Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-04

lion people In China who would un-
dertake to put a limit to the amount
Of cotton goods which China alone can
consume One difficulty lies In the
limited information which we have OF
China. The country Is so vast and the
interior so little explored that even
now travellers return and tell US OF
great cities doing an enormous inter-
nal business, that are not even down
on the map. Since was in New Or
leans I have been receiving letters
from different parts Of the world tell
ing Of the great opportunities that are
open to the American manufacturer.
was particularly struck with a COM
munication from a firm doing business
In the Persian gulf region telling me
OF the great demand that existed In
that region for cotton cloth, and say
1 ing that his firm was absolutely una
blee to get the goods. That 1t was not
so much a question Of price, as to
know how and where to obtain the
class and style Of goods demanded by
the people Of that region. How can
there be overproduction when there
are millions clamoring for cotton
goods, ready to pay for them and yet
unable to obtain them.
| say that we are confronted with
under distribution, not over-produc-
ton.
| or all the rulers Of the world, not
one Is showing more sagacity In help-
ing his people than the Emperor Wil-
liam. He recognizes that the greatest
contest In this world Is among the ma
tions for commercial supremacy. He
Is fostering and encouraging a great
German marine and aiding and devel-
oping the export trade In every way
that he can.
The present trade In the Orient YVES
opened up at first by the Lyons and
Blackburn commission, one French.
the other English.
Our government has never helped Us
in the Orient, but now the New Or
leans convention has requested con-
gress to create a commission for that
purpose. The president has given me
his personal assurance that he will
recommend such action to the next
congress, and assist the cotton inter-
nsts Of the south In every way he can.
The Promised Land.
There is no decadence in my forecast
Of the future Of the south. God placed
| his time lock on these shores Of ours,
| but 1t Is open now, and our develop
ment great as II Is, has scarcely begun.
Ours Is the promised land" the coun-
| try favored by God and nature, with a
monopoly of the only great agricultu-
raj product which is used by civilized
man everywhere. 1t Is inevitable, as
inexorable as the laws Of life and
death, the mills must come to the cot
ton. There are those in the sound OF
my voice who will live to see the time
when the south will enjoy as complete
monopoly I'm the manufacture as she
| now does In the production Of raw
cotton.
Then instead Of ten cents, we wtll
| draw from the balance of the world
| 20, 80 and 40 cents per pound for the
| finished article. making the south rich
beyond our widest dreams.
When LIES fierce battle is done, and
find the rest that the grave finally
gives to us all. / ask no prouder cpl
taph at the hands Of my fellow man
than. HE saw the light and did all he
could to speed its coming"
The South to Save the Nation.
AS a nation, fellow citizens, we have
developed a continent, created a vast
national wealth and today the United
| States stands as the most potent fac
tor OF the worlds progress.
The center Of the financial world In
ten years has been transferred from
the banks Of the Hague, to the banks
/ Of the Hudson, but fellow citizens, 9th
sr nations, too, have occupied this
proud position of wealth and infsu-
ence: nothing much remains Of the
4 civilization OF Greece and Rome save
the rent garments and whitened bones
| that mark the highway where they
wealth, we find It easy to create
wealth, but the problem Of its just dis
tribution overwhelmed them then, and
its solution will tax to the uttermost
the Christian virtue and patriotic
courage of this republic. The great
issues Of this country do not lie he
tween the platforms Of the two great
| political parties, but real divisions are
the relations Of labor and capital, the
monopoly Of public franchises for pri-
vate gain, the transportation and kin
1red problems. On one extreme stcnd
the trusts. huge, grim and unrelent-
ing in their greed: on the other stands
organized labor, fierce. determined snd
socialistic. On one side plutocracy,
on the other q socialism. II this coun-
try Is to be saved 1t must be by the
farmers vote, and the we'll to do. mid
die classes holding the balance OF
power and sticking to the principles
upon which the government Is found
| ID.
There must be some power midway
between these extremes, strong enough
TO hold the old ship to its constitu-
tional moorings, or she will break In
nieces upon the rocks on one side or
founder in the quicksands on the 9TH
ar.
I have little faith in any political
marty; my faith lies In the manhood,
| manhood NJ this re-
public, which has always risen to ev-
ary emergency. A political party
spends half the time building plat
form to get In on, and then after II Is
| In, spends the other half lodging Is
sues trying to stay In.
| In the great Industrial war dividing
| Zach year more sharply the masses
and the classes In the north and west,
| the south alone remains intact, Sc
rene and confident. I have sometimes
thought that In the wisdom Of God,
like Israel OF old, the south has been
held in political bondage, to educate
and prepare her for the great work OF
saving the republic Of Washington and
| Jefferson.
| admire the people Of other sections,
hut never go among them without
instinctively feeling that there Is
certain class of fineness OF fiber, an
-xalted love of country, a reverence
'or religion and the sanctity Of home.
hat Is peculiar to the men and women
| If the south.
The solid south with one-third or
..e electoral vote Is without influence
and power in projecting national poll
oics. but / think I can see the time
coming when she will hold the balance
If power and become the rallying
roint for the conservative and pre-
servative forces in this nation.
Before slavery cast its dark shadow
over our land, the south gave the ma
ion its presidents and shaped Its pol
icies. Washington gave 1t freedom,
Jefferson gave 1t the policy OF expan.
| sion, Monroe. the Monroe Doctrine,
the very foundation Of its foreign pol
icy. Madison was introducing tarin
hill in the house at the very hour when
the senate was counting the votes that
made George Washington Its first
president
| The first tariff bill for protection to
| home Industries was introduced by
| Lowndes of South Carolina, In 1916,
and advocated by Calhoun, Cheves
md Clay. Daniel Webster and other
New England senators opposing It,
Expansion. protection and the early
| nolicies Of this government were the
products Of southern genius and
| craftsmanship. God speed the day
when a non-sectional patriotism VIII
give our country broad non-partisan
| .ubinh yui1l 0ain ma ka