The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-08
GOV. BLEASE 70 :
MR.. STACKHOUSE
Replies to ;hc Criticism Expressed
By the Head Of State Cotton
Congress

following communication which ex-
piainD itself: s>.
Columbia. Sept. !. 1914.
Wade Stackll0use. President South
Carolina division. Southern Cotton
! C0ngrcl.. Dillon. s; G.. ,6.
! Preamble and regolution. dated
Dillon. S. g. September =. and signed
BY yourself. received at tho COVER
nor's Office this day.
| In tie campaign for the United
States senate, inst closed, 1t waB said
Throughout tho state by opponento ut
mine. that il Senator Smith was re-
elected tho Unitud States government
\ would come TO the immediate. relief
Of the farmers. under the new CUR
| rcncy act. and would. let them have
a .suIlicicnt amount Of money to mar
ket the cotton Of the south. AS
understand your movement. 1t i5 an
effort to hold the cotton by putting
1t In warehouses. II seems TO ME.
therefore. that tho two movement5
are, III direct conflict.
How can. you both hold tho cotton
and market 1t at tho same time?
think the proper thing for your as
sociation to do would be TO call upon
Senator Smitl. aud those who were
backing him. to fulfill their campaign
promises to the people of the state
and relieve this siEtuation at once BY
raiulng tic price OF Cotton and br
m;,hing proper arrangements to fina-
ace the crop. or to, come out and admit
that this argument was used as bun
combc TO fool the farmers into voting.
Tor Sm.t / said on the. stump that this
was tho purpose. and 1t is now shown
tn IN Il. 1ttf o. fryt Cpnofnr Smith
has been renominated. the price OF
cotton goes lower, and the farmers re-
ceiye no relief.
notice in an article published in
Tho newspapers this morning. that
at the Jefferson Hotel conference
were practically the same dis .hcse
passed at the conference IN me Gov
ernor's, Office. when Major .Iohn g.
Richards introduced his resolution. If
you will read both. you Will sec that
you are very much mistaken.
Major 'Rlchardsh resolutions cover
a. great 6eaI that your resolutions
very adroitly dodge You will please
road Major Richards resolutions. and
tell me (which set of resolutions yon
favor, and which ore OF them sou do
no. favor. as president pf your asso-
citation, and please make special note
aa Ito whether you favor a stay Law,
to bs passedby the general assembly,
which will save. the. poor farmers of
thiC state from having their little
cropH!' mules and horses, and In s0nle
instances their iands, that. are rihw
under mort gageA from being. forced
upon the markets and, sold i,-thia fail
kbSi the; bankers and merchants. while
this, financial CRISIS Is upon Ms DE
|iyou favor such law, .o, are you III
favor Of allowing. ti3ess I, fsIA f:son.is
to force the property III these poor
people upon the block. under mort
gage. and turn them, and their fami-
lfos out of a home?. .us1.,:iali
| You Will also please state whether
yon. association and yourself favor
the. estate warehouse system?l
II. notice in your interview this
morning that yon state thet lou. nave
,nu ca aiiltiatE f5T soVeFlur,, and that
you want, no factional politics. Pos
sibly this is true. but will you please
explain To ule why 1t 10 thnt nearly sy.
cry one OF. your state aud county as
officials are What are CON-
| monty called In this etato unti-Blease
| men. and that nearly every one OF
them nro corporation office holders nr
corporations stockholders. aud thot
| their own financial; :intercsts are more
| largely. connected with corporations
| than with the farmers?
You will also pleaes state. whether
10 fs a fact that you yourself and near
ly all your officers are for Mr. Man .
ming for goyernor--a man VINO is the
president Of bank and .stockholder
I In other; corporations aga!hst Mr..
John q: Richards. who Is q simon
/ pure farmer and11 msmh.sr Of your
jassorlation. ,N ..i,..il, .,,,, ~. .,s
/; You know. and ell yonr. association
Knows. that your whole organization
lis "a partisan political machine. and
Twas used all the way througa the re-
Isent .rampnign to help Senator smith
Il in his re-elsction, you, yourself adyo-
Il eating Senator smith openly. and not
4 only you yourseli, but your colleague
u Parker. the head .of the cotton mill
D merger; Shanir0n. president Of the
atafc bankers associstion..S ..S our cou-
II sin, ID. T. ,StackhouEei OF Rtd Robert.
sons bank. and nearly eyery other
H man In your association E-ho tlerihs
II tor ,Smlth and telling thA fHffnefs that
1 the reelection Of Smith Was their seii:
rati6hs .ifs ss w
h ID You cali shat partisan rplitipg.
Htf4ynur oreanizatfon pis not q partisan
ii ftboiiticaIs; Organization, 1. " fi$-.s Has no
| the pfe6ent governor Of South Csr6
titna siifited 10 fs1f1n ot 4ybnr. c5ntef
u Etnc4B and ankea 10 I'd II fers with yntl
III WHY; we're your doors aiTass shut. K
ltffa; and why do your have ito speal
Ito him through rnHofnt16n passed a
III hS gathering 10 which he y tsks not III
fEvftAnf m y N.Y. s;