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The Press and Banner / ABBEVILLE, 8. C. 2 Published Every Wednesday by THE PRESS AND BANNER CO A ll. I?. GRKEXK. Editor WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29, 1915. THE INVENTORY. | t L This is the season for the inveng tory. Every well regulated busi- j ness, at least once in the year, t takes stock, sums up the liabilities, I writes off worthless accounts, and F strikes a balance which shows, some- 0 c times, a profit, and sometimes, a c loss. r Ard there is nothing which is so t good a balance-wheel in a business ? as this self-examination. All the r governmental supervision, and all j the control of directors, sought to be a injected into business in these later * times are nothing as compared with the honest, intelligent examination t of affairs by the managing head, be- a cause to him we must look for the r correction of errors of administra- c tion and management in the future. r And a man should make an in- t ventory of his own business. A fc fair valuation placed upon his own F property, and a list of his outstand- ? ing obligations, carefully studied and v intelligently analyzed, will perhaps i: cause him to call a halt here and n there in useless expenditures, and ^ wasteful habits, that will help in the Q next summing up. n But more than all else we should o take an account of our own lives, t As we approach the mile rock on ? life's journey, it will help us to make an inventory of ourselves in an v honest effort to determine whether li our lives balance in favor of good or ^ evil. Charging against ourselves as e liabilities the evils done in the body, t there are few of us who can show c assets of good deeds sufficient to " make the books balance. And there ? are so many liabilities in the way p of evil deeds which we might erase a from the books of account. There b is so much of selfishness, so much ? of thoughtlessness, so much of envy " and hatred, so much of petty jeal? n ousy, so much of evil thinking and i1 evil talking, to say nothing of our d graver wrong-doing, that might be * written off the books. g And then too, look at the good things we think we do. Are they d in reality done for others, or for ^ ourselves? Is the person who os- s tensibly dispenses charity, really i] charitable, or is it vanity and self- P seeking? Do we really love others ? that we do good to them, or are ? we rather seekers after the plaudits fc of the unthinking, in an effort to t-1 bolster our own popularity? Do we b seek to help others, or are we mere " slaves to the footlights? tj The man who has not gone off to t! himself, and really thought, and 0 iearchingly investigated himself, his jj own life, his own thoughts, his own g acts, his own motives?who has not j: taken a full inventory of himself, is C not yet a man?not according to a that final taking-of-stock which all ^ of us look forward to in some form s in that summing up which is to fol- s< low. ? 2 And while we would wish for our ? readers a prosperous new year, we ^ wish the more that they take an ac- IV count with themselves of the deeds n done in the past; that they make a y searching examination of themselves j, and look forward to the future with p , a determination to get rid of the hard stock and worthless accounts ~ of life. tj h WILL COME AGAIN. ? n When the hand of adversity falls, c the blow is heavy, and just now the ^ people of the city sympathize with j Dr. C. A. Milford and Dr. George g Penney in the financial embarrass- IV ment which has overtaken them. a But there is nothing, other than death, which can conquer Yankee 0 pluck and determination, and we are c all Yankees in that sense; and when c the shock from the blow has passed, we expcct to see these gentlemen on ^ their feet again, and in the midst of il the fight. They will come again. a The new vear is at hand, and with P ... . b it will come opportunity. a a d POINTED PARAGRAPHS. f n The man who praises the baby v : xl il 9^ *1 _ f" Wins me moiner s smue. k t Some women are afraid in the ci dark and others are afraid of lisrht. t A black eye indicates a revengeful ? nature?the other fellow's. The man who snores in a sleeping J car is likely to wake up famous. The henpecked husband develops ' into a fere-thinker when his wife goes away on a visit. Probably nothing bores a man more ' than to have another man begin an ' explanation of something tha: he himself was just going to explain. jh LDDRESS OF HON. D. F. HOUS- bu TON, SECRETARY OF AGRI- j8?' CULTURE. th< lis ac It The One Hundredth Anniversary co of The Pendleton'i, Farmers' Sociwi ety, Pendleton, S. C., Oct. 13, tie 1915. i?e fr< av I appreciate the privilege of meet- {*a ng the members and friends of j10 he Pendleton Farmers' Society on he ocasion of the celebration of its "15 mndredth anniversary. I am an ;reatly pleased that on my firs': vis- ?a t to South Carolina, since I assumed P15 he duties of the office which I hold should have the pleasure of ap- *a leai-ing before a Society which is co me of the oldest in the nation, and "J* ertainly in the South, if not the a' tldest. I am particularly glad to al? eturn for a brief time to this sec- w| ion of the Union. I do not feel WJ hat I come among strangers. I lad the good fortur.e to spend half . e ny life in this State and to do three ln rears of most interesting work in l nearby county. The conditions na lowever much changed since I VJ: eft here, are still not unfamiliar to ne. The hills and mountains are *?' he same, and many of your names a^ ? J ' ?