The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 29, 1916, Page SEVEN, Image 7
VOICE FROM THE PAST.
fcfEECH OF J. L M LAURIX
DELIVERED IX 18S9
To the Editor of the State:
I thank you for saying that you would
publish the speech referred to in my
letter of the 18th inst. I iinad that from
the scrap book that it was published in
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me v^nai icsiuji HUKU ?
J^k but the year is not on the paper. It
H must have been about 1889. The speech
V was reported, according to the best of
W my recollection, by D. G. Outz:
f "Keedy Creek Church, Marion County,
Sept. 3.?Special: Fully 1.200 Alliancemen
with their wives and daughters
assembled at this beautiful spot
today and were addressed by Col John
? L. McLaurin of Benaettsville, Col. M.
L* Donaldson of Greenville. H. C.
Burns, district lecturer of Society Hill,
and W. J. tTalbert. Dr. Stokes, Col.
Robert Aldrich and others were expected
and were on the way, but failed to
reach the meeting in time on account of
delayed trains.
"The occasioii was a picnic arranged
^ by Donoho alliance and was participat
ed in by adjacent alliances and was a
grand success. Tables were arranged
in the form of three sides of a square
with a speaker's stand in the fourth
side.
"D. W. McLaurin presided, and around
i?im on the stand were seated Rev. Mr.
Charles, Senator Evans of Marlboro, H.
C. Burns, H. M. Stackhouse, Col. J. L.
IMicLaurin, T. B. Stackhouse, Capt.
\ (Woodley, J. M. Waddell of Society Hill,
Capt. L. B. Rodgers, T. C. Sherwood, D.
Mclntyre, D. C. Carmichael and other
nrnminpnt citizens of Marion and ad
sfiouitl say pernaps, raising a.i iu wciiuo ,
and selling at 7 cents. But I do not |
propose to discuss raising cotton today,
but in a general way some of the
causes which are operating against our
interst as farmers..
"' First, the genral aspect. The
wealth of the United States is wonder
jacent counties.
"The large audience was addressed
first by Col. J. L. McLaurin, a prominent
attorney of Bennettsville.
"Col. McLaurin said:
1 " 'There is an old story of a punc"
tiliously polite Greek, who, while performing
the funeral of an infant daughter,
felt bound to apologize and excuse
himself to the spectators for bringing
out such a ridiculously small corpse to
so large a crowd. I believe I can sympathize
with him, if I judge by the crops
I have seen in the vicinity, it is a
ridiculously poor farmer addressing an |
audience of remarkably fine farmers. I
say that I am a poor farmer because 11
have to practice law in. order to afford
myself the luxury of raising cotton at 7 i
cents per pound with hired labor, or 1j
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ful By the census of 1880 it was valued
at $43,642,000,000. ;I his is more
I than the combined wealth of the Kus-1
j sian and Turkish empires with the king!
doms of Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Italy and South America, with all their
property and with a population of 177,000,000.
Great Britain is the richest
country in the old world, and our
. wealrh h^rc hv nnn nnn The
most remarkable point in this comparison
is the fact that while the wealth of
i the old world is the accumulation of
j many centuries, the greater part of
; American wealth has been created with!
in 30 years. So far as the nation is
! concerned in the aggregate, there is
no room for complaint; but how about
the distribution of this vast accumulation
of wealth and what is the outlook as to
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| creating this vast national wealth?
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j "'.All patriots and statesmen agree
| that vast accumulations of wealth are
I hurtful to the commonwealth, and our
i
; forefathers, when they abolished the
j right of primogeniture and other incidents
favorable to the accumulation of
these vast estates, did wisely but they
did not foresee the trusts and monopolies
which would bind the masses in a
tenure stronger than the feudal system.
i Let us see what has been the result and
what portion of this vast increase in the
; national wealth has come to the farmers
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j as a class. In i860 the national wealth
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1880 it had increased^about 70 per cent. '
Out of this almost miraculous increase,
what was the farmer's share?
