The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-22

Now this potential surplus wealth
exhibit covers period when our China
marke IS have been closed to us and
when the Philippine Islands have taken
LEES than 800 600 of our manufa ,tured
goods, while costing us over 5000, ,000,-
600!
These figures are an object lesson at
the end of decade In which the gov
ernment of the country was shared by
both political parties, and demonstrates
beyond doubt that the growth of busi-
ness and wealth is from natural and in
dustrial causes and not from pap-spoon
politics.
In the midst of this abundance, this
sweep of prosperity, comes a proposal
to break up the Democratic party and
| hand over our political power to our
| pollticai enemies, who have not spared
us in the past and have not even a re-
mote idea of sparing us in the future.
lnterwoven with this deceptive plea
of pap spoon politics, very general i'm
preston is sought to to be created that
the owners OF South Carolina cotton
mills are sll in favor of joining the Re-
publican party-another delusion
There have been quite number of mill
stockholders meetings during the past
few weeks, in none of which, as | am
informed, was any word said on this
subject or any action taken. am in
clined to believe that thoughtless ut.
terance or two, recently made, is the
basis of these hopes in pap spoon Politi-
cal circles. 1t would be very surpris-
ing indeed if South Carolina owners of
cotton mills should voluntarily separate
themselves from their friends and neigh
bOrs to join hostile political party.
Vi course, mills controlled from dis
tance maV insist upon their managers
and employees saying 'me too" but
that IS different affair altogether.
Not only do present conditions warn
us, but the future is full of serious
forebodings--to keep US from political
suicide. Sharply defined issues are In
full view now and will assume larger
proportions In the near future. The
wealth that has accumulated in a few
ambitious hands Is st work creating
colossal combinations; already the iron
aud steel interests have been merged,
the chief railroads from the Atlantic tC
the PacltiJ are in process of consollda.
ton, marine transportation on both the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans will follow,
and rs has been announced, three
men In Nsw York" or some other cen.
tral point will contro! prices Of iron and
steel products and everything else and
the cost of carriage over inland and
ocean routes In these vast capitalize
tions there is 30 to 90 per cent of wha
In financial parlsnoe is called, in Its
primitive state, water" This is al
to be made into solid paying invest
ments by dual pressure, squeezing ou
every possible employee and squecz
into the trust treasures, through heavl
costs and tolls Of carriage, every dolla
that the general public can te made t
, pay. The control of trans. continenta
, railway transportation and the unifca
! lion OF steam freights and passage oil
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, al
moved in unison by single bell il
, New York, creates a suspicion that
canal at the Isthmus will hardly b
thought then necessary. The South
which must largely depend upon tn
opening OF cAnnal there for it's futur
, growth, is, l suppose, to remain in it
past condition of "hewers of wood an
drawers OF water" for this oombinatio
0 OF new wealth creators.
r To decoy or distract the white pee
pie Of South Carolina, whose onl
, uture safety is in union--to endeavo
to divide or mislead the party, who's