The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-06

they are county seats and financial
centers and commercial marts for
counties at least 80 per cent as well
developed as our own Anderson.
II Is then we believe safe TO say
that without her textile business. An
derson would be town OF about 5000
people. She has at least $4,000. Ag-
riculture then supports 5000 people
and $4,000 people are supported 9TH
erwise. On this basis. business would
be 6S per cent. normal In Anderson,
provided we admitted that agriculture
was falling down entirely on its sup
port OF the other 33 per cent, but
that can not be admitted, since II Is
not so. Much cotton is being held
but some Is being sold. That which
Is being held represents wealth, (gen-
erally) and Is therefore essentially
the same as money. since the owner
OF 1t Will not part with II except for
30 much money, which makes 1t par
ticular value. Then our chickens.
eggs. butter. grains. etc, are being
| sold, at good prices. too. and as fast
as offered. So our friend Agriculture
Is not falling down altogether. He is
really on his feet good and strong and
is incidentally planting q mammoth
grain cropf fattening up his hogs. IN
creasing his livestock holdings, milk
| Ing few more cows and getting ready
| for the big pot" which is surely lat
er to be poured" out. Agriculture is
/ just about 75 per cent normal, so by
simple calculation in fractions. we
read this result: Non-agricultural,
G62.3 per cent. normal, and agricuI-
| tural. rs per cent. Of 33 1-2 per cent.
| normal mr. tho whole par oanf
| which represents the real actual bus
mess situation I'm Anderson today
Business then Is less than 9 per cent
| short of normal. And a great war is
| on. o! how thankful we should be-
| When the grain crop is harvested.
business will be normal. probably II
| Will be 1C5 per cent. business.
Some say that bank deposits are a
little short Of the high water mark
of last year; that the sale of luxuries
is off; that collections are somewhat
| tight, that sales are fewer. This may
be true. 1t was to have been expected
but we believe a careful investigation
OF general business in Anderson
would show that practically every
business house here Is doing at least
80 per cent. as much business as this
time last year, with the exception of
businesses dealing In luxuries or
quasi-luxuries. The falling Off in the
latter has been heavy, perhaps so to
rs per cent. 1t Is to be regretted, but
later the vast increased business Of
next year will overcome this depres-
sion on luxuries and near-luxuries,
and the dealers in such businesses
will reap deserved reward.
Whether the war In Europe closes
this winter or five years later will
make very little difference to the
Southern farmer and business man
when once next spring has come and
gone. We shall have then re-adjusted
our farming and re-expanded our bus
inesses. and IL the war keeps on, we
shall be large sellers of food to the
war countries, and IL 1t Vtops we can
manufacture our feeds into livestock
and hogs and be the gamer.
The future of the South is sure. No
part Of America may look towards the
vista Of tomorrow with more certain
ty than old Dixie. Her time has
come. She shall show the world that
she can substitute other crops for
cotton; that she can finance herself;
and finally that she has the inert
ability, determination and enterprise
to develop her own wonderful and as
founding resources. Let Germany,
and England, and Austria and France,
and the others tear down their fac
tories and burn up their shipa: :e.
them send to death thousands OF their
finest workers and artizans. regret
and deplore II as much as we may:
f. let them: and the South must reap.
4 Anglo-SaXon Southern enterprise
will not pass up this splendid oppor-
tunity for world trade. Already