The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-22
SANE OLD GAME.
Trus! People Using the Usual Tactics to
Beat Democratic Party.
BUSINESS DEPRESSION
DEPRESSION
Being Sprung to Brighten Voters OF
the Country Into a State Of Mind
That VIII Make Them Fear to Put
In Power an Administration
Which VIII Cu1 Tariff Duties.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Greerville Daily Piedmont says
the trust game OF bringing out the
old Doggy Man called Business De-
pression''-who always is kept right
up in the front part of the stage
when ever an election approaches
is being played again. From Wall
street comes the cry that Democratic
Investigations, and Supreme court de-
cisions, and the cry for low tariff,
and dozen other such calamities are
constantly threatening business.
The purpose Of the walls, it is be-
coming more and more apparent, Is
to gradually trighten the voters OF
the country into state Of mind that
will make them fear to put in power
an administration which will cut
the high tariff duties.
The trusts pretend to be greatly
wrought up over recent suits against
some Of ther number. They pre-
tend. for instance, to be in panic
because Of the suit against the steel
trust. and are trying to make the
country believe such activities as
these against Big Business will re-
suit in general industrial depres-
sion.
And while they are sending ou,
these alarms they know that the
suit against the steel trust vii
amount to nothing as long as a Re
publican administration is in powe;
to prosecute it Similar suits were
fled against the beef trust by Re
publics7 attorney general eight year:
ago, anu that suit hasn't progressed
an inch since it was filed. ,,otwith
standing that it has been held uI
dozens of times as horrible ex
ample" of the way the politician:
were disturbing business.
If the suit against the steel trus
were prosecuted with ali reasonable
despatch it would require two o.
three years to get it before the Su
preme court, hence the cry that thi'
suit alarms business becomes re
diculous.
The real reason business is alarm
ed, If it is true that business j!
alarmed-which is question that i:
open to Arguments the fear O.
those business men who operate on ;
moderate scale that the money trus
Is getting a grip OF the industria
situation which no political part,
will be able to break.
These small business meu are ap
prehensive only in the degree tina
they fear the money trust controlled
by Morgan will make some move t
discipline those who are crying TO,
low tariff, and for some relief from
the abnornally high cost Of living
The Morgan crowd is standpat Re
publican to the core, and regardless
OF what Wall street talks about now
there is little doubt that what it i
thinking about is the possibility Of /:
tariff cut By the Democrats. To fore
stall this menace the billionaires art
stirring up the old cry Of danger t
business" and getting ready to max.
their usual attempt to coerce an
other Stand Pat Republican victor.
a year from now.
The tariff is still the issue OF
which the two parties must fight i
out next year. Knowing this, Wal
street is already laying plans ane
since the only weapon these none!
barons know how to use, since the,
have neither facts nor justice to ait
them, is the threat Of slack business
Their present walls simply are prac
tice stunts 70 get the old bogey il
working order for the coming cam:
paign.