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features, and the application of new in
ventions to universal USE The result has
been an increasing interdependence of
.aagTicglture and nianufactures AgricuI-'
stureeis now, as it, always has been, the
snasis OF civilization. The six million
farms Of the United States, operated by
me who, as class, are steadfast, sin
sg1eSninded and Industrious, form the
basis of all hesother achievements of the
american people and are more. fruitful
than all their other resources. The men
on on those SIX million farms receive from
the protective tariff what they most need
and that is the best of all possible mar
kets. All other classes depend upon the
farmer. but the farmer in turn depends
upon the market they furnish him for. his
produce The annual output of our agri-
scuitural products is nearly -four billions
Of dollars Their increase in value has
apeen prodlgious, although agriculture has
I'd iIaansulSned IN most other countries; and
the main factor in this increase is the
increase of our manufac-
turing industries. American farmers have
-prospered because the growth Of their
Their farms The additional market con-
1lnualfy furnished for agricultural prod
-ucts by domestic manufacturers has been
iar IN excess of the outlet of other lands
An export trade in farm products is neceS-
sary to dispose of our surplus; and the
export trade of our farmers, both in ami
NAL products and in plant products, has
very largely increased. - = = 2
Without the enlarged home market to
keep this surplus down, we should have
10 reduce production or else feed the
world. at-less than the cost of production.
In the forty years ending in 1900 the total
value of farm property increased twelve
and half billions of dollars; the farmer
gaming even more during this period than
the manufacturer. Long ago over produc-
ton would have checked the marvellous
development of our national agriculture
but for the steadily increasing demand of
Am manufacturers for farm prod
ucts required as raw materials for stead
lly expanding industries. The farmer has
become dependent upon the manufac-
turer to utilize that. portion of his produce
which does not go directly to food supply
In 1900 81 per cent, or little over half,
OF the total value of the farm products
OF the nation was consumed in manu-
featuring industries as the raw materials
OF the factories. Evidently the manu-
faeturer is the farmers best and most d.
rect customer
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possibility take in the exercise of consti-:
tutional power, and which, if attempted,
would bring business to a standstill; they:
have used, and often now USE language
of wild invective and appeal to all the
6aser passions which tend to excite one.
set OF Americans against their fellow
A1 Am and yet whenever they have.
nad power they have flttingly supple
menteds this, extravaganza of promise by
absolute nullity in performance.
IniS government is based upon the
ter what his occupation. his race, or his
reilglouS belief, is entitled to be treated
on MS worth as a man, and neither fav-
osed nor disseminated against because
or any accident in his position. Even
mere at home there is painful difficulty
In the effort to realize this ideal: and the
attempt to secure from other nations ac-:
acknowledgement of it sometimes encoun-
lers obstacles that are well nigh insuper-.
abie; Tor there are many nations which in
the SLOW procession of the ages have not
YET. reached that point where the prin-
clpies which Americans regard as axio-
matte obtain any recognition whatever
one OF the chief difficulties arises inecon-
nectlon with certain American. citizens of
sIorelgn birth, or OF particular creed, who
desire to travel abroad Russia, for in
stance. refuses to admit and protect Jews.
turkey refuses to admit and protect Ger
tam tam seets OF Christians This govern,
protection abroad for all American citi-!
Zens, whether native or naturalized On
March u, 1899, Secretary Hay sent a
letter of instructions to all the dfp1o-
matte and consular officers of the United
States, in which he said: This depart
ment does not discriminate between ma
tive.born and naturalized citizens in ac-
cording them protection while thew are
abroad, equality of treatment being re-
CURED by the laws of the United States y
Ihese orders to our agents abroad have
peen repeated again and again, and are
treated as the fundamental rule of CON
duct laid down for them, proceeding upon
the theory that all naturalized citizens
OF the United States while in foreign
countries, are entitled to and shall re-
ce1Ve from this government the same pro-
lection of persons and property which is
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PROPOSED REDUCTION
OF REGULAR ARMY

