The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-31

"MubdH'a Extro Dry see That since The
rebellion ID over, tho President says thsts
he will tHko tho minimum amount. Surely,
fellow citizens, l could afford 10 trust aman
on q question ofthat kind whom tao pe0piSe
the Unltcd Stats had elected 10 the Presi.
denoy. Why not exercise u little common
ssnsS44-3. :s : simple anplin Nion Of tho ru,o
three. II an army Of thirty thousand men
Is required for population Of $4,000 0OJ
i people, Is an army OF 66 900 mon too much
for a nation of rs 900 O0D2 Congress has for
years been spending money along the oont,
and buying expensive guns, and absolutely
many Of them ere lying out and rustipg
for want Of mon
THE Subsidy BILL
Now, follow oitizsnB, this brings me t., tho
much discussed Subsidy Bill. Iu the first
placo, II i, astonishing to mo what mis-
conception thero Is Us to this mattor. Thoro
has mover been @ vote on tho Subsidy Bill,
and yot, even my good friend, General but
Ter, whom | love like o father, Bpeaks Of
"McLaurin's vote ON tho Subsidy Bill.'
There mover was q voto OH tho Subsidy Bill,
and y WAS we'll understood tho time that
mado my speech that thoro would not be o
vote at that .ssion. III desired to deceive
tho people and play on unworthy part,
mig lt just as well have kepi 81 ent and not
had that issue ia this campaign; Bat felt
that the people shoul be educated on this
important measure. My vote WAS OF no
practical valuo undor any circumstances,
beoauso, If 1t oou'd have boon brought to u
voto, thcro was q majority Of eighteen to
twonty in favor The bill. / did not intend
just ~ that time TO make a set speech on tho
bill. arose in my seat to present tho roso.
Snt tanft y fntaN O A =
and boforo know it hud drifted into a
fspeech on the gonoral principles Of the bill
What Is known as the Hanna, Payne Bill has
| already been changed 80 much that the
| authors OF the bill would not know IL if they
met tin tho road, There was at the timo a
grcnt many amendments pending, and no.
body over Knows what bill of tha sart will
DO until 1t passes tho Confercrce Con mittee
| between tho tHo Houses; this bill never went
10 far as to got vote, Ut alone conference.
80 fur as l am concerned, do not profess
to be master Of tho subjcct. Whom you
enter tho realm of ocean trcghts, with tho
relative cost Of high knot and low knot
speed, tonnage and wages it iakes an
exl ort to understand, SO. Senator Frye is
D vory nble man, and do not boiove there
IL moro honest ono 10 the American Con-
gross. He has devoted twenty five cars to
tho study Of these quosions and yel hayo
no doubt That you could find somo members
of tho South Carolina Legislature VIII, never
raw a big ger ship than q canoe on a mil
pond, Who know moro than Senator Frye, or
anyhady clso. on the subject of th piping and
ocean freiyhts '- f'''
ONLY ''srEAL'' WHEN NOT COMING THEIR
One Of tho great objections 10 The sub.
tidy is thoy oall it ''steal." Well, fell
low citizens, that i, very poor argument.
opponoots of the river and harbor, pcsloffioe,
O. any othor bill can make y. Q samo charge
was O. li,tlo amused TO see the hoad lines oi
Tho News and Courier, "The Ship Subsid >
Steal,' whom in tho same week the Mayor OF
Charleston and tho editor OF that papor werc
in Washington wanting nine million dollars
| spont on naval station, and O subsidy Of O
quarter of q million for the Exposition. II
seems that q subsidy is only q s'stosl whom il
is not coming their way. By such foolish
denunoiations Of the subsidy principle it has
been difficult to get fair consideration
Talk about lobb;es. There never wa a more
powerful lobby in Washington than that Oh
posed to tho subsidy formed by the gro !,
trans continental railroads aud the foreigu
steamship ovnors, l may say something
later on this subject which will cmb,ras
some people, but will refrain at tlie time
There is nothing in tho principle OF tho bill
itself which involves stealing. defrauding til,
government Of sectional advantages Thsrt
may have been Bomo abuses in grating sub
sidies when 1t was ia tho experimental stage
, put there is no reason now why thoro should
bo abuscs. In the administration of any Ia =
there is chance OF abuse, and yet the Law
may be good ore, Tie abuses being moreIy
incident to it's execution.
This Is what tho friends of prohibition and
tho dispensary each claim Subsidies arc
no new theory in the South. Conventions
were hold during the twenty years proceed
| ing the war 10 encourage the building IN of
the commerce and industries of ,he So,lth.
Hayne, Calhoun and NloDuflie were leadir
spirits iu these enterprises The establish
ment Of railroad aud steamship lines by
government aid was advocated. South Car
% ohpa subsidized railroa bcforo the war.
Two m lion dollars were given to coastruot
ho B!ue Ridge Road, which has neyo, beeo
compile, cd think [ oan so that near,y
every line of road constructed in this State
pctore the war was subsidized, either direct.
ly or Indirect y. Tho Legislature of L,uis
lana grated subsidy OF $500 per ton
FOR every vessel Of moro than 100 tons built
IN the Stste. Alabama givo $500 a ton,
ana exempted from taxation oil goods i'm
ported INTO the State from foreign countries
The National Government connected tho Al
lantio and the Pacific by subsidznr rail.
roads and in this policy wv have uncGuale 1,
railIold fncilties, aud have dvelope ou r
interstate traffic to such an exteat that we
are now forced to so.k an outle, for orr sur
plus products. All that is proposed. ia to
follow In developing our foreign trado the
sa mo principles that hayo succeeded in our
Internal development. Is thoro anythino
now or strango in ths2 1t is good common
business sense. What difference in prinoi
pie Ia there between the state Government
subsidizing railroads, and the Federal Gov.
ernmont steamship lines?
WHAT DOES BRYAN THINK OF HIS POLITICAL
PARTNER OF 1896?
! hayo In my hand an article alyoontir q
suosidies by Mr.. Sewall, who was on the
Bryan ticket in 1896 would like to know
what MIR. Bryan thinks of tho "Demooraoy
OF his recent political partner, sinoe he has
attacked mtno." Twenty years ago. when
VIC wished to develop manufacturing In South
Carolina, did we not subsidizo very cotton
mill by exempting 1t from taxationf What
progressive town or county has not eubsi.
dizod railroads or other Enterprises essen
tial 10 It's development mover saw an in
dlvidual,> who ever aG Gounted 10 any thing.
who was afraid to spond money oa Iimosf
ana 80 II Is With towns, ooun / 8 States and
| governments. ~
VOTING sUDsIDlEs TO RAILROADS Ann
| NEWSPAPERS,
Why should tho Southern pcople. in tbo
| face of theBs facts reputinta tho sn;r;t o IL;