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WBMcLaurin Talk P| On Pol wK Politics As It Affects Cotton /onco Rpraiisc Ble fjyji n?ig ui&uuw ? |p Prodi Special to The Herald and News. fflm Columbia, July 24.?Tre following; r correspondence between Mr. A'. I>. i Grist editor of the Yorkville Enquirer, j H and Senator J no. L. McLaurin, who Hp for the past few weeks lias been in a m sanitarium in Richmond in the mterest of his health, has'been made' Bpublir by Mr. Grist, ana win appetu H Win his newspaper tomorrow morning: B Yorkville, 3. C., July 10, 1916. WBf Hon. John L. McLaurin, H Columbia, S. C. i My dear John L: l have your letter of Saturday, and feel like quarreling with you for not | "i'j B.coming up as you promised.* No K wonder you are not feeling well. The hot stifling atmosphere cf Columbia. HgS especially in that old warehouse, is HF enough to make anybody fsel blue J IYou should come up here and spend j a few days in our fresh, pure air, j where you could have good water to i drink, plenty of tonuatoes and other j fine vegetables to eat, and where you j can have the association of good j honest farmers who believe in you i and in what "you are trying to do for 1 them. Then I had a selfish reason for wanting you to come. I wanted to talk to you about the campaign. The reports in the papers are very unsatisfactory1 as to detail, and the one subject in which {am most interested?the warehouse?is not receiving 1/ . the attention to which its importance: entitles It If there is anybody in the i state qualified to suggest the best j thing to do under the circumstances, J you are the m<an, and I wanted to talk it over with you. Won't you "ttrite me what you think, under the assurance that I will kaep anything you might say to myself! unless you are willing for me to give it out to* the public. ^ With best regards, I am <very i sincerely, Your friend, W.D.Grist. * Hygea Hospital, ^ Richmond, Ya., July 14, 1816. ! HB LYy Dear David: Yours 9th to liand and "was glad to j hear from you. It is not surprising ! that so little is heard of the State: H Warehouse system. It does not suit j V the "Powers that Be" to^discuss In-! du&trial questions in a campaign. m They are more secure when the divif a eions are on factional lines, . than Hp when voters use the ballot to furtherj thaw o-o-T! interest. As I see it, the J contest is between Manning and' BZease. The others are not in it.j Cooper sees this and has swung into; line praising 'Manning, so as to take another shot at the gubernatorial ^ plum two years from now. I care nothing about fa-ctional poli tics except ,ss it affects the principles wliich to some extent, are em'bodied in the state warehouse system. In South Carolina we have two facH tions and will have them as long as 1 there is but one party. What you cal. j the Anti-faction in South Carolina, represents money, and in the north; K are Republican^ The Reform faction m are Democrats he-c and everywhere, because they are the producers and BP laborers. On one side stands the social arisV tooracy and the money power; on the V other the masses of the people, the toilers. Go to New York, New Jersey B &nd Pennsylvania, and you find slmi Ilar lines of division called Democrat I and- Republican. Tiese leaders believe in no power save the dollar anft respect no appeal save that of selfinterest. Factionalism in South Carolina is the result of the efforts of the producers^to maintain their industrial freedom against this power of wealth and position. Designing Re I form leaders have taken advantage of tie people and played upon their ihopes and fears to attain high position and then the base instinct of the social climber make them forget th?? people who elected them. They teach the people politics to secure the election of men to high office and stop' right there. Some say, we have too much politics. I say no, it is bad poli- | tics. In South. Carolina, I can truth-1 fniw s3v. (including myself until the agn the last ten years), tliat I have not known a man in office To whom poii tical distinction -was not the end, the | K sum total, instead of the means to the end. It is not the fact of helnsr ?ov ernor or senator; the honor lies in vhiat we do with it, what you caii W accomplish, not for yourself, but others?this constitutes the glory oij s Straight \itcial Situation ?McLaurin Says He is Supase Stands For Rights of icers. public service. It is a noble ambition. ^ In the present campaign. I believe that it is to tne interest of the farmers and producers to support Blease. 