The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-16

! c0QUucl OF any tlllpl SlcdC 't'tI I'ld' |
| has occupied such 4 position as ours.
! We have kept 0uy word and done our
Guiv. lust rs an honest individual in
| private keeps his word and Goes his
,.UIy.
J Hr il remembered. moreover. that az
f.r our three Years occupation or tie
! island We tlrn it over To the CubanS ~
i hc1tcrcOnditiOn than it ever has been
+ in II! the centuries OF Spanish rule.
I This has 4 direct bearing upon oar
/ own welfare. Cuba is so near TO is
! that we can never be indifferent 10
misgOvernment and disaster within its
. limits. The mere fact that our admin
/ istratiOn in the island has min!mlZed
/ the danger from the dreadful ScoIrrge
Of yellow fever, alike to Cuba and to
ourselves. is sufficient TO emphasize
the community Of interest between us,
| But there are other interests Whlcn
| bind US together. Cuba'S position
makes it necessary that her political
relations with Us should differ from
! her political relations with other pow
| ers. This fact has been formulated by
us and accepted by the Cubans in the
Platt amendments. 1t follows as a
corol!arv that where the CubanS have
thus assumed a position Of peculiar re-
lationship to our political system they
must similarly stand in a peculiar re-
| lationship TO our economic system.
We have rightfully insisted upon
| Cuba adopting toward US an attitude
differing politically from that she
adopts toward any other power: ana
in return. aS d matter OF Tgnt, we
must give to Cuba 4 ditferent-that IS
a better-poSition economically IN hel
relations with lis than we give to other
powers. This is the course dictated by
Sound policy, by a wise and farsighted
view OF our own interest. and by the
position we have taken during the past
| four wears. We are a wealthy and
powerful country, dealing witha much
weaker one: and the contrast III wealth.
and strength makes it all the more our
duty TO deal with Cuba, as we have al
ready dealt with her, in a spirit OF
large generosity.
THE EXPOSITION.
The exposition is rendered possible
because Of the period Of industrial
prosperity through which we are pass
| inc. While material wcll-belng IS ner'
er all-suttcient to the life of nation,
vet it is the merest truiSm to say that
it's abserce means ruin. We need tC
build higher life upon it as a founda
ton: but we can build little indeed un
less this foundation OF prosperity i
deep and broad. The well-being which
we are now enjoying can be secured
only through general business pros
perity. and such prosperity is condl
toned upon the energy and hard work
the sanity and the mutual respect, o1
all classes of capitalists, large and small
OF wage workers of every degree. AS
is inevitable in time Of business pros
perity. S0me men succeed more thar
others, and it is unfortunately alSt
inevitable that when this is the CASE
some unwise people are sure to try tt
appeal to the envy and Jealously 0.
those who succeed least. 1t is a gooc
thing when these appeals are made t
remember that while it is difficult tt
increase prosperity by law, it is easy
enough to ruin it, and that there Is
small satisfaction to the less prosper
Gus if they succeed in OverthrOwlng
both the more prosperous and Them
selves in the crash OF common dlsaS
ter.
Every industrial exposition Of this
type necessarily calls up the thought
Of the complex social and economic
questions which are involved in oul
present industrial system. Oar as
founding material prosperity, the
sweep and rush rather than the mere
march Of our progressive material de
velopment, have brought grave trou
bles in their train. We cannot AFFORD
to blink these troubles, any more thar
because Of them we can afford to &C
cept as true the gloomy f0reboding:
Of the prophets Of evil. There are
srea, ,roblems before us. They arr
not inSoluble. but they can be solved
only If we approach them in a spirit O.
resOlute fearleSSneSS. Of common sense
and Of honest intention to do fair anc
equal Justice to all men alike. Ne are
certain to fail if we adopt the policy
of the demagogue who raves against
the wealth which is Simpl y the forn
of embodied thrift, foresight, and IN
telligence; who would shut the door O.
OPPORTUNITY against those whose en-
ergv we should especially fosrer, by
perilizing the qualities which tell fol
success. Just as little can we atf0rc
to follow those who fear to recognize
Injustice and to endeavor to cut it out
because the task is difficult or even
if performed by unskillful handS-dan
gerous.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
This is an era of great combination:
both Of labor and of capital. In many
WAYS these combinations have worked
for GOOD: but they must work under
the law, and the laws concerning then
must be just and wise, or they VIII IN
evitably do evil: and this applies az
much to the richest corporation as tt
the most powerful labor union. Oul
laws must be wise, sane, healthy, con
ceived nthe spirit of those who ScorI
the mere agitatOr. the mere lnclter ol
class or sectional hatred; who wish
| Justice for all men: who recognize the
need of adhering so far Us possible tc
the old American doctrine o. giving
the widest possible scope for the free
exercise of Individual initiative, anC
vet who recognize also that after com
binations have reached a certain stage
it is indispensable to the general wei
fare that the nation should exercise
over them, cautiously and with self,
restraint, but firmly, the power OF su
pervision and regulation.
EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL.
Above all, the administration of tht
government. the enforcement OF the
laws. must be fair and honest. The
laws are not to administered either
in the interest Of the poor man or the
interest of the. rich man. They are
simply to be administered justly: II
the interest Of justice to each man, be
he rich or be he poor-giving immuni
ty to no violator. whatever form the
violation may assume. Such is the ob
legation which every public servant
takes. and to it he must be trle under
penalty Of FORGETTING the respect both
Of himself and Of his fellows.