/>? #omi)iar "V rill VlflVP tnu IdtCd aic xuiiunu^. * v.. _ lumbered among your members; men a.n if as fine character and ability as . my section of the Union car. furlish. Many of them I have known >y reputation. Others of them I no lave had the good fortune to know lersonally; and among the latter, at >ne who was born here stands out no n my memory as one of a few men P? yho have exercised a most helpful a.n nfluence in my life. If any comnunity can furnish a man of finer iber, of stronger and yet gentler f/1 haracter, of greater integrity and f higher ideals than Major Benja- P run Sloan, I should like to look up- a n his face. I could not forbear J10 aking advantage of this opportunity . o pay him this brief personal tri- 711 iute. 10 r 1-- 4.1.^ m< i cieany reuugmz.e uic gicoi owice which your Society and those ike it have rendered in the promoion of agriculture and of rural ife. Such organizations have play- I* d a tremendous part in directing he attention of the nation to a^riultural problems and in stimulat- an rig helpful investigation and pracices. During the greater part of na he history of the nation the su- se< ervision and encouragement of P? griculture was in the hands of such .. odies. They were pioneers, and n -J- -' in *-*A cmol 1 mOQC_ P U L U1 U1C11 CUUX to IXA nv oiiioii re, have come the enormous, effi- e ient agricultural agencies of the jfi ation. The Federal Department ? ;se'f and the land grant colleges f).e re the outcome of the aspirations *10 nd purposes of similar societies and f01 rganizations and of the labors of reat national characters. !Z? I have experienced difficulty in tui etormining what direction my Noughts should take today. The ccasion naturally suggests a discus- " ior. of the progress of agriculture i America and a comparison of its t0 resent state with that of a hundred Pr cprs ago; but a discussion of the ormer would carry me entirely loo ar afield; and a comparison wouid py e fruitless and impracticable for im h.e simple reason that it is impossile to compare something with othing. When we recall that it ?f :as not until twenty-five years ai'ter na lie foundation of your so::.ety that ?P he nation began to keep statistics ?P f nminultliro WO PflTl reftdilv Ufl- til< i OgllL unuiv., erstand what the situation was a ?n undred years ago. When your py lociety was founded the nation had in( ust finished its first war under the sm Constitution and was beginning to "e ajust itself for the greater struggle a? f possessing a continent. It had u" ittle time to take stock of its pos- aci essions, and the data for comparions in the national field are mea- bu er and inadequate. Nor oan I no ven undertake to review the re- no larkable progress your own State sec ad made in the field of agriculture, i re{ ly purpose must be much more 110 lodest and limited; and I must ask sei ou to consider with me agricultural P0! roblems of the present and of the nmediate future rather than of the Pe< ast. to I must suggest a still further.limi- Coi ation. I shall ask you to consider 'Pi< or the most part other problems yo' Tin nrpspnt. Pr< llctil uivoc vrmvu \ap w w??v ave mainly occupied the attention c?i f the administrator, the legislator, be lie scientist, and the practical far- ad] ler. Up to a comparatively re- vir er.t time, the attention of those in- "i\ crested in agriculture was centered Pei lainly on problems of production. sec 'he slogan was, make two blades of syj rf.ss grow where one grew before, tin latters of soil fertility, plant and dis nimal breeding, diseases of plants i del nd animals, methods of cultivation, I mc nd many other pressing problems jUS( f production occupied almost ex- the lusive attention. There were and ec( ontinues to be production problems rot f tremendous importance, and 1 Pr< hey must receive not less but more j 'aJ: ttention even than in the past; but ; has come to be recognized that i ec( griculture is tremendously com- the lex. and that problems of distri- the ution are not less important, and Ca re not perhaps even more complex (lc' nd difficult, than problems of pro- C0] uction. We have been brought' a? ace to face with the fact that in e.ri lany directions further production tie k'cllld UII UCL-LCI UIOU1UUUVI1) cuiu --hat problems of marketing or dis- tiv ribution, and of rural business and P?. inance. involve in very grave ways he simple issue of justice. That ?a here is tremendous waste in distri- ln* mticn no intelligent man doubts; res hat in many instances the farmer loes not get what he should for his a ] roduct is undeniable; that fre- tio [uently the consumer either has to an turchase an unsatisfactory product ly ir to pay an undu y high price; and ca hat unnecessary burdens are im- ye tosed upon all uncer the present sys- ths em of distribution there seems to th< >e no question. It is clear that w^ oo little attention has heretofore ? :een given to the matter of injecting siness into agriculture or to the onomics of rural life. Obvious- ! all agricultural enterprises and e work of all agricultural estabhments are economic in their char- I ter. There is no man in the 1 untry who needs more to be a od business man and to have a , der knowledge of business activi- j is than the farmer. He has a i wildering variety of problems con- j jnting him and many possible enues of approach to them. He s tc decide what he can produce, j w much he can afford to produce ; the