The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-12-19
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the pigeon hole of some chairman of
the Senate. Why not call it out and
have it discussed, and let us have
some practical illustrations of how
much the people of South Carolina
would get out of it anyhow?
The CURRENCY QUESTION.
He who may represent the South
in either house of Congress in the
near future, must be ready to cope
with and push urgent issues. The
present emergency on US IN the
money market, which necessarily at
fects the price of cotton and manu-
factured goods as we'll as stocks,
shows the necessity of prompt Cur
rency Reform" It is shame that
some Federal statute is not enacted
allowing the banks to issue emer-
gency currency on an efficient and
safe basis. It is terrible spectacle
to behold the entire business OF the
United States at the mercy OF the
magnates of Wall street, and the
Secretary of the Treasury on the
question of putting currency into
circulation. The government ought
to rule Wall street, and not allow it
to rule the people any longer. The
inelasticity and ineficiency Of the
currency system is as great a detrl.
ment to business, as failure OF
crops, for it reduces the value of all
crops, and congress ought to proceed
quickly to furnish some remedy for
the relief of the recent depression in
prices in the country. And some
permanent method ought to be
adopted to meet future trouble.
Congress should rise above partisan
politics in this matter. It will not
do to say that a remedy cannot be
found, as announced by Mr.. Latimer
in his last interview. The people de-
mand permanent remedy.
Many of the States, notably South
Carolina and Georgia, by stringent
statutes, have demolished the busi-
ness of the bucket shops within our
borders,, and kept a good deal of
money at home for legitimate pur-
poses. Congress by Federal statutes,
even to the extent of fine and i'm
prisonment ought to demolish the
greatest of bucket shops and divert
the money, which goes into illegal
stock gambling, to the avenues OF
honest trade.
TARIFF REFORM.
We have heard of 'the tariff" all
our days; but if there ever was a
time when the Democrats, and espec-
ially those of the South should move
forward and demand tariff reform,
and that Immediately, now is the
time. All throughout the North,
there are people inside the Republi-
can party who are ready to join the
Democrats in an effort to rectify the
fearful burden that rests on the peo-
pie by indirect taxation.
It will not do to allow our people
to be lulled to sleep by appropria-
tions for local improvements, and
to acquiesce in the enrichment of the
Robber Barons and Trusts, who fat
ten, because of. the existence of a
system of protective duties.
It is the settled policy in the Uni
| ted States to make appropriations to
maintain the rivers and harbors and
great waterways of the land, such
as the Mississippi river, and our
harbors and rivers, and every dictate
of reason justifes the building Of the
great Isthmian canal, but we should
regard with a great deal of suspic-
ion many of the chimerical sugges-
tions to build up private enterprises
at the expense of the National Gov
ernment, for it would prove too
great precedent to perpetuate the
tariff, and to roll mp a big fund of
money in the treasury, wrung from
the people by indirect taxation.
FIGHT GENERALIZATION
We are also told by the President
that he has turned on the light"
and we are glad he has brought to
light the rottenness that exists in
high places, but we must not be de-
ceived by the no uncertain and inn
perative call he makes to give the
Federal Executive greater power,
even to Capitalization. He wants
not only more power to manage and
control the implements Of Interstate
Commerce land there is no objec-
ton to that,) but he wants to bend
and twist the Interstate Commerce
clause of the Constitution, so that
the Federal Executive should be en-
abled to seize upon and regulate
even the intra State activities and to
subject the products of her soil, the
labor and output of her mills and
mines, all to the touch Of the Fed
eral power.
THE DRAINAGE QUESTION.
The irrigation of arid lands in the
West by Federal Aid, seems to have
become a fixed policy, like the i'm