Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m FOR PEACE SKNITNE, CHILE AND BRAZIL OFFER GOOD' SERVICES. ^ 0. S. ACCEPTS Three Pan-American Countries Try Bring About Settlement Through the.Elimination ot Huer ta—Government Hopes “for Best CONGRESSMAN LEVER WORKS FOR FARMERS icons. I am content to have each item rest solely upon Its own merit and the character and Importance of the work contemplated under It. . • “Unless I am prepared to shew that every dollar recommended for the work of the Department ot Agri culture will bring' returns to the peo ple in the way of improved and'more profitable methods of agriculture, better living conditions, and a larger food and clothing supply, I am not justified in the recommendations that are contained in this bill. "My stsdy of the economic situa tion in this country, and of the un- Pan-Amefican diplomacy Saturday night made its first attempt to solve the Mexican crisis by peaceful nego tiation. The United States govern ment accepted from Argentine, Brazil and Chile a formal offer to act as intermediaries in the present situa- . tion, but reservedly pointed out that an act of aggression by the military forces, or hostile demonstrations to wards Americans, might upset hopes of immediate peace. Coincidentally with the acceptance of the mediation olfer t ,administration officials announced there would be no. cessation of preparations by the army and navy for future emergen cies, and no orders would be issued to the naval forces at \*era Cruz or the ships at sea, changing original plans. No further steps, however, to secure reparation for the indignities which gave rise to the present sit- ,.jiatiou will be attempted while the 6f- >rt is being made tp bring about a ettlement through diplomacy. —^ Although the offer made by the three South American countries did notyreveal their plans, it was learned that thgy contemplate a broad settle- jnent of 'the—Mexican problem through the elimination of Huerta, upon which the United States has in sisted from the beginning. Notifi cation of the offer of intermediation was sent not only to the diplomatic representatives of Argentine, Brazil and Ciiile in the City of Mexico, but to Gen. Carranza and the Constitu tionalists in northern Mexico. The Brazilian, Argentine and Chi lean envoys transmitted the United States acceptance of their proposal to the Spanish ambassador who imme diately sent it by cable to the Span ish legation at the City of Mexico for presentation to Gen. Huerta. The text of the offer made by the Birazilion ambassador and the minis ters from Argentine and Chile and the reply of the American govern ment transmitted by Secretary Bryan In person to the three diplomats is as follows: | "Mr. Secretary of State: "With the purpose of subserving the interest of peace and civilization In our continent, and with the ut most desire to prevent any further bloodshed, to the prejudice of thp cordiality and union which have al ways surrounded the relations of the governments and the people of Amer ica, we, the plenipotentiaries of Brazil, Argentine and Chile duly authorized hereto, have the honor for the peaceful and friendly settlement of the conflict between the United States and Mexico. "This offer puts In due form the suggestions which we have had occa sion to offer heretofore on this sub to the secretary, to whom we re-* the assurances of our highest most distinguishd consideration ‘D. Da Gama, “R. S. Naon. "Ecuador Saurez. The reply of the president, made through the secretary of state to the diplomatic representative, was as fol low»: The president Is deeply confident of the friendliness, the good feeling and the generous concern for the peace and welfare of America manl fested In the joint not Just received tendlring the good offices of your governments to affect, If possible, settlement of the present between the government of the United States and thos who sister republic of Mexico. Conscious of the purpose with which the prof fer is made, this government does not feel at liberty to decline it. Its chief Interest Is in the peace of America, the cordial intercourse of her reptfblic and our people, and the happiness and prosperity which can spring only out of frank, mutual un derstanding of the friendship which is created by common purpose. The generous offer of your governments U, therefore accepted. “This government hopes most earnestly that roe find those who speak for the soberer elements of the Mexican people willing and ready to discuss permanent settle ment. If you should find them will ing this government will be glad to take up with