The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-12-28
.ROCRESsIyE
ROSPERITY
BY
CHRISTOPHER
G. HAZARD
% 1889. western Nswspapsr Union. )

.
n 8 WE look into the immediate
~ future and greet q New Year
, there. II one figure that we
want to see upon the field of
history, the figure q prosperity.
It may be that we think that
we do see Il while we are really
gaxing upon . mirage. Hope al
ways tells q hattsring tale and 10
ready to be the father Of thoughts.
Imagination II akin to faith, but
requires NO real basis. II our op-
timistic outlook II warranted II In
30 because We can believe In a
prosperity that - to be real be-
cause 1t will be the product and
the possession Of us all.
U Civilization II the sum of COOP
= erative intelligence. All the capital
In the world could not mine coal
without miners, and all the miners
In the world could not do 1t with
out capital. Idle wealth has proved
no moro than accumulated useless.
ness in eastern countries; men
have starved to death In the midst
OF vast but unappreciated natural
resources. While the employment
of money and the wise direction Of
labor have given to the West its
Immense advantages Of social and
economic riches and well being.
Russia is per1shing under the In
= cubus Of q stagnant communism
that takes away the incentives Of
progress, banishes leadership, lives
upon past accumulations while
they last, and starves afterwards.
The Interchange OF. abilities is cut
ioff; the social circulation Of neees-
sary differences in people is ar.
rested, the rewards Of a genius for
affairs are withheld, production 10
ended and prosperity lynched. It
10 like a vast body wherein there
II no circulation Of social life
blood.
Z America has thriven> and must
thffve upon the largest encourage
msnt Of individualism that 4 true
: coliectivism admits Of. When tho
crew cannot navigate thu ship
there u no advantage IN killing
the captain. It isn't necessary to
have tyranny In order to have q
captain. but society and business
must have leaders and governors.A \
and there cannot be two captains
On any ship.
! After all, men hardly expect to
pass for more than they are worth.
The real kick In our democracy is
against false differences. Ours IL
the land Of . fair chance. II n
the home Of opportunity. No crust
Keeps merit down. In an inter-
change Of values every one hero
has had and must have q chance
to make the most Of himself.
lin doing this he will need ana
7uSe his fellows. No one ever snc.
cA>dsl yet in being great or pros
porous a. . hermit. We climb up
upon each other. II takes Us all to
make and to keep civilisation. A
man owes himself and his fortune
10 society In . very large degree.
Are We not all members Of q great
and wealthy body polite, wherein
40 one can live to himself or die
without loss to the restf
n Let a dozen men, each man ow-
ing his neighbor Ave dollars, sit In
circle. Let one Of these take a
hve-dollar bill from his pocket and
pay his debt to the man next to
him. Let this man pay his neigh
Dor and the next man pay his until
the bill shall have gone round the
circle and returned to the man
who started It on its round. This
man may return the bill to his
pocket with the happy conscious
ness that he has paid his debt and
also received what was due him,
and that every other man In the
group has the same satisfaction.
But II the first man had not started
the bill going there would have
been no such results. He would
then have illustrated Russia, Az
stead Of America.
The secret Of civilization Is the
circulation Of ability. It IL tho
secret Of prosperity. Let every
man circulate his worth to society,
so shall there be a true commun-
ism, also a true capitalism. There
10 conundrum which asks why
one should prefer a dollar bill to
a gold dollar. The answer Is, Be.
cause, when you put 1t into your
pocket you double 1t. and when
you take It out you find 1t in
creases." Prosperity progresses 90