The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-05-27
R0BS FARMERS
By the Operations Of the High
Tariff Laws.
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In the Next Campaign, and Those
Men Who Call Themselves DEM
ocrats and Betray the Party VIII
BE Driven Out and True Men Put
on Guard.
While on a visit to Florence re-
Gently Senator Smith gave most
interesting resume of the tarln
fight in Congress to reporter OF
The Times. The Senator does not
look for any relief for the people
in the present fight. The situation
is entirely too much dominated by
the rapacious interests" of the coun-
try as represented by Aldrich and
other protection leaders. They are
fighting for protection everywhere,
and many Democrats seeing the
tendency have scrambled for share
of the grabbings. He does think,
however, that there is enough life
in the Democratic party for it to
positively declare itself in this mat
ter in the next campaign and by
making its principles prominent,
with the awakening Of the people
through the country, the indepen-
dence OF many of the newspapers and
their free iand fearless discussion
of the question to win the hold the
support of the United States.
He has made one speech on the
tariff and he has been very much
gratifed by the reception of it by
the senate and by the party and
the people everywhere through the
country and will soon make another
in which he will say many thing that
he has in mind, for he has studied
this question as he never studied be-
fore. He believes that his unas-
sailable position on the strong rock
of Democracy has been help to
that the fight that is being made
now has made real Democrats and
stronger in their Democracy, and
has made more apparent the preten-
sions of those who love the name
and the name only of Democracy,
but oppose its principles wherever.
they are offered.
He says the expression Of certain
Democrats will result in one of two
things, a loss of confidence in and
a reputation of these individuals
or loss of and reputation of
Democracy. Senator Smith evidently
believes that the people will repudi-
ate the so-called Democrats, who
are voting to protect lumber and
other products. He goes on to say:
''I believe that the essential prin-
ciples of Democracy are nearer the
hearts of the people today than
ever before in the history of the
country. The middle west having
been broken up into small farms,
the population becoming denser and
the struggle for exfstance sharper,
and the products of the farm peces-
sarily sold in a free market, while
those things necessary for the cul-
tivation and support of the farm are
to be bought in protected market,
the people of this vast territory are
beginning to feel the effect of this
unjust legislation as the people of
the South have felt since the inaugu-
ration of the protective policy.
mo man need be deceived in
thinking that the South with her
tremendous territory and population
will ever allow even in her own bor-
ders, manufacturing enterprises to
be promoted at the unreasonable eX-
pense of her agricultural interests
and those politicians who allow
themselves to be Influenced by the
powerful plea of the organized man
ufacturing interests of the South,
will have very rude, but very ef-
fectual awakening when the voice
of the ballot is heard. Therefore,
/ confidently expect to see pure De-
mocracy gloriously triumphant in
the next election through the influ-
ence of the thoroughly awakened
South and middle West.
Il do not want to be understood
as being against the promotion of
manufacturing interests in the South,
but l do want to be clearly under
stood as opposing the promotion of
any industry at the unjust expense
Of those who produce the raw materi-
al l firmly believe that, at the
present state of perfected mechani-
cal appliances that the American
manufacturer, both North and South,
can compete profitably with the
manufacturers in any section of the
civilized world. The skill and in
telligence Of the American laborer,
plus the skill of the American fnan-
cier can produce more per unit of
expense than any country on the
globe and the only protection that
we need is the protection of God
Almighty granting us favorable sea-
sons.
The Democratic party should not
be misunderstood under our system
of government: We must have a reye-