1t is difficult to know if our opponents
are really sincere in their demand for the
reduction of the army. If insincere there
is no need for comment, and If sincere.
what shall we say in speaking to rational
persons of an appeal to reduce an army
of $4,000 men which is taking care of the
interests of over eighty million people?
The army is now relatively smaller than
1t was in the days of Washington when
on. the peace establishment there were
$500 soldiers, while there were little
less than four millions of population;
smaller than it was in the peaceful days
of Jefferson. when there were 800 SOL
diers to 100000 people. There is now
one soldier to every 1,400 people in this
cent. We cannot be asked seriously to
argue as to the amount of possible
tyranny contained in these figures. The
army as it is. now is as small as it can
effective nucleus for the organization.
equipment and supply of volunteer army
in time of need. 1t is now used, as never
before, for aiding in the upbuilding of
the organized militia of the country The
war department is engaged in a sys-
tematic effort to strengthen and develop
the national guard in the several states;
as witness, among many other instances,
the great field maneuvers at Manassas,
which have just closed. If our opponents
should come into power they could not
reduce our army below its present size
without greatly impairing its efficiency
".
In short, in this matter, if our opponents
should come into power they would either
have to treat this particular promise of
the year 1904 as they now treat the prom
ises they made in 1896 and 1900, that is,
as possessing no binding force; or else
they would have to embark on policy
which would be ludicrous at the moment,
and fraught with grave danger to the ma
tienal honor in the future.
Our opponents contend that the gov
sernment is now administered extrava-5
gantly. and that whereas there was ca
deficit of more than $40 000, 600, in the
year that has just closed.
This deficit is imaginary, and is OBJ
tanned by including in the ordinary cur
rent expenses the sum of fifty millions
which was paid for the right-of-way of
the Panama canal out of the accumulated
surplus of the treasury Comparing the
two years. there was a. surplus of nearly
eighty millions for the year 1906, and of
only a little more than eight millions for
the year that has just closed. But this
diminution of the annual surplus was
broAght about designedly by the abolition
of the war taxes in the interval between
the two dates. The. acts of March g. 1901
and April II, 1902, cut down the internal
revenue taxes to an amount estimated
at one hundred and five millions year
In other words, the reduction of taxation
has been considerably greater than the re-
duction in the annual surplus. Since the
close of the war with Spain there has
annual expenditures. AS compared with
the fiscal year ending in June 1901, for
example, the fiscal year that has lust
closed showed relatively small Increase
5 in expenditure Excluding the canal pay
ment already referred to1s while the year
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TO HAVESTRIyEN
HARD FOR LABOR

So far as the rights of the i,Iividual
wage, worker. and the Individual capital
ist are concerned both as@Regards one an
other. as regards the public. and as re-
CARDS organized. capital and labor, the
position of The administration has been
so clear that there is no excuse for mis-
representing it, and no ground for OPP
posing 1t unless nisrepresented. Within
the limits defined by the national sconsti-'
tuition the natienal ADMINISTRATION has
sought to secure TO each man the full
enjoyment of his right to live his life
and dispose OF his property and his labor
as he deems best. sozlong as he wrongs
no. one else, 1t has shown in effective
fashion that in endeavorng to make good
this guarantee. it treats all men, rich or.
poor, whatever their creed, their color or
their birthplace. as standing alike before
the law. Under orr form of government
the sphere in which the nation as dis
tinguished from the state can act is mar
-rowly creumscribed; but within that
sphere all that could be done has been
done. All thinking men are aware of
the restrictions upon the power of action
OF the national government in such mat
tiers. Being ourselves mindful of them.
VIC have been scrupulously careful on the
one hand TO. be moderate i'll our promises.
and on the other hand to keep
these promises IN letter and in
spirit. Our opponents have been
lianpered by 10 such es9}psideTa tions. They
have promised. and many Of them now
promise, action which they could by no
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relatively small de-.
previous showed relatively small de-
crease.
SAYS ECONOMY
HAS BEEN PRACTICED

