The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-13

1utionsl ifndorsed and adopted at
county gatheringHslb by trade bodies.
and by. Chambers OF Commerce.
RepfeHen tatsvas in Congress- of
the United States have taken & the
position that Congress can, do moth
ing and hsseft that the burden OF
avertinE the impetidfng calamity rests
upon tte Individual Statcs.s (
&, To thtsd Last 1prOposition I heart
lily dissent, for believe the great leg
iBlative3 !sonrce Of relief IL ConRraas..
fsSe Hovernfhent d6be NOT now as,
sist tG9 south Wtteh tliS President and
aslarga proportion. of the Cabinet and
Of tho chairman pf che b .erful COM
mitteeE bf fAousa. and Semitic are from
the soAt we may e7bsSt little bene.
!fit BY exaltatio1 to oface of South
,rn men s,tys,i,T,,i = /. :G!i
sSaes. EvIE I'm, Remedy -
S5ssss'1 ssd not say asS Governor: that
I am deeply interested IN the ques-
tion nbR imp riling tie & business
tnterest4 OF the State! r. 3 recognize
fully the gravity of the isisntaion, but
i Isfurthar know that la Ead, situation
could bet made Yorsk by doing the
wrong thing. is & 70 ~ Y i sSsa'
The prevailing sidea fsrt axpreBs-;
sd as sovereign feI4 4edy IeS de- .Gurtait-
iment OF cotton prodgc gcti an by law. The
farmersl Of the South Is snad ri more.
-st,tt0ns tfiHu the nfAfKeX, festrfcted by
European wars. will absorb. The crop
81 cotton indy not exceed the worlds
need, but the world is not In a posi-
tfon now: to take IT. It ID. no doubt q
truth thn1 the fafmer would havo
more wisely planted had he devoted
a greater acreage MT only, this year
but past yeera to fpodsLnffs. for man
and beast. The effe4, OF the war en-
:phasizea the power |bt This policy in
'"rhe !reques.i.thaSiI call an extra
session of the Genetal Assembly as
sumes that the Southern farmer will
repeat! this same pSltcy during the
ensuing year. The suSgesteion is that
folly. 5;.s.s,:. Il
at is curious tbing, that those
who exalt the farmertas the lmb.sdi-
ment of character, paEintfsni md in
telligence should decla2e that the cur
tailment' Of the crop is essential to
his welfare, but from lack OF intelli-
gence he will not-do sd and, we must
place Jail penalty ovEr him to pre-
vent him from raising bottom on. his
own land. Either this mkat ha done nr
q prohibitiye tax must III placed upon
him to insure action onthis part that
will rebound to his own n1Seneflt. g.
s DISTRESS IL Predhled. ~.
when the farmers prksentet their
cause In Washington tdEthe Bank
ing and Currency Conn 4dttee, they
'ob1ected to the forcibleE Ecurtailmen mt
and declared they were lot prepared
for revolutionary management OF the
farms. and that; In thou& &nds, OF In
stances great distress w5rld be Oc-
casioned ty. 1t.
; II could not. asia lawyk cnnscinn-
tiously rec6mnandJ the eASctment .f
such laws. and dare not ddso as Gov
er1or. The President OF Ethe United
States has declared, agaIh& suggest
ed legislation, on the grothd that It
would violate sound :,econd5kic policy.
Assuredly the Governor. Ola State
should not commend the olation of
Its fundamental IaW. ~
.The Attorney General oiRhis stste
has advised me that, the bin of cur
taiimept by prohibition b8ation- or
penal stafute are unc6nsttt Sional.
Iaa suggeseed plans cfaIenge the
inteiiience OF tne S0uthernt faTner and
are in violation; ;'of the prtibiples of
liberty. 3; s.SsS 80 Z,
.aThe, strugglesioe shes spsopA for 800
Years, nhye Peen 10 echteve Freedom
tion, and temporary sacrificc6is nre-
fereble toi, thie; enhancement Be GOV
etnmentnl po%sp which Moaidtmef,ace
ths st trseiSR9 ss1.,9 9, q sysry 8 i.i