Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-16

as such Is entitled to pay Tor what
he does; but he could not, in my opin-
ion, be entitled to pull down $4,000
in q case like this, under such circum-
stances. All of us know what
smooth citizen Fielder is-how he got
a rake off that would excite the envy
of the original dispensary grafters.
Well, as l see 1t, or rather as I be-
lieve 1t, Stevenson must have put It
up to Fielder in such a way as to make
Fielder agree to let him have part of
the pickIngs also. That Is reasonable,
1t seems to me, especially since Ste
venson was the only man in the way
whom Fielder had occasion to fear.
After Stevenson had gotten a taste Of
blood" in the pickings, when Blease
came in and shut him OF, he has been
outraged at Blease, and Is making
fool out of the general assembly MAIN
ly out of a desire to get even."
The friend that 1 quoted above, said
to me: II don't see what makes you
newspaper people lire yourselves up
Tor and against one candidate or an
other. Don't you know that with all
these politicians politics Is business
their business? They are in 1t for
what they can make out Of 1t, and
there is ABSOLUTELY nothing in 1t for
you. Then what do you want to mix
up with them for?" told my friend
tnat he was correct; that 1 did not
feel that l was interested in the for
tunes Of the politicians; but still I feel
that as a newspaper man 1t was my
duty 10 give my subscribers the bene-
mt of any facts that can get, also Of
any views that I may have Of men or
things that may prove OF value. He
agreed that I was right.
/ was very much interested in the
deliberations of the free conference
committee that was appointed to adj
just the differences between the
house and senate on the state ware
house bill. This bill had been con-
siderably amended in the house and
although some Of the amendments
had been offered by people who had
voted for the bill, all Of the amend
ments were not friendly. Some of
pie the whole thing and make the
plan abortive. Mr.. Mcqueen did not
approve these amendments, but he
was unable to choke them off. In the
shape that the bill finally got through
he was disgusted with IL. At his re-
quest Senator McLaurin came over
from Bennettsville to give the COM
mittee on free conference as much as1
sis,ance as he could. The attitude of
some Of the members Of the commit
tee was not altogether to the liking
Of Mr.. Mcqueen and at one point he
delivered himself something like this:
Now, gentlemen, we have been
working lorg and hard on this bill
and we have better bill than the
Louisiana bill. These house amend
ments have ruined 1t and rather than
see the bill passed in this way would
rather see 1t killed. make this prop
osition: l am willing that the house
recede from all Of its amendments IL
you will only agree to report the bill
as 1t passed the senate" The major
ily of the committee was not willing
to kill the bill. Senator Allan John
stone came over to Mr.. Mcqueen, and
the committee finally agreed to prac-
tically everything that Mr.. Mcqueen
wanted. When the committee adj
journed asked Senator McLaurin
what he thought Of the situation. -
why, on a basis Of the committee'sq
agreement 1 am perfectly satisfied.
The bill will be all right, provided
there are no further changes" he
said. -
But" 1 went on, suppose the ac-
tlon of this committee as 1t now ap-
pears Is confirmed, and the governor
vetoes the bill, what them"
"Well, 1t is just like this" he re-
piled, II have no desire to get into
active politics again; but II the COM
mittee reports that bill as 1t now
stands and the governor vetoes 1t, I'll
enter the race for governor and stump
every county in the state for the bill
even II I do not get vote"
day night. During Wednesday took
nnna ofnn m ynaka coll np NV friand
T.. B. Stackhouse, manager Of the
Standard Warehouse company and one
Of the ablest financiers Of the state.
Mr.. Stackhouse's company has ware
house property to the value Of about
s35O,000. I told him that I had all
along been very much interested In
this state warehouse plan, and asked
him for his opinion as 70 Its practi-
cability.
"It will all depend upon the man
agement," he said. "It is business
proposition and must be managed In
business way. or 1t will fail"
do YOU think you could manage
1t successfully"
well, 1 would not undertake 1t for
the $2,100, the salary proposed, for I
am making more than twice that
now; but do not see why I could not
manage 1t. took charge Of our COM
pany at a time when 1t was not doing |
so we'll, and last year we made IL per
cent profit"
Referring to the self-evident fact |
that IL the state warehouse should
prove q success the Standard and 9TH |
er smaller companies would have to |
submit to absorption or 90 out Of bus |
mess, asked Mr.. Stackhouse whathe |
thought of the bill from that stand |
point.
That is just like this. You would |
not expect q man to look with uncon- |
cern on a proposition that might 4
threaten to ruin his business; but still |
think am liberal enough and broad |
enough to say that If 1t shall be made |
to appear that state ownership Is best |
for the cotton producers generally, |
then my private interests cannot stand |
in the way. I think the state will be |
willing to take over our holdings at |
fair valuation, and as for myself I
will find SOME other way to empty |
such talents and abilities as I may |
have"
During my stay with Mr.. Stack
house he gave lot Of interesting 6e-
tailed information about the ware
house business generally, and told hsw
he had been able to perfect arrange
ments whereby he could lend his Gus
toners all the money they wanted at
per cent and still make nice pref
1t for his company. But that, let 1t be
understood, was business MANAGE
ment-business management Of the
kind needed to make success Of the
state warehouse scheme.
w. D. Grist
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