Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-08-28
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to establish It. There are sixty-si,
million Of people in the United
States, and we haven't got q majorit,
of them inJthe South. The ware
house system. Of course, could only
be established whore q majority 8
the people would be in favor Of it
and where q minority are to be bene
flied at the expense of the majority
it is simply out Of the question tx
assume that the majority would BIZ
in favor Of it. Probably one-thirG
of the counties insthe United States
would be entitled to warehouses
under the provisions of this bill
Tho other two.thirds do not sell the
required 100000 worth Of produce
Now what we are after is to per.
suade the two-thirds OF The counties
which arc too poor, that they should
be willing to pay a tax for the bcnc.
fit of the other third that is alread,
better off. You can sec how much
prospect OF success there is in this
The great principle of Democracy
is, "equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" Suppose you
go to q man and toll him: "We arc
going to have a warehouse in ou,i
county, but you can't have one in
yours, because it is too poor. But
then you have to pay a tax to build
and maintain ours" You could
hardly expect him to Le willing tc
submit to any such proposition.
But suppose we had the warehouse
already established, Tho prospects
still do not look any brighter. In
fact, the difficulties seem to multi.
ply. We all want to get along with
just as little labor as possible, and
whom we think we have conceived q
scheme by which We make our lot
castor, VIC arc not willing to let it 60
The warehouse glitter reminds me Of
tho time when I was n boy. l used
to be q farmer boy, and once ]
thought 1 had struck on a happy
scheme for raising potatoes. Iwould
plant them on a steep hillside, an6
when the time came to dig them, ]
would just open the row and lei
them rot down into the basket
We'll, the scheme would not work
and there arc some things about this
su~b-trcasury scheme that would not
work any better. The government
could not take cotton in the ware.
house unless it was free from lien
You may get the merchant to &c
there with you and make tho deposit
secure, but what benefit could be
derived from borrowing money from
the government to turn over into the
merchants hand. And suppose you,
cotton is free from lien. You know
there is no use in havinga warehouse
unless it is going to benefit some.
body, and somebody at that who is
entitled to the benefit. There are in
York county some farmers who raise
100 bales of cotton, some who raise
200, and still others who raise onl,
10. We'll, the man who raises 20t
bales is able to take care of himself
and does not need the benefits from
the warehouse, but he gets Just
twenty times as much benefit as the
man who raises ten bales, and az
each pays taxes Oh what they buy
not what they are worth, the small
farmer pays a much larger proper
tionate per cent of the warehouse
expenses. Again, not only the farm.
ers, but everybody who has cotton
whether he raises it or not, has tho
right to deposit it in the warehouses
and the rich cotton factors Of Wilm,
ington and Charleston who buy an6
handle more cotton than is raised ir
York county, would not ask for {
softer snap than to put their hun.
drcds and thousands of bales into
government warehouses, free from
insurance and storage, and still have
the use of eighty per cont of tho
price at only II per cent. They
could thus be enabled to control the
market and fix the prices with fal
less trouble than they do now. OF
course, | do not object to q man max.
ing all the money he can, but T don't
want him to make it ut the public
expense. If he does, it comes out
of your pocket and mine.
You must remember that these
warehouses cannot he built without
expense. They have to be bull,
with money, and it is you who have
to furnish it. When the government
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