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

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.thon, wo are paying o subsidy, and be, {ass
is o question of whether we will SUI 3ah
American or foreign vessels IL Is gsss HIS
for mo to dlscuss bofore this intelligerbl he IL
ence the Importance Of our foreign tra4ara q
Europe aud tho Uoited 8 ates arc to bSA !, !; 9
petitors In the markots Of tie world csSkt ,N
! efford to put ourselves entirely Ia theirhafly
The power to fix freis sht rates gives ,IepGstO;
power 10 fix tho prioo Of our cotton, " rs AZ
and manufactured products. Sl
Suppose there should bo general . ,iltlI.
pean war, and the merchant mafineka OF
| England, Germany and Norway was pred led
In + transport service. What would ba btho
effect on cotton and cotton goods? i tell Qyou
that you would zee cotton haule into Sthe
| streets Of Greenyiile and not sold at thEce
oonts. but simply hauled baok home. TEeto
would be no buyers, because there woultH be
no ships to carry cotton or cotton g&lsdB
| abroad busineys Of oil kinds would languAlsh,
| and there would be failures on every haAs,ds
Conditions have changed d--boforo the ware We
were buyers abroad, now we are eellsrs. Wo
arc asking foregnors not to exchange Bpro
| ducts. but to como here to buy. Nothing
would suffer ia oaso OF European war Yike
| cotton. They would have to como herol to
buy wheat, corn, bacon, mules and hol}sss,
as England did in tho Door War; but fhey
oould do Without oott IN for a yoar or 50. All
| Foodstuiis high and no solo for cotton ShHt
could hurt tho South worse2 What, ilo{n, is
moro dependent on Amerioau ships thaIs3t
cotton orop2 X M
Docs any man Of common sense s,tppo,7 II la
this great contest for tho trade of the Orient
| that the ships Of Germany and England are
| going to give us the Same advantages th4t
they do their own merohanta7 As MFR
Thurber, of Now York. reocntly said, HII |ry
| ship is missionary Of trade, and eam
lines work for their Own countries jusIt as
railway lines work for their terminal podnts
| It's as absurd for tho United States 70 rely
upon foreign ships to distribute hors e6Sds,
as II would bc for ono business house TO EHly,
upon tho wagons Of competing ho,isG to
make Its dcliyerios." There is no scotidn 30
vitality interested in ships as the South
Why, Charleston, Mobile and Non Or!9ans
should rival Now York, o far as harbora are
concerned We have already folt tho Heno-
fits of our Asiatio trade, and In II lies the
possibilities Of our future, but wo must have
cheap freight, rapid transportation, and tho
prestige Of the Amerlo,n IN Il ,g over our own
ships. Our Southern ports arc dleorin)ina.,
TED against by the snmo groat railroad lines
that are fighting the opportunity for an
American merchant marine We must Nnye
q Southern commerce, not q s uthern tr,a ~.
Tnat same influence has prevented tho Aon-
struotion of rhe Nioareguan Canal, add
predict that thcro will be no o,nal until its
f:sends ana tho advocates Of q merchant ma,
rino join forces and work i harmony. Tho
together or succeed together. w en that
time comes, freights will movo North nud
South, insto ID of East and Wcst. Our ports
viii be tho gateways, and tho South will de-
velop with unequallcd rapidity. Cannot dny
man of senso zoe that tho money power head
cd by G. 2. Huntington and Hill, with great
railway systoms running East and West,do
not want freights deli soted South3 With tlis
change, the Seaboard, Coast Limo aud Soulh.
crn would rival in greatno oss the three tra,s-
continental lines. The producer Of Jaw
material will prosper, just in proportion to
tho domand for his product. All that eur
Sou lhern people have to do now i, to be wlsc
and conservative. and favor the great p,b.
lie mo isures looking TO the promotion of tao
material and industrial interests Of the cofa.
try and the honor and glory ofthe nation.
DO YOUR OWN THINKING. @5
Fcllow-citizens, with so many things
to talk about IL has not boon possible for
J mo to dO moro than skim tho slrf;co,
but hope have bcen SO fortunate as+0
excite a desire on your part to inyostigae
} for yourself and not lot some old moss
back, who docs not know that the wa
has ended, do your thinking. Those 40
practical vital issues. AS your Senate,
arc two sides to theso questions. ! tie
spoet M aonsst aliiferonJo 81 to5pinioh,
but no man can impugn my motives sub
cessfully. l.
NorsAN AUToMATox. .s 4
| ncver could answer tic onds oSysyn
automaton In politics or business. - I
yield to tho dictation of no man. Itiis
characteristic of u Scotchman to think
and act for himself. have assorted aihd
VIII always assert my personal and p|o-
litical individuality. I haye blazcd out
my own path moro than once i'll County,,
State and National politics, and followed
1T without regard to popular applause| 1
made Peace and unity" very popular
once in this State-too popular, in fact
for somo of those who once donoun&cd
tho Leader of tho Movement" how
grovcl in tho dust at tho feet Of tlelrjold-
timc foe, hulnbly content with tho cusscs
that fall from his lips, for tho sake Of tho
Tow crumbs that drop from the table
REFUSES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL Or 4.
/ DESPAIR.
4 If reelected, as far as in mo lesl my
foiOo Niitt POlO VIII Do llSCu III D0nHlT OIL
those measures which mako for hui
man progress and human happil cbs in
the present world; measures (which
will unite and knit mon into Il wider
recognition of tho brotherhood o!f man.
My voice will 20, not to invoke patty pre-
Judico and party passion, not to pfoaoh
gospel OF despair, not to help tM create
ton. syti
| The rancor Of party prejudice, hSle To-
mont Of party spirit, Tho agitaTEn for
public spoils and selfish ends, theSo are
tho fcttors that clog, the manacleA that
impede our national dcvclopmonaA and
threaten our national life.
COMMISSION TO STUDY CHINA MaoR-
TANr 10 THE SOUTH, N
When q measure is before CBneross
proposing the creation of u non-hrtisan
commission Of trained business mon to
visit China, to Investigate and rcpbrt how
wider markets for American lIroducts
may be obtained among the eight hun
dred million of people who 1.-Two i'm that
portion OF tho globe, q measurJ which
would be of moro benefit to thI cotton
spinners Of the South than alnAst any
single economic measure ever inroduced
Iint, Congress, shall blindly follow tho
lead of tho modorn apostles Of rlomocra-
cy and vote against it booanse tbs mnae-.
uro originates upon the Republican side,
and because q Republican Ifresident
| would have tho naming Of suoh f0mmis-