" 'In i860 the farmers owned onehalf
of the wealth of the country and
constituted one-half of its population.
| In 1880 the farmers had only added $4.122,558,481
to their possessions, while
the other classes had added $24,000,000,000,
or live to one. As the farming
population largely increased during that
time, it is easy to see something is the
matter. I believe the censuse of 1890
j will even disclose a worse condition of
! affairs.
| " 'There is no great mystery in it. The
j farmer is legally discriminated against,
i We live under a policy of 'protection,
and that means discrimination. The
protected individual is specially favored, 1
and of necessity it is at somebody else's
expense. The farmer receives no benefit
from the tariff, because he encounters
no foreign competition. But while
under the protective tariff he gets nothing
more for what he has to sell, -he is
j forced to pay increased prices for whatI
hp hnvs from those who are pro- i
I tected. They grow rich and he grows
! poor. Every time a poor fellow, with
one 'gallus,' and it -holding up his pants
| with a peg instead of a button, drives
a little flop-eared mule, fed on West-'
ern hay and corn, up to the cross roads j
store and gets a bunch of cotton ties
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75 cents to some millionaire manuiacturer.
If he buys blankets or c.|>ckerv
it is the same thing. Suppose his neighbor
sports two 'galluses,' drives two
horses to church and makes 200 bales
of cotton and ships it to Liverpool. The
price he gets there is of course, less
transportation, the same price he gets
at home. But suppose after selling his
cotton in Liverpool, he concluded to
purchase there what he needs for hibself
and family?crockery, tinware,
tools, etc.?what is the result? He
finds he cannot bring the articles home
unless he pays a tariff, which almost
doubles the original cost. So instead
of purchasing in Liverpool, which market
regulates the prices of the world,
and wher therefore he could buy cheapest,
after selling in the cheapest market
he is forced to buy in the highest. The
tariff, while adding nothing to the
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of all that he buys. Is it a wonder that
the protected monopolist becomes a
millionaire while the farmer hardly
makes ends meet? And further, when
we leave the national system of indirect
taxation, which takes from ?ioo
to $200 per year from the profits of a
one-horse farm, and come to the States,
we find tha/ the burden of direct taxation
is also borne by the farmer. State
and government bonds are exempt from
taxation, and but a small proportion of
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otner uonus, uum, an_
that of necessity the visible property,
lands, mules, etc., which can not be
concealed are disproportionately taxed.!
Evei\ it this were all, the fertility of
our soil and energy and economy of
our people could stand it for many !
years; but the monopolists have control i
of the finances of the country by means j
of which they can regulate the prices j
of products so as to leave the produc- j
ers but a scanty living.
" 'I can not in the short space allotted
me discuss the national banking
system, but thanks to the work of education
going on in the alliance, the iniquitous
and unjust system, which was |
only excusable as a war measure and is
firmly supported in the moneyed and !
monopolistic centres of the country is '
becoming generally understood.
" 'The government loans this class
money at I per cent., and they dole it
out to the country banks at 5, 6 and ?
per cent., and thes to the merchants
and then to the farmers at from 8 to 50
per cent., or anything they can get, and
it is right on this point that the alliance
is being fought with most persistency.
" 'It is the farmer who will presrve
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conservatism ana prevent mt u?3?.w?
tent now brooding everywhere from
overstepping the bounds of reason. !The
day is not far distant when those now
opposed to the alliance will regard it as
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the salvation of the country and its institution?.
In a republic there may be
as severe oppression as under a 'despotism.
It all depends upon the placing
I of the burdens. One intrest may be uplifted
and another crushed. Monopoly
controls the finance of the country and i
t'l rough its money power regulates the
i price of products so as to leave the proj
ducers hut a scanty living. The dollar
1 being the measure of value, the price
for our products is in a large degree reg
I uiattd by tin* quantity of money in circulation.
