The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-02-18
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Anderson Daily Mail.
This old world is in a most uncom-
Portable condition both from a politi-
cal and business standpoint. We
can't do much to remedy the political
atmosphere just now, but as to bust
ness conditions it is up to us to do
something of value to the people as a
whole at once.
You, Mr.. Farmer, Mr.. Laboring
Man., Mr.. Manufacturer, Mr.. Mcr-
chant, Mr.. Banker, Mr.. Lawyer, Mc.
Doctor, Mr.. Preacher and Mr.. and
Mrs. anyone who depends on the sta
bility of our institutions and progress
of our people for their comfort and
happiness. Don't you think it high
time for us to sit down and reason
this thing out between ourselves?
Don't you think we have abused each
other of all the sins of omission and
commission long enough? 1t IS rot
getting US anywhere and only leaves
a bad taste in the mouth Of each OF
us. All Of US are in the same boat
and no one is more guilty of the crime
of greed than the other Neither has
one class of work been less stupid,
in forecasting the end Of the boom,
than the other.
All are hard hit and all will go
broke unless we use little common
sense to overcome our difficulties.
You, Mr.. Farmer, had a very pros
porous three or four years and 1t
sapped from you every grain Of sense
YOU had and made you feel that prices
for cotton could not decline. Yc1 did
not take into consideration the fact
that very large portion ofFthe world
had been pauperized and could not
buy your cotton. You felt that Amer
lea could use all you could make snd
YOU went to work and with the ass:s-
lance of Providence raised more than
YOU could comfortably pick and now
Won are mad becouse people will not,
because they cannot, buy it at pro-
fit to YOU. America might be able
to use good part if it if women
would wear skirts with the same full
ness they did prior to 1850 along with
three or four underskirts to make the
skirt proper stand out and if men and
women too would again adopt the
fashion of long ago and wear under
garments that reach to the ankles
with a string on the end for the men
and a piece of lace for the women.
But, and think a moment of that out:
thew won't do it and you can't make
them either by statute or moral per-
suasion. They wore them high and
low then, but they don't do that any
more and bless them, we don't want
then to go to extreme in that dlrec-
ton any more than we wish them to
90 to the other extreme, so that the
nolice will interfere with their free
dom.
Just make up your mind that con-
sumption of cotton has its limits and
that YOU are between nine and ten
million bales ahead of the game and
that if you 60 ahead this year and
plant another bumper acreage and
raise another bumper crop may the
Lord have mercy on you and all who
depend on you. Some say they are
Going to reduce fertilizer. Bless your
souls don't you know it would be bet
ter to plant one acre and fertillze 1t
so that YOU can produce one bale ra-
ther than to plant three or five acres
without fertilizer and after spending
the time and labor on the three or tlVe
acres produce. one bale? Where are
YOU drifting to and where are your
thinking traps?
We don't own a nickeFs worth OF
fertilizer stock and are not interested
other than for the public welfare and
to rescue our southland from the
hands of the sheriff. You ask w hat
can we plant?" Don't fool yourself
about wheat this year-it is too late
but you can plant corn in abund-
ance. You can plant potatoes, on
ions, beets, beans and you can so"
worlds of peas. Don't YOU know peas
will come as near filing an empty
stomach to satisfaction as anything
YOU can put in it? If You love your
Lord, yourself and your felloWman
you had better get any idea of ful!