The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-14
SENATOR BUTLER
AT FAYETTEVILLE
he Speaks at The Cumberland
County Fair to a Large
Crowd.
And Presents Some facs and Statistics es a. Insrsstsas
Charse,er-Ths 0d Mason ssd Di,sa's Lice Be.ss
Wiped oui--Bus New One Beiss Formed By The
Folly Of The People.

Wiped Oui-But New One Beins Formed Bv The
Folly Of The People.
Special 10 The Caucasian.
FAYETTEVILLE, \. c., Nov. s, '95-
The Cumberland county fair which
has been running continuously every
year since the war, is holding its an
nual exhibit this week.
Senator Marion Butler was the ora
tor Tor Thursday. He arrived Wednes-
day evening, from Washington, and
was met at the depot by large COM
mlttee Of citizens and escorted to he
hotel by Mayor Cooke, President Wat
son and Secretary Lawrence.
a big crowd was present at the fair
grounds to hear him on Thursday. He
was introduced by Judge Buxton. lie
spoke only 10 minutes, but his speech
was bristling with strong points. He
said that no people could advance in
prosperity or maintain their liberties
unless they were educated as well as
those around them or those with or
against whom they had to battle in
the struggle Of life. This applies
equally 10 nations as to individuals.
lie then called attention to the fact
That the people OF New England had
ten month public schools, while we of
the South had only about three month
schools each year. But we are doing
nearly all We can for schools. In fact
we are paying as much tax on each
dollars worth of property now for
schools as the people Of NV England
are. We are doing more, in that we
have to try to educate two races and
have two teachers and two school
houses iii every school district.
New England has in round numbers
100000 people and $4,000, 600 worth
of property on the tax list. We have
in the South 100000 people, but our
property is worth less than the prop
erty Of the four million people in the
six New England States. We have
four times the people and less prop
erty. We tax ourselves as much as
they do, and yet we have only one
dollar for schools where they have
four for the same number of children.
There is but one way to avert or over
| come the fate that awaits us and that
10 W hithc Juc FDOutu lIOTt porous.
or the many means to this end, !
will mention two, the most important
viz:
|. Let the South manufacture every
pound of her cotton in sight of the
very fields where it is growing. Not
only cotton, but all of our raw mate
| rails. At Atlanta and Chicago | saw
| the raw materials of this State on ex-
hi III h< Il l..
that the world produces. | was proud
of them. But what folly in us to let
the remainder of the world grow rich
| by manufacturing these raw materials
while we grow poorer!
We need a thousand small enter
| prises-every town in the State should
have at least one manufacturing enter
prise. Commence in small way as
our Yankee neighbOrs do and let the
business grow. 1t does not take much
capital. Our greatest trouble is, IRE
dOnt knO" hOT! We educate (?) our
boys and they get positions as clerks
and sell five-cent calico.
,. No country or section that pro.
duces raw materials can ever prosper
with small or contracting volume OF
money. We are now suffering from a
money famine. Prices are low and
the wheels of industry are clogged
We are making the produce for the
world. but we are starving at it. II
the remainder of the world did not get
these products they would starve. We
do the work, we make the stuff, but
they grow rich. We are suffering
with dry rot. This will never change
till we make the yardstick that meas.
| no cold 1Sti Il
is too short. 1t is just long enough
for the gambler and the miser. w.
need more real dollars. You may
have as much token money or banl
notes in circulation as you please, bu
they do not help prices. Prices art
controlled by the number of full lega
tender dollars. If we will adopt thes'
two remedies our Southland will sOOl
be prosperous and our school term
will be ten months long each yea
without increasing the rate of taxa
ton.
Senator Butler in his closing remark
said that the old sectional Mason an,
DixOn's line between the North ant
the South was happily fading away
but that unfortunately there wa
growing up new Mason and Dixon
line between nearly every town AM
the adjacent country. He said tina
both sides were to blame for this an
called on both sides to stop such folly
He said that the town and cOuntr
should join hands to solve these grav
, problems and work out common
prosperity for common country.
Every word of Senator Butler
speech was listened to with the closes
4 attention. The crowd grew large
{ and more attentive the longer b
spoke. The applause was frequent an
loud. The speech will do great gOO'
The citizens of Fayetteville treate
him royalty while he was their CUES
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