The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-25
nd the wool and the meat, hides, ef,a.

and the wool and the meat, nldes, eIa.
Those. who live in the big cities
are practically all dependent upon the
efforts Of those who, live in the coun-
try, and in the small towns. They
do not produce anything in compar-
ison with the work Of those who wrest
from the soil the bountiful offerings
Of Nature. 1t is the work Of those
who lives in the cities to figure out
how they can obtain that which is
produced by the country people-hoW
they can juggle the values Of this
product-how much money they can
make out Of it, etc. They do not
produce anything.
They are the parasites. Without
the country people there would be no
cities. There would be no occasion
for cities because there would be moth
ing to support them. .
So it Is the plan of the universe, as
laid down by our rules and laws, that
a certain big proportion of the people
shall toll and spin while the smaller
proportion shall exact the greater
part Of that which Is produced by the
toilers and make a profit sufficient to
enable them to live in luxury while
the toilers toll on, continuously.
It is not the toilers and spinners
who take the trips to Europe. 1t Is
not the toilers and spinners who get
up in the morning at nine o'clock and
who spend their evenings at the thea
tiers, cafes and c%abarets, drinking
wine and playing cards.
The toi1ers and spinners get out OF
bed when the family alarm clock out
in the hen-house tells them day is
breaking! They have no time for the
theater or the cafe or the cabaret.
It's a case of hustle" all the time. It
is vital that every working hour in
the day shall be utilized in order to
produce" that which the scheme OF
our life in the present day provides
must be produced to keep the whole
machinery of civilization in motion.
What would happen to the people
in the cities If this whole scheme
should become disarranged-if there
did not arrive In the cities, On seized.
ule time every day, the train loans
of cattle, grain, milk and all sorts Of
country produce. And the mail bags,
filled with orders for the mail order
houses.
What would happen? There would
not long remain any citizens because
they would s~tarve, these parasites, If
the source Of supplies should be cut
off.
And all of these supplies come from
the country, from the people In this
community. You do your full share
toward supplying the cities.
Especially do you send your share
Of the orders for the mail order
houses, with the cash.
There is a strange partnership be-
tween the people Of the country and
the people Of the city, a partnership
which, carefully analysed, shows the
following working agreement:
The country people shall delve and
dig and toll and then hasten to ship
their product to the city partner, who
takes possession and disposes Of the
same to the best possible advantage
Ito HIMSELF. He then hands out to
the country partner, begrudgingly and
frequently only In case Of a suit at
law, a small part of the proceeds.
Then you, the country partner, send
this pittance back to the city, to the
mail order house with an order.
Such Is the result Of a bald and
un%varnished analysis of the partner
ship between farm and city, after
applying the acid test.
Individual exceptions do not change
or alter the general rule. You have
citizens whose prosperity and at.
fuence %eloquently refute the forego-
ing statements but ordinarily you win
discover that these prosperous men
who are the exception to the rule are
likened In character and motive to
the old tories" of Revolutionary days.
They will be found to be affiliated in
some manner, not to the general in
terests Of the community, with the
financial wolves of the big cities,
And it is such tories" that help
to insure a continuance Of the condi-
tions in the country towns and vii.
lagos.