Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 07, 1921, Image 2
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THURSDAY. JULY 7, 1921.
As the country gets farther
away from the Civil war era,
each year there is noticeable in
the South a more general observance
of the Fourth of July. For
two or three decades following
the conflict between the sections
the people of the South took little
stock in celebrating the day
the patriotism of their forefathers
made memorable in the struggle
of the colonies for independence.
The reason for this indifference
was born not so much
of the conflict between the North
and the South but of the conditions
the North imposed upon
the South following the resort to
arms. With the government of
the States of the South in the
bunds of carpetbaggers, scalawags
and other undesirable citizens
our people were burdened
with oppressive taxation and experienced
humiliation in many |
ways. Consequently there was
little heart left in thefn to cele-I
brute any kind of event. But
time has healed many of tire
u ounds. inflicted upon the South
in those dark days and a few j
years hence the Fourth probably
will be as generally observed in
this set ion as in the North.
The Fort Mill Times does not
have to go afield to find itself
in full accord with the Yorkville
Enquirer in the statement that
^ "the country is not 'busted.' "
The surprising thing is that any
one should reach such a conclusion.
As The Times sees it. conditions
are not half so bad as
some of us seem to think. True,
the business depression which
overtook the country something
like a year ago has had the effect
of producing a general slowing
up in the flush times brought
about by the war, but there, are
indications that the depression already
has struck bottom and that
from imw oil thiiino Ufill
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' the upgrade and that in the
course of a few months the country
will have about forgotten
"the slough of despond" in which
so many fancied themselves permanently
anchored. It has been
# the history of tho United States
as it has been the history of other
countries that war times are abnormal
times?abnormal times in
one way because governments
are then not in position to stop
and figure on the value of the
dollar. Governments engaged in
war spend money in a prodigious
way. Any other policy will
llOt win. Thl? flrnvornmnnt urmutf.
e?l in an armed conflict is headed
for the shoals the minute it adopts
a cheeseparing policy. Naturally
the policy of the government at
war is reflected upon its citizens.
In the mass they may be depended
upon to count their dollars ;
with as little concern as the government
counts its. Kxtravagance
begets extravagance. The United
States at war with Germany
spent millions of dollars recklessly
; but that waH the policy it took
to whip the Germans, and the !
United States did not enter the !
war with any other thought than <
that of whipping them, whatever
the cost. And as with the expen- j
ditures of the government in
those days, just so with the expenditures
of the individual. He
x probably was little if any more
concerned over what he got in
return for?his dollar?it caine ,
easy and left by the same route.'
Of course there had to be an end
of all this extravagance?it had
to end for both the government^
(if
and'the citizen. The return of
normal times vm as inevitable
as the return of day after night.
But there oeuld have been a gradual
easing down and not so many
would have found reason to complain
had better judgment - been
displayed 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 digressetM
No. one will argue thaf conditions
for the last ten mouths have been
what we should have had. But
conditions have keen what the
country might have expected.
When money was flowing in to
practically every one save the
sularied man during the war
days and for 18 months afterward
the exercise of a little forethought
would have saved many
the inconveniences they have
since experienced. Nearly every
iarmer, otner business -man. laborer
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 corner,
but which, when it urrives,
will nbt bring war time profits
with princes and paupers in its
retinue, there is no reuson 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 without
substantial food and enough
clothing next winter to keep out
the eohl. But an increased volume
of productive labor and a
greater display of optimisih along
with it would prove of "value at
the present time and for some
time to come. 'And surely if a
country newspaper, which in the
most favorable circumstauces has
a struggle to make buckle and
tongue meet, can take a hopeful
view of conditions and the future,
the business man or other
citizen also can 'do so. The chances
ure that few have been squeezed
harder between thfe upper ami
nether millstones of the business
depression. The Yorkville Enquirer'
is right?"the country is
not 'busted.' "
The late P. T. Barnum uttered
a lasting truth when he saul the
American people* dearly loved to
be humbugged. Baruum was in
the circus and show business for
many years and he knew what he
was talking about, lie 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. Hut as
a itioney-inaking man on a plan
by which he frequently gave
nothing in return for the coin
which came to him in such generous
measure, Barnum was n rank
four-flusher compared to Tex
Rickard, promoter of the recent
Dempsey-Oarpentier prize fight,
which lasted less than four rounds
and netted Rickard something
like three-fourths of a million dollars.
"What fools these mortals
bt." Hundreds, perhaps thousand,
of men, some single, others
with families to provide for. paid
a substantial sum to see the fight
and their money should not have
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was needed in their homes and
others will have to suffer as a result
of their extravagance. And
what did they get in return for
the outlay? Nothing hut the
pleasure (!) of seeing one man
beat up another one who was
clearly his inferior physically.
t*rize. fighting has nothing to
recommend it to the public and
the wonder is that so many
thoughtless people will pay to
see it.
One of the things that passes
the understanding of clear-thinking
people is why some folk be- j
come offended when they are
asked to pay their debts. These i
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are requested to meet their business
oblations it is an assault
Upon Their honor, a reflection
upon thir integrity and a lack of
confidence in their intention to
redeem their promises. In most
eases there is no basis in fact for
such reasoning. Now and then
one comes in contact with or
hears of a business concern which
does not show its debtor custom-1
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m the degree of eonnderttw
they are entitled to, but. syeh eon
eerus are the* exception and
erally are condnoted by abort
sighted men who soon reach th?
end of their biraineps tether. jli
X owes B an. account which A
promised -he would pay the fifst
of the mouth and then fails "tc
meet the obligation, why 8hot|ld
R hesitate to Rend A a bill or otherwise
remind him that the account
is due and should be pafcH
Business houses which extend
the public credit cannot whit
indefinitely for their money.
They must make collections or
sooner or later close their doofrs.
Put it. takes people who do all
sorts of thinking to make up tin
population of the world. Over
in Georgia, for instance, a woman
is under indictment for tin murder
of a man who had asked her
to pay a bill. It is hard to bein
v? that ong would take the life
of a fellow human being for such
n fancied grievance, and in the
Georgia case one must conclude
that if the woman is guilty she
was craxy or that there must have
been something else back of the
.crime.- , ^
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