Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'< f "'. - THE MISSION ( TO CLOTH! State Warehouse Systems State Board to Establi C< Adress of Hon. John L. McLairfn tc ha finnth *?- A 1_ MV v niuuuck X 1 COD ADBUl'ltt tion, Chick Spring*, 8. C., June 30, 1916'. Gentlemen of the Press Association: I appreciate the invitation to address the newspaper men of Soutl Carolina. 1 feel that it is one of the uioet uisMnguished Honors that ha; ever come to me, because I know thai pt is not the custom of the Press Association to invite politiciansjoti thh occasion, and I feel that the invitation ^extended to me is an indication that the newspaper men of South Carolina agree that 1 have, in somf measure nt least, passed in my ca reer the stage of mere politician. r I have been more than once stung to the qpick by your shafts of light ning, but I have never underestimate ed the real protection that the prest is to the country in exposing sham and corruption. It is your mission to throw light into the dark placet and tell the people what they oughl to know. 1 have learned in truth by experience of the observation of the great Napoleon, that "four hostile newspa pciu aic uiuiD iu uk uruuuKU inau out hundred thousand bayonets." Napoleon fought the freedom of the pres? because he had no higher ambition than personal glory. He realized that the freedom of the press and tht liberties of the people must stand oi fall together, that ever enlightening always confirming truth and right the press could ultimately overthrow the mighty fabric his gigantic brain had created, for he said to one of his ministers: "I must dazzle and astonish; if I were to give the liberty ol the press, my power could not last three riava " How different the sentiments ol Thomas Jefferson, who gtvve the world a constitution based upon freedom and equality. Jefferson said, "I woukl rateher live in a country with newspapers without a government, than in a country with a govr ernment, but without newspapers." Gentlemen of the Press Association, you have a tremendous power for weal or woe. Yours is a high calling. Thought builds civilizations; thought destroys civilizations. Through your papers you drop the silent, invisible thought into thousands of minds at the same moment, creating thought and molding sentiment. My paper comes to me each day, an adviser spiritual and material, keeping me in touch with world history as it is made, coloring and forming my opinions and subtly controlling my actions. Wendell Phillips said: "The millions have no school, onrl olmnat nr? nnlnlt but (tip nrpstl Not one man.ln ten reads books, but every one of ua, except the helpless poor, poisons nimself every day with a newspaper. It is parent, school, theatre, example, counsellor, all in one. Let mo make the newspapers, and I care not who makes the relig ion or the laws." It is my purpose to try to present the state warehouse system in such a way as to command your confidence and secure the support of the newspapers of South Carolina in estubllshe ing a system of marketing and handling cotton which will revolutionize that industry and inaugurate a prosperity among the farmers of the South which will be stable and lasting because founded upon correct business principles. During the last one hundred years the inventor has transformed the material life of this nation. Time and labor-saving appliances huve multi? % i J 1 -1 \I?A pi It'll ucyuilli HIICUHIIIUII. nc aic living in a new commercial and scientific era infinitely advanced beyond the social and economic status of our grandfathers. Contrast this for r. moment, If you please, .with the realms of government. Find, if you can, in political science the improved devices In government that correspond in Importance with the inventions of Fulton and Whitney, Edison and Marconi. You find them not. If there had been no more progress in applied economics than in applied politics, we .vould now oe using flint and steel instead of matches; wooden mold board plows, hand looms and 'pony express, instead of reapers and binders, automobiles and aeroplanes. To deny the need of improved appliances in governmental methods li to affirm that the government Is alI ready perfect. It is to declare that political corruption, the evil power IF THESOUTH E THE WORLD in Each State and an Interis h Minimum Price for >tton. > | of concentrated wealth, and the deep . complaints of millions of wealth> creators, exisc only as phantomB in the minds of visionary reformers, while to recognize the fact of these . wrongs is to prove incompetency and , neglect of duty on the part of lawKlfllfOro on/I nn/v?l? -l-1- - ** , . aim ^I'yin 11 is euner , this, or to adopt the pessimistic bel lief now so rife in certain quarters . that the tolll'i,? manses are so ignnr, ant that to erect a righteous and cfll. clint system of government is bo { yond our power because thn hi renin , can not rise higher than its source. , We have made locomotives, reap. ers and binders, and perfected submarines, air ships and wireless telegraphy that work perfectlj up to ' their pdanning, because .great inventors have thrown their powerful intellects and abundant energies Into the task, impelled thereto by the certainty of large pecuniary rewaid. But, my friends, those of us who have been in public life know that such -reward is a hollow mockerv that true service is met with ingratitude and that no wage of golden milions