1 had intended to vote 1'or Governoi Manning, because I think up to the time that Cooper's candidacy became a fixed facr. Manning tried to lift himself above his environment, ana be a man of the people. When he favored the warehouse system and signed the Laney_Odom act, tlit monied forces used Cooper as a club and be:it Manning back into line, where his heart has been all the time. 1 was a fool to think for one minute that a man born and tied up with banks, insurance companies, e*c., like Manning, could be for us at heart. He deceived himself. He was against the people in 1890, and he is the same way now. His friends know it, and the majority of the people feel, that they have a kid^gloved icicle in the governor's office. Their tone is one of apology, and the chief plea is. he "ought to have a second term because it is a precedent." I think the reelection of Governor Manning will inevitably strangle the state warehouse system, or certainly obstruct its de velopment. He is certainly not my friend or the friend of the system. He has joined in the hue and cry, "Keep the system out of politics," which being translated means keep the people from understanding its possibilities. Governor Manning cannot get away from the influences that have surrounded his life, and his election means a complete surrender to the insurance trust land other malign corrvAToto iwfltiQn/ioc T onrv e>rtri?n V.o pui Utv JL aux OV1 X J tu uvlieve this true, and not afraid' to sayso. How could he have any viewpoint except that of money? 'Who are his intimates and advisers? When elected he was at the head of a .big bank, is now (so I understand) director of an insurance company and presidem of a standard warehouse. This warehouse underwrites local receipts at five cents a bale per month, while the local .warehouse furnishes bond to indemnify this warehous company and pay the high insurance rates outsidfe of the system. This warehouse charged during the distressful times in 1914, 20 cents a bale the first month and 3o cents thereafter. I do not charge that the presidency of such a company in competition with the state wnnl/? rHr Itt inflnon/>o fi/ivomnr Manning to fight the state system, hut every man is unconsciously swayed by environment. In a public speech, he urged that the farmers in the country should not manage their own warehouses, a view which would certainly defeat one of the primary methods for the state system to serve the needs of the small farme'r and at the same time save the state absolutely business. This is conclusively shown by the letter which I have on file from the governor of the Federal reserve bank, stating that this bank would recognize as eligible collateral the v?ry receipt of the small farmer which Governor Manning was publicly condemning, and fay iiis condemnation tending to create distrust in tie financial mind. / The cotton crop is tlie basis of our prosperity, and it is the duty of the state government to place itself unequivocally behind it, and I do noi see how we can ever expect this from | a Manning administration. [ 1 do not think ,we will have an ideal ' government under Blease, but I do reI OTO rrl O +V/V ? I 5U1U uiJJU ? JLLVdlX VI IUC jjcvpic, a | sincere friend of the state warehouse | system, who can he absolutely depended upon, not as a negative, hut as a positive factor to aid Iji its development. I did not vote for Blease in 1912, but did in 1814, and will do so this year. I think he will be a better governor than before, as I am sure he sees the folly of allowing himself to be goaded by his enemies into imprudences. All in all, I am sure that the farmer and laborer have more to hope for from the election of Blease than Manning. What credit, "has ever been slven t<. ! . _ Blease for the use of the veto power to prevent the increase in taxation? In 1905, the '.assessment was $220,000000. The revenue at a rate of 4 1-4 mills was $1,155,000. In 1915, ten years later the assessment was $310,907.101. Taxes amounting- to $2,176.350 were levied. The appropriation bill for 1915 carried $2,463,759.S2. The levy was seven ' mills. In an effort tc mislead, the ! people, the levy was fixed at 5 1-2 j drills and then special levies bringing it up to 7 mills. 'Sto that in ten years there lias been an increase of 50 per cent in taxable values, and an increase | of 100 per cent in ezpenditures. Now, ! a! erperts in taxation agree that when i taxes increase faster than wealth and I | population, an unbearable burden is j laid on the people. It takes a gover* nor willing to make use of the veto | power to stem such a tide of extrava. gance. i 1 know that the masses will never ; get anything except by concentration | on specific measures of reform. TVt; | have made potton a fluid asset, and : established tne warehouse receipt as a basis of credit. The moment you gm> ; special privileges to a collateral, you 1 valorize the commodity represented by the paper. Jf loans <are made on I J cotton at ten cents a pound, and the i paper is discounted widely at that | price, then the banking world is ini terested in maintaining the market j price above ten cents. In 1914, when i war was declared, there was great iwlflrm anions: bond and -stock hold ; efs. Tie national government came to their relief with $400,000,000. Why? Because these securities were the basis of banking. The cotton crop was I sacrificed. Why? It had no status as ;a banking basis. Under similar coni ditions, the government w^uld now ! protect warehouse receipts as they did bonds in 1914. That is whiat I j called President 'Wilson's attention