yrvr-r-
The expenditures Of the nation have
peena managed in a spirit of economy as
i i:a removed from waste as from niggard-
mess and in. the fasture every effort will
pc continued to seizure an economy as
strict as is consistent with efficiency.
once more our opponents have promised
form. The prime reason why. the Eek Fex-
pensfs OF the governments have Increased
u " recent years is to be found in the
Iact that the : people, after ma ture
thought, have deemed it wise to have
certain new forms of work for the public
~ by the public. The necessi-.
those for rural free delivery, or for the
inspection of meats under the department
OF agriculture, or for irrigation. But
.nese new expenditures are necessary; no
p y. Wouid seriously propose to abandon
ihem; and yet 1T is. idle. to, tleclaim against
tnS increased expense of the government
unless 1t is intended to cut down the
very expenditures which cause the in
crease: Ihe pensions to the veterans Of
the Civil war are demanded by every
s sent, len OF regard and gratitude The
ana convenience to the farmers, a body of
men who livee under conditions which
make make them ordinarily receive little direct
return for what they pay toward the
support of the government The irri
CATION policy in the arid and semi-arid
regions. of the West is one fraught with
good to the actual settlers, the home
makers, whose encourag ement is a ira
dltlOnaI feature in Americas national
pohcy. Do our opponents grudge the
nity millions paid for the Panama canal?
10 they intend to cut down on the pen
s1ons to- the veterans of the Civil war?
DO they intend to put stop to the irri-
gatlon policy? or to- the permanent CEN
sus bureau? or to immigration inspec-
+ ton! Do they intend to abolish rural
free delivery? Do they intend to cut
doWn the navy? Or thesAlaSlla telegraph
system!z Do they intend to dismantle our
coast fortifcations? If there is to be
Z real and substantial cutting down IN
national expenditures it must be in such
matters as these. The department of
agriculture has done service of lincalerla-
pie value to the farmers. of this country
In many different lines Do our uppo-
nentS wish to cut down the money for
this service? They con- do it only by
destroying the usefulness of the 81 rvice
itself i =.
The public work of the United States
degree of honesty and efficiency than at
the present time; and special need of
praise belongs to those officials RESPONSE
bic for the Philippines and Porto Rico.
where The administrations have been
models of their kind. OF course wrong
has occasionally occurred, but it has
sDeen relentleSsly stamped out We have
KNOWN no party in dealing with Offenders,
and have hunted down without mercy
nation whom it was possible by the ut
most vigilance to detect; for the public
servant who betrays his trust and the
private individual s who debauciles him
stand as the worst of criminals, because
their crimes are crimes, against the en-
tire community, and not only against this
generation but against the generations
a ora 10 I,eAs
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RIGHTS OF FiLlPINOS
ARE SAFEGUARDED

Their individual rights to life. liberty
ana the pursuit of happiness are now by
act OF congress jealousy safeguarded
under the American flag; and if the pro-
lection of the flag were withdrawn their
rights would be lost and the islands would
DC plunged back under some form of
VICIOUS ,,lci tyranny We have. given them
more self-government than they have ever
before had; we are taking steps to in
crease it still further by providing them
with an elected legislative assembly; and
surely we mad better await the results of
this experimentation it is a wholly new
experiment in Asia-before we make
promises which as nation we might be
forced to break, or which they might in
zterpret one way and we in another. 1t
may be asserted without fear of successful
contradiction that nowhere else in recent
years has there been as fine an example
of constructive statemanship and wise and
upright administration as has been given
by the civil authorities aided BY the
army, in the Philippine islands,. We have
own people; and the Filipinos themselves
have profited most by our presence in the
islands; but they have also been of very
great advantage to us as alton.
so far from having slapped the founda-
lions OF free popular government at
nome by the course, taken in the Philip
pines, we have been spreading ifs
knowledge, and teaching its practice
among peoples to whom it had never be-
fore been more than an empty name Our
action represents a great stride forward
III Spi edUlI1S tHe principles Oh orderly I'D
erty throughout the world "Our flag has
not lost its gift of benediction in it's
world wide journey to their shores" We
nave treated the power we have gained as
a solemn obligation. and have used it in
the interest of mankind: and the peoples
of the world and especially the weaker
peoples of the world, are better off be-
cause of the position we have assumed
70 retTace our steps would be to give
proof of an infirm and unstable national
purpose.
Four years ago, in his speech of ac-s
ceptance President Mckinley said
We have been moving III untried
paths. but our steps have been guided by
honor and duty. There will be no turning
aside no wavering, no retreat. No blow
has been struck except for liberty and HUI
mainly, and none will be. We will per-
form without fear every ma tional and IN
ternational obligation. The Republican
party was dedicated to freedom forty
four years ago. 1t has been the party of
liberty and emancipation from that hour;
not of profession, but of performance. 1t
broke the shackles of four million slaves,
and made them free. and to the party of
Lincoln has come another supreme oppor-
tunity which it has bTavely met in the
liberation of ten millions of the human
family from the yoke of imperialism. In
its solution of great problems. in it's per-
Torrance of high duties, it has had the
support of members of all parties in the
past, and it confidently inyokes their co.
operation in the future
he, inir
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PURCHASING POWER OF
WORKINGMAN'So MONEY.