awaits the successful experimenter who might discover the most beneficent principle in governmental mechanics. The steel beam plow, reaper and telephone made swift demonstration of their substantial advantage to the body politic, and each citizen lould specifically note his share therein, while the profit from improved governmental methods must ever remain vague and unsubstantial to legislator and voter alike, when considered only from the material standpoint. NEW MACHINERY NEEDED. When the teveral colonies ratified the constitution, and the United States stood forth as a nation, it was not unnatural that the architects of this republic thought that they had perfected a sublime finality in government. It was only the pardonable egotism characteristic of all true builders. This constitution hr.s an enduring foundation because of the grand principles of universal equity upon which it is based. These principles cannot be improved upon, any more than new qualities of virtue can be added to abstract justice and charity. But the same thing has happened to us that so frequently occurs with systems of religion; visible forms and symbols become identified in the minds of men with the sacred, invisible soul to which they are but passing conveniences. 1 which should be changed as are the priestly vestments when worn out and rendered useless by the rack and fray of time. That gifted body of 1 statesmen who made our Revolutionary epoch illustrious would promptly have devised new methods to meet those new needs which have 1 arisen out of the rapid growth and scientific development which mark 1 the present. 1 The fact is that the heat hraln o?wl talent In the United States have not been In political life. The strongest minds and intellects have been devoting themselves to material development, science and literary work. 1 I think that, as a whole, the profession of journalism has more intellect and more character tn its ranks today than we have in all the politicians of ' the country put together. Many of the men?the so-called great "captains of industry"?have not been after the acquisition of the mere dollar, but they have honestly believed that the greatest good to l. this country lay along the lines of concentrated ' capitalism, and they have simply overdone this line of endeavor?to such an extent that one 1 of them has uttered the sentiment (hot A /11a rich 111 /> /Ha ?/v.1 " - V..UV vw \nv i IVI1 i a iw win u lOftl c&\ C(I. This condition lias teft for the harmonious development of governmental science a mediocre statesman1 ship utterly destitute of true constructive genius, and with no vision that enables it to comprehend an evolutionary development that becomes more and more complete as Is Sickness a Sin? If not, it's wicked to neglect illness and means of relief. It's wicked to endure liver ills, headache, indigestion, constipation, when one dose of Po-Do-Lax gives relief. PoDo-Lax is Podophyllln (May Apple), without the gripe. It arouses the liver, increases the flow of bile?nature's antiseptic in the bowels. Your constipation and other ills disappear over night because Po-Do-Lax has helped nature to remove the cause. Get a bottle from your druggist today. Get rid of your constipation nielli. 3 vs?i,. . - ^ n THE LANCASTER NI the nation is lifted into loftier and larger spheres of being. This is what primary elections mean?the initiative, referendum anil recall. These can not be sneered out ( :>f existence, and some machinery ~;ust be devised to permit a full ex pression of national opinion on public questions as often as it may be needed, without the trouble, expense and demoralization of such elections as we now have, depressing business and throwing our citizenship into confusion. Our elections have become almost a* national curse. There is no reason why the postofllce department of this government could not do all of this work with no more trouble to the average citizen than is required to write a short note. No real reform has even been attempted along this Hue, and the masses of the people until recently have acquiesced in the unchanging status of the republic, and the political barnacles will never suggest any change which ! would interfere with the methods of franchise which keeps them in power. Our political mechanism is so cumbersome and so wrapped up in red tape that the average business man can not do his duty 'is a eit'zen without a degree cf sacrifice that he refuses to submit to. Here is where the professional politician comes in, and with his pirate code of ethics governs the country. Just as the Pretorian legions sold Rome's imperial sceptre to the highest bidder, so do the machine nnlitirt;?ns in tho great centers of population barter away the rights and property of pro- ! ductive labor for trust-made gold in \ this republic. IS FARMER TO BE FORCE'J? There has been a great complaint about the h-lgh cost of living. That is all ve'y well, but what about the profits on productive labor? The only ; way to cheapen the cost of living is 1 for more people to live on the farms, and they will never do so unless the ' profits are made more attractive. ' What is there to keep the energetic and ambitious boy on the farm'' The I cry "back to the farm" is a mockery. The city calls, and the lights of the I "great white way" blind his eyes to | the beauties of country lanes and blooming fields. He hastens to find fortune in the market