The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-01
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! tlOn cNtry loyal South CarOlitiiIu must
necessarily feel proud of his State and
its wonderful resources Our entire
State is filled with manufacturing en-
| tcrprses of almost every kind, and we
venture the assertion that if Chinese
wall was placed around the entire State
the people of South Carolina could ex-
ist without the balance of the world.
Within our borders we can produce all
that is necessary for food, raiment and
the well-bcing of happy people. Our
educational institutions will compare
favorably with any State in the 'ni0n.
Such being the ease, then we ask the
question. "if you arc Il patriotic son Of
South Carolina and earnestly desire to
aid in the further upbuildins Of your
State, why dO you send your money
away from home In answer to this
question some merchants will say:
I'VE can buy to better advantage out
side OF the state than within its burd-
trS. Are YOU aware 81 the fact [ hat
the .iobbng trade of South Caro-
lima can meet all competition. IL
their prices or terms do not compare
favorably with Northern concerns why
| cannot all of these matters be- arranged
by thorough organization! There are
numbers of small manufacturing i'll
dnstrcs throughout South Carolina
struggling for Il living, while our own
people arc stabbing them in the back
by patrOnizing Northern concerns, and
either failing or refusing to give them
the proper support.
If all of the people of South Carolina
were determined to give all home en-
tcrpriscs the preference, and buy moth
ing outside of the State which could
be bought at home, there would spring
up tide Of industrial prosperity which
would shake the State Of South Caro-
lima from the mountains to the sea-
board; our revenue from taxes would
increase to Il marvellous extent, and
every man, woman and child in the
State would benefit thereby.
Some folks will give us tho old
thrcadbarc, cobwcbbcd excuse: "Those
jobbers in sleepy old Charleston have
no get-up-andget about them and,
while we would like to trade with
them, we can't" If this excuse has
any foundation in fact then where do
you get your money from? Isn't it
strange that the bankers should bo so
enterprising while tho wholesale mcr-
chants arc to the other eXtrcme7
Can any reasonable person inspect
the South Carolina Inter State and
West Indian Exposition. tho product
OF the business men of "Sleepy Old
Charleston" without Mt least reaching
the conclusion TINT the old city has
awakened from her slumbcr and, after
| long and refreshing nap, she is in for
business to Il finish. Charleston hns
met You half way and if You love your
State rs You should it now behooves
you to meet her the other half.
Let by cones be by cones and let us
all get together. The men you once
disagreed with down there have either
forgotten all about it or are dead and
buried. The younger generation has
now taken hold and they have already
demonstrated to the people of South
Carolina that they are hustlers.
We want to sec tho Whole of the peo-
pie OF South Carolina living together
as one happy family. Let us all meet
together as brother to brother, bear
each others burdens, share each 9th
er's joys, defend each other and pledge
ourselves to aid each other in every
movement looking toward the upbuild-
ing of South Carolina. Let us give
more time to business and less to poll
tics. Our business may slip away from
US, but the politician we have with us
always.
This, you may say, is good theory,
but it lacks practicability. Very we'll
then let us get down to something like
the practical part.
1t is very generally conceded that the
very best results are always attained
by n thorough organization. We
have given the matter considerable
thought and we believe that an organi-
cation can be effected
PLAN OF ORGANIZATICs.
Let the Governor appoint from each
county in South Carolina five public
spirited business men to meet at the
Charleston Exposition on some day to
be suggested by the Exposition au-
thorities and effect q State organiza-
tion; call it, it you will, "The State
Board of Trade" let the State board
at the meeting provide for the organi-
cation of county boards of trade in
every county in the State. Each county
board to furnish one State executive
committeeman.
Let the State board establish perma-
nent headquarters at some point in the
State. The person in charge of head
quarters can issuo ut least weekly
prices current based upon reports fur
nished him by jobbers and manufac-
turers of the State. these reports to be
sent every merchant in the Stata All