you for diecnsslon in the frankest and most conciliatory spirit any proposals that may be au- We copy the article below from a recent issue of The Country Gentle man: The moment had arrived for the first gun to be flrhd In defense of the Farmers’ Money Bill. *. The Mouse doors were closed, th& pages ran hither and thither to round up the members, and the clerk- called the roll. There was a quorum present. “The House is in Committee of thp Whole House oil the - State of the Union for the purpose of further con-1 mistakable tendencies clearly appar sideratlon of the bill H. R. 13679,’’lent to students of these conditions, announced the chairman. furnishes the Justification for this The clerk read the bill. A wiry I call your attention-, to certain ten- Results Within Bhflrl sfolttlg man lumped up and was recog- dencies, certain, danger signals that nized. The £ghting representative bill. I ask your Indulgence while I from South Carolina, the man behind bid us stop, look and listen, the Farmers’ Money Bill, had the “In 1880, 70.5 per cent of the pop- floor. ulation of the United States was “Mr. Chairman,’’/ Representative classed as agricultural. In 1910 only Lever began, “at breakfast this morn-153.7 per cent of that population was Ing I happened to overhear a remark so classified. Even these figures are made by one of those two-by-four misleading, for the fact is that only know-it-alls that set me thinking. It 28 per cent of our people actually was this: ‘No class of people in this live upon the farm. The drift of pop- country except the farmer and the ulation from farm to city is unmis- crimlnal can get any money from the takable, and if the tendency contin- Federal government fOr any purpose, ues unchecked the number of people Do you know that there is appropriat- living on the farm fifty years hence ed $50,000,000 a year for the farm- will be negligible in COmptvrison with ers of this country? the total population. “He had a good face, was well “I venture into the field of proph- dressed, and seemed to be a man of ecy to the extent of saying that fifty intelligence, hut his asinine display years hence less than twenty per of Ignqrance, uttered with the arro- cent of our people, unless present gance of apparent information, made tendencies are arrested, will be called me propound to«^nyself the query: ‘It upon to feed and to clothe the re- 1s possible that such gross Ignorance malning eighty per cent. It is a stu- 1s prevalent generally among the peo- pendous task; can they do it? pie with reference to what the Fed- “Why this drift of population from eral governmnt is doing for agrlcul- farm to city? Why are our boys and ture?’ girls leaving the farm, turning their “Mr. Chairman, Instead of expend- backs upon the old homestead, with ing $50,000,000 a year for the agri- its tender memories and hallowed as- culture of this nation, the fact that sociations, to cast thejr -lot among the expenditures of the Department strangers, in our great unsympathetic of Agriculture that go in direct aid cities, where competition is keen and to the farmer, and to him alone, pressing. - “ , amount to only $9,690,000 annually! “They are leaving because the op- “The bill that we are about to con- portunities for intellectual, social slder appropriates in round numbers and financial well-being furnished by $25,000,000, Including permanent ap- the cities are better than can be had propriatlon for the department Is us- in the country; because the educa- ed in its regulatory, police and quar- tional facilities of the city are better antine work, while only thirty-eight than those of the country; because per cent, is used In aid of the great-1 communication in cities Is easier, est occupation of the people of this quicker and batter than it Is In the county. country; because they believe that “In the face of such facts, and withjcity life affords greater remuneration an understanding of what the re- for labor; and'because country life is search'and demonstration work of thought to be monotonous, irksome this department mean to the people and ill-rewarded. ^ of the country, is there one bold “Shall we exert ourselves to check enough to repeat the charge that this this tendency or shall wq stand by committee has been unduly liberal In and permit it to go on until our cities its attitude toward this work? For have become crowded and our rural myself I have no apologies to make; communities deserted? To me the I am prepared to defend every Item in deserted homestead presents the evl- this bill as a wise investment of pub- dence of a tragedy, and is sufficient