The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-11-21
COTTON MEN MEET.
Gathering Of Manufacturers in City
CT Atlanta.
SENATOR M'LAURlN MAKES SPEECH
At EuEquet, In Which He Advo-
Gates Some Measures of EconoRIic
Leg. station.

Atlanta, Specialize SOutneTn Sot-
ton SpinnerS' Association met IN an
nual convention here Thursday. This
is the fifth yearly gathering CT the az
sociation and the attendance vas large,
many people from New York, Pennsyl-
yania and the New England States IN
scribiIg their names on the register. A
business session was held IN tnc morn
ing, and the afternoon was given over
to sightseeing. the delegates being The
guests CT the Southern Railway Oh 4
trip around Atlanta. II the morning.
DR.. J. II. McAden, president Of the as
sociaticn. delivered his annual address.
He recommended declaration by thu
spinrers in favor OF a merchant marine
'.uncn 4 basis that will give ell Amer
lean citizens an equal chance, prevent
favori;iem to cnt-cnchment interests
aad recognize the producing classes IN
the reduction CT freight rates He
also favored the building and co2stg-e-
ton, as soon as possible, OF the 18TH
miandanal. On reciprocity, DR.. Nc
Aden' said: The immense balance OF
trade in cur favor creatss the necessity
of our finding q market for our surplus
products. We should do all that we
can to advance both the letter and the
spirit Of reciprocity. We especially
desire closer commercial relations
with South America and the Orient"
At smoker" in the Kimball Hc;lse
at night, Hokc Smith spoke on "pevel.
opment OF Our Home Talent and
United States Senator John l.. McLau-
rim on Extension of Oar Boreign
Trade" Senator McLaurin said:
1--WE are at the dawning of new day
Of progress in the history OF the
world. A better era is fast approaching
when all peoples will have mcre
perfect understanding Of the brother
hood of man and the intar-d2pendence
Of nations. For two thousand years
the policies of the world have beea con-
Quoted upon the inhuman idea OF she'd
ding blood. This hes served a I3etIl
purpose il the civilization Of mankind,
awful as II - contemplate; but that
purpose has now been accon
Until VrIy .s~~-.Iy ...:Eercc WAS not
deemed a proper subject for govern.
mental consideration. There : Nc
direct department CT commerce in any
government except that OF Germany.
The moving considerations prompting
the settlement OF :-Ie Chinese trouGlS
are commercial. The time will com@
when the best minds Of every country
will be called upon to adjust the conf
plicatcd questions OF foreign trade aid
the consular officers at the leading
ports OF commerce will equal in imPor-
tancc the diplomatic ambassadors.
In connection with the extension of
~, froJ Scp1tnf
McLaurin advocated an American mar.
chant marine. Our weakness upon the
sea is the one great danger that con
fronts the nation" said the Senator.
"If ships could be built In the United
States as cheaply and operated under
our flag as cheaply as they are under
other flags, it would be unnecessary
for our government to do more than tc
offset the subsidies, bouhties, naval re.
serve Ietaincrs and other methods
with which foreign governments at
tract capital into merchant ships built
and managad'by their own people. We
must not imagine that America is de-
pendent upon national legislation in
order TO make ship-owning pay. We
have ample evidence of large American
investments in foreign built ships.
manned and operated by Foreigners il
our foreign trade. However much OF
people may have invested in foreign
ships. they are unavailable under the
international law when at war as navel
auXiliarieS. Another thing we should
remember. These very ships ana tne
men employed on board Of them. may
be turned against the United States in
the event of cur becoming involved in
war with the nation whose flag they
fly.
THE object Of extending government
aid to the upbuilding of our merchant
marine is to secure adequate protection
for the nation upon the sea. and the
mere fact that the investment has been
made attractive to American capital i:
an incident Of the transaction
1--WE do not want to see the isthmian
canal become. merely a foreign high
way Of commerce" said the. Senator.
"Wc do not want our millions exp2rd.
ed merely to become a bounty to for
eign shipping. 1t should be an Amer.
lean highway. and we should so devel.
op our mercantile marine that with tbs
opening Of this great canal our Own
| flag shall preiominate at the -las'
head Of a majority Of the ships that il
accomm odatcs. The South will be the
immediate beneficiary OF: that great
waterway when It is constructed.