The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-28
WARNINGS!

The News and Courier OF CharieS'0li
sounds a warning, and offers some gooo
advice, to the people of South Carolih"
The Charleston newspaper says:
Everyone. including Secretary Wallace predie'S
the artifcially raised prices of cotton ana o'i''
agricultural products will not long continue.
Most people CThe News and Courier among
them) believe that the rate of spending by govern
ment will not continue long The money can't laS''
and won't.
That the foreign markets for Southern cotton
are vanishing everybody says.
No one will say that the textile industry is pros
pering.
For the moment, there is prosperity. The people
have money and cars Business is right good
Whatever happens in other parts of the United
States. the South Carolinians can live and live de-
Gently in hard times and good times.
In our region of 10000 square miles, South Car
DINA, with only 1,75OOOO inhabitants, there will
not be excuse for any healthy family to suffer
money money.
Time has been when our people lived years with
little or no money and they did not starve They
were not hungry. They were not cold
Our climate is mild, and hundred things will
grow from our soil. We are not subject to "dust
storms" or statewide disasters of any kind, and
we have seldom ever had widespread crop fail
ure, though we have had "short crops"
1t is The News and Courier's duty to advise, 70
warn, our South Carolina people, to prepare now.
We are not predicting "lean years." famine
years." but we say that people had better form
the habit of raising food plenty of it, every
farm and form it NOW.
They should raise hogs have cows, raise poul-
try produce their own corn, flour, meal, and vege-
tables. They should forget money and have things!
That is insurance. That is our only safety.
At present, the basic foods are subsidized. Our
farmers can raise their own, so proitng from them
as well as from the cotton and tobacco subsidies
We tell them that in our opinion, these are their
''fat years.
What is coming in two, three, five years. The
News and Courier does not know, but its business
is to warn our people to take no chances.
Come what may they can take care of themselves
if they shall be left alone-but they must BEGIN
NOW.
The News and Courier's platform foe
South Carolina is based on common sense
and experience. 1t is a safe platform for
states. The South has learned by expert
ence that it can survive hard times. The
South has had more hard times than good
times in the past Is years.
The advice offered South Caroinians bv
The News and Courier is sane and sensible
for North Carolinians. We commend it
without reservation to the people of The
Times-News' section of the State. Our pee
pie who live on the land should begin at
once to plan and work for the largest pro-
duction possible in their section, this year
and in succeeding years That is a policy
that will afford abundance for the country
population and it will enable the farmers
to have something to sell-whether prices
are high or low.
The alternative to failure to work and
produce for many people, will be to get
their names on relief rolls That affords
meagre and uncertain subsistence. The
News and Courier is correct in saying that
federal relief is coming to an end soon. 1t
is certain that North Carolina cannot carry
the relief burden. The only course Of
safety for our people is to resolve to take
care of themselves; and to make this re,
solve in the spirit that has characterized
North Carolinians in the past, especially in
the spirit of the men and women of North
Carolina of 1865 and the succeeding dec
AIDES.
Critics are people who discover" gen.
Jus after the common herd has cheered
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