The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
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COTTON HAS SOMETHING TO DC WITH
TIE SENATE.

COTTON HAS SOMETHING TO Dc WITH
The SENATE.
The Sumter Herald would like
to know what cotton has to do
with the Senate?:" The question
is an indication the Herald
favors some one other than
Smith for the Senate. There
can be no objection to the Herald
favoring any of the other candi-
dates. it is its right, but mas
much as Mr.. Smith is a native of
Sumter county, but who had
probably something to do with
the formation of Lee county,
there is reason to think there
may be some local grudge in the
opposition to Smith, dating back
to his activity in cutting of from
Sumter; otherwise, opposition to
Smith from a newspaper pub
lished in his native county puts
it up to that newspaper to- spec
ify why it opposes a Sumter
man? If the Herald knows a
good reason why the people
Should not vote for Smith it is
it's duty to the general public to
come square out fear!essly and
truthfnlly and give those rea.
sons, but in the absence Of good
sound reasons based upon truth,
it's opposition to one of Sumter's
brilliant sons has the appearance
Of a bird befoaling it's own nest.
But to the Herald's question.
':What has cotton to do with the
Senator" Cotton, that feecy
staple grown in the fields Of the
Southland is the South's princi.
pal product. It is what brings
to the people of the South sthat
which goes to the making of our
towns and cities, the main sup
port of our schools and churches;
every industrial wheel turned IN
the South depends for it's lubri-
can't upon that which comes
from the results of cotton, and
it is such an important world
product, indispensable IN its
very nature, that common JUS
tice entities 1t to as much Of the
federal governments fostering
care. at least, as much as whis-
key. The whiskey product has
been fostered by the United
States government for years,
the Western representatives in
Congress havelookedout for their
constituents by creating such
legislation as put the whiskey
made from Western grain and
fruits, into bonded warehouses,
the certificates issued by these
bonded warehouses are good IN
any bank, and as consequence,
the distilleries are better en-
abled to pay the farmers a better
price for their grain and fruits.
Cotton is non-perishable
product when properly sheltered,
and if our representatives would
work as much for legislation to
help those who raise cotton as
they do when they scheme for
votes to be sent to Congress:
there IS reason to believe the
government can be persuaded to
lend its fostering care to pro
tecting the toll of Southern labor
from the rapaciousness of North
ern greed and shrewdness.
Therefore cotton has, SO far as
the South is concerned, some
thing to do with the Senate.
If our Southern representa-
tives will concentrate their tai.
ents. towards securing legislation
to have the government build
bonded warehouses throughout
the: cotton belt, as it now has
bonded warehouses in the whis-
key distilling centers, and from
these government warehouses,
issue certificates at ten cents per
pound, middiing basis: those
certificates could be converted
into cash IN any bank, the same
as a whiskey certificate is now.
Il must be seen that great bene-
fits would result to the farmer:
in, that the pin-hcoker, or mid
dlemen will be wiped out, and
the profits now made by these
middle men will go to the
farmer.
This is no fanciful theory, we
believe if properly presented
and pushed. there is every cause
to believe the government can
be induced to take hold of cotton
warehousing, and why should it
not? When it was first suggest,
ed that the government have a
parcel post system, it was laugh
ed at, now it is being seriously
considered by Congress. When
it was first suggested to provide