to | last August, and it was the chief factor in .the September advance from i ! nine to- twelve cents a pound. The ! last twelve months has proved be| yond any reasonable doubt that cotton j can be valorized by use as a collateral j as readily as stocks and bonds. lW!hen , it is so valorized then immediately - ? I . ' ' ' i mm i . / i Mid-Summei no afA fnrrinor i V w V Ml % M. V* Summer Goods, magnet that dra I EVER" Greatest Cleai ' 100 waiits in white or Idras, $1.00 values at 200 middies, ?ihrte or t 4-^ A*?A /\?f A vU UU3C UUL at 87 house dresses, ging] colors, $2.00 value at.... 75 boys'' rompers, will 100 bungalow apfbns t< 118 white wash skirts, at only . Our Big Sj White lawn, 40 inches White striped or check White linen suiting, d White voiles, 40 inchei only 36 inch white batiste, j Brown linen suiting, 3* White curtain swiss, h Fancy serim dcuble fol White marquisette, 3b Skirtings 36 inch honeycomb skirti 36 inch garbadine skirtin 36 inch awning stripe su Special, Dorr Good aprOn checked ging 1->T Ma... O t?1 Irine quamy oca. xsiauu, 36 inch pa jama checks, h Ladies' fine quality Long Best 36 inch Cannon Clo1 12 1-2C yard-wide fine ca Ginghams, plain and fan* Fancy dress lawns, all fa Fancy cambric prints, da Silks and Drei i 36 inch messaline silk, al 36 inch Taffeta silks in a 50c silk shirtings, pretty 36 inch silk srepe de chi 36 inch all-wool French < Ar\ inr>Vi al1_wr\r>1 nnnlin. Q r -1 > * Special cut prices made o * t \ I crop mortgages will have a better ' ba&is of credit, placing the snare j cropper and renter upon a more in- ] dependent plane. : The philosophy of the state ware- : house system is that the hand which < holds the plow should be the ruling economic power in this country. This ,1 ^ not. so todav: the power of money and the control of credits, enables middlemen to grade and price our j products, so that drones devour the \: workers and parasites thrive on the toil of others. I want licensee grad- J ers. and not allow a bale of cotton to : be sold except upon grades. I go further asd say that every b;:ie of cotton in the south should be sold from stat; j | t warehouses. We should regulate production and establish a minimum i rice, as does the Steel trust and i 1 - 1 f* cxner great inuusirmi urgaiii.&<u,iuiis. : It is a matter of educating the people 1 up to it, and it will never be done except through the power of govern ment. i The state warehouse idea has paved ! j the way for rural credits. If tre pro- j : duct of the land, cotton, can be con-1 ' verted into a fluid asset, then why not J tbe land upon which the cotton is ! grown? Our tenant system is a curse. | We will never develop into a great | | people except as home owners. Not ] ' one-fourth of the w-hite men in South! Carolina own the homes in which they 1 live. The man who owns no land, can never, love the soil understanding!]?-, ncr appreciate that soil improvement and soil cultivation should go hand in hand. There are no more public lands open to hmestead and the homeseeker is thrown back into the older | states where land is high and unpop ' ular as a collateral. I have not studj ied the rural credit'bill recently passed by congress, but it shows the neI THE GR1 MR-a w upon us,, we must l/\TiTAW nn pntCd luwci auu iw?f < This store is the ws<and the powerful reody want: ' Out of the Season printed, batiste, fancy voile, ma ,.480 vhite trimmed, in colors, all sizes, 45c ^am and percale, well made, fast 98c wash, close out price... 25c & 45c o close out at 25c, 39c & 48c gabardine and pique, $1.50 value 95c serial Offerings wide, 15c kind at yd... icc : lawn, elegant value; at yd... 10c ouble fold, special at 10c 3 wid^, soft finish, 25c value at 19c special values at ioc up to 19c 3 inches, 15c values at ioc mcy dotted, 15c kind at ioc d, side border, at yd ioc inches, 25c value ' 18c ; and Suitings ing, 35c value at 22^c gs, special values at yd .. 19 & 25c itings, 35c kind at .25c lestic Department rViomc *7 r.or ViriH at 5C / - ? ~ short lengths at, yard 5c eavy quality, 12 1-2C kind at..9c ; Cloth, 12 1-2C kind at 10c that, yard 10c imbric at, yard ioe zy, 8 1-3c kind now 5c ist colors, at 5c .rks and lights, at 5c ss Goods Sacrificed I colors, $1.25 value at 98c II best colors, $1.50 values at $1.18 patterns," at yard 390 ne at 45c up to 98c serge, all colors, 75c value at. .50c $i.oo value at 75c 11 all wool dress goods. 