acre, how he shall apportion j > investment as between plants j d live stock, how he can best ar-, nge his activities so as to utilize 1 > labor throughout the year stead-! arid economically, what size | rm will give him the best results i nsidering his capital, his environ- j ;nt, and his capacity, what cultur-' methods will be most helpful, and j ove all things from the outset ] lat he is to do with his product len he gets it; that is, how and iere he is to market it and how 1 shall cooperate with his neighbors the community to this end. Until recently neither State nor tion had made any svtematic prosion for the study of the vast field j distribution. The attention of i e people has been too exclusively j sorbed by problems growing out j the industrial life of the nation ! d out of its international rela- J >ns. Those best trained to deal j th such problems, the economists | the colleges and universities, have t recognized the opportunity pretited to them and have given scant tention to the field of rural ecomics. Banking, taxation, transrtation, international exchanges, d the economic systems of the an;nt world and of the middle ages ve been exhaustively examined d discussed before students and e public; but the acute business oblems confronting the farmer vc, relatively speaking, been igred. Obviously, a different attide on the part of both the econost and the authorities responsible r agricultural leadership, is deinded. There is growing recogtion of this fact. In the spring 1913 the Federal government ide a specific appropriation for e study of marketing, grantingthe )dest sum of $50,000. In July, 14, $200,000 became available, d July, 1915. $484,050. In a new and untried field of this i Al C 4. Lure, uic IIIOV tunuci u uiuok w :ure the requisite number of exrienced and trained men who may ccessfully undertake the several es of investigation and furnish actical guidance. In such a new Id the development of an efficient ?anization is a matter cf great faulty. Satisfactory headway has en made, much valuable informan has been secured, and the undation has been laid for much >re effective work and for the util- I ition of larger facilities in the fure. More than money will be reired. Reason and patience on e part of the public are essential, will be very easy to go in the ong direction; it will be difficult go in the right direction. - The oblems of marketing are difficult d complex, and the whole solun will not be reached this year, or the next election, or within the mediate future. One thing is clear. The solution the problems of marketing and injecting business into rural fince must be found in the develment of legitimate and helpful coeration among the individuals in ? several communities, and in the actment of additional legislation the States and the nation. The lividual farmer, especially the all farmer, alone is practically Ipless in the marketing of most ricultural products. The family it farm of approximately 100 res may be, as it is asserted to be, i most economical producing unit, I t it is certainly not the most ecomical marketing unit. It does t produce in sufficient volume to :ure transportation facilities on isonable terms, and its owner can t usually command the necessary vice for skillful and efficient dissal of his product. If this position is sound, it has :uliar application, it seems to me, the problems with which you are nfronted in this State and in this jdmont section of Carolina. That a are considering what you shall jduce, I assume as a matter of arse. That improvements might made, I have no doubt you will mit. I am more and more contced each day that the path of rersification is the path of prosrity for the South as for other :tions of the Union. A one crop ;tc-m is uneconomical in normal \ les and is a menace in times of j turbance, as has been so sharply nonstrated within the last twelve nths. It means the uneconomical i of labor and capital; it means jj i prevalence of a bad agricultural ! momy; it means the absence of jl ;ation, which is essential for the ] | jservation of the soil and for the j ing of a foundation for live stock, |j ;hout which good agricultural i j )nomy is impossible. Consider I ; facts. Perhaps 80 per cent of |j ; land, labor, and capital in South rolina today in agriculture are i { foted to the raising of cotton and n, and a State which is largely! ricultural is dependent in consid- j ible measure on outside communi- j s for food for human beings and j r animals. At a most conserva- j e estimate, South Carolina im- j rts annually more than twenty-five 1 llion dollars worth of wheat, corn, j ts and hay alone. Notwithstand- . ? the fact that it has, with the ' of the South relatively speak- ' *, a more favorable climate and longer grazing season, its attenn to poultry, swine, cattle, horses d other live stock is tremendousinadeauate. The State has fewer ttle and swine than it had 55 ars ago, or in 1860, or fewer in it had in 1840. And yet j ere is no section of the Union to lich we should look more hope- , I (Continued on page 5.) 1 vrM k I ur n/i?^u ii/i:i jfi iiuw lYiuui mil 1 Get From You ffi The worth of a Shoe depends up jjj wear. jfj Even if you have a pair of shoes jfj give the greatest degree of comfor ffi do not have the wearing qualities jjj have not received full value for S money. jfi The next time you are in need of S S nrvt in ac \\t a i FA\/rD J1 UUUVjL/iJ, VV HLIVU V LA. 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