The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-12

Gucers, G,rc colcz.~ed, the prop4Sea
! tariff on coitoy c02ld noS benefit. you
ad2l.r eyet. tui2g / have contaadeG
! fer Tnta VIZ !iGd fauit With ICE
a4G indulge ii iDcoosi1era;e railing!
Eig p1=:tlc1. IS. stand 10 prtcci oIes
gaas &c urofesS TO believe right.
AIethcr TIE OeneGts are coming SoutG
| cr not " You say. in eli. c.. ''t1is p:o
poss0 tariff on cotton is ~rorg i prin-
cjpla, out Il il tends 10 briGG benefit
SCI / ~ill aG02G IL
II 5SseDca your &Cc5nice sstS 10 tie
dJl-ar Standard IS ,Ia SUo:em3 coz
sio-ca,iGn il eG;i.i22l ccEGucs a.
! 7oIonl yOuc doctrine ca tals point Is
tGa :!octrice CT HE cid rspc25aia, Vho
said: Get money, r12 Soo, Sc estly
II yau can, but set Glonsy y
The anthinkinG aud the sora!,: rsv
iollow you for tine, uG.it tLe> real
Il, as t!:c.F sure y viii, IGa5 < ou. pro
PCS c Tariff lax is 5 Gelus:on, gu 0oG
-eop!5 every wtere will va!G4 pri,.ci
! pie shove purse Or po(icy &s rule of
conduct in public men. and you can
cot L. Pc &c escape responsibility for
the doctrine you teach.
The import tax on WHEAT and corn
is deat with in my published article
did you really read it2
II th5y prGve ANYTHING, they prove
| IL tkei- practical cpe!s;ioa ths correct
ness af ny proPositior-thatan an imGort
tax cannot nelp tae price to producers
Of al export crop. Tn= statistics show
thSt in spite Of the import dusy on
wheat ana cora, aud i: s.>i.e t2o, of
decreased production ol boLh, tie pr!ce
to tae producers OF each slead:>y de
clined af.er tle tax was placed.
As one OF the few farmers IL Con-
greSs | hare sought to view this Q1as-
! ;ion jroal the standpoint OF the far-n
ar-1he producer OF short staple cotton.
| know by experience the struggle oi
tbs short staple grower. All baYeis
invested il growing staple cotton. |
aave given the subject the closest
study OF wn;ca an capable from al
asgects. ! believe have gotten al
Lhe bottom facts, and can see moth
/; Ing for the producer Of shor: staple IN
.ne proposed TAX. hsTe SET torta
My findings in ry published arga,
mert. AID al ! asH OF my brother
| farmers is what I asked OF or, care
ful reading do ncs visn TO force
any mans judgment. l believe my
fellow producers OF shorS staple cot
ton will give ne hearing, and be-
iieve they will pause before commit
ting themselves to 4 proposition whose
aGvGca;es admit to be TcGng IN prln-
cple and inca apable OF beoeiting tbs
short staple producer.
1 offered j. ny argument tie only
method by which the protective idea
could be made effective to tne pro
ducar OF TIC short staple. You fight
shy Of that in your reply. You sd
Mi The proposed iuap,rt tax ca coz
ton cannot hei p the short sta2ie pro
ducsr, ard yet when suggested the
oaly method By wnich, upon the same
principle, you could help Is. short sta-
pie growers, you are dumb. d. you
favor bounty on shcrt staple co!tonf
And, il OF short staple cotton, &re
you willing.to extend it SO SIS 10 in
clude ell the other export crops2 And
if so, you should poiEt out how the
county is to be paid, aud how it is
to reach me producer With certainty.
It. IS not sufficient for a s-atcsrn2n-to to
deal with the what; be must also point
out the how. Your uudiscrlmineting
sreec a. conventioEality and lapda
ion cf innovation are both irrational.
Il is wise to respect cnnyecti0rali.y
when it is based on principle. i2no-
vation for mere s. ke Of innovation,
without principle o&cg Of it Or ceGeEs
oefore 1t. is foolish.
Your fzht about none OF US intro-
docicg sub-treasury bills, etc, | arsweT
50 sar as il applies to me- l stand by
sll our demands, out l never do any
thing for buncombs merely, ard no
one VINO knows the situation believes
:or 9 moment that any such messurs
could receive consideration even in
c5n nittee, as the House was orgariz
ed II the last Congress and domiraJ-
I'd ia the present one. Thea why cen
sure us for not doing futile thing?
Alter long aud p&instakiug efort
people from all parties who think
anke ca our 6naociai demand have
gotten t0getper Ihey would &c wide
ly apart OF the su treasury anc other
demands. Our effort is to cennsnt to
geiher the forces we have, ard acd to
them Do you think this can oe do4e
by d;verting attention to demands
that they would feel compeIed to
fight US CA
But il is rig ht for the people to watch
their Representatives. I do net com
plain at your watching US, and s.im0,
latiD@ Us to greater activity along
Alliance lines. OF course when you
come to Congress you will expec: the
sans treatment.
II were not fearful OF arousine
your resentment again by reference 10
splitting tie party OF iuancia reform,
I would suggest that .ae only ground
up5n which an Ailiarce man or Dem
ccrat could offer such proposition
as the tariff on cotton would be as
matter of party strategy, to show up
the insinceritv Of the Republican Pro
tectionists. But, SIS understand y&u,
you not ouly Offer it, but would &C.
tually support and vote for it.
This reply bas been delayed by
sickness, in addition to the delay "a
tending receipt CT your publication.
Very truly yours,
J. VIM. STOKES.
Washington, D. G., Aay5 1897.
Note.-I trust that papers publish
log the letter Of Capt. Bradham will
also publish this.
Killed By Grain.