The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-04-06
TURN OF TIDE
Democrats Viii Sooa Find Government
Reins IN Their Bands.
SAYS WOODROW WILSON
The President OF Princeton Coilegc
Predicts that the People in their
Distress Arc Turning to the Dem.
ocrats for Relicf.-He Tells How
the Country Wili Be Benefited.

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That the political tide is nos
turning Democratic. and the da,
! when the Democratic party mus
take charge Of this coun.Ty's affairs
is almost at hand, were declaration
made by Woodrow Wilson, presiden
Of Princeton university. ia a speech
a: the Democratic dinner II Eliza
beth, y j.. recently. Mr.. Wilson out
lined the character OF Legislation
which the Democratic should give
the county to meet the presen'
economic problems. IN this connvc'
ton he said:
In the hrst place we should wish
not merely 70 curb the trusts. and
above all. We should not w:ss lc
regulate them IN such way IS will
make them either partners or crea-
lures OF the government Itself, we
should wish to square their whole
action and responsibility with the
general interest regarding them. not
as objects in themselves. but mere
ily as conven.ences IN our economic
life and development. Recent pro-
posals or regulation have looked too
much like wholesale invasion by
government itsel. OF the field OF bus
mess management.
Our regulations OF public inter
est must be legal regulation and not
direct management
Ia the second place. It Is clearly
our duty to take the government oui
OF the business OF patronage. the
business Of granting favors and priv
ileges. OF arranging the laws Sc that
this. that, or the ether group Of
men may make large profits cut Of
their business and draw It back to
the function OF safeguarding righ:s
general. not particular right: the
rights which make not so much for
the prosperity. which enables small
groups Of individual to pile up enor-
nous fortunes. as for general stiD-
ulation. universal opportunity 70.
enlightenment and justice. am
thinking Of course, OF tariff legis-
lation.
Whatever may be our views with
regard to the policy vasely called
the policy OF protection. it is clear
that in fact it has long since. as
dealt with by congress. ceased 70 BE-
a policy OF protection. and become
a policy OF patronage.
I'VE are told that the present e1-
high price OF commod-
tiles is due. not to the tariff. but
TO the fact that we are not pro-
ducing enough to keep up With the
daily demand. and that is particu-
larly true with regards to things we
eat and have daily need.
Take meat for example and see
what the truth is. The truth is that
the meat trust has been aale to con-
troll the meat market to such an
extent that scores OF ranchnen have
been driven out OF the cattle raising
business because 1t was Improbable.
The short supply OF meat is due to
the monopoly created by the meat
trust. /: Is therefore true that the
supply is short compared with the
vast demand. but it has been made
short by the operation OF a trust
unquesuonably fostered by the 'esis-
lation of the government.
In the third place 1t is one OF
the chief duties Of the Democratic
part: to introduce such reforms In
local and federal governments as
will secure economy. responsibility.
honesty. fidelity.
In brief our program should be
a general revival Of popular politics.
Of common counsel. OF responsible
We must supply efficient
leaders. and eschew all the lower
personal objects Of politics. 1t Is a
case Of mus: as we'll as a case of
may a case OF necessity as we'll as
4 case 0! privilege. A new day has
come Men and measures are be-
ing scrutinized as never before. For
myself I ver;tably believe we are
upon the eve Of a new era Of political
liberty. when more literally and tru-
l. than eve. We can realize the Ideals
OF popular government and OF in
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