lie funds. incentive to arouse my utmost en- “The appropriation provided in thuslasm and effort in behalf of the this bill is a mere bagatelle, incon-| betterment of rural conditions, sequential in comparison with our appropriations for other purposes. What will a comparison show? You will appropriate for the support of the army this year $94,000,000 in round numbers. This means that ev that the Committee on Agriculture is ramming It* hands Into the Treasury up to the elbow, drawing oat money for the support of the Department of Agricultuns., .It makes me weary! You could afford. If you could save that $212,000,000 \of annual loAs, to spend $35,000,000 a year building railroads in Alaska or your $140,000,000 a year for your big navy or yoqr $94,000,000 a year for your big army. Again I say It makes me weary, because I feel that the critica of this bill have never studies the facts, or can not distinguish be tween an Investment and an expen diture.*’ A member of the House jumped to his feet and receclved recognition. “t)oe8 not the gentleman believe that in modern civilization we are work ing at cross purposes?’’ he asked. “For illustration, does not the gentle man know that in many large cities we have booster clubs, whose busi ness It is to invite people to come from the country Into town, and then we have philosophers standing round Inviting them to go from the town to the country?” The Farmer to Defend the Nation. “I think these people—the folks who are trying to get the people from the country to the county—ought to MS HjUTML Ul FLETCHER TO RULE VERA CRUZ X TO KEEP DOWN STRIFE. WILL' PUNISH DISORDER MAT SEE REAL WARFARE “I would commend to you the beautiful lines of Goldsmith in The Deserted Village: “111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, to aid in the development and en couragement of the oldest occupation of mankind you are appropriating ten dollars for the maintenance and support of the army.” Looking Into the Future. - ery time you appropriate one dollar | Where weaIth accumulates, and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade— A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country’s pride, You are spending more this year I when onCe destroyed, can never be to maintain this little square of ten | supplied, miles in the District of Columbia than you are appropriatng for the! ‘‘Let us take a look fifty years agriculture of the entire country. You h 16110 ®— a short period in the life of are spending more for the mainten- a nation, less than the span of a hu- ance of the wards of this nation, the m an life—and see what Is before us. Indians, than you are appropriating The population of the United States this year for the encouragement of | dmlng the last census period increas- twenty-one per cent. If that In will very likely appropriate $140,-1 crease continues—and there Is no 000,000, In round numbers, for the rea8 on why It will not continue—the support of the navy this year. > This population of the United States in means that every time a dollar is ex- I960 will be 238,000,000, an increase pended to help the farmers to keep of 159 per cent, their corncrlbs and smokehouses and “Now let us see. In 1910 each to feed the people of this nation you man, woman and child In this country are spending fifteen dollars for your had available ninety-one ponnds of navy. beef. If the ratio of decrease con- “You will spend $180,000,000 for tlnues for fifty years as It has during pensions this year. I shall not con- the past ten years, then each man, tlnue; hut let me call ydur attention | woman and child in the country will tal appruprla-j have available Only slxty-one pounds tions for all purposes for the pres- of beef,or a decrease of thirty-three ent fiscal year amount tb $1,105,- per cent. 000,000, of which amount the paltry “i n i910 # the per capita supply of sum of $9,690,000, or nine-tenths of p 0 rk available was eighty-nine one per cent of the total, goes to the pounds. If the decrease for the next development of the basic business of flf ty years In ports production con the country. Itinues as g^reat as it has been during Is the criticism of this committee I the last ten years, the available per —that it Is over-liberal to the De- capita amount of pork at the end of partment of Agriculture of this coun-1 fifty years will be thirty-four pounds, try—to be continued In the face of I In like manner at the end of flfty such facts? I should life to com-1 years we shall have only three pounds mend to such critics the -facts that I of mutton per capita, the total agricultural capitalization I -Yet gentlemen complain that we of this country Is more than $42,- cany i n this appropriation bill a few 000,000,000. The farmers are pro- hundred thousand dollars to enconr- duclng annually -more than $9,000,- ^ the people of the country to erad- 000,0h0. icate disease from meat-producing “But I do not ask that the appro-1 to encourage sections of prlatldn recommended In this bill this country that are not producing shall stand upon Invidious compar-jb^f and pork and mutton to go Into the production of th be put Into an Insane asylum," snap ped back the South Carolinian. ^ “I never heard of a boosters’ club in any city,” volunteered another member, “except, perhaps, to boost the idle of unemployed population that we have in the city into the country, and make them earn their living on the farm, where they are needed.” "What is the gentleman’s town?” an Ohio member asked. “It is a little town on the Hudson River called New York,” answered the other. “Perhaps the gentleman' from Cincinnati has heard of it.’* “Let me proceed,” begged Mr. Iieverr ”1 want - to ask ttKiBh~'wW may complain about this bill and about what the Federal governmen is doing for the farmer, If they have ever stopped to consider the other side of the question, what the farmer Is doing for this government. “Has that proposition ever occur red to these gentlemen? I want to say that the perpetuation of repre sentative government, the contin uance of our present system, depends more upon the prosperity, happiness, wealth, education, conservatism and patriotism of the American farmer than upon any other factor. “In the past he has been the na tion’s defense. In the future he must be the bulwark to protect it against the unrest and the anarchy of your great city centers. I stood in the gentleman’s home city one morning, and looking across Madison Square I saw hundreds and hundreds of people who had spent the night in the open, some of them lying* on the rustic benches, some underneath with nothing hut an evening newspaper for a pillow. And I said to myself that if the red flag of anarchy ever goes up In this country It will go up from the Idle classes of our great cities; that If this nation Is to be preserved, If, our flag Is still to float In majesty, It will have to be preserved and kept floating by the hoys and girls and the men and the women hack down in the hills and in the valelys of South Carolina and on the farms throughout the length and breadth of this great land of ours.” In congress they are still talking about the speech made by the South Carolina representative who defended th Farmers’ Money Bill. Senators came across to the House to hear him make It. It #as a great speech, backed by the most formidable array of facts and figures imaginable. The committee has pledged itself to fight to the last ditch for every cent contained in the hill. Let us leave It, then, In the hands of its defenders In the House and lu the Senate, and later see how well It stood the fray and in what condition It was when it went to the president. Admiral Says There Shall Be No More Quibbling About Government —Order That All Arms be Given Up Results in Surrender of Stacks of Rifles. Vera Cruz Sunday was under mar tial law. Rear Admiral F. F. Fletch er, commanding the American naval forces on shore, Sunday Issued a proclamation to this effect, and the last opportunity Mexicans had for handling their own affairs In Vera Cruz under their own laws disap peared. Admiral Fletcher and his staff de termined there should be no more quibbling with the Mexican officials regarding form of government and until further notice residents of this port will Jive and be Judged by mili tary law. The word has gone forth that disorder and unrullness In any form shall receive swift and severe punishment. This proclamation makes Rear "Admiral Fletcher absolute rul er ashore. . ' > It Is believed martial law will open the way for more of the city and fed eral employees to return and co-op erate in restoring the local govern ment functions. Mexicans point out that these men now will be in c h posi- VOLITNTEER BILL REMis.ES OLD OBSTACLES IN THE LAW. . •. ' _ J Umler Measure Recently Paused Free Went is Empowered to Appoint A1 Officers. There is a chance for volunteer troops who want war to soon see thu real thing. Defects in the old law for raising a volunteer force in tima of actual or threatened war are bu* Ueved to have been eliminated by the bill just passed by the Senate. Tba bill, which had already passed the House, was passed by the Senate with several committee amendments. It is specially provided