place, wnere traffic makes gold by its very touch. Tho fnriTi ie nhan/lhiio/l oo I resort and fixed fate of the dullard j and incompetent. History teaches us that nations ' draw their true wisdom, unselfish pa triotism and untainted virtues from the deep wells of a contented agriculture, from those who live in the quiet country places of the land, who have ; the time to think soberly, who live | temperately and commune with God j in the temple of His untarnished ! : skies. These are nation t/Ullders and , nation-savers. How can ye mainta<n this mighty fortress in the soul of a people If we destroy, or permit to be destroyed, the comfort and poise of mind so dependent upon a fair reward for toil? We have no standards set by noble birth in America. It is all based on J the individual. Our government is I absolutely original in this respect, j and we have reached a point of complex commercial and political life where we must either take a step forward or backward. With the problems confronting us, it is impossible to stand still. The purely selfish appropriation of the comforts and j blessings of material life for the use , of favored classes is the rock upon I ' which other nations have foundered. | I Culture, refinement and education j will not save us. Marie Autoinette ' was more elegant, possibly, than the most fashionable woman of today, I and yet this did not save her from the axe. The best thought of AmerI lea today should be how to use our I land and its producis, our labor and I its fruits, to develop good living and I sweet prosperity for our people as a : whole. The figur?;s of the census show that | the urban population Is increasing 23 ! per cent faster than the country pop ulation. The cities have already ad- j vanced in political power to where they not only outwit and outtalk the rural population, but outvote them. A great work is being done by our agricultural departments, both state ; and national, to encourage the production of food stuffs, but the most i that can ever be accomplished is to I make our farms self-sustaining. For a money crop cotton is and must ever remain our deoendence. The federal government la to spend j about $275,000 a year in this statej I teaching our people to grow food and stock. There is more money spent teaching girls to ran tomatoes than I have ; to organize the machinery to handle i To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is j Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. : The Quinine drives out malaria, the1 : Iron builds up the system. 50 cents SWS. JULY 6, 1915. a hundred million dollars worth of j i cotton. i i Are the fiscal and economic policies ! c of this government going to under- \ * take to compel labor, at less and less 41 cost, to feed an ever increasing 1 urban population? We are constantly reminded and f taught to emulate that mytliologi- * cal farmer who made two blades of j * grass grow where one grew before, j 1 The government is sending out ex- i (i pertn to teach scientific agriculture. c We are urged to grow two bales of ; <1 cotton where we grew one before; 11 but it seems to be taken for granted r that the extra blade of grass or bale j of cotton must go to the consumer j _ in St pail nf In tlio mon 1 * ? ? vuv MUM TTJJW U1AUC 11 | grow, I We have seen cotton, since last . August, go from five cents to ten cents a pound in the face of the largest crop ever made. Our cotton crop for the last thirty ' years has been the cornerstone of international finance. The South has a practical monopoly in the production of cotton, and the needs of the world each year call for more cotton. There lias never been a nation on earth with such a monopoly of a vital product as the South has on cotton. Ml in vain, Great Britain and Russia have attempted to break this monopoly. Our percentage shows a steady increase with each decade. Egypt produces a beautiful staple; but the area fit for cotton is not more than one-fourth the size of South Carolina, and can not be increased. ; England has experimented in Africa, but the fibre is so coarse that it has little commercial value. Russia is { growing some cotton in Central Asia; but the area is very limited, and in that dry climate irrigation must be resorted to. No one crop has ever had so wide I cn influence, end its future power in ! making human history can hardly be j exaggerated. Each fall a great tide ot gold is brought in from abroad that enables the financiers of this country to dictate to the balance of the world. And yet the people who produce that cotto, and the section in which it is produced, are the poorest per capita in the United States. ; Under present financial conditions we have been forced to market a twelve-months supply in three . months, and then in the spring, alter j the crop has passed out of the hands J of tlie producers, speculators and ' middle men have reaped a profit, as | now of seventy-five per cent on their j in% estment. i | The people of the South should all unite in an effort to place cotton j upon a safe, stable basis. Then the manufacturer would know just what to do. No business can be profitable I with the fluctuations in price run- i ning from six to sixteen cents for this great crop. ; * IS IT TO BE PATERNALISM OR 1 IMPOVERISHMENT? One of the objects urged to the [ state warehouse system is paternal- 4 ism. I say no?it is only justice. For 4 100 years the protecting arms of this 4 government have been thrown 4 around, not the producer, but the ^ manufacturer of cotton. He has been protected by a monopoly in the homo * market. There has not been a tim?