Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-07-07

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normal times was as inevitable
IA the return Of dsy after night.
But there could have been grad
|ual easing down and not SO many
would have found reason to COM
plain had better judgment been
tdisplayed by those we must look
to at Washington to guide the
country over the rough places.
That, however, is another story
which would call for digresslra
No. one will argue that conditions
for the last ten months have been
what we should have had, But
conditions have been what the
country might have expected.
When money was flowing in to
practically every one save the
salaried man during the war
days and for 18 months. afterward
the exercise of little fore
thought would have saved many
the inconveniences they have
since experienced, Nearly every
farmer, other business man, Ia
borer and professional man might
have laid by something for the
rainy day. Many of them did not
do so, but they have learned their
lesson and will know better next
time. Meanwhile, awaiting the
end of the readjustment period,
apparently just around the cor
ner, but which, when it arrives,
will not bring war time profits
with princes and paupers i'll its
retinue, there is no reason why
any one should Tear, as some
seem to, starvation. No one is
going to starve in this country.
Few will be forced to live with
out substantial food and enough
clothing next winter to keep out
the cold. But an increased vol
ume of productive labor and a
greater display of optimism along
with it would prove of value at
the present time and for some
time to come. And surely if
country newspaper, which IN the
most favorable circumstances has
a struggle to make buckle AMI
tongue meet, can take hopeful
view of conditions and the fu-
ture, the business man or other
citizen also can do so. The chances
are that few have been squeezed
harder between the upper and
neither millstones of the business
depression. The Yorkville En-
quirer is right-''thc country is
rot busted. " ..
The late p. II. Barnum uttered
4 lasting truth when he said the,
American people, dearly loved to
be humbugged. Barnum was in
the circus and show business for
many years and he knew what he
was talking about. He offered for
the amusement and entertainment,
OF the people the sort of things
they wanted to see and by cater
ing to their wishes he accumulate
ed an immense fortune. But as
a money-making man on a plan
by which he frequently gave
nothing in return for the coin
which came to him in such gener-
Gus measure, Barnum was a rank
four-flusher compared to Tex
R:ckard, promoter of the recent
Dempsey Carpenter prize fight,
which lasted less than four rounds
and netted Rickard something
like three-fourths of a million dol
lars. What fools these mortals
be- Hundreds, perhaps thous-
and, of men, some single, others
with families to provide for, paid
a substantial sum to see the fight
ard their money should not have
gone for any such purpose. 1t
was needed in their homes and
others will have to suffer as a re-
suit of their extravaganza. And
what did they get in return for
the outlayf Nothing but the
pleasure (D of seeing one man
beat up another one who was
clearly his inferior physically.
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