that the volunteers shall be mustered out ns soon as practicable after the presi dent shall have Issued his proclama tion announcing the termination of the war, or the passing of the emer gency or Imminence tit war. Hereto*--- fore there was no provision as to 'who should decide when the services of the volunteers were no longer needed, although th maximum term of enlistment was set at two years. The president is authorized to ap point all the officers of the volunteer forces Instead of having the regi mental and company officers appoint ed by the governors ot the States and territories. The measure provides for the additional officers necessary for efficient recruitment of all arms, corps, and departments; depots tor the enlistment and training of r»- cruits are to be established and trans fers of disabled officers and men he made to these depots from organiza tion to explain to their friends and «on» In the field Inwrchange for ablw bodied officers and men from the de- the existing, government at the capi tal that under martial law, they felt obliged to return to their work. pots. In this way, the organizations la An order that all arms be turned A® 1 * ”® T b ® k ® pt fa " ° f bodied fighting troops, while at tha same time the service of partly dis- shal^us^els of emVll arms and” stacks I a ) bied l m ? n ^ * lo,t ', of rifles. The city was quiet Satur- B ' on ‘f, *5° “ ad ® for tb# •“«**“•* ‘ day night, and if there was a sniper ? f retired officers and enUsted men in action the fact was not reported fo ' duty R*W»« o tha to division headquarter.. Many Mex- ™^**/orcea “ nd ®L?? b 11 lean official, have reported their will- pro ? & “ a loa of tha ^toh Ingness to resume their duties of of- ,bal ! atate th " num ** r ** flee under Americans. the supervision of the sired for each arm, corps and ,dw» orltatively r.UUJ.U.llRlnil. m will set ef nggTesslon "Oirtlie pttt of ope that they may prove feasible d prophetic of a new day of mutual partment, within such limits ns may be fixed by law. The efforts of Rear Admiral Fletch- 8om# interesting figures were pi* er, supplemented by those of the Brit- Lented in n letter from the war do- ish commander. Rear Admiral 81r part t Th ese figures show that Christopher Craddock, and the 5 urlnr the five principal wan la French and German consuls and pri- W h!ch t he United States has been en- vate citizens, to bring about the de- L aged of t ho total nt_ parture from the interior of all for- L nroll#d 7 6 per were furnl_ signers who wish to leave, are being L, by t he regular army, «».7 per continued energetically, but the hope cen t. wqre volunteers, and 22.$ per of getting out more than a small part cent . were ml i ma , ranger, and emer- of those left Is diminishing hourly. Federal Gen. Maas has established gency men. ISSUES PROCLAMATION. Fletcher Informs Ve Ores That his headquarters at Soledad, 16 miles from Vera Cruz, and his men are tearing up the railroad tracks. The gap between Tejera, the water sup ply station, which is guarded by the Americans, and Soledad, has grown, and It is no simple task for refugees. . to get themselves and their belong- Var * Cru * by v Am * r ca ? , o al “ 0 ® ^ war between the United States and There Will be no Interfarenoe. The first proclamation Issued in ings across the open space. Lieut. Frank J. Fletcher of the Mexico ended in 1848, was posted In v v. ... . . u #l Spanish Thursday and read with in- battleship Florida, is In charge of t6re8t by the MexIc|in lnbab i UnU . the train which Is being run from Vera Cruz to the break In the road and on every outgoing trip the train The proclamation of Rear Admiral Fletcher was addressed to the “Peo ple of Vera Crns” and reads: “The carries a-small detachment of armed naTal forcM of the Unlt0d 8ute- ^ men in addition to a machine gun. The train has been within sight, at various times, of outposts or scout ing parties of Gen. Maas' forces, but so far there has been no hostile act. No Inltlmatlon has been received that Huerta proposes to release the Americans, some of the women and children, held at Cordeba, Orizaba, Pachuca, Aguas C&llentes and other places. Former railway men, Amerl- are under my command have occu pied temporarily tha city of Vera Cruwjto supervise the public admin istration on account of the disturbed conditions which at present prevail in Mexico. “AH employee* of the muneiplallty of this port ire Invited to con tin ns in the discharge of their offices ed they have done op to the present. The military authorities will not cans and a few Mexicans, including | lntenrene ln c1t11 and adm tnl»trntlve