Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-21

Senior Senator's Union Threat II
Growing IntereHting.


Growing Interesting.
It is not worth while getting excited
over Senator Tillman's alleged "dia-
bolical threat" to mill men. He merely,
in his usual Incorporate way, gave ut
terance to a plain truth; warning
that The State sounded as long ago as
last winter. The situation Is simply
this, If mill owners desire conciliatory
treatment from the Democratic State
government they should not attempt to
vote their employees for Republican
candidates and politics. That sort Of
thing does not go in politics-and
that's all there is to it.-Columbia
State, Thursday morning.
The State Is an apt pupil in Tillman's
school. 1t was always somewhat akin
in spirit to that great buffer, so finds
his lessons easy to learn. 1t endorses
Tillman's threat against the owners of
the mills which have achieved such a
revolution Of Industrial conditions in
this state, and started an era of pros
perity which all are enjoying. In fact,
it files notice that 1t first made the
threat and Is, therefore. entitled to
prior credit. They are welcome to all
the credit they can get for such an
archistic utterances. Business men Of
South Carolina who wish to see the
state forge ahead and who realize how
much the cotton mills have done for
her development, should not fail to give
Tillman and The State full credit for
their willingness to ruin the cotton mill
industry If the men who have their
money invested in it do not meekly
and humbly accept the political doc
trines taught by them. By all means
let them have credit, and reward them
accordingly.-Columbia Record, Thurs
day afternoon.
An attempt to make people believe
that The State Is hostile to the cotton
mills of South Carolina is too ridicu-
lous to fool anybody. The State has
something Of record on that NATTER
Columbia State, Friday morning.
Senator Tillman is the champion agi-
tator. He can tear passions to tatters
or make artful appeals to passion and
prejudice. But while there Is cheerful
concession Of his pre-eminent ability
In this direction, 1t does not imply ad-
mission Of his power to make good his
threat, though that threat be endorsed
by The State, OF visiting every cotton
mill village and putting the devil into
the employees and Of securing legisla-
ton adverse to the mill owners, If they
do not surrender their political princi-
Piles. and those things Tillman and The
State want done and leave undone
those things opposed by that anarch-
istic plan, is to say the operatives are
fools, and this The Record knows Is
untrue. The majority Of them are ma
tive South Carolinians who have moved
from the farm to the factory village
because it is more profitable to work in
the factory than to cultivate small
farm. They are natives and they love
their state. AS a rule they have an
abundance Of common sense, and are
fairly we'll educated. They know their
interests are entwined with those Of
the owners of the mills in which they
work, and what hurts the one will
equally hurt the other. So, If Tillman
should seek to make good his threat,
he would find himself foredoomed to
failure. The factory operatives are not
going to be melted by him to hatred
Of their employers. AS to his other
threat, If ever South Carolina Is cursed
with a legislature containing enough
servile fools to carry it out, it will be
an evil day for the state. The growth
Of the cotton mill industry within her
borders will be checked, and its pros
perity lessened. Too much legislation
of that character in northern states
had muck to do with putting northern
capital in southern mills, and If South
Carolina copies that legislation to ena-
BILE Ben Tillman to carry out his rule
or ruin policy, South Carolina will not
long continue to lead the south in cot
ton milling.-.Columbia Record, August