The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-27
Preached by Senator Mclaurin
In New Tc,k
THE COMM eRclAL AoE
He Says Further Industrial De-
ve'opment is the Ruling Cues
ton With All ClvIhzsd
Nations.

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Senator John l.. McLaurin of South
Carolina spoke to the sentiment: The
Monroe doctrine of the Twentieth cen,
tury."
The senator declared that the ruling
question today with all nations, snd
one to which all political questions are
tubordinalod is, What can we do to
further industrial development and OBJ
tain substantial business prospelity7"
Speaking of the PRONUNCIATION by tho
infant republic" of the Monroe dco-
tripe, he said thSt amy other policy
would have wrecked cur govarnment
and been an insurmountable barrier to
our nstionsl growth, prosperity and
progress"
Now that we have become ".he
greatest ext ort nation of tho worl6,"
the mig potentiality on earth
for progress, civilization and humsn
freedom" we can mo longer confiue
our institutions and cur destiny to this
continent, but sre compelled by unoou-
trollable events to seek fraternity with
other nations ard TO reach out for new
channels Of trado.
"The Spanish war was the occasion n,
not The cause. The report Of Dswey's
cannon In Manila bay was but he for
NAL announcement to the world Of
what you Gall on your programme. the
Twentieth century Monroe doctrine
but which l csll the Mckinley doc
trine, and As such it will be known to
future ages
Senator McLsuIin eluoidat, d The Nc
hinley doctrine to be 81 follows:
First, that as our own manifold pro
ducticns largely exceeded homo con
sumption tho expansion of territory,
trade and conner ce was the Only means
of creating markets for cur surplus
products.
Second, that as nation with
firmly established constitutional gov.
ernmens and enlarged national obligs-
tions, We could no longer abstain from
participation in the affairs of the world,
but must take our share Of the rcspoE,
.sibiliiy.
'T6S}hst vtiie msintsioi1g tho
doctrine bat no government on the
American continent must bs interfe-od
with or controlled by any European
power, yet we must cultivate friendly
relations with them Gnd be prepared 10
seek and control cur share Of the trade
of the world.
Fourth, that wo should not and
could not as nation safely shrink
from the full performance of all the re
sponsibillties cast upon us, but must
move forward tc the ful6.lment Of our
national destiny
The pIopcsi ions cmbrac,d in thia
doctrine" said the speaker, will be 10
the Twentieth century what the Mon
roe doctrine was to the Nineteenth
IF, IS q nation, VIC would e. Joy the
commercial fruits we need and desire,
we must, like individusls, make ma
tional ventures and heroic efforts"
Senator McLauTiD declared the prin.
ciples embracedin the Mckinley doc.
trine" to be the only ones which prom.
ise the stability cf thc r-'i~r -rd tte
full Accomplishment ot our uslioUsl
destiny. b . predicted that this doc
tTine is to ba 'our chart aud compass
until we complete another cycle IN pa
tlonal life and another movement To
be made onP ard ard UpSald."
The speaker spoke Of reciprocity
treaties as one Of The features of this
twentieth century Monroe doctrine and
defined the ir principle to be that trade
Is not to be free on one side and ictter-
ed on the other; that goods arc not to
be taken from n foreign country free
of duty or at a Low rate, unless mat
country take somethir from us free Of
duty or at least at a low rate.
What we need in this cozntIy to
day, said the senator, is q non parti-
san patriotism ard statCsmanship, moro
devoted TO the buildipg up Of our com
mon country then TO party success
Great nAtional Issues. involving the
glory of cur republic and its trium.
phAnt success, IS free constitutional
government, should pot be dwsIfed in
to sectional and PARTISAN questions.
Let US stand sbou der to shoulder, good
Americans, 40 matter Wtat cur politics
or what our sec ion."
In conclusion Sera.or MCLauTin
said:
''All siEns that cur modern oiviIiz,-
1ion js approaching enc OF those mo-
mentCus criles that occur period sally
in the history Of ,he human rsce. An
tagobistic elements of fearful force are
at work. 1t seems as if ell Iropheoy
pointed to America as the fusl battle
ground between error and truth, and it
may be that we ere near that field of
ArmmsgeddoD dimly seen by poet and
painter, where tho brute Ga.uTc of man
and his immortal soul should join ID
the great hattie, which the good book
tells us shall pTecede the dawn Of hat
era of peace on earth and good will to
ward men.
Governor elect Albert 3. Cum mirs
Of Iowa followed Senator McLsurin.
Mr.. Cummips tsid there is feeling in
this country that industrial com blna
tions are tending 10 drift toward uo
nopolies. Not WORD could b., said, he
declared, agsiast industrial com bipa-
tiors, but monopoly was quite DIFF
ferent lhing from intustIlsl co. b.Ia-
tiODs. He ssid tboIo sre two force TO
regulate prices-one mleh,iOn sno
the other regulation by law.
II know, said Mr. CUMMING, That
the people Of this country viii not
stand for industrial mOEopoly any more
than they would for monsrcbial form
Of government. II wo w,,h preserve
the manhood Of our oigz8nsmp the
timo will conc whom IL viii be neors
sary to nationslizo tho que tiors wL.ot
are now seit1tiDg the public mind 10
this particular domain
The last speaker Of the evening Yves
the Rev. DR.. DoDo.d Sage Msckay,
who responded to the toast Tho higher
ideal of civic righteousness.