The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-16

81 ssissi. a. -,S. .4stlyis
the present policy and our coast trade
will soon be In foreign hands. The
United States is an export, nation anu
10 be entirely dependent on our COM
mercial rivals to carry our products
abroes; Is uEwise. do not caro- whet
President Wilson or anybody else says
to the contrary.
Cheering News.
The facts are that the repeal of the
tolls will continue the most heartlesB
subsidy to Lord Cowdray's railroad
that exists on this earth. 1t is COM
plete surrender of American interests
to Great Britain. We build the canal
at enormous cost in life and mouey and
present It to the English capitalist
now exploiting Mexico and other coup-
tries. Lord Cowdray Ia the Rockefol-
ler OF England. In fact, he is n COM
bination of Rockefeller and Morgan.
because of his political and financial
power, aside from being an oil king.
he owns the TampicO and Tehuantepec
oil fields. He has the unqualified
backing of the British government In
all of his undertakings. and II any ono
will take the trouble to read the tes-
timony taken by the Davidson commit
tee and other public documents easily
that much OF the trouble in Mexico
comes from the fight between British
and AMERICAN oil interest.
This may explain why England
rec6gn,zea .Huerta when the United
| States refused to do SO. I know
THAI the biggest obstacle In getting the
canaf bilI passed was the opposition Of
the ,transcontinenta railroads. notably
the Canadian Pacific. Now that we
have the canal the same interests I
have no doubt. seek to control II. Lord
COwdray's road Is In south Mexico and
connects Puerto ON the Atlantic with
Salina Cruz on the Pacific. distance
OF 100 miles. 1t cost s$66. 900 900. and
was paid for by. the M6xican govern
ment. The bonds got into Lord Cow,
dray's hands and through some kind OF
Q deal with Dinz, he has absolute con-
troll Of the road. which Is said to he the
most profitable line OF railroad in the
world. The records, show that It Is
the personal property OF this British
money master. Freights = from. say
New York to the Pacific; 60 to Puerto
there the ship Is unloaded and itf
freight passes over Lord Cowdray's
road to Salina Cruz. there It IS reship.
tlped to It's destination.
5IN Tho freight HHsaass.sSS.s. HHssaassssSS;.s
II The record Rhnwe Ahat sfreighle sc;
7 the Hawaiian islands average 81 pc,
ton from New York and,that. one-thirt
OF this amount goes to this 1870 mile
railroad. The president Of the Ha
waiian Steamship company gave thil
testimony before congregational com
mittee. The opening Of the cana
with free tolls to american ship,
would undoubtedly. wipe tout Lore
!. Cowdray's railroad. but It would als,
J lower sugar - per ton to the Ameri
can people. Alfred Henry Lewis put
] It In nutshell. when he says, "Th
fight is between SOS. .000. 900 OF Isor,
Cowdfays. English Tehuantepec rail
road money and 3400 100000 cana
money. Thatiis tho precise issue pre-
:. Eented by o ascontest over freeing tn
!, canal to American coastwise ships" I
: Il issAot q subsidy TO charge American
: tshipeS 81 pa ton 10, that this; Englisl
: geilNGad5 may setain Its freight rate
what .is itssssss
T6s American people must pa