Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-03-09
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farmers had the same seed TO sell
they were only worth go cents pei
hundred. We all know the reason
for this. What do the honest people
think of itP This is the truth that
has been side-tracked, but it is on
the main line again. Ii will not
down, you see.
After our friend Boggs has been
all over the whole world defending
the trusts and combinations in every
way possible, we next find him in
the Garden of Eden Trailing around
over the dry bones of poor old Adam
and Eve, trying to find out the cause
of their dissatisfaction. But while
he was monkeying around in the
Garden of Eden he did not seem to
knowthat he was trampling upon
the very ground upon which the
first trust that we read about had it's
origin. 1t seems that the devil be-
guiled Eve and presented to her a
few logical hints and clear-cut ques-
tions (Which of course was un-
answerable), and they got up little
trust and cornered on the fruit crop
of the garden, and the devil has been
general manager of all the trusts
and combinations ever since that
time. / suppose we might give him
a word of praise just here, as it
seems to be in order to splash over
his frauds. and paint them white.
We think he has the Oldest claim to
this office and he has proven himself
fully competent in every respect, and
it seems that he has given all his
people, including Mr.. Boggs, entire
satisfaction in his business methods,
management, etc., and we believe he
has a greater influence than any
man in our country. Anyhow, he is
here to stay; we can't discharge
him, nor can we retire him and
place his name on the pension rolls
of our government. The old scoun-
drel wont retire worth cent.
Well, it seems that on the return
of my friend, Boggs, from the Garden
of Eden he must have had a head-on
collision with the truth somewhere
in the land of Nod. Anyhow, we
find him making complete confes-
sion that those "trusts and combina-
tions did not obtain their wealth ac-
cording to the rules laid down in
the Bible" We said they "got it by
dishonest methods" What is the
difference? 1t seems that he has
agreed with US at last, after all his
long wrangling.
Next we find Mr.. Boggs back at
Newry again, telling us all about
those houses that he has made men,
ton of two or three times before.
This illogical hinter" grows eloquent
in his praise of the cotton mill men,
as he speaks of the church at Newry
that was built, as he says, at cost of
two thousand dollars to the Courte-
nay Manufacturing Company. But
we have been reliably informed that
the operatives in the mill paid in
half this money themselves. Now,
is this one of Mr.. Boggs's illogical
hints and clear-cut questions, or is it
a clear-c cut misrepresentation ?
In summing up, the poor laborer
should have credit for what he has
done as we'll as the employer.
Then again, according to Mr.. Boggs's
own statement, in regard to the
rents of those houses, they pay
better dividend than the mill. He
says an "8. room house rents for 500
year." This is 81 per month for
each room. Now, any man who has
ever built any houses knows very
well that the total cost of one room
in a wooden building, like those of
the mill villages, could not exceed
$50 or $35 all told and 81 per
month would be $12 year. This is
338 per cent on the total cost of the
room. In three years the tenant,
who lives in the house, will have
paid the total cost of it in rents, and
the house still belongs to the mill
owners
Well, the next thing we find our
friend fretting about his office. We
did not say anything about its being
a disgrace to hold office in the Re-
publican party, and every one who
has been reading The Courier knows
we did not. But / suppose this is
another of his UlOoical hjntan or ia