The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-29

| SS' WISH lldu Ilmo 10 reCOu1
TO the people what the rice schedul,
which L got into that bill, has done fc
inc rice planters On the coasts Of Sout
Caroina, the waste places it has re
ueemed, the thousands of dollars it ha
Drought into this State. What the dut
on pl"o has done for the lumber inter
ests, which were being sacrificed to tb
white pine imported free of duty fror
Canada. The Moth, which is almus
pare or timber, instead of gong [,
canada, has been forced To 90 South
ana lhat has put thousands of dollar
into this state. There Is no tcllin,
what an arrangement of the schedul,
on cotton goods SO as t. prevent dis
elimination against course fabrics. ba,
meant TO the cotton mills of the South
This is not the place to explain wha,
Ihe retention of the home market
means when II manufacturer seeks q
| foreign outlet. | will refer, however.
10 the duty on raw cotton, which [ adj
Vocated at the tune. Cotton, corn and
"heat are our great exports. Now I
want TO ask any man of reason, why il
Is that duty of twenty-five cents per
eushel is put on wheat, and fifteen
cents per bushel on corn, while nothing
Is put upon cotton? The three stand
exactly upon the same basis. II 10
this : Northern Representatives pro-
tect corn and wheat against importa
tlons from Canada and elsewhere.
cotton has been sacrificed to mere
sentiment. | think that | am The first
heprescntativ" =, Congress to point
out the danger to the cotton planters
arising from the importation of Egyp-
tan cotton. Ten years ago there were
no lmportatlons to speak of. The wear
L made this speech there was in round
numbers li!ty-siX millions of pounds.
ahn last year there was almost seventy
miilions, an increase of6ncarly twenty
per cent. Since then two mills havr
becn built in South Carolina Gn one of
winch L am intcrcsted) using no;hiny
out Egyptian cotton. Now | contend
II the cotton farmers we've projected
IKE the wheat and corn planters. we
co'ild produce any kind of cotton that
Is needed. South Carolina is the home |
ol the cotton plant. No cotton comes |
nlo competition with our Sea Island
cotton, and common sense Tells me
nat we can develop any grade needed
between that and the short staple. Ten
ears ago the "Allcn long staplen was
'iahteu all over upper South Carolina.
ma know OF some men who bought
ms especially adapted to this cotton.
'ut they had to throw them away.
IYypllan cotton has driven them out
u the business. The red hills of this
p-couhtry are the very place where
MS cotton should be grown, bit how
an VIC develop it in competition with
he cheap labor Of Egypt What are
'c DONG now, meeting and passing
cSolullons TO reduce the acreage, while
English engineers are CONSTRUCTING
ans III the valley of the Nile, which
'lthin TWO years will add one million
na ohc'haii bales or one-eighth to the
oltol crop whllc we are reducing
nc acreage here our competitors are
lclcasing 1t, and we are to furnish
lc market for the increase. / saw
way with the impractical statesman
hip which will sacrifice tho cotton
'ahtcrs OF South Carolina To those of
'Sypt. After | was elected to the
enatc attempted to pursue the same
ne IN everything, but | was very in
)r iohS llmc after my campaign,
ohlihcd to my bed ut one time for
even weeks These terrible cam
alShs ol ours in the heat OF summer.
laklnS speeches day after day, sitting
~ loHr or five hours, your clothes wet
lth pcrSpiratiOn, in the sun, and one
all the time without dinner, there are ,.
ut few men who have gone through
'ith 1t and not had their health i'm
aired. have no doubt but that
shortened the days of the gallant
'arie and even rugged John Irby.
TIE TREATY WITH SPAIN.
While ! was in this physical and
rental condition, the war with Sna;n
anne On and | had to grapple with ,
icsc new questions was sick, heart,
ody and soul. All that i wanted was
eacc and to be let alone. The cruel
unts and snccrs Of "Republican and
'altor'' hurt me then, while can
'ugh at them now. | made up nv
una not to create any further issues,
ut tamcly fall in and follow the lead
f Jones, Tillman, Pcttigrcw g. Co..
nd then to quietly retire at the end of
~ term. My intimate friends know
la, this was my intention. When
hey concluded to defeat the treaty.
ould not see what great harm could
ONE to the country from forcing the
TO call an extra session.
would only postpone matters by one
lonth. AZ the request OF some of the
Democratic leaders, | made speech
OF against the treaty but against I'm
erlalism, which speech was at the
me, and with the lights before me.
ny opinion. | had not drawn the dis
nction between Expansion and Impe
iallsm, and | fully intended to vote
gainst the ratification of the treaty. [
vas 80 tired of being abused and ac-
used OF disl"yalty 10 my party. AT
hat time, however, | contcndcd i'm
rivalc that the rejection of the treaty
vas unwisc even from party stani-
oint. | had then, as | have now. very
title confidence in the political sanacity
If Senator James *. Jones, and be-
leVcd that Senator German was at heart
m EXpansionist, because he voted for
he acquisition of the Hawaiian Is
ands, and | suspected him of an ambi-
ION after Mr.. Bryan advised the rati-
icatlon of the treaty, to defeat it and
,hus supplant him in the leadership.
Not That | objected to this, for German