The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-19
Jeff TRULY'S PLATFORM.
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mission to see that the manufactured
product Of such industrial establish
lnents is handled and transported at
itst and reasonable rates. Thus
without injustice to the carrier, and
without violating any charter rights
csr home factories may enter INTO
competition with factories located
elsewhere upon an equal footing. 1t
is idle to talk of encouraging the To-
cation of factories at inland or non
competitive points II. after their es-
tablishmeft, they are to be left alb
solutely at the mercy OF the carrier
upon the vital question of fixing the
rates for the handling and transport
tation OF their products. We can az
least protect our merchants, our tar
mers, our factories, our towns, ana
our people OF every vocation from
unfair discrimination upon shipments
originating and terminating within
the State 1t the part OF wisdom
that this be promptly and effectively
done.
"As further encouragement to
the location OF manufacturing and
mercantile enterprises in our State,
the improvements OF the harbors on
oir coast should be assisted in every
possible way One permanently de
veloped. the opening OF these great
waterways 81 commerce Will re
dound to the material advancement
and commercial benefit OF the people
OF our entire State. 1t will bring adj
ditional and increased business TO
the carriers: provided a new outlet
Tor the product OF our fields and FAC
tories; open a promising and aeces-
sible market TO the enterprise OF our
merchants and commercial travellers.
and affords an opportunity Tor the
forming of profitable commercial al
liances III new aud fertile terri
tory Every new industry establish
ed. every new trade avenue which Is
opened, brings additional opportunl-
ties TO the thrifty and energetic.
Fourth = Relieving that 1t Will
tend TO discourage desirable lmrni-
grafton that IS fraught with direst
possibilities OF danger to the future
welfare OF the State, shall oppose
TO the uttermost any proposition
tending to encourage the indiscrlmi-
nate introduction or Importation OF
foreign labor. Any honest, midas
trious housekeeper should be well
coined but the most fertile section
OF the State of Mississippi should not
be surrendered to be colonized by an
alien race or abandoned absolutely
to large land owners to establish a
system tof foreign tenantry, and thus
territory from all possibility of its
ever becoming the heritage OF the
thrifty sons and daughters of ou
own race. To thus surrender the
Delta. the garden spot OF the world.
to an alien race not OF our own kitn
or kind. would. in my Judgment, be
nothing short OF a sin against our
own yong manhood. the evil results
of which would be visited on. genera
tons yet unborn.
eff the Delta be made an asylum
for undesirable immigrants, in a
short while they will over rim the
State and occupy the land that ought
to be kept TO provide flo1nes Ior cur
oun boys and girls. j
81 ipon the merits Of these meas
Tres the suffrage Of my fellow Dem
d<rat Mill be solicited and 10 dis
c4.ssiosr thereof ali other candidates
an esps ctfilly invited
3Sfievine thar the principle Of
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