> 4 in fifty years when you could not buy 4 cotton goods cheaper in Europe than 4 you could in South Carolina, where ^ the cotton is grown. What a condition we have every year in the fall 4 U'hnn t ho orit of in M 1IVM IIIV V * jr V/VC4 J/l U\IULliUil 13 raised, as it was last August! This 4 is the only country In the world < where famine comes because of plenty. We hear every few years of j famine in other countries because of crop failures. In the South every j .'all we face bankruptcy and ar? threatened with ruin?not because of crop failures, but because we do make a bountiful crop. Look at this country last October, and look at the price of cotton today, with a great war in progress and the largest crop on reeord and yet with the prices | nearly 100 per cent above what they ] were then. Ani 1 to starve to death, not because 1 have nothing to eat. but because the table ts loaded with food? If we make no crop it is ruin; ami if we make a crop it is ruin, too. It is the old predestination doctrine, "You can and you can't; you will and i you won't; you are damned if you do, r and you are damned if you don't." That is just what the cotton planters are face to face with every year at the marketing period. We market our crop without any system whatever. Beginning in the Southwest, and running to the northern most i limit of the cotton belt, there is a mad rush to sell. We are competitor* one with the other?sell, sell for whatever you can get; debts and rent liens and crop mortgages all .pressing and shoving the weak and the help- I less. The laws of any country which permit such destruction of value are Poi Weakness and Lo*s of Appetite l>Mf Old Rtandir J tfcnen*! *tr*i>irtbeninK tonic, 3ROVH H TARTKI.t'98 chill TONIC, drive* oul Ualtrift and build* up ibe nyrtern. A i rue tonic ndnrcArMl'itr. I;cr /tinthiMtcn. Jtx? 0 _ ? ..?p,? ? . i ? nm.1 <W injust and unworthy a Christian c jeople. 1 would not see our farmers irganize a piratical trust or a preda- t ory combination; but 1 do say that, is all seem agreed that the trust is J he d^vil of modern commerce, the * >est way to fieht the iifvii w?#i. ri ire. I do advocate a self-defence _ rust with our state governments belind it. We have tried other plans o secure a fair return for our pro-'^ a lucts and interest on our invest- ^ nents, and we are less than men and " leserve the sting of poverty, if we do lot assert ourselves in defence of our ? ights. _ Our whole scheme of national gov' - e*- ? ** . V - ' \ ^ ROPER HOSPITAL J Medical College of the S CHARLKSTt Schools of Medicine i Owned and Control! Eighty-seventh session begins 1. 1916. Fine new three-story building Hospital. Laboratories of Chemi Physiology, Pathology, Clinical Pharmacy provided with new, mot The Roper Hospital, one of the pitals in the South, contains 218 b< patient service, offers unsurpassed Practical work in dispensary fo Two years graduated service in pointinents each year. Department of Physiology and the Charleston Museum. Ten full-time teachers in labora address, OSCAR 1 llov 32. ? > 1 " . ??? | 1' " PRESBYTERIAN C Superb New Science Hall, Library and < ment. Up-to-date Dormitories with all com cal Colleges of the Southeast. Student bo moderate. Excellent health record; 800 ft influences. Athletic facilities extensive. DAVISON M. DOUGLAS. D. D.. Pr*,i> fjl s.Ta ATa ATA ATA i: A CHIW : i r \ ^ Is worth many times its cost ^ foodstuffs are spoiling in tl ^ wife knows the value of ic ^ wagon when it passes. The < ing is great. t LANCASTER IC1 $ PHONE JJP*' CATAWBA ME " n ' 1 , 1 11 ? I rnment for fifty years has revolved round protection by the government J o certain classes and individuals. 'ariff, 'Money and transportation are '.e fo.nidation of commercial life, iie tariff laws under which we live ?one of them the lJingley act, in its ery title, is "an act to encourage nd to protect American industries." KTUnwa. .1' .1.- ' ? < uoc wcd i:ic iuriuer gei anyining. >ut of this? He is compelled to buy ti the home market all that he conumes, and he sells in the open mar;et of the world. What does he get (Continued on Page Six.) COLLEGE BUILDING Itate of Sooth Carolina >x, s. c. ?nd Pharmacy '<1 by (he State. October 1 1915?Ends June immediately opposite Roper stry, Bacteriology, Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacology and lern equipment, largest and best equipped hoseds, and with an extensive outI clinical advantages. >r pharmaceutical students. Koper Hospital with six apEmbryology in atiiliation with itory branches. For catalogue VV. SCHt.KKTEK, Registrar. CH.IREKSTOX, S. ?k?i [OLLEGE of S. C.I gymnasium. Modern Scientific equip/enienccs. Ranks among the best classidy doubled in three years. Expenses elevation. Best moral and religious Write for catalogue to Unt. CLINTON. S. C. ' aim |!^| a^is A 1^1 A A A IK OF E? | T in warm weather when ?3>le pantry. Every housee. Phone lis, or flag our ^ ?ost is small and the sav % E& FUEL CO. X 322. , * We Handle Fine Chickens For people who do not keep their own chickens the surest way of being certain of whAt kind they are buying is to come here. A chicken dinner is worth while if the chicken is tender and wholesome. The best in meats, too, at the lowest prices. Ask your friends about us. :at market i i 4