The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-05
anti future BILL
SENATOR E. D. Smith PLEADS
CAUSE OF FARMER
DEMAND equal CHANGE

on the Measure to Place the Cot
ton Buyers and Sellers On Same
Level.
Senator Smith of South Carolina
stirred up a hornets nest in the
senate Wednesday morning when be
endeavored to get action upon his
bill to regulate contracts for the fu-
ture delivery of cotton. After ad-
dressing the senate for more ;han
an hour on the subject, Senator
Smith moved to have the committee
on the judiciary discharged from fur
ther consideration of the house meas
| ure and his bill substituted therefor,
the bills being of similar purport.
This brought Sen. Clark Wyoming,
chairman of the committee on judic-
iary, to his feet with vigorous oppo-
sltion to the motion, claiming that
the committee had not had an oppor-
tunity to give the bill proper consid-
Grafton.
Senator Clarke Of Arkansas came
to the support Of Senator Smith, urg-
ing that some action be taken upon
a measure so important to the South
and to the country at large. Senator
Hoke Smith and Senator Gronna, a
Republican, also Joined in the de-
nand for vote on the motion. This
was opposed by Senator Percy Of Mis-
sissippi, who said that while Senator
Smith had not overstated the i'm
portance of the proposed legislation,
he was opposed to the measure on
constitutional grounds.
Senators Lodge and Warren OBJ
jected to immediate consideration on
the ground that the cotton exchange
people were entitled to hearing be-
fore action was taken. This obJec-
ton was met by Senators Smith Of
Georgia and Gronna of North Da-
kota, both members Of the commit
tee or agriculture, who stated that
the New York and New Orleans cot
ton exchange interests had been CIV
en- a full hearing before their COM
mittee. At this point Senator War
ren still further pressed his ooJec-
ton by reference to the pending ap-
preparation bills and the brief time
in which they have to be considered.
1t was agreed to allow the matter
to 90 over until Thursday for final
disposition.
Senator Smith spoke for more than
an hour, elaborately discussing in
detail every phase Of the cotton Sit
uation from the time the ground is
broken for the seed until the white,
feecy staple is carried to the gin,
then on to the mill, where it comes
out in cloth. There was no feature
which he left untouched.
In part he said: eve are reckon
ing with a force to-day that the law
of heredity and habit and the conse-
uuent inertia make US slow to real
ize. We are living in an age unpar-
alleled by any other age; not that
human nature has changed, and am
glad that it has not, but the means
of expressing the desires and hopes
and. ambitions Of each heart are more
perfect than ever. The facilities for
transportation and communication
and education are so perfect that
the man in the woods who has been
the victim Of the shrewd and the
heartless becomes like the man who
walks the streets Of the city and
with better training and with faith
full work, with honest mother and
father, he has had ground into his
bones the intrinsic principles OF
honesty and integrity. r demands
no more, he will accept LIZ less, and
the government has yet to reckon
with that class of our people who es-
tablished it.
"The bill that I propose, reduced
to it's simple terms, means that a
buyer and seller shall have the same
chance; that what a seller proposes
to sell shall be specifically and def
initely named, both as to quality and
price, and that he shall deliver that
and shall deliver it at the price
agreed upon and the grade agreed
upon; that the setting aside Of fair
competition shall cease and that so
far as interstate commerce is con-
cerned, and in so far as congress can
regulate that commerce, the law OF
supply and demand shall obtain.
"It is an easy matter, it seems, to
dismiss this question and leave the
farmer to take care Of himself. 1t
seems to be the sentiment Of some