The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-03
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Under the above question The HcTI4fessA
and News published a short editorial
in its issue Of June II. Since that time
every issue Of the Cotton Plant that we
have seen contains boastful challenge,
as it were, to The Herald and News to
discussion of the sub-treasury plan.
In order to remind the Cotton Plant
Of what we wanted we quote again the
editorial paragraph in question, which
it will be seen was comment upon
criticism OF the Cotton Plant:
at is pitifuI exhibition Of obtuse-
ness or perverseness to hold that the
sub-;reasury demand is demand
merely for the benefit Of the farmer. 1t
is Infinitely broader in its scope. 1t
aims to establish a flexible currency
that will relieve every class from the
ill-effect Of alternating tight and
flush terms il money circles"
ton Plant.
"Will the Cotton Plant tell US in a
short, clear, succinct and plain state
mant of just how the sub-treasury IS to
be benefit to the farmer. We have
never been able to see how the scheme
would benefit the farmer. \ good
many Of the farmers of Newberry have
stored their cotton in Alliance ware
houses and by so doing, have lost from
six to ten dollars bale, exclusive OF
the cost of storage. If the Cotton
Plant will favor The Herald and News
with such answer to our inquiry as in
dicated we will be greatly obliged.
Don't give us any 'glittering generall-
ties but deal in plain language. 1t IS
incumbent on those who press this
measure to show affirma'ively where
it will benefit the people and also that
it is constitutional. The burden OF
proof is on the advocates of the meas
ure. It isno argument at all to say to
those who do not advocate the measure
that they are obtuse, or narrow or per-
verse;"
Now if the Cotton Plant has ever an
swered the inquiry and given the state
ment desired we have failed to see 1t.
The Herald and News has been want
ing information and we made the in
quiry in good faith. We do not pre-
attend to any gret amounto of learning on
the financial questions that are being
discussed end hence we went to the
Cotton Plant for plain and simple
statement of how this measure was to
benefit the farmer in its practical oper-
ations. For answer to that we have
been waiting.
Certainly the people Of this country
are not going to take abuse for argu-
ment. The editors and newspapers
and men who are being abused as enc
mics TO the farmers are about as ptri-
otic and unselfsh, to say the least, as
their maligners. Surely it is not sup
posed that a great economic question
can be settled by abusing those who
question its wisdom. Surely we have
not come to that state Of affairs IN this
State when man or newspaper can
not question the wisdom of a measure
that affects the whole people without
being howled down by every cross
roads stump speaker as an enemy to
the farmer and tool of the monopc-
list.
The Herald and News is willing and
ready anG anxious to advocate any
measure that will benefit the farmers
and the matter of class legislation does
not stand il the way. But the ques-
with US is, will it benefit the farmer.
The trouble is, however, that nearly
all these big orators are hunting soft
places for themselves and they have
taken advantage of circumstances and
are trying to ride into office by abus-
ing other people because they think it
is popular.
If the plan has merit let it be pressed
for adoption on IFS merits and the peo-
pie will see them.