The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-26

you osn3 Why not co aorao day 70 his,
store and whom nobody 10 lookingSjuatI
Iyahoulder tho ham or the Bparerib and
in m0dost silonco steal away ? N That
would DO less criminal, booauss in tho
other way yoM tako mt only tho mans
goods, but you atsko tho timo Of tho
merchant and timo Of his accountant,
and you take the timo Of the moFsongor
who brought you tho goods. Now, If
you must steal, steal in q way. to do as
littlo damage to tho trader as possible.
John Randolph arose in the American
sonsto whom 9 question Of national
finance was being discussed, and,
stretching himself to his full hoight,
ip shrill voice he oriod out, Mr,
Chairman, | have discovered tho philoao.
phor's stone, which turns everything
into gold pay aB you gol" Society
ct or the seasons Of defaloation will
continue to report them solves. You
have no right to ride in carriage for
which you arc hopolossly in debt to the
wheelWright who furnished tho landau,
and to the horse dealer who provided
tho bloodol span, and 10 tho harness
makot who oaparisonod tho gay stools,
and to tho livoryman who has provided
the stabling, and to the driver who,
with roBottod hat, aits on tho coach
box.
Oh, | am so glad tbs not the absolute
neoessitics Of lifo which send poople
out into dishonestios and fling them in
to misfortunos. 1t is almost always
tho superauities. God has promised
ug a house but not palace; raiment,
but not ohinohilla; food, but not can-
yasback duck, I am yet to SOC ono Of
these great dofalcatjoas which is not
conntctod in somo way with extrav-
| ganoo.
| Extravaganza accounts for the dis
turbsnoo of national finapoos. Aggroga-
tions arc mado up of units, and whom
ono half of the people of this country
owe the other half how can wo oxpoot
GnanoiAl prosperity? Again and again
at tho national election We have had
spasm of virtue, and wo said, "Out
with ono administration and in with an
othor and lot us hayo a now doal of
things and then we will got all over our
perturbation. l dc not care who is
president or who is secretary Of the
treasury or how much broadstuffs 60
out of tho country or how much gold is
imported un:;i nc learn .c psy eur
debts and it becomes q general theory
in this country that mon must buy no
moro than they can pay for. Until
that timo comes thore will bo no per-
manont prosperity. Look at tho porni-
oious cxtravagance. Take the ono fact
that Now York ovory year pays So. 000,-
600 for theatrical amusement. While
onoe in awhile a Horny Irving or on
Edwin Booth or Joseph Jefferson
thrills great audionoo with tragedy,
you know as we'll as do that tho vast
majority of theators are as dobssed as
dobased thoy can be, as unolean aB un-
clean thoy can bo and as damnablo as
demnable they can bo. Three million
dollars, tho vast maj jority Of those dol
lars going in the wrong direction.
Over a hundred millions paid in this
country for ciagars and tobacco year.
About 81, 600 .000,00 paid for strong
drink in one year in this country. With
euch extravagance, pornicious extrava-
gance, can there bo any permanent
prosperity? Business men, cool head
ed businoss mon, is such thing a pos,
sibility? These extravagauces also
account, as I have already hintod, for
the positive Grimes, tho forgeriea, the
abacondings Of the officers Of the banks:
i Tho store on the business street swamp
cd by tho rosidepco on tho fashionable
4 |saYonue. Tho father 8 3 i ho husbands
Draft 6apized by Carrying too much do.
mestic sail. u That is what springs tho
leak in tho merchants money till. That
is what cracks the pistols Of tho sui
oides. That is what toars down the
banks. That is what stops insurance
companies. That is what halts this
nation again and again in it's trium-
phal march of prosperity. In tho pres
enoo Of the American people 80 far az
can get their attention | want to ar
raign this monster ourso of extrava.
ganoe, and want you to polt it with
your soorn and hurl at it your anathe.
ma.
How many fortunes evory year wreck-
cd on tho wardrobe. Things havo got
to auoh q pass that when We ory over
our sins in church we wipe the tears
away with $3.50 pocket handkerchief
| show you domestic tragedy in five
acts:
ACT tho frst-A homo, plain and
beautiful. E ltor newly married pair.
Entor oontonmeht. Enter as much hap.
pinoas as over gots in one homo.
Act the scoond-Entor discomfort.
Entor desire for large expenditure. Nn-
envy. Entor jealousy.
ACT tho third Enter tho queenly
drossmakers. Eater the French mil
liners. Entor all costly plate and all
great oxtravaganoes.
ACT the fourth Tiptop Of society.
Princos and princosses Of upper tondon
floating in and out. Every thing on a
largo and magnificent scale. Enter con.
tompt for othor pooplo.
Act tho fifth and Last Enter the as
eignoo. EDtor the sheriff. Eater tho
creditors. Eater humiliation. Eater
tho wrath of God. Eator the contempt
OF society. Enter ruin and death. Now
drop tho curtain, Tho play is ended,
and tho lights arc out.
callod ii tragedy. That is mis-.
nomer. 1t 10 farce.
Extravaganza counts for much of tho
pauperism. Who are thoso pooplo
whom you have TO holp2 Many of thom
are the children Of parents who had
plonty. lived in luxury. had moro than