The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-10-28

is alright for the government to
come to the aid of the "Big In
terests" when they are in a
panicky condition, but sit is
paternalism run mad'' when the
government manifests a willing
ness to devise means to relieve
the farmer who is suddenly
brought to face a condition for
which he had no part in bring.
ing on. When the government
a few years ago rushed it's treas
ury to New York to stave off a
panic, and did stave it of, the
plutocratic press were loud in
their approval and praised it as
wonderful financial achieve
ment, when the present admins.
tration issued millions of dollars
and loaned it to the large banks,
and called it Emergency Cur
rency" to aid the southern farm
er to move his crop twas consid.
cred a great financial achieve.
ment, even tho the farmers OF
the South did not benefit from
the emergency currency issue,
the banks diverted this fund
from the purpose intended and
used it to take up their own
paper, this was true to tine ex-
tent that it became a notorious
scandal and Secretary McAdoo
read the riot act to them. and
finally called it part of the
issue. These banks borrowed
the emergency money from the
government at two per cent, and
took up their five per cent paper
with it, what they did let the
smaller banks have was at an
advanced rate, in some instances
as high as eight per ceut-THE
FARMERS FOR WHOM THIS
!
MONEY WAS INTENDED
DID NOT GET 1T.
The South Carolina general
assembly convened TO legislate
for the relief of the masses in
this direful emergency, and at
every step it was met with the
powerful influence of the mon
led interests to obstruct and pre-
vent anything being done to af-
ford relief, the newspapers con-
trolled by these interests, have
not only argued against it in
their editorial columns, but they
have resorted to all manner Of
misleading arguments.to confuse
the masses so that should the
bond proposition be submitted
to the voters they will be preju-
diced to vote against ID. But I
say here and now, if the ques-
tion is submitted to the people
they should not be Influenced by
the daily newspapers, because,
they are working with all of
their power to pre- 'ent the mass
es from securing any aid what
ever, and when they go to the
polls next Tuesday, and every
man should go, have no hesita-
tion in voting in favor of the
bond issue. it is the only hope of
relief, and if it should fail the
worst is yet to come.
It is a singular coincidence
that when the McLaurin resolu-
ton to send a committee to con-
fer with Secretary McAdoo was
adopted, Mr.. Edwin W. Robert
son the principal owner of the
Columbia Record, and head of
the National Loan and Exchange
Bank in Columbia, who, togeth.
er with his bank directors open
ly resisted this bond legislation,
left for Washington on the next
train. What for? It is believed
that he went to defeat the object
of the committees visit, at any
rate he went to Washington, and
it was not for his health either.
Something must be done or
our people will be brought to
financial destruction, and the
money loaning syndicates, will,
through their mortgages have
the pro pcrty of the people, which
mast result in making of our
people the slaves of plutocratic
greed. The monied interests
that are fighting remedial legis-
lation have not proposed the
slightest remedy other than
that "the masses must live at
home," not one suggestion to
save them from their present