far
South, and the Spaniards are quite
capable of sending infected clothing
and rags to our coast cities.
During active warfare it will be i'm
possible to protect some of our South
ern ports by efficient quarantine regu-
lations.
This is the darkest cloud on the
horizon, and in many Southern towns
the authorities should lose no time in
taking steps to bar out the pestilence
which has so long made Cuba it's dis
tributing center.
Yellow jack is more to be dreaded
than all the fleets and armies that
Spain can raisel
We can force Spain to reimburse us
for our war expenses, but there is no
compensation for the ravages of the
plague! WALLACE p. REED.
Advantages Of Worrying Little.
Don't ioin :, Don't Worry Clrh