The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-08-12

Steel Tonnage. .......... ....... .96,6lo
This gives a total sea going
steam merchant marine of 1, ,541.-
919 tons, and of sailing vessels
l,119, $50 tans. This gives US a
totoal steam and sail merchant
marine sea.going in character of
2.761, sos tons. We have on the
Lakes a merchant marine Of
2,256,619 tons, which of course.
is of no value in the movement
of our foreign commerce.
Now, when we take a closer
look at our 2,76l605 tons of sea-
going merchants ships we find
that practically all of that is en-
gagged in our coast-wise COM
merce. A very small per cent
is used by the Hill Line on the
Pacific and the Gulf & West In
dian Steamship Company and
the American. Hawaiin Line do
pretty nearly all of the foreign
trade done under the American
flag, and this trade is carried
on with ports on the Gulf of
Mexico. the Caribbean Sea, Gu
ba and the West Indies. We are,
therefore,. in the situation which
Thomas Jefferson deplored as a
possibility.
The merchant ships of the
world are owned by European
countries, which are now at war
with each other. What are we
going to do to meet the present
conditions. and what are we 60
ing to do to prevent its resur,
renee, Jefferson was of the
opinion that we would have to
"Adopt the principles of those
who put US on the defensive. OF
others equivalent and better fit
ted to our circumstances"
The alarming feature of the
situation is that we Of the South
may possibly have 100000 or
10, 900, 900 bales of cotton l.ither'
to exported to foreign markets,
but now tied up at home. TIC
prevent an avalanche of disas-
ter as wide as the nation some
Immediate arrangements must
be made, whereby the farmer
can get ready money for his cot
ton, and whereby that cotton
may be held until it can be
marketed. To solve this prob.
lem will require the highest or
order of business talent. The
question of transportation by
land and by sea is involved. The
question of storage and insur'
ance is involved. The question
of raising and furnishing the
requisite cash is involved. When
we look at a single State in the
republic Of Brazil and see that
the craftsmanship and the busi.
ness capacity of the people OF
Sac Paulo met and mastered a
similar situation, it cannot be
doubted that America will be
able to furnish brains enough tc
meet the conditions which now
demand solution and to save
America and the world from dis
aster. Those men who are en-
gagged in the handling of the
problem of production. distribu-
ton and consumption of this
great crop, must meet and de-
wise some plan whereby the
present emergency may be tided
over.
The state of Sac Paulo has
been the coffee of the world or
the past six years. Owning
100000 bags that that state
has dictated the price. This
great republic can perform a
similar service without the risk
of a dollar, because if it posses
ses itself of 100000 bags of
cotton paying the farmer twelve
cents per pound for that cotton
it can name it's own price when
peace is restored The question
is one eff the complicated ma.
chinery which is necessary to
make effective this great work of
reservations. G. McLendon
in Augusta Chronicle.
Official Candidates.
I, S. Oliver O'Bryan. 90 hereby GER