It is supply and demand for
: money that regulates the price of cot1
ton. The sudden contraction in the
i volume of currency is at once felt in
the price of cotton. When the crop is
; being harvested there is a contraction
i of tl e currency and a fall in price. This
is the inherent defct in our present
| linancial system. Wall street controls
j our finances and a few individuals control
Wall street. The cause now operating,
unless there is a change, will finally,
result in placing the masses in the city
and the country in such a condition of
poverty and depression that some such
\ .came outbreak as the French revolution.
when the masses rebelled against
intolerable wrong, will overthrow our
institutions. Our only recourse is to
meet organization with organization, j
and that is why I am in favor of the j
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'The issue is joined anrt the battle is j
upon us. The fact is, there is now being
waged the greatest contest the world
has ever seen, entrenchedmonopoly will
not be overthrown without a desperate
struggle; it means a great political
financial and social revolution. Let us
not be alarmed at the word, for the progress
of the human race has been J
through revolution, emanating from the
instinctive love of the masses for equalthncp
that have Dreceded
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this is a battle for freedom from industrial
serfdom.' " D. W. McLaurin.
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Columbia, Feb. 24.?That he will
positively announce within the next lew
j days whether or not he will be in the
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! planks in the platform of Mr. Cole L.
Blease which advocate reduction of the
; passenger rates on railroads to two
cents and reducing the rates of interst,
: was stated to The News and Courier
| this morning by Mr. W. A. Stuckey over
j the long distance telephone from his
i heme at Bishopville. At the same time
1
Mr. Stuckey emphatically and positively
denied the rumor that he would run
for lieutenant governor on a ticket with
j! i.'r. Blease.
"Under no circumstances will I take
! second place on any man's ticket," said
Mr. Stuckey, and added that his ani
nouncemnt some months ago that he
j would not run for lieutenant governor,
, stands. He declared in unmistakable i
| language that he will not be the tail to ;
| any man's kite.
RATES AND INTEREST.
Disagreement with two of the leading j
, planks in the platform of Mr. Blease
1 was expressed by Mr. Stuckey. He said
j he and the farmers favored legitimate
corporations and were opposed to reducing
the passenger rates from two
and one-half cents to two cents per
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ducing interest rates. "We are in favor
of constructive legislation for the
farmers," said Mr. Stuckey.
Mr. Blease in his announcement for
governor said he fevored reducing
passenger rates to two cents and the reduction
of the legal rate of interest to
6 per cent.
Mr. Stuckey is not only a prominent
leader in the Blease faction and in the
past supported and worked for Cole L.
Blease in his races for governor and
United States senator, but he is also
porminent in the new secret Farmers'
union, which has gained a strong hold
in the Pee-Dee section of the State. His
statement this morning that the farmers'
movement opposed the planks in
the Blease platform calling for reduced
rates of interst and reduced passenger
rates are considered highly significant
in political circles.
IThe Bishopville man has been mentioned
for governor for some weeks,
and interest in what he would do will be
increased by his announcement this
morning that he has the matter under
advisement and will make a definite announcement
in the future. He said over
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Stuckey's ticket, and 'vould ont be a*
appeal to the old factionalism. He will,
he said, advocate constructive legislation
for the farmers. The impressio*
left on the interviewer was that Mr.
Stuckey is certain to run for governor
and that he and the movemnt behind
him, the secret Farmers' union, are
frowning on evry attempt to revive the
old factional lines.
i.MJlUAM'UiS U.NKM1.
Thefact that such strong leaders of
the former Blease faction as Mr.
Stuckey, of Bishopville, and Mayor Olin
Sawyer, of Georgetown, are being
brought forward for governor indicates
unrest and dissatisfaction among the
faction. It is an open secret that several
of the leaders feel that they are de
serving of consideration.
The positive announcement of former
Governor Elease that he is in the
race for governor apparently settles the
question of what Solicitor R. A. Cooper
of Laurens, will do. Those who have
watched the situation are certain that
Mr. Cooper will now run for governor,
and while he has consistently declined
to talk for publication, it is felt here
that he will now announce. This interview
of Cooper last summer that
he would run for governor "if certain
conditions arise" was taken to mean
that if Mr. Blease entered for governor
he would, too. iThe entrance of the former
governor is now certain and everyone
believes that it is just as certain
that Solicitor Cooper will be in the race.
Announcement from him is awaited
with much interest.
Governor Manning will run for reelction,
and political circles in Columbia
would not be surprised at other interesting
devlopments.
One rumor 3ier is that certain interests
in Washington, are urging Con(Troccmin
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