0 rssity of doing- something. It is at iesat a beginning and should be supplemented by legislation in ,every state. In California, one estate con } sists of 14.."00,000 acres, one-seventh; 31' that large state owned by one man.! Three men in Florida own nearly nvt. million acres, and 180 men, many of them not citizens, own ne-half of the s-tate of Florida. There are two railroads with holdings of fifteen million acres, a free gift from the government. to hold out of use until the in- ; crease in population shall make the ' unearned increment of tremendous value. From 1S90 to 1910, tenant rar- j mors increased 10 2-3 per cent, while; home owned farms increased less t!ia:i one per cent. j in the same period, -the mortgage! ! farms increased from 28 to 35 per' cent, a prelude to further increase' r: tenanting. Ti-e- fight in this state, like it Is ev-! erywhere, is between the masses and ^ classes. It is to prevent all the; wealth being gathered into the hands ! of the few. That is why, when yo i draw the line. I am against such men as Manning. He is with the people who believe in money rights instead of manhood rights. James J. Hil die<^ a few weeks ago, leaving a fortune estimated as high as $500,000,000, nearly twice the assessed valuation of all the propertp in South Carolina. A very small part of this wealth was actually earned by (Mr. Hill. At 25, he was a mere laborer on the railroad. <Atoout 90 per cent si? fViio ><nmon/1rtite fs\ rtnno TL-?a< nn_ VI L A J lO U tUltuuvuo ivi tu^v ? ? earned increment arising from the increase in population. When one man is permitted to pile up that kind of fortune, it means that thousands of other men are slaving for him. When the laws regulating finance admit in one lifetime of amassing such an excess of what one EATEST IARANCI clean out all preset! sr to make a clea logical bargain cei crusher of high pr S TO SAVE. < Printed Lawn, B< ico pieces all different designs; th in stripes, checks and fancy d 15c and 20c values now, yarc Shirts, Underwear, 50 dozen "Famous" dress shirts, \ $1 00 dress shirts, special at.... $r 25 dress shirts, "Lion " and "C A big l~>t men's and bcvs' blue, t at A wagon load Men's and boys, in< 25 dozen ladies' gauze vests, 10c ] 20 dozen ladies' "Cumfy Fit" gau Separate shirts and drawers for m< Special prices made on all underw Men's silk-boot hose, all colors at, The best line of ladies' and child r< will be found here and gusrai] fast colors. All Straw Hat; Come take your choice. Any rea cepted. We don't intend carrying Clothing Prices Men, come in now and let us fit y< or Palm Beach suit. The co summer. The price will be n< from $3 98 to $7.98, worch tv For the man who wants a regular * il.. 1! to snow you me line we are ;> & Co's.?perfect in fabric, p; in cut and tailoring; priced $] Clearance SI 200 pairs ladies' pumps, oxfords a 52.00, cut to 10 cases la .lies' kid oxfords, pal "Mary Jand" pumps, worth : All $3 75 and $4.00 oumps and 03 White two-strap canvas pumps, $3 White canvas pumps worth $2.00, Dhildren's white canvas pumps, 4 Misses' white canvas pumps-, 81-2 j n r 1 1 SLJT JL / ; man needs or can ii.se, it is no wonder countless thousands :>.re so miserably poor. I do not believe that any man ever earned in his life, by his own labor, more than a million dollars, witnout taking something which in the sight of God belonged to some one else. That's why Carnegie said. 'To die rich is to die disgraced." He ought to know. This is why millionaires are becoming multi-millionaires, and laboring men and farmers becoming dependent like the European peasant class. Legislation conferring special privileges is the foundation of every great . -..oiieii fortune in this country. The whole scheme of government revolves ^ around protection to certain classes and individuals. W1i.it the classes warn is a continuation of the present system where the wealth produced each year is ?Lcr ..no "U.iJa oi the few. What the masses want is for e^ph man to "have an honest and just portion of the goods he produces. Have you ever thought of it? Look at the great ships on the sea, the countless trains cn the land, carrying tie i>roduc.iS of the fanr that men may bo '.-10111011 and fed. Look at tHo u/i?o nflT>o +/-vTrrQT*in cr Wno von-jfo Tr? - C!VV OUOJJtiO i.v n va >>v/u ? vx* ? w>? vt) the palatial private homes. All of these are the product of labor, applied t;. the ?o:l, mines and factory, brouglit together for the use of others. The band that produced owns -no part. God made the earth, air, aiyl water. He stored away coal, iron and timDei for the equal benefit of all of his children who are willing to do honeswork. Surely the division is unequal, and he is doing God's work who seeks a more equitable adjustfent of the fiuits of productive labor. Your friend, . John L. McLaurin. < f ) t * 0 n nit r b jall * it season fabrics, n sweep of all ltre. Cash, the ices. . :OME! i itiste, Voiles e season's choice colors esigns, good fast colors, i * ioc , Hosiery, Etc. *5c values, at 50c .....69c. 1 ( Columbia" brand, at..98c ;an and fancy work shirts ! . : 25c, 39c and 50c ligo blue overalls at... 25c, 50c, and $1.00 kind at 5c ze vests, 15c kind... 10c m and boys at, suit. .45c ear. pair... 15c, 25c and 50c , m's hosiery in Newberry iteed to wear and hold , > Must Go sonable offer will-be acl over any straw hats. Shattered du with a "Kool Kloth" olest auits ever made for ' ^ o object. We have them rice the Drice. * suit of clothes, we want howing in Michael Stern attern and color; perfect [O to $20. toe Sale nd strap slippers, worth $1-48 tent leather pumps and $3.00, cut to $1.98 tfords cut to $3.25 [.50 value, at 51.00 cut to .$1.50 to 8, $1.00 kind at. .49c > to 2, $1.25 value at 89c MB in II Hi \ \