The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-05-22
HON. N. B. dial.
ADDRESSES VOTERS
HIS PROGRESSIVE VIEWS
AS TO THE DUTIES OF
u. S. SENATOR
Feeling that the Pospects for Demo.
cratic Success are Brighter than In
Many Years, Mr.. Dial Wants to Aid
in Making the Best OF the Situation.

To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina:
In behalf Of my candidacy for the
United States Senate / desire to ex-
press my views On some subjects os
public interest.
Having been born and reared on a
farm In Laurens county, and as my
| ancestors have lived in this country
for the past five generations, l feel
natural interest and pride in ev-
erything tending to benefit all our
citizens, and in the material pros
perity of our State.
After attending old field schools
and college decided to practice law,
and moved to Laurens In 1880. l was
soon elected Mayor and my efforts to
build up the town are we'll known.
Shortly afterwards we built one of
the first cotton seed oil mills in this
| part OF the State; then we built the
second warehouse for storing cotton
in South Carolina Since, | have been
engaged in building banks, cotton
mills, trust companies, water powers,
glass factory, etc. Hence, you will
see that my endeavor to develop the
resources of our State and to bring
more money into our borders is not a
recent departure. We have great
State; not only glorious in history,
but rich materially Our climate is
as good as any in the world and our
| soil rich and fertile. We possess
valuable water powers, and other Won
derful natural advantages. We have
produced more cotton, corn, oats and
rice per acre than any other State
In the Union The value of our agri-
cultural products per acre exceeds
that of any other Southern State, and
is only surpassed by Illinois and In
diana. We have also made great
STRIDES in manufacturing, especially
in cotton goods, being the second
state in the Union in the number of
spindles. We have already made won
derful progress in many other re-
spects but not what we should have
-''""| IL We lIiu Deen PROVIDED with
proper means.
No wonder the South is handicapped
when we consider the great drain on
our resources. Think of the quantity
of money carried from our borders
by reason of interest on our state,
county. municipal, railroad, telegraph,
telephone and other bonds and stocks,
and also the great amount of insur-
ance premiums paid to outside com
panies. For example: last year some
thing like Two Million Dollars, over
and above all losses and expenses, etc,
was paid to foreign insurance COM
panies. We also observe from the In
surance Commissions report that
there are over Twenty Millions of
Dollars belonging to South Carolin-
ians held by foreign insurance com
panies. Less than one-half of this
Is invested in our State.
The prospects are brighter now than
they have ever been for a Democratic
President and a Democratic Con-
gress, thereby giving our party con-
troll OF all branches Of the Govern
ment. This is a progressive age, and
! am glad to know that advanced
thoughts and ideas will occupy the
minds of the people of the entire
United States in this election.
| am heartily in favor Of amending
the United States Constitution by re-
quiring the election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the people.
In case | should be so fortunate as
to be elected | would advocate econ
omy in every branch of the Govern
ment. We read somewhere not long
ago, that very old member of Con-
gress stated that the GovernmenS
could be run on Three Hundred Mil
lion Dollars less per annum. This
statement encourages me to think that
great deal of useless expenditure
could be cut Off; various departments
re-organized, and great saving there
by erected to the benefit of the tax
payers. For example: stop useless
expenditures in the Post Office De-
partment. and allow one cent postage
on letters. Taxes on, all sides are
burdensome, and halt should be
called. Caution should be exercised
before expense Is incurred, and then
extraYagant Investigations would be
unnecessary. OF course. the Govern
ment must raise revenue upon which