The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-04-02

believe that they believe in taxing
the many for the few, or taxing the
farmers and merchants of Union
county for the benefit of dealers,
peddlers and venders of other coun
ties and States, and yet that is what
1T would seem on the surface, of the
sundry and various dressings my
hide got from my friends last week.
| feel sure that when Squire Harris
and nv good friends of Jonesville
know that dealer, peddler, vender"
do not touch, and in their definitions
make distinction, as from a pro-
ducer, they will see that there is
absolutely nothing either in the
spirit or wording of the bill, that
would touch or hinder in any way,
any farmer or producer, who happens
to live in Cherokee county, or any
other county, and do his business at,
Jonesville, from selling any of his
surplus produce, chickens, eggs, but
ter, wood or anything else on earth
ne raises, in any way he pleases, and
without cent of cost more than he
has always paid and that he will
feel more like, at least one other
good citizen, not even a resident of
this county has written me (he is
both merchant and farmer) and
that is chat it is one of the best
pieces of legislation yet introduced
in our legislature" especially when
you come to realize that it does not
interfere with any regularly organ
lied commercial business, paving
taxes in the State, but it does get
the fakir, the man who slips in and
sells the ignorant white or your ne
gro lot of junk, and takes a mort
gage on everything he has and lot
of times on things he has not got,
and nobody knows mortgage has
been given until it is presented for
payment, and then you have to nav
your negro out, or have him solo
out, or his time taken up in going to
court, when you need him worst.
1t does stop the privileged few
from selling all over the county free
of all cost, when every citizen and
farmer and business man has to pay
for that privilege. 1t does not stop
anybody from selling anything that
is legitimate and will bear the in
spectlon of the law, but it does make
1T Improbable for the fakir and
quack, it does not raise the price of
anything to anybody, but it does give
the home farmer and merchant some
thing like an equal showing with the
alien and stranger.
1T is measure to encourage far
mers of Union county to diversity.
to give them a market, and to give
them an equal showing in their own
market, to make it possible for
them to plant something besides cot
ton and be able to convert some of
1T into money. 1t is designed to give
the business interests of Union coun
ty an equal showing with outsiders
and non-taXpayers.
This is the bill that seems to hav,
stirred up some of my friends. If
the efforts to create home markets
is wrong, l am wrong; if the efforts
to give home producers some encour-,
agement and living chance is wron,N
| am wrong; if the effort to give thtI
home merchant living showing. and
some measure of equality with
an outsider and non-taxpayer is
wrong, | am wrong; and as the con.
ditlons that are true at Jonesyine
would be equally true with Lockhart
or any other border town in the
county, will yet believe that m,
efforts to serve my people have been
misunderstood but not unappreciated
Very truly, L. L. WAGNON.