The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-03
BALTIMORE AND THE SOUTH.


The Baltimore Sun is calling the at
tention of the business men of Balti-
more to the fact that the bulk of their
business comes from the South. 1t
says:
1.-THE Southern people have even
more at stake in this election than is
invested in the reputation of impe-
rialism and the regulation of the
trusts-all important as these issues
are recognized to be by thoughtful and
patriotic men. If the Republican
party is given a new lease of power
it will cut down the representation of
the South in Congress and in the elec-
toral college. That is the openly
avowed purpose of the Republican
leaders. Can the merchants and man
ufacturers of Baltimore afford to be
identified with such movement? Do
they think they will retain the good
will of the Southern people in the de-
gree in which they now enjoy it if
they give the Republican party the
power to deprive the Southern States
of Congressman and electoral votes?
Do they imagine that they can com
mission the Republican party to strike
the deadliest blow conceivable at the
South's political integrity and hold on
to the favor of the Southern people
in matters of business? If they turn
the South over to the mercies of the
Republican party will they not bring
upon themselves the resentment of the
people of that section? What these
mercies are likely to be none know
better than the people of Maryland.
They know what treatment the South
has had to endure in the past from
the Republican party. Is any better
treatment to be expected in the fu-
ture"
DIR. Thos. J. Boykin, of the Boykin
& GARNER Company, native of Samp-
son county and one of Senator
Vance's most intimate friends, has
long interview in yesterdays Sun, in
which he tells the people of Baltimore
what Republican rule inficts upon
the people of the South, and adds:
sit is this blight of Republcanism
that the people of the South are strug-
Cling against. They had been over
whelmed by cloud of negro postmas-
| ters and negro Federal officials of all
kinds No one who has not lived in
that section can realize what it means.
For that reason they cannot under
stand why the people of Baltimore
should attempt to faSten that black
weight on them and their families.
''If the Republican party wins will
not a new Force bill make its appear
ance?
''There is a great deal of talk about
Southern prosperity under this admin
istration. The South has been pros
porous during the last few years, but
MCKINLEY and his administration have
had no more to do with it than that
bow on the street yonder. For several
wears. until three or four years ago,
immense cotton crops were raised.
We all know that in cotton and in cot
ton manufacture the interests of the
South are bound The great crops,
exceeding the demand, lowered prices
of the raw product to Az and 5R
cents a pound The price of the man
ufactured product still kept up, and
there was, of course, an enormous
profit. You or I, who know nothing
of cotton manufacturing, might have
| taken a few thousand dollars, gone
South. established cotton mills and
made money. Many took advantage
| of conditions and did so. New mills
were established and all made money.
'Recently crops have been shorter.
Last wear only about half a crop was
raised. In consequence the price of
the raw material scared to 10 and II
cents. and the profits of the mills
have been cut accordingly. Did Nc
Kinley have anything to do with this
Weld of the land, which some years
is large and other years is short?
1.-THE great. thing is to retain our
hold on the Southern trade. Other
cities are reaching out for it. Chicago
has already gotten away most OF the
meat business, and other cities the
bulk of the whiskey business. But the
average merchant of the South has
been looking to Baltimore for the most
he has had to buy. He has regarded
| this as Democratic city and felt at
home here. Other cities are trying
hard to get our trade away. They OF
| fer inducements for excursions OF
merchants and secure reduced rates
from railroads. If there is no longer
a sympathetic tie between us and the
South the South will doubtless go
elsewhere.
Gas I said before, all this is depend
emit upon the fact that other things
are equal. The business man is going
where he can do best. but the South
ern business man would rather deal in
Baltimore than elsewhere. But he
cannot have friendly feeling toward a
city that antagoniZes his interests at
home in a political way, and especial
ly if he thinks the business men here
with whom he deals are supporting E
party that has continually Inundated
and antagonized his people"
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