AS conclusiyely shown by the bulletins
of the Bureau of Labor, the purchasing
power of the average wage received by
the wage worker has grown faster than
the cost of living, and this in spite of the
continual shortening of working hours.
The accumulated savings 7of the work
ingmen of the country,s as shown by the
deposits in the savings banks, have in
creased by leaps and bounds. AT no time
in the history of this or ar9 other coun-
try has there been an era so productive
of material benefit alike to workingman
and employer as during the seven years
that have just passed. So
The farmer has benefited quite as much
as the MANUFACTURED, the. Nerchantj and
the wage worker The most welcome and
impressive fact established by the last
wealth among all classes OF our cOultfy7
men. The chief agencies In producing
this distribution are shown by the cen-
sus to be the deyelopmsht Of manu-
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SUCH AND SUCH WOULD
BE A CALAMITY

1t may well be that our opponents have
no real intention of putting their promise
into effect. If this is the case, if, in other
words, they are insincere in the promise
they make, it is only necessary to say
again that it is unwise to trust men who
are false in one thing to deal with any
thing. The mere consciousness of broken
faith would hamper in continuing our
policy in the islands; and only by contin-
uing unchanged this policy can the honor
terest of the islands subserved. If on
the other hand, our opponents came into
power and attempted to carry out their
promises to the Filipinos by. giving them
independence, and withdra wing American
control from the islands, the result would
be frightful calamity to the F'ifipinos
themselves, and in its larger aspect would
amount to an International crime. An
archy would follow; and the most yio-
lent anarchic forces would be directed
partly against the civil government, part
I .s BloedV ena ed
would inevitably ensue in the archipelago.
and just as inevitably the Islands would
become the prey Of the first power which
in its own selfish interest took up the
task we have cravenly abandoned. OF
course the practical difficulty in adopting
any such course of action--sucll a policy
of scuttle, as President Mckinley called
it-would be found well nigh insuperahle.
If it Is morally siiidefensil5le TO hold the
archipelago as a whole under out tuteiage
in the interest of its own people, then 1t
is morally indefensible to hold amy part
of it in such case what right have we
to keep a coaling station? What right
to keep control over Moro peoples? What
right to protect the Igoirotes from their
oppressors? VIVA fright TO protect the
laval iding friends of America in The ISL
ands from treachery. robbery and mur-
Ger? Yet to abandon the Islands com
pletely without even retaining a cooling
station. would mean to abandon the pos
sition In the composition for the trade
of the Orient which We haze acquired
during the last six years.. and what Is
far more important, 1t would mean ire
parable damage 70 those .yilo have be-
come the wards OF the nation q
z To aba ntlun a4fi,eeutrol over the Moros
would amount to releasing these Mssros.
to prey upon the Christian Fiiipines. civ
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POLICIES FOR WHICH
OPPONENTS STAND