affairs so long as good order and peace In the town are not Impaired. All peaceful eltlxens may conll- some of the officers of the National Railway system, who were discharg ed by Gen. Huerta, have offered their services to Rear Admiral Fletcher for dently ln u^,. ^usl occu- any use he may see fit to make them. pa tj onB> certain that they will be pro- OONTINUES PREPARATIONS. A communication has been sent to| tecte< j /"Lavi o a a «salr4n<w 4a *VAs»«mf+ I United States War Department Does Not Delay for Mediation. Expecting that Huerta will repect mediation proposals, the war depart ment is proceeding with preparations for war. Orders were Issued Sunday nlfcbt to the Watervlelt arsenal, the Frankfort arsenal and the Rock Is land, Illi, arsenal to prepare ammuni tion and to begin the construction of field artillery with aU possible dis patch. The government has only 600 field guns. There is necessary to complete the artillery equlpemeut for the army for what la proposed to be put in the field 700 more guns. The account ing of stock shows that the 600 guns on hand have a supply of ammunition and shells for about 700 more. Tha government will also purchase pow der to be sent to the arsenals for the manufacture of shells. Gen. Maas, asking him to permit the | operation of trains from the Isthmian I "The commander signing gives ae- ,t there irill Vs no inter ference with the civil authorities, ex cept cases of absolute necessity and road for a brief time, that Mexicans who desire to reach that part of the I gT f ldad alwaye by the ohservaiica of country shall have the opportunity I tb6 law order< » to do so, and that Americans Iso- "The taxes due and the use of them will ocntlnue being mad* In th* same _ . , .form as up to the present time end 5 in conformity with law.” lated In that district may be gotten out of one hundred telegrams a day ask ing for Information of American resi dents. Consul Canada has created a special bureau to make such inves tigations and to answer telegrams. who control th* military forces of critlcismt Mexico might oblige the United j' “We appropriate. nometMag Rtatoa-te net -to the Tfroettlntr of' : thg'j ffJti.dOfi for"TKs eradication of dis ks. —“This government feels bound -hr candor to say that its diplomatic re lations with Mexico being for the present severed, it is not possible for It to make sure of an uninterrupted opportunity to carry out the plan of . Intermediation which you propose. I is, of course, possible that poms of hopes of immediate peace, but this]ease frem animals. Tliueni th* dues not Justify us In hesitating to rrom animals diseases In this ooun- try, as estimated by the Agricultural Department, annually amounts .$9 $212,860,000. “Two hundred and twelve minion dollars a year lost from diseases In the meat-producing animals ot this country, and yet gentlemen accept your generous suggestion. We shell hope for the best results within a brief time, enouh to. relieve our anxiety lest most lU-constdered'hoe- til demonstrations should Interpret negotiation and disappoint one hopes Pistol Hunt fas Greenwood. - The officials of Greenwood county Inaugurated a pistol hunt In th* see- 4 . . . tlon around Ware Shoals Sunday and Both the navy and state depart- Lj lbteen pigtols were found end taken menu «e eager for official new. add ^ n#groa#> ^ ^ 01niar , M * the fleet and the consular office have been bombarded with orders for min ute details. This official informa tion, added to the mass of private messages 1 ah<F the enormous volume JalL •v: Find Dead Maa on Engine. A train hit a wagon In Greenfield, next eUftlon, many miles distant, the body of a dead man ./as found sitting on th* cowcatcher. 1 ♦ . .a - Burgtes Get $1,500. Burglars early Saturday dynamit ed the hank as Oass, Ark,, and escap ed with tl.S00. The vault fixtures Governor Aide Negro. Gov. Blease Saturday commuted more newspaper correspondents, has I the death of Hsiut Jo resulted In *0 clogging the three * ne *™‘ w *° ™ ld haTa cables to the outride world that Its I cat * d ’ aar 1 ", . If 1 A-| u ansmtPrtohV ffiaayr wfOT many the p * W4c word * of 1)01 hours* delay, is very nearly impoe-l 17 ’ / stble. Twenty more corespondents Cuts o* Primus Seel, belonging ve Food. it*** th* transports. HR The food supply problem must be train crew, mad* a mlestap and ht* relieved soon, and plans are making I hk foot c ®t off to open the Alvaredo railroad, a short} W* train was shifting In Une running south Info tha garden [ri 1 *. and poultry district _ V . Send us your subscription for Qkto paper. We publish all the while It Is nm Bene, Okie,, has