The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29

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.'Munm's E1tre Dry" see tha. since The
rebellion is over, the President says that
he will take the minimum amount. Surely,
fellow citizens, cou'd aford to trust man
on a question of,hat kind whom the people
the United States had elected 10 the Presi
dency Why not exercise little common
sen.e-it is d simple apple .tion Of the III q
three. If an army of thirty thousand men
is required for popula'ion of 35,O00 90 }
people, is an army OF 65 900 men too much
for a patioa of 7G 00U 900? Congress las for
years been spending money along the Coats
aud buying expensive guns, and absolutely
many of toem are lying out and rusting
for want of men
THE SUBSIDY BILL.
Now, fellow citizens, this brings me t. the
much discussed Subsidy Bill lu the first
place, it is astonishing to me what q mis-
conception there is as to this matter. There
has never been vote on the Subsidy Bill,
and yet, even my good friend, General But
Ter, whom | love like father, speaks of
''McLaurin's vote on the Subsidy Bill -
There never was vote on the Subsidy Bill,
ana i, vas we'll understood a the time that
l made my speech that there would not be
| vote st that .ssion. III desired to deceive
the people and play 40 unworthy part, |
mig It Just as well have KEEP ST ent and not
had that issue 10 this csmpaign; bat felt
that the people shouli be educated on this
important measure. My vote was Of no
practical value under any circumstances,
because, if it could have been brought to
vote, there was q majority Of eighteen to
twenty in favor the bill. l did not intend
Just at that time to make set speech on the
bill. l arose in my seat te present the reso.
luton Of tie Cotton Spinners Association,
and before knew it had drifted into q
speech on the general principles of the bill.
What is known IS the HannsPayne Bill has
already been changed so much that the
authors of the bill would not know it if they
met it in the road. There WAS at the time a
great many amendments pending, and no.
body evec Knows what a bill of that svrt will
be until it passes the Conference Con mittee
between the two Houses; this bill never went
so far as to get q vote, 1t alone conference.
So far as an concerned, do net profess
to be q master Of the subject. When you
eGter the realm Of ocean freights, with the
relative cost Of high knot and low knot
speed, tonnage and wages it takes an
ext tert to understand, Sc. Senator Frye is
very able man, and do not believe there
is more honest one in the American Con-
gress. de has devoted twenty-five ears to
the study of these questions, and yet l have
no doubt that you could find some members
Of tie South Carolina Legislature who never
saw bigger ship than a canoe On mill
pond, VINO know more thsr Senator Frye, or
anybody else, on the subject of sh piping and
ocean freishts.
ONLY "sTEAL'' WHEN NOT COMING THEIR
One of the great objections to The sub
sidy is they call it ';steal." Well, fel-
low-citizsns, that il very poor argument.
opponents Of the river and haroor, pcstofhce,
OF any other bill can make t. e sauie charge.
I was 8 little amused 10 see the headlines of
the News and Courier, 'The Ship Subsidy
Steal," when in the same week the Mayor of
Charleston and the editor Of thst paper were
in Washington wanting nine million dollars
spent on naval station, and a subsidy of q
quarter of million for the Exposition. It
seems that subsidy is only "stesl when it
is not coming their way. By such foolish
denuncistions of the subsidy principle it has
been dificul. to get fair consideration
Talk about lobb;es. There never wa, a more
powerful lobby in Washington than that op-
posed to the subsidy formei By the great
trans continental railroads and the foreign
steamship owners. l may say something
later on this subject which will embsrass
some people, but will refrain at this time.
There is nothing 10 the principle of the bill
itself which involves stealing. defrsuding the
government OF sectional advantages. There
may have been some abuses in granting sub
sides when it was in the experimental stage,
but there is no reason now why there should
be abuses. In The administration of any law
there is chance Of abass, and yet the law
may be good one; the abuses being merely
incident to its execution.
This is what the friends of prohibition and
the dispensary each claim. Subsidies are
no new theory in the South. Conventions
were held during the twenty years preced-
ing the var 10 Encourage the building up of
the commerce and industries of the South.
Hayne, Calhoun and McDufie were leading
spirits 10 these enterpr ses. The establish
ment Of railroad and steamship lines By
government aid vas advocated. South Car
olina- subsidized railros before the war.
Two N lion dollars were given to construct
he B.ue Ridge Road, which has neve; bseo
comple'ed think can sa toat Deaviy
every line of road constructed i. this State
before the wsr was subsidized, either direct
ly or indirect :. The Legislature of Louis
lana grated subsidy OF $500 per ton
foc every vessel Of more than l0O tons built
in the S:.te. Alabama give $-l.O0 8 ton,
and exempted from taxa ion au goods i'm
ported into the State fro n fJreign countries.
The National Government connected the AT
lantic and the Pacific by substituting rail
roads and in this policy Ne have unequaled
railroad facilities, and have d 'yelo ped our
interstate traffic to such an extent that We
are now forced to sesk an cutie; for our sur
Plus products. All that is proposed, il to
follow in developing our foreign trade the
same principles that have succeeded in cur
internal development. Is there anything
new or strange in this? 1t is good common
business sense What difference in princi
pie is there between the State Government
SuOS1QlZlQS TallIOaOS, SrO IuS CeoeISi WV
ernment steamship lines?
WHAT DOES BRYAN THINK OF HIS POLITICAL
PARTNER OF 1896?
have in my hand au article aivocatirg
subsidies by Mr.. Sewsll, who was on the
Bryan ticket in 1896. would like to know
what Mr.. Bryan thinks of the Democracy
of his recent political partner, since he mas
attacked mine" Twenty years ago. wheu
We wished to develop manufacturing 10 South
Caroiins, dia we not subsidize very cotton
mill By exemptins it from taxation? What
progressive town or county has not subsi-
died railroads or other enterprises essen
tial to its development? never saw an in
dividual, who ever an ounted to any thing,
who was afraid to spend money Oh himself
and so i. is With towns, coun States and
governments.
VOTING SUBSIDIES TO RAILROADS AND
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