Sc much for what our opponents openly
or co7ertly advance in the way of an at
tack on the acts of the administration.
When We come to consider the policies for
which they profess to stand We are met
statements of policy are so made that
they can be Interpreted In different WAYS.
On some OF the vital questions that have
confronted the American people in The.
ton that silence IS the best possible. way
TO convey their views. Tlies contend
that their mlSewarn attitude OF partial
acqutescence, IL what others haze accom-
plished entities them TO be made the Gus
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ROOSEVELT DEFENDS
HIMSELF AND PARTY
Continued From. First Page

intend once more to haul it down? Do
they object to the part We played in.
of the United States would now count
for nothing in the far East if we had
abandoned the Philippines and refused to
do what was done in China Do they
object to the fact that this government
secured a peaceful settlement of the
troubles in Venezuela two years ago? Do
they object to the presence of the Ship-of--
war off Colon when the revolution broke
out in Panama, and when only the pres
ence of this ship saved the lives Of
American citizens and prevented insult to
fl,a %
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-02-18
FRAUDS IN A BALE OF HAY.
Frauds in watch Cases.

According TO IN article in the Cincin-
natl Commercial, fifty-onc pound stone
was recently found in that city secreted
in bale of hay OF eighty pounds.
This is not as bad as finding lump OF
lead OF nearly one-half the weight of the
solid gold watch case secreted III the cen.
ire of the case.
Gold watch cases are sold by weight, and
no one can see where this lead is secreted
until the springs of the case are taken out
and the lead will be found secrcted behind
them.
These cases are made by companies VINO
profess 10 be honest, but furnish the means
TO the dishonest 10 rob the public. IL Is
not pleasant for anyone to hnd that he
has lugged lump OF lead III his watch
case.
Another trick OF the makers OF spurious
solid gold watch cases is to stamp the case
II. S. Assay The United States does
not stamp any article made out OF gold and
silver except coin. and the iakir. by using
this stamp, wants to make the public be-
iieve that the Government had something
to do with the stamping or guaranteeing
the tineness of watch cases.
Another trick Of the watch fakir is to
advertise watch described as solid gold
filed watch with twenty or twenty-five
year guarantee. These watches are gencr-
ally sent G.. 0. D.. and ii the purchaser has
paid for the watch he finds that the COM
pany which guaranteed the watch to wear
is not in existence.
The Dueber- Hampden Watch Company,
OF Canton, Ohio. who are constantly ex.
posing these frauds, will furnish the names
OF the manufacturers who are in this cues
tiopable business.
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m HE season of catching cold is upon Us.
l. The cough and the sneeze and nasal
twang are to be heard on every hand. The
origin of chronic catarrh, the most COM
mon and dreadful OF diseases, is cold.
This is the way the chronic catarrh gem
orally begins. A person catches cold, which
hangs on longer than usual. The cold
generally starts in the head and throat.
Then follows sensitiveness OF the air pas
sages which incline one to catch cod very
easily. At last the person has cold all
the while seemingly. more or less discharge
from the nose, hawking. splitting. frequent
clearing OF the throat, nostrils stopped up,
full feeling in the head and sore, Inhaued
throat.
The best time to treat catarrh Is at the
very beginning. A bottle OF Peruna prop
erly used never fails to cure d common
cold. thus preventing chron:r catarrh.
While many people have been cured OF
chronic catarrh by single bottle OF Pc
Iuna yet. as a rule. when the catarrh' be-
comes thoroughly fixed, more than one bot
tie is necessary TO complete Il cure- Pc
rrna has cured cases innumerable OF ca
tarrh of twenty years standing. 1t Is the
best. if not the only internal remedy Tor
chronic catarrh in existence.
But prevention is lar better than cure.
Every person subject TO catching cod
should take Peruna at once at the slight
est symptom OF cold or sore throat at this
season of the year and thus prevent what
is almost certain to end IN chronic catarrh.
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Russia Supp.ants America.

Presiding at the annual meeting In
London of the Russian Petroleum and
LIQUID Fuel Company. the Hon. Evelyn
Hubbard. referring apparently to the
Standard Oil trust. alluded to the d.
minishing exports Of Illuminating oil
by a powerful American organization.
which had hitherto dominated the
British and European markets. That
output had fallen from $4,000 900 gal
Ions in 1901 to 76G.000,OeO gallons In
1902, and the drop this year was even
more pronounced. there being de-
fciency of 100000 gallons in nine
months.