The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-18
Editor Intelligencer:-

III you VIII grant me space III
your paper will try in my feeble
way to enter into the discussion of
the present panic; or hard times
as its called. Why do we have so
much bowling about it when it is
a part of the business world, and
is common and always has been,
and we have always had times of
plenty, and then times OF scarcity.
But times of scarcity is not always
what makes panic as we can see
from experience. Panics are
brought on by sudden changes in
the speculation world from one ar
ticle of commerce to another, and
those articles must be the neces-
saries of life to have any affect
either on the producer or the con-
sumner. And as we, of the South
have depended on the one arti-
Gle, cotton, for a living and for
the medium OF exchange, while
the North has to depend on ar
ticles of food for their main crop.
The speculative world works on
those two articles. Both being
necessary to our lives. We of the
South have failed to understand
the science of speculation. Now
to give you my idea of it, will
tell my experience while a boy
going to school in the COS. The
teacher gave us the right to play
marbles, or ball as it suited, and
a few of us larger boys was the
leaders. in all the games. First,
we went for marbles, and every
boy wanted marbles. and would,
give anything he had for them. So
we older boys soon had them load
ed up with marbles. Then We
decided we had about all out of
that game we could get. We
then called out fof ball. Of
course We had gotten in few
balls to dispose off, and marbles
went dead. The same thing hap
pened in the ball line. Every boy
was after ball and would give a
pocket full of marbles for one
bal, and SO ii went from one to
the other. Every time d change
in the game came, there was whar
we would call a panic in this day
and time. And let, me tell you
from that day to this have tried
to keep my pockets full of both,
so when the change came would
be in the swim. / hope your read
ers will catch the idea, and that
is just what ails the people now,
that is bowling for help from the
government. and asking it to be-
come our guardian. Shame on 4
free and liberty loving people to
seek again to be in bondage. Such
as our fathers gave their lives to
free us from.
All the extra sessions of our
legislature, with ali the laws they
can pass will only prove farce
and vii! sink us deeper in the mire
o the extent of the cost of their
meeting, even if they do nothing.
If they should legislate our liberty
away as farmers the trouble will
multiplied. Better do as Judge
Prince says, give your cotton
away on fines. Just a few plain
drunks with few fights, and VIC
can get rid of all the distress cot
ton. That is the way the boys
did their marbles when they went
bad on them. They would give
we older boys marbles to induc.
us not to report them TO the teach.
er, til we soon had all the mar
bles again. OF course that is or
the same principal of Judge
Princes plan. do net aast.. h:.i
he has PLAYED that same trick in
school, and understands all about
} the cotton panic. ,e
AS for myself | have no distres.
cotton. What do have is ir
,, peace as much as anyI have eve,
! had. ] lived through one Cifi
} War with no help. and ! hope i
! have manhood enough left not tc
have unrighteous legislation Il
take away my liberty and freedom
as farmer to please the soidel
boys when they get all the mar
bles. You well know the specu
lator will have in his possession
all the cotton he can get before